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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1398 of 25 June 2026 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 as regards the recognition of certain control bodies in accordance with Article 46 of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council as competent to carry out controls and issue organic certificates in third countries for the purpose of imports of organic products into the Union
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1398 of 25 June 2026 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 as regards the recognition of certain control bodies in accordance with Article 46 of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council as competent to carry out controls and issue organic certificates in third countries for the purpose of imports of organic products into the Union
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1398 of 25 June 2026 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 as regards the recognition of certain control bodies in accordance with Article 46 of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council as competent to carry out controls and issue organic certificates in third countries for the purpose of imports of organic products into the Union
C/2026/4297
OJ L, 2026/1398, 26.6.2026, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/1398/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2026/1398
of 25 June 2026
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 as regards the recognition of certain control bodies in accordance with Article 46 of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council as competent to carry out controls and issue organic certificates in third countries for the purpose of imports of organic products into the Union
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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 (1), and in particular Article 46(1) thereof,
Whereas:
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Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 (2) contains the list of control authorities and control bodies recognised in accordance with Article 46 of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 as competent to carry out controls and issue organic certificates in third countries for the purpose of imports of organic products into the Union in accordance with Article 45(1), point (b)(i), of that Regulation. |
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Article 46(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 lays down the criteria that the control authorities and control bodies must fulfil in order to be recognised in accordance with Article 46(1) of that Regulation. Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1698 (3) lays down the procedural requirements to be met by those control authorities and control bodies when submitting to the Commission their request for recognition consisting of a technical dossier. |
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The Commission has received and examined, in accordance with Article 1 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1698, the requests for recognition from the control bodies ‘Baltic Testing India Private Limited’, ‘KAYOS ULUSLARARASI SERTİFİKASYON VE DENETİM HİZMETLERİ LİMİTED ŞİRKETİ’, ‘LETIS AUDIT & CERTIFICATION S.A.’, ‘MS Agroland Services Private Limited’, ‘VCERT QUALITY CERTIFICATION PRIVATE LIMITED’, and ‘ZENITH CERTIFICATIONS PRIVATE LIMITED’. Based on the information contained in their technical dossiers, the Commission has concluded that it was justified to recognise, for an indefinite duration, those control bodies for certain product categories in certain third countries. |
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The Commission has also received and examined, in accordance with Article 2 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1698, the requests for the extension of the scope of their recognition to certain product categories and certain third countries from the control bodies ‘bio.inspecta AG’, ‘Control Union Certifications B.V.’, ‘Florida Certified Organic Growers and Consumers, Inc. (FOG), DBA as Quality Certification Services (QCS)’, ‘IBD Certificações Ltda’, ‘IMOcert Latinoamérica Ltda.’, ‘IMO Control Private Limited’, ‘INDOCERT’, ‘Lacon Quality Certification Private Limited’, ‘ONECERT INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE LIMITED’, and ‘Organizacion Internacional Agropecuaria S.A.’. Based on the information contained in their technical dossiers, the Commission has concluded that it was justified to recognise, for an indefinite duration, those control bodies for the requested product categories and third countries. |
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The Commission has received requests from ‘Bio Latina Certificadora’, and ‘Southern Cross Certified Australia Pty Ltd’ for the reduction of their scope of recognition by removing certain third countries, certain product categories or both. The scope of recognition of those control bodies should therefore be updated accordingly. |
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Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 should therefore be amended accordingly. |
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The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Organic Production Committee, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 25 June 2026.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
(1) OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/848/oj.
(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 of 19 August 2021 laying down certain rules concerning the certificate issued to operators, groups of operators and exporters in third countries involved in the imports of organic and in-conversion products into the Union and establishing the list of recognised control authorities and control bodies in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 297, 20.8.2021, p. 24, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2021/1378/oj).
(3) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1698 of 13 July 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council with procedural requirements for the recognition of control authorities and control bodies that are competent to carry out controls on operators and groups of operators certified organic and on organic products in third countries and with rules on their supervision and the controls and other actions to be performed by those control authorities and control bodies (OJ L 336, 23.9.2021, p. 7, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2021/1698/oj).
ANNEX
The third paragraph of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 is amended as follows:
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after the entry for Agricert – Certificação de Produtos Alimentares Lda, the following entry is inserted: ‘Baltic Testing India Private Limited
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the entry for Bio Latina Certificadora is replaced by the following: ‘Bio Latina Certificadora
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the entry for bio.inspecta AG is replaced by the following: ‘bio.inspecta AG
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the entry for Control Union Certifications B.V. is replaced by the following: ‘Control Union Certifications B.V.
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the entry for Florida Certified Organic Growers and Consumers, Inc. (FOG), DBA as Quality Certification Services (QCS) is replaced by the following: ‘Florida Certified Organic Growers and Consumers, Inc. (FOG), DBA as Quality Certification Services (QCS)
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the entry for IBD Certificações Ltda is replaced by the following: ‘IBD Certificações Ltda
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the entry for IMOcert Latinoamérica Ltda. is replaced by the following: ‘IMOcert Latinoamérica Ltda.
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the entry for IMO Control Private Limited is replaced by the following: ‘IMO Control Private Limited
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the entry for INDOCERT is replaced by the following: ‘INDOCERT
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after the entry for Japan Organic and Natural Foods Association, the following entry is inserted: ‘KAYOS ULUSLARARASI SERTİFİKASYON VE DENETİM HİZMETLERİ LİMİTED ŞİRKETİ
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the entry for Lacon Quality Certification Private Limited is replaced by the following: ‘Lacon Quality Certification Private Limited
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after the entry for Lacon Quality Certification Private Limited, the following entry is inserted: ‘LETIS AUDIT & CERTIFICATION S.A.
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after the entry for Metrocert S.C., the following entry is inserted: ‘MS Agroland Services Private Limited
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the entry for OneCert International Private Limited is replaced by the following: ‘ONECERT INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE LIMITED
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the entry for Organizacion Internacional Agropecuaria S.A. is replaced by the following: ‘Organizacion Internacional Agropecuaria S.A.
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the entry for Southern Cross Certified Australia Pty Ltd is replaced by the following: ‘Southern Cross Certified Australia Pty Ltd
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after the entry for Tse-Xin Organic Certification Corporation, the following entries are added: ‘VCERT QUALITY CERTIFICATION PRIVATE LIMITED
ZENITH CERTIFICATIONS PRIVATE LIMITED
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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/1398/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)