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Document 32012R0751

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 751/2012 of 16 August 2012 correcting Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 laying down detailed rules for implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 as regards the arrangements for imports of organic products from third countries

OJ L 222, 18.8.2012, p. 5–10 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 13 Volume 048 P. 291 - 296

Legal status of the document No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 31/12/2021; Implicitly repealed by 32021R2306

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2012/751/oj

18.8.2012   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 222/5


COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 751/2012

of 16 August 2012

correcting Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 laying down detailed rules for implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 as regards the arrangements for imports of organic products from third countries

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 (1), and in particular Article 33(3) and Article 38(d) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Annex IV to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 (2) as amended by Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 508/2012 (3) sets out the list of control bodies and control authorities competent to carry out controls and issue certificates in third countries for the purpose of equivalence.

(2)

In relation to CERES Certification of Environmental Standards GmbH, Ecocert SA and Istituto Mediterraneo di Certificazione s.r.l., certain third countries, code numbers and product categories have been omitted from that list. In addition, for Ecocert SA a reference to an exception to the products covered is missing.

(3)

Therefore, Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 should be corrected accordingly.

(4)

For the sake of legal certainty, this Regulation should apply from the date of application of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 508/2012.

(5)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the regulatory Committee on organic production,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 is corrected in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 July 2012.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 16 August 2012.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel BARROSO


(1)  OJ L 189, 20.7.2007, p. 1.

(2)  OJ L 334, 12.12.2008, p. 25.

(3)  OJ L 162, 21.6.2012, p. 1.


ANNEX

Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 is corrected as follows:

(1)

In the text relating to ‘CERES Certification of Environmental Standards GmbH’, point 3 is replaced by the following:

‘3.

Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:

Third country

Code number

Category of products

 

 

A

B

C

D

E

F

Albania

AL-BIO-140

x

x

Bolivia

BO-BIO-140

x

x

x

Bhutan

BT-BIO-140

x

x

Chile

CL-BIO-140

x

x

x

China

CN-BIO-140

x

x

x

Colombia

CO-BIO-140

x

x

x

Dominican Republic

DO-BIO-140

x

x

x

Ecuador

EC-BIO-140

x

x

x

Egypt

EG-BIO-140

x

x

x

Ethiopia

ET-BIO-140

x

x

x

Grenada

GD-BIO-140

x

x

x

Indonesia

ID-BIO-140

x

x

x

Jamaica

JM-BIO-140

x

x

x

Kenya

KE-BIO-140

x

x

x

the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

MK-BIO-140

x

x

x

Mexico

MX-BIO-140

x

x

x

Moldova

MD-BIO-140

x

x

x

Morocco

MA-BIO-140

x

x

x

Papua New Guinea

PG-BIO-140

x

x

x

Paraguay

PY-BIO-140

x

x

x

Peru

PE-BIO-140

x

x

x

Philippines

PH-BIO-140

x

x

x

Russia

RU-BIO-140

x

x

x

Rwanda

RW-BIO-140

x

x

x

Saudi Arabia

SA-BIO-140

x

x

x

Serbia

RS-BIO-140

x

x

x

Singapore

SG-BIO-140

x

x

x

South Africa

ZA-BIO-140

x

x

x

Saint Lucia

LC-BIO-140

x

x

x

Taiwan

TW-BIO-140

x

x

x

Tanzania

TZ-BIO-140

x

x

x

Thailand

TH-BIO-140

x

x

x

Turkey

TR-BIO-140

x

x

x

Uganda

UG-BIO-140

x

x

x

Ukraine

UA-BIO-140

x

x

x

Uzbekistan

UZ-BIO-140

x

x

x

Vietnam

VN-BIO-140

x

x

x

—’

(2)

The text relating to ‘Ecocert SA’ is corrected as follows:

(a)

point 3 is replaced by the following:

‘3.

Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:

Third country

Code number

Category of products

 

 

A

B

C

D

E

F

Algeria

DZ-BIO-154

x

x

Andorra

AD-BIO-154

x

Azerbaijan

AZ-BIO-154

x

x

Benin

BJ-BIO-154

x

x

Bosnia and Herzegovina

BA-BIO-154

x

x

Brazil

BR-BIO-154

x

x

Burkina Faso

BF-BIO-154

x

x

Burundi

BI-BIO-154

x

x

Cambodia

KH-BIO-154

x

x

Cameroon

CM-BIO-154

x

x

Canada

CA-BIO-154

x

Chad

TD-BIO-154

x

China

CN-BO-154

x

x

Colombia

CO-BIO-154

x

x

Comoros

KM-BIO-154

x

x

Côte d’Ivoire

CI-BIO-154

x

x

Croatia

HR-BIO-154

x

x

Cuba

CU-BIO-154

x

x

Dominican Republic

DO-BIO-154

x

x

Ecuador

EC-BIO-154

x

x

Fiji

FJ-BIO-154

x

x

Ghana

GH-BIO-154

x

x

Guatemala

GT-BIO-154

x

x

Guinea

GN-BIO-154

x

x

Guyana

GY-BIO-154

x

x

Haiti

HT-BIO-154

x

India

IN-BIO-154

x

Indonesia

ID-BIO-154

x

x

Iran

IR-BIO-154

x

x

Japan

JP-BIO-154

x

Kazakhstan

KZ-BIO-154

x

Kenya

KE-BIO-154

x

x

Kuwait

KW-BIO-154

x

x

Kyrgyzstan

KK-BIO-154

x

x

Laos

LA-BIO-154

x

x

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

MK-BIO-154

x

x

Madagascar

MG-BIO-154

x

x

Malawi

MW-BIO-154

x

x

Malaysia

MY-BIO-154

 

x

Mali

ML-BIO-154

x

x

Mauritius

MU-BIO-154

x

x

Mexico

MX-BIO-154

x

x

Moldova

MD-BIO-154

x

x

Monaco

MC-BIO-154

x

Morocco

MA-BIO-154

x

x

Mozambique

MZ-BO-154

x

x

Namibia

NA-BIO-154

x

Nepal

NP-BIO-154

x

x

Pakistan

PK-BIO-154

x

Paraguay

PY-BIO-154

x

x

Peru

PE-BIO-154

x

Philippines

PH-BIO-154

x

x

Russia

RU-BIO-154

x

Rwanda

RW-BIO-154

x

x

Sao Tome and Principe

ST-BIO-154

x

x

Saudi Arabia

SA-BIO-154

x

x

Senegal

SN-BIO-154

x

x

Serbia

RS-BIO-154

x

x

South Africa

ZA-BIO-154

x

x

Sudan

SD-BIO-154

x

Swaziland

SZ-BIO-154

x

x

Syria

SY-BIO-154

x

x

Tanzania

TZ-BIO-154

x

x

Thailand

TH-BIO-154

x

x

Togo

TG-BIO-154

x

x

Tunisia

TS-BIO-154

x

Turkey

TR-BIO-154

x

x

Uganda

UG-BIO-154

x

x

Ukraine

UA-BIO-154

x

United Arab Emirates

AE-BIO-154

x

x

Uzbekistan

UZ-BIO-154

x

Vanuatu

VU-BIO-154

x

Vietnam

VN-BIO-154

x

x

Zambia

ZM-BIO-154

x

x

Zimbabwe

ZW-BIO-154

x

x

—’

(b)

point 4 is replaced by the following:

‘4.

Exceptions: in-conversion products, wine, products covered by Annex III’

(3)

In the text relating to ‘Istituto Mediterraneo di Certificazione s.r.l.’, point 3 is replaced by the following:

‘3.

Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:

Third country

Code number

Category of products

 

 

A

B

C

D

E

F

Egypt

EG-BIO-136

x

x

x

Lebanon

LB-BIO-136

x

x

x

Morocco

MA-BIO-136

x

x

Syria

SY-BIO-136

x

Tunisia

TN-BIO-136

x

Turkey

TR-BIO-136

x

x

x

—’


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