Reply from the German Zoll:
For the importation from Asian, American, African states or Australia, you will always need a phytosanitary certificate issued by the country of origin for the plants, parts of plants or plant products you bring.
You will find these information under:
http://www1.zoll.de/english_version/...ion/index.html
Since you will not be able to otain such a certificate when you buy fruits an vegetables in the markets/from farmers, it is not allowed to import them into Germany.
The same prohibition applies to meat, milk and milk products (such as cheese).
However, both the German Embassy in Washington, DC and the German Consulate in San Francisco, CA have told me there is NO RESTRICTION on the import of vegetables for personal consumption.
Go figure!
I'll be in Germany and will ask next week.