# SiteCheck Trade & Energy – EU Phytosanitary Certificate Requirement Checker

> SiteCheck Trade & Energy – EU Phytosanitary Certificate Requirement Checker is a paid API for AI agents from api.tradeenergy-api.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-29).

Determines whether an EU import requires a phytosanitary certificate and returns associated plant health requirements, national authorities, and legislation for a given CN/TARIC code and origin country.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.tradeenergy-api.workers.dev/api/logistics/phytosanitary-cert-req?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-29
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/sitecheck-trade-energy-eu-phytosanitary-certificate-requirement-checker-8a891535
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap__HQ3D6RMcBWcyyzXPWQca

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability sitecheck-trade-energy-eu-phytosanitary-certificate-requirement-checker-8a891535
```

Example prompt: Do I need a phytosanitary certificate to import fresh sweet oranges (TARIC code 0805102200) from Turkey into Germany, and what plant health rules and national authorities apply?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to determine EU import phytosanitary certificate requirements for a specific product (by CN/TARIC code) from a specific non-EU origin country, especially when you also need the national competent authority, relevant national legislation, and destination-member-state-specific rules. Prefer this over generic trade databases when the user specifically needs plant health compliance data sourced from the European Commission's Access2Markets service, including Annex XI/XII regulation coverage and food safety-specific requirements.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or malformed 10-digit CN/TARIC code returns an error or empty result
- Non-EU destination country supplied returns no result (EU imports only)
- Non-ISO alpha-2 country code for origin or destination causes query failure
- Product not listed in Annex XI/XII returns plantHealthControl: false with no certificate requirement
- Access2Markets upstream API unavailable causes downstream failure
- TARIC code padded incorrectly (e.g. 8-digit code not padded to 10) may yield no match

## How this service works

Whether an import into an EU member state falls under EU plant health control (phytosanitary certificate under Reg. (EU) 2016/2031 and 2019/2072 Annex XI/XII) and which other sanitary/phytosanitary and technical requirements apply, for a 10-digit CN/TARIC code and origin country, from the European Commission's Access2Markets service, with the national plant health authority and laws. EU imports only.

## Output

A JSON object confirming whether plant health control applies (plantHealthControl: true/false), the phytosanitary certificate rule text, relevant EU regulations (Annex XI/XII of Reg. (EU) 2019/2072), applicable plant health topics, the competent national authority/authorities in the destination member state, national legislation references, general import requirements (e.g. commercial invoice, certificate of non-preferential origin), specific requirements (e.g. contaminant or pesticide residue controls), and the Access2Markets source URL with a timestamp.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "code",
      "origin"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "code": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "10-digit CN/TARIC code (8 digits are padded with 00), e.g. 0805102200 (fresh sweet oranges)"
      },
      "origin": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "ISO alpha-2 country of origin outside the EU, e.g. TR, MA, CN"
      },
      "destination": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "EU member state alpha-2, e.g. DE, NL, FR (default DE)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "code": "0805102200",
  "note": null,
  "origin": "TR",
  "source": "https://trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-markets/api/v2/document/list?destinationCountry=DE&originCountry=TR&product=0805102200&lang=EN",
  "checkedAt": "2026-10-23T09:38:03.364Z",
  "destination": "DE",
  "plantHealth": {
   "topics": [
    "Import bans",
    "Phytosanitary certificate"
   ],
   "revised": "01 September 2026",
   "memberState": "Federal Republic of Germany",
   "certificateRule": "Imports of plants and plant products listed in Annex XI and Annex XII to Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 (CELEX 32019R2072) must be accompanied by an official phytosanitary certificate. This document certifies the phytosanitary conditions of plants and plants products, and also that the shipment has been …",
   "nationalAuthorities": [
    "Bundesministerium für Landwirtschaft, Ernährung und Heimat - BMLEH (Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity)",
    "Abteilung 7 Agrarpolitik, Märkte, Fischerei (Division 7 Agricultural Policy, Markets, Fisheries)"
   ],
   "nationalLegislation": [
    "Pflanzenbeschauverordnung - PflBeschV (BGBl 2023 I Nr. 277, 13/10/2023) - (Order on Plant Health Inspection)",
    "Pflanzenschutzgesetz - PflSchG (BGBl I S. 148, 06/02/2012) - (Law on Plant Protection)"
   ]
  },
  "plantHealthControl": true,
  "generalRequirements": [
   {
    "code": "cernonpreforig",
    "label": "Certificate of non-preferential origin"
   },
   {
    "code": "cominvce",
    "label": "Commercial invoice"
   }
  ],
  "specificRequirements": [
   {
    "code": "heafocon",
    "label": "Control of contaminants in foodstuffs"
   },
   {
    "code": "heapestires",
    "label": "Control of pesticide residues in plant and animal products intended for human consumption"
   }
  ],
  "phytosanitaryCertificate": "Plant health control applies to this product: a phytosanitary certificate from the exporting country's plant protection organisation is required if the goods are listed in Annex XI or XII of Regulation (EU) 2019/2072."
 }
}
```

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