Import foodstuffs
DPE-status and Border Control Station
Port of Södertälje has so called DPE-Status wich means that the port can accept non-animal foodstuffs.
Port of Södertälje does not have a Border Control Station. There are only such stations at three ports and two airports in Sweden.
DPE – Designated Point of Entry
Regulations
”Inspection controls of non-animal origin foodstuffs will be carried out at all storage areas within Port of Södertälje that are covered by special import regulations as laid down by the Commission of the European Union. To be noted that specific controls are to be carried out of compound products that are subject to special import regulations laid down by the Commission of the European Union that have not been previously mentioned in the Appendix supplement published 2007/275 with focus on a list of animals and products that shall undergo inspection at Border Control Stations according to the Commission's Directive numbers 91/496/EEG and 98//78/EG.”
Border Control Station
Regulations
The National Food Administration regulations for the control of animal foodstuffs imported from a third country LIVSFS 2006:4 (republished by LIVSFS 2004:3) with alterations.
The National Food Administration’s recommendations regarding current fees, please refer to the Administration’s document LIVSFS 2006:21 with alterations.
Sweden’s Border Control Stations can only accept pre-packed animal foodstuffs. Please refer to EU Commission’s decree 2006/414/EG.