WTO notification · SPS
FranceAdopted, according to its latest noticeEmergency
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Arrêté du 15 avril 2025 portant suspension d'importation, d'introduction et de mise sur le marché à titre gratuit ou onéreux en France de compléments alimentaires contenant la plante Garcinia cambogia Desr. et toutes préparations issues de partie de cette plante (Order of 15 April 2025 suspending the entry and import into France, and the placing on the market in France, whether free of charge or in return for payment, of food supplements containing the plant Garcinia cambogia Desr. and all prepa
France issued an addendum on 5 May 2026 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/FRA/21. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 5 May 2025.
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Food supplements containing the plant Garcinia cambogia
Latest notice (G/SPS/N/FRA/21/Add.1, 5 May 2026)
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Renewal of the suspension of the entry and import into France, and the placing on the market in France, whether free of charge or in return for payment, of food supplements containing the plant Garcinia cambogia Desr. and all preparations made from part of this plant.Following the opinion of the Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES) of 12 February 2025, published on 5 March, highlighting the acute risk associated with the consumption of food supplements contai
Renewal of the suspension of the entry and import into France, and the placing on the market in France, whether free of charge or in return for payment, of food supplements containing the plant Garcinia cambogia Desr. and all preparations made from part of this plant.Following the opinion of the Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES) of 12 February 2025, published on 5 March, highlighting the acute risk associated with the consumption of food supplements containing extracts of Garcinia cambogia Desr. for people with a history of medical problems but also for those in good health, precautionary measures were adopted in April 2025 for a period of one year; these measures have now been extended for an additional one-year period pursuant to the adoption of the Order of 16 April 2026 renewing the suspension of the entry and import into France, and the placing on the market in France, whether free of charge or in return for payment, of food supplements containing the plant Garcinia cambogia Desr. and all preparations made from part of this plant - NOR: AGRG2608392A.
The notified Order suspends, for a period of one year, the entry and import into France, and the placing on the market in France, whether free of charge or in return for payment, of food supplements containing the plant Garcinia cambogia Desr. and all preparations made from part of this plant. Products already on the market must be withdrawn. It enters into effect on 16 April 2025.
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AddendumG/SPS/N/FRA/21/Add.1Emergency measure
Renewal of the suspension of the entry and import into France, and the placing on the market in France, whether free of charge or in return for payment, of food supplements containing the plant Garcinia cambogia Desr. and all preparations made from part of this plant.Following the opinion of the Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES) of 12 February 2025, published on 5 March, highlighting the acute risk associated with the consumption of food supplements contai
Renewal of the suspension of the entry and import into France, and the placing on the market in France, whether free of charge or in return for payment, of food supplements containing the plant Garcinia cambogia Desr. and all preparations made from part of this plant.Following the opinion of the Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES) of 12 February 2025, published on 5 March, highlighting the acute risk associated with the consumption of food supplements containing extracts of Garcinia cambogia Desr. for people with a history of medical problems but also for those in good health, precautionary measures were adopted in April 2025 for a period of one year; these measures have now been extended for an additional one-year period pursuant to the adoption of the Order of 16 April 2026 renewing the suspension of the entry and import into France, and the placing on the market in France, whether free of charge or in return for payment, of food supplements containing the plant Garcinia cambogia Desr. and all preparations made from part of this plant - NOR: AGRG2608392A.
Emergency notificationG/SPS/N/FRA/21Emergency measure
Arrêté du 15 avril 2025 portant suspension d'importation, d'introduction et de mise sur le marché à titre gratuit ou onéreux en France de compléments alimentaires contenant la plante Garcinia cambogia Desr. et toutes préparations issues de partie de cette plante (Order of 15 April 2025 suspending the entry and import into France, and the placing on the market in France, whether free of charge or in return for payment, of food supplements containing the plant Garcinia cambogia Desr. and all prepa
The notified Order suspends, for a period of one year, the entry and import into France, and the placing on the market in France, whether free of charge or in return for payment, of food supplements containing the plant Garcinia cambogia Desr. and all preparations made from part of this plant. Products already on the market must be withdrawn. It enters into effect on 16 April 2025.
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