To export your product to the EU you must comply with the EU legal requirements before shipping it. If not, your product will be stopped at the EU border. Besides, to increase your possibilities to sell your product in the EU, you can comply with other voluntary standards.
These voluntary standards increase your opportunities to find a buyer and get a good price for your product.
So, the steps to sell your product in Europe are:
1.musts, requirements you must meet in order to enter the market, such as legal requirements
2.common standards, which are those most of your competitors have already implemented, in other words, the ones you need to comply with in order to keep up with the market
3.niche market standards for specific segments.
Sometimes you might need a licence for exporting goods to the EU. For example, agricultural goods or valuable antiques often 3 need one.
Source: (https://ec.europa.eu/trade/)
Exports
- Exporting
- Trade Preferential Agreements
- Export Development Offerings
- Export Development and Promotion
- Export to EU
- The EU Market and How Does it Work
- EU Norms and Private Standards
- EU Legal Requirements
- Main EU Norms For Processed Fruit
- Food Safety: Traceability, Hygiene and Control
- Avoid contamination to Ensure Food Safety
- Product Composition
- Food Labelling
- Food Packaging
- European Standards
- Main Standards for Processed Fruit
- Industry Standards
- Economic Partnership Agreements
- EU Rules of Origin
- Eligibility
- Specific Elements Related to Origin in the MAR
- Certificates of Origin
- Buyer’s Contacts
- Market Access Tools
- Export To The SADC Region
- SADC Background
- Market Access to SADC Countries
- Regional Requirements
- SADC Rules of Origin
- Export Promotion
- Main Trade Fairs in the World
- Useful Contacts
- In South Africa
- In the Region
- In Europe
- Internationally