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Consolidated text: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 of 8 December 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

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1235/2008

of 8 December 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 334 12.12.2008, p. 25)

Amended by:

 

 

Official Journal

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date

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 537/2009 of 19 June 2009

  L 159

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20.6.2009

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 471/2010 of 31 May 2010

  L 134

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1.6.2010

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 590/2011 of 20 June 2011

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21.6.2011

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1084/2011 of 27 October 2011

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28.10.2011

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1267/2011 of 6 December 2011

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7.12.2011

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 126/2012 of 14 February 2012

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 508/2012 of 20 June 2012

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21.6.2012

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 751/2012 of 16 August 2012

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18.8.2012

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 125/2013 of 13 February 2013

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14.2.2013

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 519/2013 of 21 February 2013

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10.6.2013

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 567/2013 of 18 June 2013

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 586/2013 of 20 June 2013

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21.6.2013

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 355/2014 of 8 April 2014

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 442/2014 of 30 April 2014

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 644/2014 of 16 June 2014

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 829/2014 of 30 July 2014

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1287/2014 of 28 November 2014

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/131 of 26 January 2015

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/931 of 17 June 2015

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18.6.2015

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/1980 of 4 November 2015

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/2345 of 15 December 2015

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/459 of 18 March 2016

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/910 of 9 June 2016

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/1330 of 2 August 2016

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/1842 of 14 October 2016

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/2259 of 15 December 2016

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16.12.2016

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/872 of 22 May 2017

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23.5.2017

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/1473 of 14 August 2017

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15.8.2017

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/1862 of 16 October 2017

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17.10.2017

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/2329 of 14 December 2017

  L 333

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15.12.2017

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2018/949 of 3 July 2018

  L 167

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4.7.2018

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/39 of 10 January 2019

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11.1.2019

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/446 of 19 March 2019

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/25 of 13 January 2020

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/479 of 1 April 2020

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/786 of 15 June 2020

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/2196 of 17 December 2020

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23.12.2020

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/461 of 16 March 2021

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Corrigendum, OJ L 028, 4.2.2015, p.  48 (1287/2014)

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Corrigendum, OJ L 241, 17.9.2015, p.  51 (2015/131)




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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1235/2008

of 8 December 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



TITLE I

INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS

Article 1

Subject matter

This Regulation lays down the detailed rules for the import of compliant products and the import of products providing equivalent guarantees as provided for in Articles 32 and 33 of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007.

Article 2

Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation:

1. 

‘certificate of inspection’: means the certificate of inspection referred to in Article 33(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 covering one consignment;

2. 

‘documentary evidence’: means the document referred to in Article 68 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 ( 1 ) and in Article 6 of this Regulation, for which the model is set out in Annex II to this Regulation;

3. 

‘consignment’: means a quantity of products under one or more Combined Nomenclature codes, covered by a single certificate of inspection, conveyed by the same means of transport and imported from the same third country;

4. 

‘first consignee’: means the natural or legal person as defined in Article 2(d) of Regulation (EC) No 889/2008;

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5. 

‘verification of the consignment’ means the verification carried out by the relevant Member State's competent authority, in the framework of the official controls provided for in Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 2 ), of the fulfilment of the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, of Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 and of this Regulation through systematic documentary checks, random identity checks and, as appropriate according to its risk assessment, physical checks, prior to the release of the consignment for free circulation into the Union in accordance with Article 13 of this Regulation;

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‘relevant Member State's competent authority’: means the customs authority, food safety authority or other authorities designated by the Member States pursuant to Article 27(1) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 responsible for the verification of the consignments and the endorsement of the certificates of inspection;

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7. 

‘assessment report’: means the assessment report referred to in Articles 32(2) and 33(3) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 drawn up by an independent third party fulfilling the requirements of ISO Standard 17011 or by a relevant competent authority, which includes information on document reviews, including the descriptions referred to in Articles 4(3)(b) and 11(3)(b) of this Regulation, on office audits, including critical locations and on risk-oriented witness audits conducted in representative third countries;

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8. 

‘aquaculture products’: means aquaculture products as defined in point 34 of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 3 );

9. 

‘unprocessed’: means unprocessed as used in the definition of unprocessed products in point (n) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 4 ), irrespective of packaging or labelling operations;

10. 

‘processed’: means processed as used in the definition of processed products in point (o) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004, irrespective of packaging or labelling operations;

11. 

‘point of entry’: means the point of release for free circulation.

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TITLE II

IMPORT OF COMPLIANT PRODUCTS



CHAPTER 1

List of recognised control bodies and control authorities for the purpose of compliance

Article 3

Compilation and content of the list of recognised control bodies and control authorities for the purpose of compliance

1.  
The Commission shall draw up a list of control bodies and control authorities, recognised for the purpose of compliance in accordance with Article 32(2) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007. The list shall be published in Annex I to this Regulation. The procedures for drawing up and amending the list are defined in Articles 4, 16 and 17 of this Regulation. The list shall be made available to the public on the Internet in accordance with Articles 16(4) and 17 of this Regulation.
2.  

The list shall contain all the information necessary in respect of each control body or control authority to allow verifying whether products placed on the Community market have been controlled by a control body or authority recognised in accordance with Article 32(2) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 and in particular:

(a) 

the name and address of the control body or control authority, including e-mail and Internet address and their code number;

(b) 

the third countries concerned and in which the products have their origin;

(c) 

the product categories concerned for each third country;

(d) 

the duration of the inclusion in the list;

(e) 

the Internet address where the list of operators subject to the control system can be found, including their certification status and the product categories concerned, as well as suspended and decertified operators and products.

Article 4

Procedure for requesting inclusion in the list of recognised control bodies and control authorities for the purpose of compliance

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1.  
The Commission shall consider whether to recognise and include a control body or control authority in the list provided for in Article 3 upon receipt of a request thereto from the representative of the control body or control authority concerned on the basis of the model of application made available by the Commission in accordance with Article 17(2). Only complete requests that have been received before ►M29  31 October 2018 ◄ shall be taken into account for the drawing up of the first list.

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The request can be introduced by control bodies and control authorities established in the Community or in a third country.
3.  

The request shall consist of a technical dossier, which shall comprise all the information needed for the Commission to ensure that the conditions set out in Article 32(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 are met for all organic products intended for export to the Community, namely:

(a) 

an overview of the activities of the control body or control authority in the third country or third countries concerned, including an estimate of the number of operators involved and an indication of the expected nature and quantities of agricultural products and foodstuffs originated from the third country or third countries concerned and intended for export to the Community under the rules set out in Article 32(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007;

(b) 

a detailed description of how Titles II, III and IV of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 as well as the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 have been implemented in the third country or in each of the third countries concerned;

(c) 

a copy of the assessment report as set out in the fourth subparagraph of Article 32(2) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007:

(i) 

proving that the control body or control authority has been satisfactorily assessed on its ability to meet the conditions set out in Article 32(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007;

(ii) 

giving guarantees on the elements referred to in Article 27(2), (3), (5), (6) and (12) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007;

(iii) 

ensuring that the control body or control authority meets the control requirements and precautionary measures set out in Title IV of Regulation (EC) No 889/2008; and

(iv) 

confirming that it has effectively implemented its control activities according to these conditions and requirements;

(d) 

proof that the control body or authority has notified its activities to the authorities of the third country concerned and its undertaking to respect the legal requirements imposed on it by the authorities of the third country concerned;

(e) 

the website address where the list of operators subject to the control system can be found, as well as a contact point where information is readily available on their certification status, the product categories concerned, as well as suspended and decertified operators and products;

(f) 

an undertaking to comply with the provisions of Article 5 of this Regulation;

(g) 

any other information deemed relevant by the control body or control authority or by the Commission.

4.  
When examining a request for inclusion in the list of control body or control authority, and also any time after its inclusion, the Commission may request any further information, including the presentation of one or more on-the-spot examination reports established by independent experts. Furthermore, the Commission may, based on risk-assessment and in case of suspected irregularities, organise an on-the-spot examination by experts it designates.
5.  
The Commission shall assess whether the technical dossier referred to in paragraph 3 and the information referred to in paragraph 4 are satisfactory and may subsequently decide to recognise and include a control body or control authority in the list. The decision shall be taken in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 37(2) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007.

Article 5

Management and review of the list of recognised control bodies and control authorities for the purpose of compliance

1.  

A control body or control authority may only be included in the list referred to in Article 3 when it fulfils the following obligations:

(a) 

if, after the control body or control authority has been included in the list, any changes are made to the measures applied by the control body or control authority, that control body or control authority shall notify the Commission thereof; requests to amend the information in respect of a control body or control authority referred to in Article 3(2) shall also be notified to the Commission;

(b) 

a control body or control authority included in the list shall keep available and communicate at first request all information related to its control activities in the third country; it shall give access to its offices and facilities to experts designated by the Commission;

(c) 

by 31 March every year, the control body or control authority shall send a concise annual report to the Commission; the annual report shall update the information of the technical dossier referred to in Article 4(3); it shall describe in particular the control activities carried out by the control body or control authority in the third countries during the previous year, the results obtained, the irregularities and infringements observed and the corrective measures taken; it shall furthermore contain the most recent assessment report or update of such report, which shall contain the results of the regular on-the-spot evaluation, surveillance and multiannual reassessment as referred to in Article 32(2) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007; the Commission may request any other information deemed necessary;

(d) 

in the light of any information received, the Commission may at any time amend the specifications relating to the control body or control authority and may suspend the entry of that body or authority in the list referred to in Article 3; a similar decision may also be made where a control body or authority has not supplied information required or where it has not agreed to an on-the-spot examination;

(e) 

the control body or control authority shall make available to interested parties, on an Internet website, a continuously updated list of operators and products certified as organic.

2.  
If a control body or a control authority does not send the annual report, referred to in paragraph 1(c), does not keep available or does not communicate all information related to its technical dossier, control system or updated list of operators and products certified as organic, or does not agree to an on-the-spot examination, after request by the Commission within a period which the Commission shall determine according to the severity of the problem and which generally may not be less than 30 days, that control body or control authority may be withdrawn from the list of control bodies and control authorities, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 37(2) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007.

If a control body or a control authority fails to take appropriate and timely remedial action, the Commission shall withdraw it from the list without delay.



CHAPTER 2

Documentary evidence required for import of compliant products

Article 6

Documentary evidence

1.  
The documentary evidence required for import of compliant products referred to in Article 32(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, shall, in accordance with Article 17(2) of this Regulation, be established on the basis of the model set out in Annex II to this Regulation and contain at least all the elements that are part of that model.
2.  
The original documentary evidence shall be established by a control authority or the control body which has been recognised for issuing that documentary by a decision as referred to in Article 4.
3.  
The authority or body issuing the documentary evidence shall follow the rules established in accordance with Article 17(2) and in the model, notes and guidelines made available by the Commission via the computer system enabling electronic exchange of documents referred to in Article 17(1).



TITLE III

IMPORT OF PRODUCTS PROVIDING EQUIVALENT GUARANTEES



CHAPTER 1

List of recognised third countries

Article 7

Compilation and content of the list of third countries

1.  
The Commission shall establish a list of recognised third countries in accordance with Article 33(2) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007. The list of recognised countries is set out in Annex III to this Regulation. The procedures for drawing up and amending the list are defined in Articles 8 and 16 of this Regulation. Amendments to the list shall be made available to the public on the Internet in accordance with Articles 16(4) and 17 of this Regulation.
2.  

The list shall contain all the information necessary in respect of each third country to allow verifying whether products placed on the Community market have been subject to the control system of the third country recognised in accordance with Article 33(2) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 and in particular:

(a) 

the product categories concerned;

(b) 

the origin of the products;

(c) 

a reference to the production standards applied in the third country;

(d) 

the competent authority in the third country responsible for the control system, its address, including e-mail and Internet addresses;

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(e) 

the name, address, email address, internet address and code number of the control authority or authorities and the control body or bodies recognised by the competent authority referred to in point (d) to carry out controls;

(f) 

the name, address, email address, internet address and code number of the authority or authorities and the control body or bodies responsible in the third country for issuing certificates with a view to importing into the Union;

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(g) 

the duration of the inclusion in the list.

Article 8

Procedure for requesting inclusion in the list of third countries

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1.  
The Commission shall consider whether to include a third country in the list provided for in Article 7 upon receipt of a request for inclusion from the representative of the third country concerned, provided that such request is submitted before 1 July 2014.

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2.  
The Commission shall only be required to consider a request for inclusion which meets the following preconditions.

The request for inclusion shall be completed by a technical dossier, which shall comprise all the information needed for the Commission to ensure that the conditions set out in Article 33(1) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 are met for products intended for export to the Community, namely:

(a) 

general information on the development of organic production in the third country, the products produced, the area in cultivation, the production regions, the number of producers, the food processing taking place;

(b) 

an indication of the expected nature and quantities of organic agricultural products and foodstuffs intended for export to the Community;

(c) 

the production standards applied in the third country as well as an assessment of their equivalence to the standards applied in the Community;

(d) 

the control system applied in the third country, including the monitoring and supervisory activities carried out by the competent authorities in the third country, as well as an assessment of its equivalent effectiveness when compared to the control system applied in the Community;

(e) 

the Internet or other address where the list of operators subject to the control system can be found, as well as a contact point where information is readily available on their certification status and the product categories concerned;

(f) 

the information the third country proposes to include in the list as referred to in Article 7;

(g) 

an undertaking to comply with the provisions of Article 9;

(h) 

any other information deemed relevant by the third country or by the Commission.

3.  
When examining a request for inclusion in the list of recognised third countries, and also any time after its inclusion, the Commission may request any further information, including the presentation of one or more on-the-spot examination reports established by independent experts. Furthermore, the Commission may, based on risk-assessment and in case of suspected irregularities organise an on-the-spot examination by experts it designates.

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Experts from other third countries recognised in accordance with Article 33(2) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 may be invited by the Commission to attend on-the-spot-examination as observers.

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4.  
The Commission shall assess whether the technical dossier referred to in paragraph 2 and the information referred to in paragraph 3 are satisfactory and may subsequently decide to recognise and include a third country in the list for a three-year period. Where the Commission considers that the conditions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 and this Regulation continue to be met, it may decide to extend the inclusion of the third country after that three-year period.

The decisions referred to in the first subparagraph shall be taken in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 37(2) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007.

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Article 9

Management and review of the list of third countries

1.  

The Commission shall only be required to consider a request for inclusion when the third country undertakes to accept the following conditions:

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(a) 

if, after a third country has been included in the list, any changes are made to the measures in force in the third country or their implementation and in particular to its control system, that third country shall notify the Commission thereof without delay; any changes made to the information referred to in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 7(2) shall be notified to the Commission without delay via the computer system referred to in Article 94(1) of Regulation (EC) No 889/2008;

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(b) 

the annual report referred to in Article 33(2) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 shall update the information of the technical dossier referred to in Article 8(2) of this Regulation; it shall describe in particular the monitoring and supervisory activities carried out by the competent authority of the third country, the results obtained and the corrective measures taken;

(c) 

in the light of any information received, the Commission may at any time amend the specifications relating to the third country and may suspend the entry of that country from the list referred to in Article 7; a similar decision may also be made where a third country has not supplied information required or where it has not agreed to an on-the-spot examination.

2.  
If a third country does not send the annual report, referred to Article 33(2) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, does not keep available or does not communicate all information related to its technical dossier or control system or does not agree to an on-the-spot examination, after request by the Commission within a period which the Commission shall determine according to the severity of the problem and which generally may not be less than 30 days, that third country may be withdrawn from the list, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 37(2) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007.



CHAPTER 2

List of recognised control bodies and control authorities for the purpose of equivalence

Article 10

Compilation and content of the list of recognised control bodies and control authorities for the purpose of equivalence

1.  
The Commission shall draw up a list of control bodies and control authorities, recognised for the purpose of equivalence in accordance with Article 33(3) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007. The list shall be published in Annex IV to this Regulation. The procedures for drawing up and amending the list are defined in Articles 11, 16 and 17 of this Regulation. The list shall be made available to the public on the Internet in accordance with Articles 16(4) and 17 of this Regulation.
2.  

The list shall contain all the information necessary in respect of each control body or authority to allow verifying whether products placed on the Community market have been controlled by a control body or authority recognised in accordance with Article 33(3) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 and in particular:

(a) 

the name, address and code number of the control body or authority, and, when appropriate, its e-mail and Internet address;

(b) 

the third countries not listed in the list provided for in Article 7 where the products have their origin;

(c) 

the product categories concerned for each third country;

(d) 

the duration of the inclusion in the list; and

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(e) 

the internet website where an updated list of operators subject to the control system can be found, indicating their certification status and the product categories concerned as well as a contact point where information is available on suspended and decertified operators and products; and

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(f) 

the internet website where a complete presentation of the production standard and control measures applied by the control body or control authority in a third country can be found.

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3.  
By way of derogation from paragraph 2(b), those products originating from a recognised third country listed in accordance with Article 7, but not covered by the recognition granted to that third country, may be included in the list provided for in this Article.

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Article 11

Procedure for requesting inclusion in the list of recognised control bodies and control authorities for the purpose of equivalence

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1.  
The Commission shall consider whether to include a control body or control authority in the list provided for in Article 10 upon receipt of a request thereto from the representative of the control body or control authority concerned on the basis of the model of application made available by the Commission in accordance with Article 17(2). Only complete requests that have been submitted by ►M38  30 June 2021 ◄ shall be taken into account for updating the list.

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2.  
The request can be introduced by control bodies and control authorities established in the Community or in a third country.
3.  

The request for inclusion shall consist of a technical dossier, which shall comprise all the information needed for the Commission to ensure that the conditions set out in Article 33(3) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 are met for products intended for export to the Community, namely:

(a) 

an overview of the activities of the control body or control authority in the third country or third countries, including an estimate of the number of operators involved and the expected nature and quantities of agricultural products and foodstuffs intended for export to the Community under the rules set out in Article 33(1) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007;

(b) 

a description of the production standards and control measures applied in the third countries, including an assessment of the equivalence of these standards and measures with Titles III, IV and V of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 as well as with the associated implementing rules laid down in Regulation (EC) No 889/2008;

(c) 

a copy of the assessment report as set out in the fourth subparagraph of Article 33(3) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007:

(i) 

proving that the control body or control authority has been satisfactorily assessed on its ability to meet the conditions set out in Article 33(1) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007;

(ii) 

confirming that it has effectively implemented its activities according to those conditions; and

(iii) 

demonstrating and confirming the equivalence of the production standards and control measures referred to in subparagraph (b) of this paragraph;

(d) 

proof that the control body or control authority has notified its activities to the authorities of each of the third countries concerned and its undertaking to respect the legal requirements imposed on it by the authorities of each of the third countries concerned;

(e) 

the Internet website where the list of operators subject to the control system can be found, as well as a contact point where information is readily available on their certification status, the product categories concerned, as well as suspended and decertified operators and products;

(f) 

an undertaking to comply with the provisions of Article 12;

(g) 

any other information deemed relevant by the control body or control authority or by the Commission.

4.  
When examining a request for inclusion in the list of control body or control authority, and also any time after its inclusion, the Commission may request any further information, including the presentation of one or more on-the-spot examination reports established by independent expert. Furthermore, the Commission may organise an on-the-spot examination by experts it designates on a risk-based approach and in case of suspected irregularities.
5.  
The Commission shall assess whether the technical dossier referred to in paragraph 2 and the information referred to in paragraph 3 are satisfactory and may subsequently decide to recognise and include a control body or control authority in the list. The decision shall be taken in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 37(2) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007.

Article 12

Management and review of the list of control bodies and control authorities for the purpose of equivalence

1.  

A control body or control authority may only be included in the list referred to in Article 10 when it fulfils the following obligations:

(a) 

if, after a control body or control authority has been included in the list, any changes are made to the measures applied by the control body or control authority, that control body or control authority shall notify the Commission thereof; requests to amend the information in respect of a control body or authority referred to in Article 10(2), shall also be notified to the Commission;

(b) 

by ►M12  28 February ◄ every year, the control body or control authority shall send a concise annual report to the Commission. The annual report shall update the information of the technical dossier referred to in Article 11(3); it shall describe in particular the control activities carried out by the control body or control authority in the third countries in the previous year, the results obtained, the irregularities and infringements observed and the corrective measures taken; It shall furthermore contain the most recent assessment report or update of such report, which shall contain the results of the regular on-the-spot evaluation, surveillance and multiannual reassessment as referred to in Article 33(3) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007; the Commission may request any other information deemed necessary;

(c) 

in the light of any information received, the Commission may at any time amend the specifications relating to the control body or control authority and may suspend the entry of that body or authority from the list referred to in Article 10; a similar decision may also be made where a control body or control authority has not supplied information required or where it has not agreed to an on-the-spot examination;

(d) 

the control body or control authority shall make available to interested parties, by electronic means, a continuously updated list of operators, and of products certified as organic.

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2.  

In accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 37(2) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 a control body or a control authority, or a reference to a specific product category or to a specific third country in relation to that control body or control authority, may be withdrawn from the list referred to in Article 10 of this Regulation in the following cases:

(a) 

if its annual report referred to paragraph 1(b) has not been received by the Commission by ►M12  28 February ◄ ;

(b) 

if it does not notify the Commission in due time of changes to its technical dossier;

(c) 

if it does not provide information to the Commission during the investigations of an irregularity case;

(d) 

if it fails to take adequate corrective measures in response to the irregularities and infringements observed;

(e) 

if it does not agree to an on-the-spot examination required by the Commission, or if an on-the-spot examination comes up with a negative result due to systematic malfunctioning of control measures;

(f) 

in any other situation presenting the risk for the consumer to be misled about the true nature of the products certified by the control body or the control authority.

If a control body or a control authority fails to take appropriate and timely remedial action after request by the Commission within a period which the Commission shall determine according to the severity of the problem and which generally may not be less than 30 days, the Commission shall withdraw it from the list without delay in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 37(2) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007. That withdrawal decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The Commission shall make the amended list available as soon as possible to the public by any appropriate technical means, including publication on the Internet.

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CHAPTER 3

Release for free circulation of products imported in accordance with Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007

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Article 13

Certificate of inspection

1.  

The release for free circulation in the Union of a consignment of products referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 and imported in accordance with Article 33 of that Regulation shall be conditional on:

(a) 

the submission of an original certificate of inspection to the relevant Member State's competent authority;

(b) 

the verification of the consignment and the endorsement of the certificate of inspection by the relevant Member State's competent authority; and

(c) 

the indication of the number of the certificate of inspection in the customs declaration for release for free circulation as referred to in Article 158(1) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 5 ).

The verification of the consignment and the endorsement of the certificate of inspection shall be carried out by the relevant Member State's competent authority in that Member State where the consignment is released for free circulation in the Union.

Member States shall designate the points of entry in their territory and inform the Commission of the designated points of entry.

2.  
►M34  The certificate of inspection shall be issued by the relevant control authority or control body before the consignment leaves the third country of export or origin. It shall be endorsed by the relevant Member State’s competent authority and completed by the first consignee on the basis of the model and the notes set out in Annex V and using the electronic Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES) established by Commission Decision 2003/24/EC ( 6 ). ◄

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The original certificate of inspection shall be a printed and hand-signed copy of the completed electronic certificate in TRACES or, alternatively, a certificate of inspection signed in TRACES with a qualified electronic seal within the meaning of Article 3(27) of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 7 ).

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When the original certificate of inspection is a printed and hand-signed copy of the completed electronic certificate in TRACES, control authorities, control bodies, relevant Member State's competent authorities and the first consignee shall verify at each stage of issuing, endorsement and reception of the certificate of inspection that this copy corresponds to the information indicated in TRACES. ►M35  In the absence in the printed hand-signed copy of the certificate of inspection of the information related to transport documents in boxes 16 and 17, and the relevant fields of box 13, or where such information is different than the one available in TRACES, relevant Member State’s competent authorities and the first consignee shall only consider for the purpose of verification and endorsement of the certificate of inspection the information available in TRACES. ◄

3.  
To be accepted for endorsement, the certificate of inspection shall have been issued by the control authority or control body of the producer or the processor of the product concerned or, where the operator carrying out the last operation for the purposes of preparation is different from the producer or processor of the product, by the control authority or control body of the operator carrying out the last operation for the purposes of preparation as defined in Article 2(i) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007.

That control authority or control body shall be:

(a) 

a control authority or control body listed in Annex III to this Regulation for the products concerned and for the third country in which the products have their origin, or, where applicable, in which the last operation for the purposes of preparation has been carried out; or

(b) 

a control authority or control body listed in Annex IV to this Regulation for the products concerned and for the third country in which the products have their origin or in which the last operation for the purposes of preparation has been carried out.

4.  
►M35  The control authority or control body issuing the certificate of inspection shall only issue the certificate of inspection and sign the declaration in box 18 of the certificate after it has carried out a documentary check on the basis of all relevant inspection documents, including in particular the production plan for the product concerned, commercial documents and, as appropriate according to its risk assessment, it has carried out a physical check of the consignment. The information related to transport documents in box 13, in particular number of packages and net weight, and the information in boxes 16 and 17 of the certificate of inspection concerning means of transport and transport documents shall be included in the certificate of inspection within maximum 10 days from the issuance of the certificate and, in any case, before endorsement of the certificate of inspection by the relevant Member State’s competent authorities. ◄

However, for processed products, if the control authority or control body issuing the certificate of inspection is a control authority or control body listed in Annex III, it shall only issue the certificate of inspection and sign the declaration in box 18 of the certificate after it has verified that all organic ingredients of the product have been controlled and certified by a control authority or control body recognised by the third country concerned listed in that Annex, or if the issuing control authority or control body is a control authority or control body listed in Annex IV, it shall only issue the certificate of inspection and sign the declaration in box 18 of the certificate after it has verified that all organic ingredients of such products have been controlled and certified by a control authority or control body listed in Annex III or IV or have been produced and certified in the Union in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 834/2007.

Where the operator carrying out the last operation for the purposes of preparation is different from the producer or processor of the product, the control authority or control body issuing the certificate of inspection and listed in Annex IV shall only issue the certificate of inspection and sign the declaration in box 18 of the certificate after it has carried out a documentary check on the basis of all relevant inspection documents, including transport documents and commercial documents, it has verified that the production or the processing of the product concerned has been controlled and certified by a control body or control authority recognised for the products concerned and the country concerned in accordance with Article 33(3) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 and it has carried out, as appropriate according to its risk assessment, a physical check of the consignment.

At the request of the Commission or of the competent authority of a Member State, the control authority or control body issuing the certificate of inspection in accordance with the second and third subparagraphs shall make available without delay the list of all operators in the organic production chain and the control authorities or control bodies under whose control those operators have placed their operations.

5.  
The certificate of inspection shall be made in one single original.

The first consignee or, where relevant, the importer may make a copy of the certificate of inspection for the purpose of informing the control authorities and control bodies in accordance with Article 83 of Regulation (EC) No 889/2008. Any such copy shall carry the indication ‘COPY’ printed or stamped thereon.

6.  
At the verification of a consignment, the relevant Member State's competent authority shall endorse the original certificate of inspection in box 20 and shall return it to the person who submitted the certificate.
7.  
The first consignee shall, at the reception of the consignment, complete box 21 of the certificate of inspection, to certify that the reception of the consignment has been carried out in accordance with Article 34 of Regulation (EC) No 889/2008.

The first consignee shall then send the original of the certificate to the importer mentioned in box 11 of the certificate for the purposes of the second subparagraph of Article 33(1) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007.

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Article 13a

Force majeure or exceptional circumstances

1.  
In cases of force majeure or exceptional circumstances preventing the electronic system from working, and in particular of malfunctioning of the system or a lack of a lasting connection, certificates of inspection and their extracts may be issued and endorsed pursuant to Article 13(3) to (7) without using TRACES in accordance with paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of this Article, and on the basis of the models and the notes set out in Annex V or VI. The competent authorities, control authorities, control bodies and operators shall inform the Commission without delay and shall insert in TRACES all the necessary details within ten calendar days following the re-establishment of the system.
2.  
When the certificate of inspection is issued without using TRACES, it shall be drawn up in one of the official languages of the Union and filled in, except for the stamps and signatures, either entirely in capital letters or entirely in typescript.

The certificate of inspection shall be in the official language or one of the official languages of the Member State of clearance. Where necessary, the relevant Member State's competent authorities may request a translation of the certificate of inspection into its official language or one of its official languages.

Uncertified alterations or erasures shall invalidate the certificate.

3.  
The control authority or control body issuing the certificate of inspection shall give a serial number to each issued certificate and keep a register of the issued certificates in chronological order and make the correspondence afterward with the serial number given by TRACES.
4.  
Where the certificate of inspection is issued and endorsed without using TRACES, the second and third subparagraphs of Article 15(1) and Article 15(5) shall not apply.

Article 13b

Importer

The importer shall indicate the number of the certificate of inspection in the customs declaration for release for free circulation as referred to in Article 158(1) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013.

Article 13c

Access rights

The Commission shall be in charge of granting and updating access rights to TRACES of the competent authorities as defined in Article 2(n) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, of competent authorities of third countries recognised in accordance with Article 33(2) of that Regulation and of control authorities and control bodies listed in Annex III or IV to this Regulation. Before granting access rights to TRACES, the Commission shall verify the identity of the competent authorities, control authorities and control bodies concerned.

The competent authorities as defined in Article 2(n) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 shall be in charge of granting and updating access rights to TRACES of operators, control authorities and control bodies in the Union. Before granting access rights to TRACES, the competent authorities shall verify the identity of the operators, control authorities and control bodies concerned. Member States shall designate a single authority responsible to coordinate the cooperation and the contacts with the Commission in this area.

The competent authorities shall communicate the granted access rights to the Commission. The Commission shall activate those access rights in TRACES.

Article 13d

Integrity and legibility of information

TRACES shall protect the integrity of the information encoded in accordance with this Regulation.

In particular, it shall offer the following guarantees:

(a) 

it shall allow each user to be unequivocally identified and shall incorporate effective control measures of access rights in order to protect against illegal, malicious or unauthorised access, deletion, alteration or movement of the information, files and metadata;

(b) 

it shall be equipped with physical protection systems against intrusions and environmental incidents and software protection against cyber-attacks;

(c) 

it shall safeguard stored data in an environment which is secure in both physical and software terms;

(d) 

it shall prevent, by various means, any unauthorised changes and incorporate integrity mechanisms to check if the information has been altered over time;

(e) 

it shall keep an audit trail for each essential stage of the procedure;

(f) 

it shall provide reliable format conversion and migration procedures in order to guarantee that the information is legible and accessible throughout the entire storage period required;

(g) 

it shall have sufficiently detailed and up-to-date functional and technical documentation on the operation and characteristics of the system, that documentation being accessible at all times to the organisational entities responsible for the functional and/or technical specifications.

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Article 14

Special customs procedures

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1.  
Where a consignment coming from a third country is placed under customs warehousing or inward processing as provided for in Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, and subject to one or more preparations as referred to in the second subparagraph, the relevant Member State's competent authority shall carry out the verification of the consignment as referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 13(1) of this Regulation before the first preparation is carried out. The reference number of the customs declaration by which the goods have been declared for customs warehousing or for inward processing procedure shall be indicated in box 19 of the certificate of inspection.

The preparation shall be limited to the following types of operations:

(a) 

packaging or repackaging; or

(b) 

labelling concerning the presentation of the organic production method.

After this preparation, the consignment shall be subject, before the release for free circulation, to the measures referred to in Article 13(1) of this Regulation.

After this procedure, the original of the certificate of inspection shall, where relevant, be returned to the importer of the consignment, referred to in box 11 of the certificate for the purposes of the second subparagraph of Article 33(1) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007.

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2.  
Where, under a suspensive customs procedure pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92, a consignment coming from a third country is intended to be submitted in a Member State, before its release for free circulation in the Community, to a splitting into different batches, the consignment shall be subject, before this splitting is carried out, to the measures referred to in Article 13(1) of this Regulation.

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For each of the batches which results from the splitting, the importer mentioned in box 11 of the certificate of inspection shall submit an extract of the certificate of inspection through TRACES to the relevant Member State's competent authority, in accordance with the model and the notes set out in Annex VI. After verification of the batch, the relevant Member State's competent authority shall endorse the extract of the certificate of inspection in box 13 for the purpose of the release for free circulation. The verification of the batch and the endorsement of the extract of the certificate of inspection shall be carried out by the relevant Member State's competent authority in that Member State where the batch is released for free circulation in the Union.

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A copy of each endorsed extract from the certificate of inspection shall be kept together with the original certificate of inspection by the person identified as the original importer of the consignment and mentioned in box 11 of the certificate of inspection. This copy shall carry the indication ‘COPY’ or ‘DUPLICATE’ printed or stamped thereon.

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The consignee of a batch shall, at the reception thereof, complete the original of the extract of the certificate of inspection in box 14, in order to certify that the reception of the batch has been carried out in accordance with Article 34 of Regulation (EC) No 889/2008.

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The consignee of a batch shall keep the extract of the certificate of inspection at the disposal of the control authorities and/or control bodies for not less than two years.

3.  
The preparation and splitting operations referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be carried out in accordance with the relevant provisions set out in Title V of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 and in Title IV of Regulation (EC) No 889/2008.

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Article 15

Non-compliant products

1.  
Without prejudice to any measures or actions taken in accordance with Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 and/or Regulation (EC) No 889/2008, the release for free circulation in the Union of products not in conformity with the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 shall be conditional on the removal of references to organic production from the labelling, advertising and accompanying documents.

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When the verification of a consignment by a relevant Member State's competent authority leads to the detection of an infringement or an irregularity that leads to the refusal of the endorsement of the certificate and of the release for free circulation of products, that authority shall without delay notify that infringement or irregularity to the Commission and to the other Member States through TRACES.

Member States shall ensure effective and efficient coordination amongst competent authorities performing official controls with a view to exchanging without delay information on the detection of consignments of products referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 bearing terms referring to the organic production method, but not declared as intended to be imported in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 834/2007. The relevant Member State's competent authority shall without delay notify the Commission and the other Member States of those findings through TRACES.

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2.  
►M9  Without prejudice to any measures or actions to be taken in accordance with Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, in case of suspicion of infringements and irregularities as regards compliance of imported organic products from third countries recognised in accordance with Article 33(2) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 or imported organic products controlled by control authorities or control bodies recognised in accordance with Article 33(3) of that Regulation with the requirements laid down in that Regulation, the importer shall take all necessary measures in accordance with Article 91(1) of Regulation (EC) No 889/2008. ◄

The importer and the control authority or control body which issued the certificate of inspection as referred to in Article 13 of this Regulation shall immediately inform the control bodies, control authorities and competent authorities of the Member States concerned and of the third countries involved in the organic production of the products in question and, where appropriate, the Commission. The control authority or control body may require that the product cannot be placed on the market with indications referring to the organic production method until it is satisfied, by the information received from the operator or from other sources, that the doubt has been eliminated.

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3.  
Without prejudice to any measures or actions to be taken in accordance with Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, where a control authority or control body of a Member State or a third country has a substantiated suspicion of an infringement or irregularity as regards compliance of imported organic products from third countries recognised in accordance with Article 33(2) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 or imported organic products controlled by control authorities or control bodies recognised in accordance with Article 33(3) of that Regulation with the requirements laid down in that Regulation, it shall take all necessary measures in accordance with Article 91(2) of Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 and shall immediately inform the control bodies, control authorities and competent authorities of the Member States concerned and of the third countries involved in the organic production of the products in question and the Commission.

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4.  
Where a competent authority of a third country recognised in accordance with Article 33(2) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 or a control authority or control body recognised in accordance with Article 33(3) of that Regulation is notified by the Commission after having received a communication from a Member State informing it of a substantiated suspicion of an infringement or irregularity as regards compliance of imported organic products with the requirements laid down in that Regulation or this Regulation, it shall investigate the origin of the suspected irregularity or infringement and shall inform the Commission and the Member State which sent the initial communication of the result of the investigation and of the action taken. That information shall be sent within 30 calendar days from the date of sending of the original notification by the Commission.

The Member State which sent the initial communication may ask the Commission to request additional information, if needed, which shall be sent to the Commission and to the Member State concerned. In any case, after receiving a reply or additional information, the Member State which sent the initial communication shall make the necessary entries and updates in the computer system referred to in Article 94(1) of Regulation (EC) No 889/2008.

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5.  
The importer, the first consignee or their control authority or control body shall send the information on infringements or irregularities as regards imported products to the competent authorities of the Member States concerned via the computer system referred to in Article 94(1) of Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 through TRACES.

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TITLE IV

COMMON RULES

Article 16

Assessment of the requests and publication of the lists

1.  
The Commission shall examine the requests received in accordance with Articles 4, 8 and 11 with the assistance of the Committee on organic production, referred to in Article 37(1) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 (hereafter called ‘the Committee’). For this purposes the Committee shall adopt specific internal rules of procedure.

In order to assist the Commission with the examination of the requests and with the management and review of the lists, the Commission shall set up an expert group consisting of governmental and private experts.

2.  
For each request received, and after appropriate consultation with Member States in accordance with the specific internal rules of procedure, the Commission shall nominate two Member States to act as co-reporters. The Commission shall divide the requests between the Member States proportionally with the number of votes of each Member State in the Committee on organic production. The co-reporting Member States shall examine the documentation and information as set out in Articles 4, 8 and 11 related to the request and shall draw up a report. For the management and review of the lists, they shall also examine the annual reports and any other information referred to in Articles 5, 9 and 12 related to the entries on the lists.
3.  
Taking into account the result of the examination by the co-reporting Member States, the Commission shall decide, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 37(2) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, on the recognition of third countries, control bodies or control authorities, their inclusion on the lists or any modification of the lists, including the attribution of a code number to those bodies and authorities. The decisions shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
4.  
The Commission shall make the lists available to the public by any appropriate technical means, including publication on the Internet.

Article 17

Communication

1.  
When transmitting documents or other information referred to in Articles 32 and 33 of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 and in this Regulation to the Commission or the Member States, the competent authorities of third countries, the control authorities or the control bodies shall use electronic transmission. When specific electronic transmission systems are made available by the Commission or the Member States, they shall use these systems. The Commission and the Member States shall also use these systems to provide each other with concerned documents.
2.  
For the form and content of documents and information referred to in Articles 32 and 33 of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 and in this Regulation, the Commission shall set out guidelines, models and questionnaires where appropriate and make them available in the computer system referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. These guidelines, models and questionnaires shall be adapted and updated by the Commission, after having informed the Member States and the competent authorities of third countries, as well as the control authorities and control bodies recognised in accordance with this Regulation.

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3.  
The computer system provided for in paragraph 1 shall be able to collect the requests, documents and information referred to in this Regulation where appropriate.

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4.  
The supporting documents referred to in Articles 32 and 33 of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 and in this Regulation, in particular in Articles 4, 8 and 11, shall be kept by the competent authorities of third countries, the control authorities or the control bodies at the disposal of the Commission and the Member States for at least three years following the year in which the controls took place or the certificates of inspection and documentary evidence were delivered.
5.  
Where a document or procedure provided for in Articles 32 and 33 of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 or in the detailed rules for its application requires the signature of an authorised person or the approval of a person at one or more of the stages of that procedure, the computer systems set up for the communication of those documents must make it possible to identify each person unambiguously and provide reasonable assurance that the contents of the documents, including as regards the stages of the procedure, cannot be altered, in accordance with Community legislation, and in particular with Commission Decision 2004/563/EC, Euratom.



TITLE V

FINAL AND TRANSITIONAL RULES

Article 18

Transitional rules on the list of third countries

Requests for inclusion from third countries submitted in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 345/2008 before the 1 January 2009 shall be treated as applications under Article 8 of this Regulation.

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The first list of recognised countries shall include Argentina, Australia, Costa Rica, India, Israel ( 8 ), New Zealand and Switzerland. It shall not contain the code numbers referred to in Article 7(2)(f) of this Regulation. These code numbers shall be added before 1 July 2010 by updating the list in accordance with Article 17(2).

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Article 19a

Transitional rules on the use of certificates of inspection not issued in TRACES

Until 19 October 2017 certificates of inspection as referred to in Article 13(1)(a) and their extracts as referred to in Article 14(2) may be issued and endorsed pursuant to Article 13(3) to (7) without using TRACES in accordance with Article 13a(1), (2) and (3) and on the basis of the models and the notes set out in Annex V or VI.

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Article 20

Repeal

Regulations (EC) No 345/2008 and (EC) No 605/2008 are repealed.

References to the repealed Regulations shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex VII.

Article 21

Entry into force

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

It shall apply as from 1 January 2009.

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




ANNEX I

LIST OF CONTROL BODIES AND CONTROL AUTHORITIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPLIANCE AND RELEVANT SPECIFICATIONS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3




ANNEX II

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ANNEX III

LIST OF THIRD COUNTRIES AND RELEVANT SPECIFICATIONS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 7

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Note: According to Article 17(1)(f) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 animals and animal products produced during the conversion period shall not be marketed in the Union with the indications referred to in Articles 23 and 24 of that Regulation used in the labelling and advertising of products. Such products are therefore also excluded from the recognitions as regards product categories B and D for all third countries listed in this Annex.

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ARGENTINA

1.

Product categories :



Category of products

Designation of category as in Annex IV

Limitations

Unprocessed plant products

A

 

Live animals or unprocessed animal products

B

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Processed agricultural products for use as food (1)

D

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Vegetative propagating material and seeds for cultivation

F

 

(1)   

Wine, yeast not included.

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2.

Origin : products of categories A, B and F that have been grown in Argentina and products of category D processed in Argentina with organically grown ingredients that have been grown in Argentina.

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3.

Production standard : Ley 25 127 sobre ‘Producción ecológica, biológica y orgánica’.

4.

Competent authority : Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria SENASA, www.senasa.gov.ar

5.

Control bodies :



Code number

Name

Internet address

AR-BIO-001

Food Safety SA

www.foodsafety.com.ar

AR-BIO-002

Instituto Argentino para la Certificación y Promoción de Productos Agropecuarios Orgánicos SA (Argencert)

www.argencert.com

AR-BIO-003

Letis SA

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AR-BIO-004

Organización Internacional Agropecuaria (OIA),

www.oia.com.ar

6.

Certificate issuing bodies : as at point 5.

7.

Duration of the inclusion : unspecified.

AUSTRALIA

1.

Product categories :



Category of products

Designation of category as in Annex IV

Limitations

Unprocessed plant products

A

 

Processed agricultural products for use as food (1)

D

Composed essentially of one or more ingredients of plant origin

Vegetative propagating material and seeds for cultivation

F

 

(1)   

Wine, yeast not included.

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2.

Origin : products of categories A and F that have been grown in Australia and products of category D processed in Australia with organically grown ingredients that have been grown in Australia.

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3.

Production standard : national standard for organic and bio-dynamic produce.

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4.

Competent authority :

Department of Agriculture and Water Resources

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http://www.agriculture.gov.au/

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5.

Control bodies :



Code number

Name

Internet address

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AU-BIO-001

ACO Certification Ltd

www.aco.net.au

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AU-BIO-003

Bio-dynamic Research Institute (BDRI)

www.demeter.org.au

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AU-BIO-004

NASAA Certified Organic

www.nasaa.com.au

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AU-BIO-005

Organic Food Chain Pty Ltd (OFC)

www.organicfoodchain.com.au

AU-BIO-006

AUS-QUAL Pty Ltd

www.ausqual.com.au

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AU-BIO-007

Southern Cross Certified Australia Pty Ltd

https://www.sxcertified.com.au

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6.

Certificate issuing bodies : as at point 5.

7.

Duration of the inclusion : unspecified.

CANADA

1.

Product categories :



Category of products

Designation of category as in Annex IV

Limitations

Unprocessed plant products

A

 

Live animals or unprocessed animal products

B

 

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D

 

Processed agricultural products for use as feed

E

 

Vegetative propagating material and seeds for cultivation

F

 

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2.

Origin : products of category A, B and F that have been grown in Canada and products of category D and E processed in Canada with organically grown ingredients that have been grown in Canada or that have been imported into Canada in accordance with the Canadian legislation.

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3.

Production standard : Organic Products Regulation.

4.

Competent authority : Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), www.inspection.gc.ca

5.

Control bodies :



Code number

Name

Internet address

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CA-ORG-002

British Columbia Association for Regenerative Agriculture (BCARA)

www.certifiedorganic.bc.ca

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CA-ORG-003

CCOF Certification Services

www.ccof.org

CA-ORG-004

Centre for Systems Integration (CSI)

www.csi-ics.com

CA-ORG-005

Consorzio per il Controllo dei Prodotti Biologici Società a responsabilità limitata (CCPB SRL)

www.ccpb.it

CA-ORG-006

Ecocert Canada

www.ecocertcanada.com

CA-ORG-007

Fraser Valley Organic Producers Association (FVOPA)

www.fvopa.ca

▼M37 —————

▼M7

CA-ORG-009

International Certification Services Incorporated (ICS)

www.ics-intl.com

CA-ORG-010

LETIS SA

www.letis.com.ar

▼M37 —————

▼M32 —————

▼M7

CA-ORG-013

Organic Crop Improvement Association (OCIA)

www.ocia.org

CA-ORG-014

Organic Producers Association of Manitoba Cooperative Incorporated (OPAM)

www.opam-mb.com

CA-ORG-015

Pacific Agricultural Certification Society (PACS)

www.pacscertifiedorganic.ca

CA-ORG-016

Pro-Cert Organic Systems Ltd (Pro-Cert)

www.ocpro.ca

▼M37

CA-ORG-017

Quality Assurance International Incorporated (QAI)

http://www.qai-inc.com

▼M7

CA-ORG-018

Quality Certification Services (QCS)

www.qcsinfo.org

▼M37

CA-ORG-019

Organisme de Certification Québec Vrai (OCQV)

http://www.quebecvrai.org/

▼M21 —————

▼M32

CA-ORG-021

TransCanada Organic Certification Services (TCO Cert)

http://www.tcocert.ca/contacts/

▼M7

6.

Certificate issuing bodies : as at point 5.

▼M15

7.

Duration of the inclusion : unspecified.

▼M31

CHILE

1. Product categories:



Category of products or products

Designation of category as in Annex IV

Limitations

Unprocessed plant products

A

Only products listed in the Agreement

Honey

 

Only products listed in the Agreement

Processed plant products for use as food

D

Only products listed in the Agreement

Vegetative propagating material and seeds for cultivation

F

Only products listed in the Agreement

2. Origin: organically grown ingredients in products of categories A and D that have been grown in Chile or that have been imported into Chile:

— 
either from the Union,
— 
or from a third country in the framework of a regime that is recognised as equivalent by the Union in accordance with Article 33(2) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007.

3. Production standards: Law 20.089, of 17 January 2006, that creates a national certification system for agricultural organic products.

4. Competent authority: Servicio Agricola y Ganadero (SAG), Ministry of Agriculture. http://www.sag.cl/ambitos-de-accion/certificacion-de-productos-organicos

5. Control bodies:



Code number

Name

Internet address

CL-BIO-001

Ecocert Chile S.A.

www.ecocert.cl

▼M33 —————

▼M31

CL-BIO-005

CERES — Certification of Environmental Standards GmbH

http://www.ceres-cert.com/

▼M33

CL-BIO-010

BIO CERTIFICADORA SERVICIOS LIMITADA O BIOAUDITA

https://www.bioaudita.cl

▼M31

6. Certificate issuing bodies and authorities: as at point 5.

7. Duration of the inclusion: ►M37  unspecified ◄ .

▼M7

COSTA-RICA

1.

Product categories :



Category of products

Designation of category as in Annex IV

Limitations

Unprocessed plant products

A

 

Processed agricultural products for use as food (1)

D

►M25  Processed plant products only ◄

Vegetative propagating material and seeds for cultivation

F

 

(1)   

Wine, yeast not included.

▼M25

2.

Origin : products of categories A and F that have been grown in Costa-Rica and products of category D processed in Costa-Rica with organically grown ingredients that have been grown in Costa-Rica.

▼M7

3.

Production standard : Reglamento sobre la agricultura orgánica.

▼M11

4.

Competent authority : Servicio Fitosanitario del Estado, Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería, www.sfe.go.cr

▼M7

5.

Control bodies :



Code number

Name

Internet Address

▼M30 —————

▼M30

CR-BIO-002

Kiwa BCS Costa Rica Limitada

www.kiwa.lat

▼M7

CR-BIO-003

Eco-LOGICA

www.eco-logica.com

▼M30

CR-BIO-004

Control Union Perú

www.cuperu.com

CR-BIO-006

PrimusLabs.com CR S.A.

www.primusauditingops.com

▼M31

CR-BIO-007

Primus Auditing Operations de Costa Rica S.A

www.primusauditingops.com

▼M30

6.

Certificate issuing bodies : as at point 5.

▼M7

7.

Duration of the inclusion : unspecified.

▼M9

INDIA

1.

Product categories :



▼M25 —————

▼M9

Category of products

Designation of category as in Annex IV

Limitations

Unprocessed plant products

A

 

Vegetative propagating material and seeds for cultivation

F

 

2.

Origin : products of categories A and F that have been grown in India.

▼M7

3.

Production standard : National Programme for Organic Production.

▼M32

4.

Competent authority : Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority APEDA, http://www.apeda.gov.in/apedawebsite/index.asp

▼M7

5.

Control bodies :



Code number

Name

Internet address

IN-ORG-001

Aditi Organic Certifications Pvt. Ltd

www.aditicert.net

IN-ORG-002

APOF Organic Certification Agency (AOCA)

www.aoca.in

▼M37

IN-ORG-003

Bureau Veritas (India) Pvt. Limited

www.bureauveritas.co.in

IN-ORG-004

CU Inspections India Pvt Ltd

www.controlunion.com

IN-ORG-005

ECOCERT India Pvt. Ltd.

www.ecocert.in

IN-ORG-006

TQ Cert Services Private Limited

www.tqcert.in

IN-ORG-007

IMO Control Pvt. Ltd

www.imocontrol.in

▼M7

IN-ORG-008

Indian Organic Certification Agency (Indocert)

www.indocert.org

▼M36 —————

▼M7

IN-ORG-010

Lacon Quality Certification Pvt. Ltd

www.laconindia.com

▼M15

IN-ORG-011

Natural Organic Certification Agro Pvt. Ltd

www.nocaagro.com

▼M37

IN-ORG-012

OneCert International

Private Limited

www.onecertinternational.com

▼M24

IN-ORG-013

SGS India Pvt. Ltd

www.sgsgroup.in

▼M15 —————

▼M37

IN-ORG-014

Uttarakhand State Organic Certification Agency (USOCA)

www.usoca.org

▼M37 —————

▼M37

IN-ORG-016

Rajasthan State Organic Certification Agency (RSOCA)

www.agriculture.rajasthan.gov.in/rssopca

IN-ORG-017

Chhattisgarh Certification Society, India (CGCERT)

www.cgcert.com

▼M7

IN-ORG-018

Tamil Nadu Organic Certification Department (TNOCD)

www.tnocd.net

▼M21 —————

▼M37 —————

▼M37

IN-ORG-021

Madhya Pradesh State Organic Certification Agency (MPSOCA)

www.mpsoca.org

▼M21 —————

▼M15

IN-ORG-023

Faircert Certification Services Pvt Ltd

www.faircert.com

▼M37

IN-ORG-024

Odisha State Organic Certification Agency (OSOCA)

www.ossopca.org

IN-ORG-025

Gujarat Organic Products Certification Agency (GOPCA)

www.gopca.in

▼M21

IN-ORG-026

Uttar Pradesh State Organic Certification Agency

www.upsoca.org

▼M37

IN-ORG-027

Karnataka State Organic

Certification Agency

www.kssoca.org

IN-ORG-028

Sikkim State Organic Certification Agency (SSOCA)

www.ssoca.in

IN-ORG-029

Global Certification

Society

www.glocert.org

IN-ORG-030

GreenCert Biosolutions

Pvt. Ltd

www.greencertindia.in

IN-ORG-031

Telangana State Organic

Certification Authority

www.tsoca.telangana.gov.in

IN-ORG-032

Bihar State Seed and Organic Certification Agency

(BSSOCA)

www.bssca.co.in

IN-ORG-033

Reliable Organic Certification Organization

https://rococert.com

IN-ORG-034

Bhumaatha Organic Certification Bureau (BOCB)

http://www.agricertbocb.in

▼M7

6.

Certificate issuing bodies : as at point 5.

7.

Duration of the inclusion : unspecified.

ISRAEL

1.

Product categories :



Category of products

Designation of category as in Annex IV

Limitations

Unprocessed plant products

A

 

Processed agricultural products for use as food (1)

D

Composed essentially of one or more ingredients of plant origin

Vegetative propagating material and seeds for cultivation

F

 

(1)   

Wine, yeast not included.

▼M25

2.

Origin :

products of category A and F that have been grown in Israel and products of category D processed in Israel with organically grown ingredients that have been grown in Israel or that have been imported into Israel:

— 
either from the Union,
— 
or from a third country in the framework of a regime which is recognised as equivalent in accordance with Article 33(2) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007.

▼M17

3.

Production standard : Law for the Regulation of Organic Produce, 5765-2005, and its relevant Regulations.

▼M7

4.

Competent authority : Plant Protection and Inspection Services (PPIS), www.ppis.moag.gov.il

5.

Control bodies :



Code number

Name

Internet address

IL-ORG-001

Secal Israel Inspection and certification

www.skal.co.il

IL-ORG-002

Agrior Ltd-Organic Inspection & Certification

www.agrior.co.il

IL-ORG-003

IQC Institute of Quality & Control

www.iqc.co.il

IL-ORG-004

Plant Protection and Inspection Services (PPIS)

www.ppis.moag.gov.il

▼M17 —————

▼M7

6.

Certificate issuing bodies : as at point 5

7.

Duration of the inclusion : unspecified.

JAPAN

1.

Product categories :



Category of products

Designation of category as in Annex IV

Limitations

Unprocessed plant products

A

 

Processed agricultural products for use as food (1)

D

Composed essentially of one or more ingredients of plant origin

▼M36 —————

(1)   

Wine not included.

▼M36

2.

Origin :

products of category A that have been grown in Japan and products of category D processed in Japan with organically grown ingredients that have been grown in Japan or that have been imported into Japan:

▼M25

— 
either from the Union,
— 
or from a third country for which Japan has recognised that the products have been produced and controlled in that third country in accordance with rules equivalent to those laid down in the Japanese legislation.

▼M7

3.

Production standards : Japanese Agricultural Standard for Organic Plants (Notification No 1605 of the MAFF of October 27, 2005), Japanese Agricultural Standard for Organic Processed Foods (Notification No 1606 of MAFF of October 27, 2005).

▼M21

4.

Competent authorities : Food Manufacture Affairs Division, Food Industry Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, www.maff.go.jp/j/jas/index.html and Food and Agricultural Materials Inspection Center (FAMIC), www.famic.go.jp

▼M7

5.

Control bodies :



Code number

Name

Internet address

▼M30

JP-BIO-001

Hyogo prefectural Organic Agriculture Society, HOAS

www.hyoyuken.org

▼M7

JP-BIO-002

AFAS Certification Center Co., Ltd

www.afasseq.com

JP-BIO-003

NPO Kagoshima Organic Agriculture Association

www.koaa.or.jp

JP-BIO-004

Center of Japan Organic Farmers Group

www.yu-ki.or.jp

▼M11

JP-BIO-005

Japan Organic & Natural Foods Association

http://jona-japan.org/english/

▼M15

JP-BIO-006

Ecocert Japan Limited

www.ecocert.co.jp

▼M30

JP-BIO-007

Bureau Veritas Japan Co., Ltd

http://certification.bureauveritas.jp/cer-business/jas/nintei_list.html

▼M7

JP-BIO-008

OCIA Japan

www.ocia-jp.com

▼M19

JP-BIO-009

Overseas Merchandise Inspection Co., Ltd

http://www.omicnet.com/omicnet/services-en/organic-certification-en.html

JP-BIO-010

Organic Farming Promotion Association

http://yusuikyo.web.fc2.com/

▼M7

JP-BIO-011

ASAC Stands for Axis’ System for Auditing and Certification and Association for Sustainable Agricultural Certification

www.axis-asac.net

JP-BIO-012

Environmentally Friendly Rice Network

www.epfnetwork.org/okome

JP-BIO-013

Ooita Prefecture Organic Agricultural Research Center

www.d-b.ne.jp/oitayuki

JP-BIO-014

AINOU

www.ainou.or.jp/ainohtm/disclosure/nintei-kouhyou.htm

JP-BIO-015

SGS Japan Incorporation

www.jp.sgs.com/ja/home_jp_v2.htm

▼M37

JP-BIO-016

Ehime Organic Agricultural Association

http://eoaa.sakura.ne.jp/

▼M7

JP-BIO-017

Center for Eco-design Certification Co. Ltd

http://www.eco-de.co.jp/list.html

▼M30

JP-BIO-018

Organic Certification Association

http://yuukinin.org/index.html

▼M32 —————

▼M37

JP-BIO-020

Hiroshima Environment and Health Association

https://www.kanhokyo.or.jp/

JP-BIO-021

ACCIS Inc.

https://www.accis.jp/

▼M7

JP-BIO-022

Organic Certification Organization Co. Ltd

www.oco45.net

▼M37

JP-BIO-023

Rice Research Organic Food Institute

https://rrofi.jp/

▼M7

JP-BIO-024

Aya town miyazaki, Japan

http://www.town.aya.miyazaki.jp/ayatown/organicfarming/index.html

JP-BIO-025

Tokushima Organic Certified Association

http://www.tokukaigi.or.jp/yuuki/

▼M37 —————

▼M37

JP-BIO-027

NPO Kumamoto Organic Agriculture Association

http://www.kumayuken.org/

▼M12

JP-BIO-028

Hokkaido Organic Promoters Association

http://www.hosk.jp/CCP.html

JP-BIO-029

Association of organic agriculture certification Kochi corporation NPO

http://www8.ocn.ne.jp/~koaa/jisseki.html

▼M37 —————

▼M37

JP-BIO-031

Wakayama Organic Certified Association

https://woca.jpn.org/w/

▼M15

JP-BIO-032

Shimane Organic Agriculture Association

www.shimane-yuki.or.jp/index.html

▼M32 —————

▼M37

JP-BIO-034

International Nature Farming Research Center

http://www.infrc.or.jp/

▼M15

JP-BIO-035

Organic Certification Center

www.organic-cert.or.jp

▼M30

JP-BIO-036

Japan Food Research Laboratories

http://www.jfrl.or.jp/jas.html

JP-BIO-037

Leafearth Company

http://www.leafearth.jp/

▼M34

JP-BIO-038

Akatonbo

http://www.akatonbo.or.jp/

▼M37

JP-BIO-038

Japan Agricultural Standard Certification Alliance

http://jascert.or.jp/

JP-BIO-039

Japan Grain Inspection Association

http://www.kokken.or.jp/

JP-BIO-040

Okayama Agriculture Development Institute

http://www.nokaiken.or.jp

▼M7

6.

Certificate issuing bodies : as at point 5.

▼M12

7.

Duration of the inclusion : unspecified.

▼M7

SWITZERLAND

1.

Product categories :



Category of products

Designation of category as in Annex IV

Limitations

Unprocessed plant products

A

With the exception of products produced during the conversion period

Live animals and unprocessed animal products

B

►M25  — ◄

Processed agricultural products for use as food

D

With the exception of products containing an ingredient of agricultural origin produced during the conversion period

Processed agricultural products for use as feed

E

With the exception of products containing an ingredient of agricultural origin produced during the conversion period

Vegetative propagating material and seeds for cultivation

F

 

▼M25

2.

Origin :

products of categories A and F that have been grown in Switzerland and products of category D and E processed in Switzerland with organically grown ingredients that have been grown in Switzerland or that have been imported into Switzerland:

— 
either from the Union,
— 
or from a third country for which Switzerland has recognised that the products have been produced and controlled in that third country in accordance with rules equivalent to those laid down in the Swiss legislation.

▼M7

3.

Production standard : Ordinance on organic farming and the labelling of organically produced plant products and foodstuffs.

4.

Competent authority : Federal Office for Agriculture FOAG, Federal Office for Agriculture FOAG, http://www.blw.admin.ch/themen/00013/00085/00092/index.html?lang=en

5.

Control bodies :



Code number

Name

Internet address

▼M32

CH-BIO-004

Ecocert IMOswiss AG

http://www.ecocert-imo.ch

▼M7

CH-BIO-006

bio.inspecta AG

www.bio-inspecta.ch

▼M31

CH-BIO-038

ProCert AG

https://www.procert.ch/

▼M7

CH-BIO-086

Bio Test Agro (BTA)

www.bio-test-agro.ch

6.

Certificate issuing bodies : as at point 5.

7.

Duration of the inclusion : unspecified.

TUNISIA

1.

Product categories :



Category of products

Designation of category as in Annex IV

Limitations

Unprocessed plant products

A

 

Processed agricultural products for use as food (1)

D

Composed essentially of one or more ingredients of plant origin

Vegetative propagating material and seeds for cultivation

F

 

(1)   

Wine, yeast not included.

▼M25

2.

Origin : products of categories A and F that have been grown in Tunisia and products of category D processed in Tunisia with organically grown ingredients that have been grown in Tunisia.

▼M7

3.

Production standards : Law No 99-30 of 5 April 1999 relating to Organic farming; Decree of the Minister for Agriculture of 28 February 2001, approving the standard specifications of the crop production according to the organic method.

▼M31

4.

Competent authority : Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Ressources Hydrauliques et de la Pêche, www.agriculture.tn and www.onagri.tn.

5.

Control bodies :



TN-BIO-001

Ecocert SA

www.ecocert.com

TN-BIO-007

Institut national de la normalisation et de la propriété industrielle (INNORPI)

www.innorpi.tn

TN-BIO-008

CCPB Srl

www.ccpb.it

TN-BIO-009

CERES GmbH

www.ceres-cert.com

TN-BIO-010

Kiwa BCS Öko-Garantie GmbH

www.kiwabcs.com

▼M7

6.

Certificate issuing bodies : as at point 5.

▼M19

7.

Duration of the inclusion : unspecified.

▼M7

UNITED STATES

1.

Product categories :



Category of products

Designation of category as in Annex IV

Limitations

Unprocessed plant products

A

►M25  — ◄

Live animals or unprocessed animal products

B

 

Processed agricultural products for use as food (1)

D

►M25  — ◄

Processed agricultural products for use as feed

E

 

Vegetative propagating material and seeds for cultivation

F

 

(1)   

Wine included from 1 August 2012.

▼M12

2.

Origin :

products of categories A, B and F and organically grown ingredients in products of categories D and E that:

— 
have been grown in the United States, or
— 
have been imported into the United States and processed or packaged in the United States in accordance with US legislation.

▼M7

3.

Production standards : Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.), National Organic Program (7 CFR 205).

4.

Competent authority : United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), www.usda.gov

5.

Control bodies :



Code number

Name

Internet address

▼M37

US-ORG-001

Where Food Comes From Organic

www.wfcforganic.com

▼M7

US-ORG-002

Agricultural Services Certified Organic

www.ascorganic.com/

US-ORG-003

Baystate Organic Certifiers

www.baystateorganic.org

▼M21

US-ORG-004

Kiwa BCS Öko-Garantie GmbH

www.bcs-oeko.com

▼M11

US-ORG-005

BIOAGRIcert

http://www.bioagricert.org/english

▼M7

US-ORG-006

CCOF Certification Services

www.ccof.org

US-ORG-007

Colorado Department of Agriculture

www.colorado.gov

US-ORG-008

Control Union Certifications

www.skalint.com

▼M37

US-ORG-009

Department of Plant Industry – Clemson University

www.clemson.edu/organic

▼M7

US-ORG-010

Ecocert S.A.

www.ecocert.com

US-ORG-011

Georgia Crop Improvement Association, Inc.

www.certifiedseed.org

▼M34 —————

▼M7

US-ORG-013

Global Organic Alliance, Inc.

www.goa-online.org

▼M34 —————

▼M7

US-ORG-015

Idaho State Department of Agriculture

www.agri.idaho.gov/Categories/PlantsInsects/Organic/indexOrganicHome.php

▼M21

US-ORG-016

Ecocert ICO, LLC

www.ecocertico.com

▼M7

US-ORG-017

International Certification Services, Inc.

www.ics-intl.com

▼M37

US-ORG-018

Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship

https://www.iowaagriculture.gov/AgDiversification/organicCertification.asp

▼M7

US-ORG-019

Kentucky Department of Agriculture

www.kyagr.com/marketing/plantmktg/organic/index.htm

US-ORG-020

LACON GmbH

www.lacon-institut.com

▼M37

US-ORG-022

Marin Organic Certified Agriculture

https://www.marincounty.org/depts/ag/moca

▼M11

US-ORG-023

Maryland Department of Agriculture

http://mda.maryland.gov/foodfeedquality/Pages/certified_md_organic_farms.aspx

▼M7

US-ORG-024

Mayacert S.A.

www.mayacert.com

US-ORG-025

Midwest Organic Services Association, Inc.

www.mosaorganic.org

US-ORG-026

Minnesota Crop Improvement Association

www.mncia.org

US-ORG-027

MOFGA Certification Services, LLC

www.mofga.org/

▼M11

US-ORG-028

Montana Department of Agriculture

http://agr.mt.gov/agr/Producer/Organic/Info/index.html

▼M37

US-ORG-029

Monterey County Certified Organic

https://www.co.monterey.ca.us/government/departments-a-h/agricultural-commissioner/agricultural-resource-programs/agricultural-product-quality-and-marketing/monterey-county-certifi#ag

▼M7

US-ORG-030

Natural Food Certifiers

www.nfccertification.com

US-ORG-031

Nature’s International Certification Services

www.naturesinternational.com/

▼M24 —————

▼M37

US-ORG-033

New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, Division of Regulatory Services

www.agriculture.nh.gov

US-ORG-034

New Jersey Department of Agriculture

www.nj.gov/agriculture/divisions/md/prog/jerseyorganic.html

US-ORG-035

New Mexico Department of Agriculture, Organic Program

www.nmda.nmsu.edu/marketing/organic-program

▼M7

US-ORG-036

NOFA — New York Certified Organic, LLC

http://www.nofany.org

US-ORG-037

Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association

www.oeffa.org

▼M37

US-ORG-038

Americert International (OIA North America, LLC)

http://www.americertorganic.com/home

US-ORG-039

Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry

www.oda.state.ok.us

▼M7

US-ORG-040

OneCert

www.onecert.com

US-ORG-041

Oregon Department of Agriculture

www.oregon.gov/ODA/CID

US-ORG-042

Oregon Tilth Certified Organic

www.tilth.org

US-ORG-043

Organic Certifiers, Inc.

http://www.organiccertifiers.com

US-ORG-044

Organic Crop Improvement Association

www.ocia.org

▼M21 —————

▼M7

US-ORG-046

Organizacion Internacional Agropecuraria

www.oia.com.ar

US-ORG-047

Pennsylvania Certified Organic

www.paorganic.org

▼M36

US-ORG-048

Primus Auditing Operations

http://www.primusauditingops.com

▼M7

US-ORG-049

Pro-Cert Organic Systems, Ltd

www.pro-cert.org

US-ORG-050

Quality Assurance International

www.qai-inc.com

US-ORG-051

Quality Certification Services

www.QCSinfo.org

US-ORG-052

Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management

www.dem.ri.gov/programs/bnatres/agricult/orgcert.htm

▼M37

US-ORG-053

SCS Global Services, Inc.

www.SCSglobalservices.com

▼M34 —————

▼M11

US-ORG-055

Texas Department of Agriculture

http://www.texasagriculture.gov/regulatoryprograms/organics.aspx

▼M7

US-ORG-056

Utah Department of Agriculture

http://ag.utah.gov/divisions/plant/organic/index.html

US-ORG-057

Vermont Organic Farmers, LLC

http://www.nofavt.org

▼M37

US-ORG-058

Washington State Department of Agriculture

www.agr.wa.gov/FoodAnimal/Organic

US-ORG-059

Yolo County Department of Agriculture

https://www.yolocounty.org/general-government/general-government-departments/agriculture-cooperative-extension/agriculture-and-weights-measures/yolo-certified-organic-agriculture

▼M34 —————

▼M34

US-ORG-62

CERES

http://www.ceres-cert.com/

▼M36

US-ORG-063

Eco-Logica S.A

http://www.eco-logica.com/

▼M34

US-ORG-64

Food Safety S.A.

http://www.foodsafety.com.ar/

US-ORG-65

IBD Certifications

http://www.ibd.com.br/

US-ORG-66

Istituto per la Certificazione Etica e Ambientale (ICEA)

http://www.icea.info/

▼M36

US-ORG-067

OnMark Certification Services

http://onmarkcertification.com/

▼M34

US-ORG-68

Perry Johnson Registrar Food Safety, Inc.

http://www.pjrfsi.com/

▼M7

6.

Certificate issuing bodies : as at point 5.

▼M19

7.

Duration of the inclusion : unspecified.

▼M7

NEW ZEALAND

1.

Product categories :



Category of products

Designation of category as in Annex IV

Limitations

Unprocessed plant products

A

 

Live animals or unprocessed animal products

B

►M25  — ◄

Processed agricultural products for use as food (1)

D

►M25  — ◄

Vegetative propagating material and seeds for cultivation

F

 

►M16  (1)   

Yeast not included.

 ◄

▼M25

2.

Origin :

products of category A, B and F that have been grown in New Zealand and products of category D processed in New Zealand with organically grown ingredients that have been grown in New Zealand or that have been imported into New Zealand:

— 
either from the Union,
— 
or from a third country in the framework of a regime which is recognised as equivalent in accordance with Article 33(2) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007,
— 
or from a third country whose rules of production and inspection have been recognised as equivalent to the MAF Official Organic Assurance Programme on the basis of assurances and information provided by this country's competent authority in accordance with the provisions established by MAF and provided that only organically produced ingredients intended to be incorporated, up to a maximum of 5 % of products of agricultural origin, in products of category D prepared in New Zealand are imported.

▼M7

3.

Production standard : MAF Official Organic Assurance Programme Technical Rules for Organic Production.

▼M30

4.

Competent authority :

Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI)

http://www.mpi.govt.nz/exporting/food/organics/

▼M32

5.

Control bodies :



NZ-BIO-001

Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI)

http://www.mpi.govt.nz/exporting/food/organics/

NZ-BIO-002

AsureQuality Limited

https://www.asurequality.com

NZ-BIO-003

BioGro New Zealand Limited

https://www.biogro.co.nz

▼M7

6.

►M16  Certificate-issuing bodies : Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) ◄

7.

Duration of the inclusion : unspecified.

▼M18

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

1.

Product categories

:



Category of products

Designation of category as in Annex IV

Limitations

Processed agricultural products for use as food

D

 

▼M25

2.

Origin

:

products of category D processed in the Republic of Korea with organically grown ingredients that have been grown in the Republic of Korea or that have been imported into the Republic of Korea:

— 
either from the Union,
— 
or from a third country for which the Republic of Korea has recognised that the products have been produced and controlled in that third country in accordance with the rules equivalent to those laid down in the legislation of the Republic of Korea.

▼M18

3.

Production standards : Act on Promotion of Environmentally-friendly Agriculture and Fisheries and Management and Support for Organic Food.

▼M19

4.

Competent authority : Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, www.enviagro.go.kr/portal/en/main.do

▼M18

5.

Control bodies

:



Code number

Name

Internet address

▼M34 —————

▼M24

KR-ORG-002

Doalnara Organic Certificated Korea

www.doalnara.or.kr

▼M21 —————

▼M26 —————

▼M18

KR-ORG-004

Global Organic Agriculturalist Association

www.goaa.co.kr

▼M31

KR-ORG-005

OCK

http://www.greenock.co.kr/

▼M36

KR-ORG-006

KAFCC

http://eco.konkuk.ac.kr

▼M18

KR-ORG-007

Korea Environment-Friendly Organic Certification Centre

www.a-cert.co.kr

KR-ORG-008

Konkuk Ecocert Certification Service

www.ecocert.co.kr

▼M36

KR-ORG-009

Woorinong Certification

https://blog.naver.com/woorinongin/70107436715

▼M18

KR-ORG-010

ACO (Australian Certified Organic)

www.aco.net.au

▼M21

KR-ORG-011

Kiwa BCS Öko-Garantie GmbH

www.bcs-oeko.com

▼M18

KR-ORG-012

BCS Korea

www.bcskorea.com

▼M26

KR-ORG-013

Hansol Food, Agriculture, Fisher-Forest Certification Center

www.hansolnonglim.com

▼M18

KR-ORG-014

The Centrefor Environment Friendly Agricultural Products Certification

www.hgreent.or.kr

KR-ORG-015

ECO-Leaders Certification Co., Ltd

www.ecoleaders.kr

▼M31 —————

▼M32

KR-ORG-017

Jeonnam bioindustry foundation

www.jbf.kr

▼M32 —————

▼M36

KR-ORG-019

Neo environmentally-friendly Certification Center

https://neoefcc.modoo.at/

▼M32

KR-ORG-020

Green Environmentally-Friendly certification center

http://cafe.naver.com/greenorganic6279

▼M26

KR-ORG-021

ISC Agriculture development research institute

www.isc-cert.com

KR-ORG-022

Greenstar Agrifood Certification Center

image

▼M27

KR-ORG-023

Control Union Korea

www.controlunion.co.kr

▼M30

KR-ORG-024

Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, SCNU

http://siacf.scnu.ac.kr/web/siacf/home

▼M36 —————

▼M34

KR-ORG-026

Agricultural Products Quality Service

http://apqs.kr

▼M31

KR-ORG-027

University Industry Liaison office of CNU

http://sanhak.jnu.ac.kr/eng/

KR-ORG-029

Eco Agriculture Institute Inc.

http://blog.daum.net/ifea2011

▼M36

KR-ORG-030

Korea Crops Research Institute (co.ltd)

https://blog.naver.com/kor034

KR-ORG-031

Korea organic certification

http://blog.daum.net/koafc2019

KR-ORG-032

Jayeondeul agri-food certification institute

www.jaci.kr

KR-ORG-033

Institute of Organic food Evaluation

www.ioe42.com

KR-ORG-034

EverGreen Nongouhwi

http://blog.naver.com/evergreen8374

KR-ORG-035

ONNURI ORGANIC Co., Ltd.

https://blog.naver.com/onr77830

▼M37

KR-ORG-036

Hankyoung Certification Center Co., Ltd.

https://blog.naver.com/hk61369

KR-ORG-037

Ctforum. LTD

http://blog.daum.net/ctforum

▼M18

6.

Certificate issuing bodies and authorities : as at point 5.

▼M30

7.

Duration of the inclusion : unspecified.

▼M24




ANNEX IV

LIST OF CONTROL BODIES AND CONTROL AUTHORITIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF EQUIVALENCE AND RELEVANT SPECIFICATIONS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 10

For the purposes of this Annex, the product categories are designated by the following codes:

A : Unprocessed plant products

B : Live animals or unprocessed animal products

▼M25

C : Unprocessed aquaculture products and algae

▼M24

D : Processed agricultural products for use as food ( 9 )

E : Processed agricultural products for use as feed (9) 

F : Vegetative propagating material and seeds for cultivation

The internet website, in accordance with Article 10(2)(e), where the list of operators subject to the control system can be found, as well as a contact point where information is readily available on their certification status, the product categories concerned, as well as the suspended and decertified operators and products, can be found at the internet address referred to in point 2 for each control body or control authority, unless otherwise specified.

▼M27 —————

▼M26

‘A CERT European Organization for Certification S.A.’

1. 

Address: 2 Tilou street, 54638 Thessaloniki, Greece

2. 

Internet address: www.a-cert.org

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



▼M34

▼M26

Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

▼M34

AE-BIO-171

United Arab Emirates

x

x

▼M26

AL-BIO-171

Albania

x

x

▼M34

AM-BIO-171

Armenia

x

x

▼M26

AZ-BIO-171

Azerbaijan

x

x

BT-BIO-171

Bhutan

x

x

BY-BIO-171

Belarus

x

x

CL-BIO-171

Chile

x

x

CN-BIO-171

China

x

x

DO-BIO-171

Dominican Republic

x

x

EC-BIO-171

Ecuador

x

x

EG-BIO-171

Egypt

x

x

ET-BIO-171

Ethiopia

x

x

GD-BIO-171

Grenada

x

x

GE-BIO-171

Georgia

x

x

▼M34

GH-BIO-171

Ghana

x

x

▼M26

ID-BIO-171

Indonesia

x

x

IR-BIO-171

Iran

x

x

JM-BIO-171

Jamaica

x

x

JO-BIO-171

Jordan

x

x

KE-BIO-171

Kenya

x

x

▼M34

KW-BIO-171

Kuwait

x

x

▼M26

KZ-BIO-171

Kazakhstan

x

x

LB-BIO-171

Lebanon

x

x

MA-BIO-171

Morocco

x

x

MD-BIO-171

Moldova

x

x

MK-BIO-171

the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

x

x

▼M34

OM-BIO-171

Oman

x

x

PE-BIO-171

Peru

x

x

▼M26

PG-BIO-171

Papua New Guinea

x

x

PH-BIO-171

Philippines

x

x

PK-BIO-171

Pakistan

x

x

RS-BIO-171

Serbia

x

x

RU-BIO-171

Russia

x

x

RW-BIO-171

Rwanda

x

x

SA-BIO-171

Saudi Arabia

x

x

▼M34

SD-BIO-171

Sudan

x

x

▼M26

TH-BIO-171

Thailand

x

x

TR-BIO-171

Turkey

x

x

TW-BIO-171

Taiwan

x

x

TZ-BIO-171

Tanzania

x

x

UA-BIO-171

Ukraine

x

x

UG-BIO-171

Uganda

x

x

▼M34

UZ-BIO-171

Uzbekistan

x

x

VN-BIO-171

Vietnam

x

x

XK-BIO-171

Kosovo (1)

x

x

▼M26

ZA-BIO-171

South Africa

x

x

(1)   

This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.

▼M31

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and products covered by Annex III.

▼M26

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

▼M37

AfriCert Limited

1. 

Address: Plaza 2000 1st Floor, East Wing – Mombasa Road, Nairobi, Kenya

2. 

Internet address: www.africertlimited.co.ke

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

BI-BIO-184

Burundi

x

x

CD-BIO-184

Democratic Republic of Congo

x

x

GH-BIO-184

Ghana

x

x

KE-BIO-184

Kenya

x

x

RW-BIO-184

Rwanda

x

x

TZ-BIO-184

Tanzania

x

x

UG-BIO-184

Uganda

x

x

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until 31 December 2021.

▼M24

‘Agreco R.F. Göderz GmbH’

1. 

Address: Mündener Straße 19, 37218 Witzenhausen, Germany

2. 

Internet address: http://agrecogmbh.de

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

AZ-BIO-151

Azerbaijan

x

►M31  x ◄

x

BA-BIO-151

Bosnia and Herzegovina

x

►M31  x ◄

x

BF-BIO-151

Burkina Faso

x

►M31  x ◄

x

BO-BIO-151

Bolivia

x

►M31  x ◄

x

CM-BIO-151

Cameroon

x

►M31  x ◄

x

CO-BIO-151

Colombia

x

►M31  x ◄

x

CU-BIO-151

Cuba

x

►M31  x ◄

x

CV-BIO-151

Cape Verde

x

►M31  x ◄

►M31  x ◄

DO-BIO-151

Dominican Republic

x

►M31  x ◄

x

EC-BIO-151

Ecuador

x

►M31  x ◄

x

EG-BIO-151

Egypt

x

►M31  x ◄

x

ET-BIO-151

Ethiopia

x

►M31  x ◄

x

FJ-BIO-151

Fiji

x

►M31  x ◄

►M31  x ◄

GE-BIO-151

Georgia

x

►M31  x ◄

x

GH-BIO-151

Ghana

x

►M31  x ◄

x

GT-BIO-151

Guatemala

x

►M31  x ◄

x

HN-BIO-151

Honduras

x

►M31  x ◄

x

ID-BIO-151

Indonesia

x

►M31  x ◄

x

IR-BIO-151

Iran

x

►M31  x ◄

►M31  x ◄

KE-BIO-151

Kenya

x

►M31  x ◄

x

KG-BIO-151

Kyrgyzstan

x

►M31  x ◄

x

KH-BIO-151

Cambodia

x

►M31  x ◄

►M31  x ◄

KZ-BIO-151

Kazakhstan

x

►M31  x ◄

x

LK-BIO-151

Sri Lanka

x

►M31  x ◄

x

MA-BIO-151

Morocco

x

►M31  x ◄

x

MD-BIO-151

Moldova

x

►M31  x ◄

x

ME-BIO-151

Montenegro

x

►M31  x ◄

x

MG-BIO-151

Madagascar

x

►M31  x ◄

x

MK-BIO-151

the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

x

►M31  x ◄

►M31  x ◄

ML-BIO-151

Mali

x

►M31  x ◄

x

MX-BIO-151

Mexico

►M31  x ◄

►M31  x ◄

x

NG-BIO-151

Nigeria

x

►M31  x ◄

x

NI-BIO-151

Nicaragua

x

►M31  x ◄

x

NP-BIO-151

Nepal

x

►M31  x ◄

x

PE-BIO-151

Peru

x

►M31  x ◄

x

PG-BIO-151

Papua New Guinea

x

►M31  x ◄

x

PH-BIO-151

Philippines

x

►M31  x ◄

x

PY-BIO-151

Paraguay

x

►M31  x ◄

x

RS-BIO-151

Serbia

x

►M31  x ◄

x

RU-BIO-151

Russia

x

►M31  x ◄

x

SB-BIO-151

Solomon Islands

x

►M31  x ◄

►M31  x ◄

SN-BIO-151

Senegal

x

►M31  x ◄

x

SR-BIO-151

Suriname

x

►M31  x ◄

x

SV-BIO-151

El Salvador

x

►M31  x ◄

►M31  x ◄

TG-BIO-151

Togo

x

►M31  x ◄

x

TH-BIO-151

Thailand

x

►M31  x ◄

x

TM-BIO-151

Turkmenistan

x

►M31  x ◄

x

TO-BIO-151

Tonga

x

►M31  x ◄

►M31  x ◄

TV-BIO-151

Tuvalu

x

►M31  x ◄

x

TZ-BIO-151

Tanzania

x

►M31  x ◄

x

UA-BIO-151

Ukraine

x

►M31  x ◄

x

UG-BIO-151

Uganda

x

►M31  x ◄

x

UY-BIO-151

Uruguay

►M31  x ◄

►M31  x ◄

x

UZ-BIO-151

Uzbekistan

x

►M31  x ◄

x

VE-BIO-151

Venezuela

x

►M31  x ◄

x

VN-BIO-151

Vietnam

x

►M31  x ◄

x

WS-BIO-151

Samoa

x

►M31  x ◄

►M31  x ◄

ZA-BIO-151

South Africa

x

►M31  x ◄

x

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and wine.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

▼M27

‘Agricert — Certificação de Produtos Alimentares LDA’

1. Address: Rua Alfredo Mirante, 1, R/c Esq., 7350-154 Elvas, Portugal

2. Internet address: www.agricert.pt

3. Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

AO-BIO-172

Angola

x

x

▼M37

AZ-BIO-172

Azerbaijan

x

x

BR-BIO-172

Brazil

x

x

CM-BIO-172

Cameroon

x

x

CN-BIO-172

China

x

x

CV-BIO-172

Cape Verde

x

x

▼M32

EG-BIO-172

Egypt

x

x

▼M37

GE-BIO-172

Georgia

x

x

GH-BIO-172

Ghana

x

x

▼M34

GW-BIO-172

Guinea Bissau

x

x

▼M37

KH-BIO-172

Cambodia

x

x

KZ-BIO-172

Kazakhstan

x

x

MA-BIO-172

Morocco

x

x

MX-BIO-172

Mexico

x

x

▼M32

MZ-BIO-172

Mozambique

x

x

▼M37

PA-BIO-172

Panama

x

x

PY-BIO-172

Paraguay

x

x

SN-BIO-172

Senegal

x

x

▼M27

ST-BIO-172

Sao Tomé and Principe

x

x

▼M37

TL-BIO-172

Timor-Leste

x

x

TR-BIO-172

Turkey

x

x

VN-BIO-172

Vietnam

x

x

▼M27

4. Exceptions: in-conversion products and wine.

5. Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

▼M24

‘Albinspekt’

▼M30

1. 

Address: ‘Rr. Kavajes’, Nd.132, Hy.9, Kati 8, Ap.43 (Perballe pallatit me shigjeta), Tirana, Albania

▼M24

2. 

Internet address: http://www.albinspekt.com

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

AL-BIO-139

Albania

x

x

x

▼M32

AM-BIO-139

Armenia

x

x

x

BA-BIO-139

Bosnia and Herzegovina

x

x

x

IR-BIO-139

Iran

x

KZ-BIO-139

Kazakhstan

x

MD-BIO-139

Moldova

x

ME-BIO-139

Montenegro

x

x

x

MK-BIO-139

the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

x

x

x

RS-BIO-139

Serbia

x

x

x

TR-BIO-139

Turkey

x

UA-BIO-139

Ukraine

x

▼M24

XK-BIO-139

Kosovo (1)

x

x

x

(1)   

This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and wine.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

▼M34 —————

▼M24

‘Australian Certified Organic’

1. 

Address: PO Box 810 — 18 Eton St, Nundah, QLD 4012, Australia

2. 

Internet address: http://www.aco.net.au

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

AU-BIO-107

Australia

x

x

CK-BIO-107

Cook Islands

x

x

CN-BIO-107

China

x

x

x

FJ-BIO-107

Fiji

x

x

FK-BIO-107

Falkland Islands

x

HK-BIO-107

Hong Kong

x

x

ID-BIO-107

Indonesia

x

x

MG-BIO-107

Madagascar

x

x

MM-BIO-107

Myanmar/Burma

x

x

MY-BIO-107

Malaysia

x

x

PG-BIO-107

Papua New Guinea

x

x

SG-BIO-107

Singapore

x

x

TH-BIO-107

Thailand

x

x

TO-BIO-107

Tonga

x

x

TW-BIO-107

Taiwan

x

x

VU-BIO-107

Vanuatu

x

x

x

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and products covered by Annex III.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

▼M34

‘Balkan Biocert Macedonia DOOEL Skopje’

▼M24

1. 

Address: 2/9, Frederik Sopen Str., 1000 Skopje, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

2. 

Internet address: http://www.balkanbiocert.mk

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

MK-BIO-157

the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

x

x

x

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and wine.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

▼M30

‘BAȘAK Ekolojik Ürünler Kontrol ve Sertifikasyon Hizmetleri Tic. Ltd’

▼M34

1. 

Address: Çinarli Mahallesi Șehit Polis Fethi Sekin Cad. No:3/1006 Konak/İZMİR, Turkey

▼M30

2. 

Internet address: http://basakekolojik.com.tr

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

▼M36

KG-BIO-175

Kyrgyzstan

x

x

▼M30

TU-BIO-175

Turkey

x

x

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and wine.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

▼M36

‘Beijing Continental Hengtong Certification Co., Ltd’

1. 

Address: Room 315, No 18 Jiaomen, Majiaopu West Rd, Beijing, 100068

2. 

Internet address: www.bjchtc.com

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

‘CN-BIO-182

China

x

x

—’

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and wine

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

▼M24

‘Bioagricert S.r.l.’

1. 

Address: Via dei Macabraccia 8, Casalecchio di Reno, 40033 Bologna, Italy

2. 

Internet address: http://www.bioagricert.org

▼M37

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

AF-BIO-132

Afghanistan

x

x

AL-BIO-132

Albania

x

x

x

x

AZ-BIO-132

Azerbaijan

x

x

BD-BIO-132

Bangladesh

x

x

x

BO-BIO-132

Bolivia

x

x

x

BR-BIO-132

Brazil

x

x

x

CA-BIO-132

Cameroon

x

x

x

 

CN-BIO-132

China

x

x

x

x

EC-BIO-132

Ecuador

x

x

x

ET-BIO-132

Ethiopia

x

x

FJ-BIO-132

Fiji

x

x

x

GE-BIO-132

Georgia

x

x

ID-BIO-132

Indonesia

x

x

IN-BIO-132

India

x

x

IR-BIO-132

Iran

x

x

KG-BIO-132

Kyrgyzstan

x

x

KH-BIO-132

Cambodia

x

x

x

KR-BIO-132

Republic of Korea

x

x

KZ-BIO-132

Kazakhstan

x

x

x

x

LA-BIO-132

Laos

x

x

x

x

LK-BIO-132

Sri Lanka

x

x

x

MA-BIO-132

Morocco

x

x

x

MD-BIO-132

Moldova

x

x

MM-BIO-132

Myanmar/Burma

x

x

x

MX-BIO-132

Mexico

x

x

x

MY-BIO-132

Malaysia

x

x

x

x

NP-BIO-132

Nepal

x

x

x

PF-BIO-132

French Polynesia

x

x

x

PH-BIO-132

Philippines

x

x

x

PY-BIO-132

Paraguay

x

x

x

x

RS-BIO-132

Serbia

x

x

x

RU-BIO-132

Russia

x

x

SG-BIO-132

Singapore

x

x

x

x

SN-BIO-132

Senegal

x

x

x

TG-BIO-132

Togo

x

x

x

TH-BIO-132

Thailand

x

x

x

x

TR-BIO-132

Turkey

x

x

x

x

UA-BIO-132

Ukraine

x

x

x

UY-BIO-132

Uruguay

x

x

x

x

VN-BIO-132

Vietnam

x

x

x

▼M24

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and wine.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

▼M30

‘BIOCert Indonesia’

1. 

Address: Jl. Perdana Raya Budi Agung Ruko A1 Cimanggu Residence, 16165 Bogor, Indonesia

2. 

Internet address: http://www.biocert.co.id

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

ID-BIO-176

Indonesia

x

x

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and wine.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

▼M31

Biocert International Pvt Ltd

1. Address: 701 Pukhraj Corporate, Opposite Navlakha Bus Stop, Indore, 452001, India

2. Internet address: http://www.biocertinternational.com

3. Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

▼M34

AE-BIO-177

United Arab Emirates

x

x

AF-BIO-177

Afghanistan

x

x

BD-BIO-177

Bangladesh

x

x

BJ-BIO-177

Benin

x

x

x

BT-BIO-177

Bhutan

x

x

EG-BIO-177

Egypt

x

x

ET-BIO-177

Ethiopia

x

x

x

▼M36

GE-BIO-177

Georgia

x

x

x

▼M31

IN-BIO-177

India

x

x

▼M34

LK-BIO-177

Sri Lanka

x

x

x

▼M34

MM-BIO-177

Myanmar/Burma

x

x

MU-BIO-177

Mauritius

x

x

MY-BIO-177

Malaysia

x

x

MZ-BIO-177

Mozambique

x

x

x

NG-BIO-177

Nigeria

x

x

x

NP-BIO-177

Nepal

x

x

OM-BIO-177

Oman

x

x

PH-BIO-177

Philippines

x

x

PK-BIO-177

Pakistan

x

x

QA-BIO-177

Qatar

x

x

x

RU-BIO-177

Russia

x

x

x

SD-BIO-177

Sudan

x

x

x

TG-BIO-177

Togo

x

x

x

TH-BIO-177

Thailand

x

x

TZ-BIO-177

Tanzania

x

x

UA-BIO-177

Ukraine

x

x

x

UG-BIO-177

Uganda

x

x

x

VN-BIO-177

Vietnam

x

x

▼M31

4. Exceptions: in-conversion products

5. Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄

▼M37

Biodynamic Association Certification’

1. 

Address: Painswick Inn, Gloucester Street, Stroud, GL5 1QG, United Kingdom

2. 

Internet address: http://bdcertification.org.uk/

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

GB-BIO-185

United Kingdom (*1)

x

x

x

x

(*1)   

In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until 31 December 2021.

▼M24

‘BioGro New Zealand Limited’

▼M37

1. 

Address: Level 1, 233-237 Lambton Quay, The Old Bank Arcade, Te Aro, Wellington 6011, New Zealand

▼M24

2. 

Internet address: http://www.biogro.co.nz

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

FJ-BIO-130

Fiji

x

x

MY-BIO-130

Malaysia

x

NU-BIO-130

Niue

x

x

VU-BIO-130

Vanuatu

x

x

WS-BIO-130

Samoa

x

x

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and wine.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

‘Bio.inspecta AG’

1. 

Address: Ackerstrasse, 5070 Frick, Switzerland

2. 

Internet address: http://www.bio-inspecta.ch

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

AE-BIO-161

United Arab Emirates

x

x

▼M30

AF-BIO-161

Afghanistan

x

x

▼M34

AL-BIO-161

Albania

x

x

x

x

x

AM-BIO-161

Armenia

x

x

x

x

AZ-BIO-161

Azerbaijan

x

 

x

x

BA-BIO-161

Bosnia and Herzegovina

x

x

x

x

x

▼M24

BF-BIO-161

Burkina Faso

x

BJ-BIO-161

Benin

x

BR-BIO-161

Brazil

x

x

CI-BIO-161

Côte d'Ivoire

x

x

▼M30

CN-BIO-161

China

x

x

▼M24

CU-BIO-161

Cuba

x

x

DO-BIO-161

Dominican Republic

x

x

▼M34

DZ-BIO-161

Algeria

x

x

x

▼M24

ET-BIO-161

Ethiopia

x

x

▼M34

GE-BIO-161

Georgia

x

x

x

x

x

▼M24

GH-BIO-161

Ghana

x

x

ID-BIO-161

Indonesia

x

x

▼M34

IR-BIO-161

Iran

x

x

x

x

x

▼M24

KE-BIO-161

Kenya

x

x

▼M34

KG-BIO-161

Kyrgyzstan

x

x

x

▼M32

KH-BIO-161

Cambodia

x

x

▼M24

KR-BIO-161

Republic of Korea

x

▼M34

KZ-BIO-161

Kazakhstan

x

x

x

x

x

LB-BIO-161

Lebanon

x

x

x

x

▼M24

MA-BIO-161

Morocco

x

x

▼M34

MD-BIO-161

Moldova

x

x

x

x

x

▼M34

ME-BIO-161

Montenegro

x

x

x

x

x

MK-BIO-161

North Macedonia

x

x

x

x

x

▼M30

NP-BIO-161

Nepal

x

x

▼M24

PH-BIO-161

Philippines

x

x

▼M34

RS-BIO-161

Serbia

x

x

x

x

x

▼M34

RU-BIO-161

Russia

x

x

x

x

x

▼M24

SN-BIO-161

Senegal

x

x

▼M32

TD-BIO-161

Chad

x

x

▼M34

TJ-BIO-161

Tajikistan

x

x

x

x

x

▼M36 —————

▼M34

TR-BIO-161

Turkey

x

x

x

x

TZ-BIO-161

Tanzania

x

x

x

x

UA-BIO-161

Ukraine

x

x

x

x

x

UZ-BIO-161

Uzbekistan

x

x

x

x

x

VN-BIO-161

Vietnam

x

x

x

x

x

XK-BIO-161

Kosovo (1)

x

x

x

x

x

▼M24

ZA-BIO-161

South Africa

x

x

(1)   

This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and wine.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

‘Bio Latina Certificadora’

1. 

Address: Jr. Domingo Millán 852, Jesús Maria, Lima 11, Lima, Peru

2. 

Internet address: http://www.biolatina.com

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

BO-BIO-118

Bolivia

x

x

x

CO-BIO-118

Colombia

x

x

GT-BIO-118

Guatemala

x

x

HN-BIO-118

Honduras

x

x

MX-BIO-118

Mexico

x

x

NI-BIO-118

Nicaragua

x

x

x

PA-BIO-118

Panama

x

x

PE-BIO-118

Peru

x

x

x

SV-BIO-118

El Salvador

x

x

VE-BIO-118

Venezuela

x

x

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and wine.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

▼M32 —————

▼M28 —————

▼M24

‘Bureau Veritas Certification France SAS’

▼M37

1. 

Address: Le Triangle de l’Arche – 9, cours du Triangle, 92937 Paris la Défense cedex, France

▼M24

2. 

Internet address: ►M34  https://filiereagro.bureauveritas.fr/ ◄

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

MA-BIO-165

Morocco

x

x

MC-BIO-165

Monaco

x

x

MG-BIO-165

Madagascar

x

x

x

▼M34

MU-BIO-165

Mauritius

x

x

▼M24

NI-BIO-165

Nicaragua

x

x

x

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

▼M26

‘Caucascert Ltd’

▼M24

1. 

Address: 2, Marshal Gelovani Street, 5th floor, Suite 410, Tbilisi 0159, Georgia

2. 

Internet address: http://www.caucascert.ge

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

GE-BIO-117

Georgia

x

x

x

x

▼M37

TR-BIO-117

Turkey

x

▼M24

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

‘CCOF Certification Services’

1. 

Address: 2155 Delaware Avenue, Suite 150, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, United States

2. 

Internet address: http://www.ccof.org

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

MX-BIO-105

Mexico

x

x

►M27  — ◄

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and wine.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

‘CCPB Srl’

1. 

Address: Viale Masini 36, 40126 Bologna, Italy

2. 

Internet address: http://www.ccpb.it

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

▼M30

AE-BIO-102

United Arab Emirates

x

x

x

x

x

AF-BIO-102

Afghanistan

x

x

AL-BIO-102

Albania

x

x

x

x

x

AM-BIO-102

Armenia

x

x

AZ-BIO-102

Azerbaijan

x

x

x

x

▼M34

BF-BIO-102

Burkina Faso

x

x

x

▼M33

BJ-BIO-102

Benin

x

▼M30

BY-BIO-102

Belarus

x

x

x

▼M34

CI-BIO-102

Côte d’Ivoire

x

x

x

▼M34

CM-BIO-102

Cameroon

x

x

x

▼M24

CN-BIO-102

China

x

►M26  x ◄

x

►M26  x ◄

►M26  x ◄

▼M30

DZ-BIO-102

Algeria

x

x

x

x

x

▼M24

EG-BIO-102

Egypt

x

x

x

►M26  x ◄

►M26  x ◄

▼M30

ET-BIO-102

Ethiopia

x

x

▼M26

GE-BIO-102

Georgia

x

x

x

x

x

▼M30

GH-BIO-102

Ghana

x

x

▼M33

HK-BIO-102

Hong Kong

x

x

▼M24

IQ-BIO-102

Iraq

x

►M26  x ◄

x

►M26  x ◄

►M26  x ◄

▼M26

IR-BIO-102

Iran

x

x

x

x

x

JO-BIO-102

Jordan

x

x

x

x

x

▼M30

KG-BIO-102

Kyrgyzstan

x

x

x

x

▼M34

KM-BIO-102

Comoros

x

x

x

▼M30

KZ-BIO-102

Kazakhstan

x

x

x

▼M24

LB-BIO-102

Lebanon

x

x

x

►M26  x ◄

►M26  x ◄

MA-BIO-102

Morocco

x

x

►M26  x ◄

x

►M26  x ◄

►M26  x ◄

▼M30

MD-BIO-102

Moldova

x

x

x

▼M34

MG-BIO-102

Madagascar

x

x

x

▼M24

ML-BIO-102

Mali

x

►M26  x ◄

x

►M26  x ◄

►M26  x ◄

▼M36

MZ-BIO-102

Mozambique

x

x

▼M30

NG-BIO-102

Nigeria

x

x

▼M24

PH-BIO-102

Philippines

x

►M26  x ◄

x

►M26  x ◄

►M26  x ◄

▼M30

QA-BIO-102

Qatar

x

x

x

RS-BIO-102

Serbia

x

x

x

RU-BIO-102

Russia

x

x

x

▼M26

SA-BIO-102

Saudi Arabia

x

x

x

x

x

▼M33

SC-BIO-102

Seychelles

x

x

▼M37 —————

▼M30

SN-BIO-102

Senegal

x

x

▼M24

SY-BIO-102

Syria

x

►M26  x ◄

x

►M26  x ◄

►M26  x ◄

▼M33

TG-BIO-102

Togo

x

▼M30

TH-BIO-102

Thailand

x

x

x

TJ-BIO-102

Tajikistan

x

x

x

TM-BIO-102

Turkmenistan

x

x

x

▼M24

TN-BIO-102

Tunisia

x

►M26  x ◄

►M30  x ◄

►M26  x ◄

TR-BIO-102

Turkey

x

x

x

►M26  x ◄

►M26  x ◄

▼M36

TZ-BIO-102

Tanzania

x

x

▼M30

UA-BIO-102

Ukraine

x

x

x

x

UG-BIO-102

Uganda

x

UZ-BIO-102

Uzbekistan

x

x

▼M33

VN-BIO-102

Vietnam

x

▼M30

ZA-BIO-102

South Africa

x

x

x

x

x

▼M30

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and products covered by Annex III.

▼M24

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

‘CERES Certification of Environmental Standards GmbH’

1. 

Address: Vorderhaslach 1, 91230 Happurg, Germany

2. 

Internet address: http://www.ceres-cert.com/

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



▼M36

▼M24

Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

▼M34

AE-BIO-140

United Arab Emirates

x

x

▼M24

AL-BIO-140

Albania

x

x

x

▼M26

AM-BIO-140

Armenia

x

x

x

▼M24

AZ-BIO-140

Azerbaijan

x

x

▼M36

BD-BIO-140

Bangladesh

x

x

▼M24

BF-BIO-140

Burkina Faso

x

x

▼M36

BI-BIO-140

Burundi

x

x

▼M24

BJ-BIO-140

Benin

x

x

BO-BIO-140

Bolivia

x

x

x

BR-BIO-140

Brazil

x

x

x

BT-BIO-140

Bhutan

x

x

▼M36

BY-BIO-140

Belarus

x

x

x

▼M36

CB-BIO-140

Cuba

x

x

x

▼M24

CD-BIO-140

Democratic Republic of the Congo

x

x

▼M36

CG-BIO-140

Congo (Brazzaville)

x

x

▼M34

CL-BIO-140

Chile

x

x

x

x

▼M24

CM-BIO-140

Cameroon

x

x

x

CN-BIO-140

China

x

x

x

x

x

CO-BIO-140

Colombia

x

x

x

DO-BIO-140

Dominican Republic

x

x

x

▼M36

DZ-BIO-140

Algeria

x

x

▼M24

EC-BIO-140

Ecuador

x

x

x

EG-BIO-140

Egypt

x

x

x

ET-BIO-140

Ethiopia

x

x

x

GD-BIO-140

Grenada

x

x

x

▼M36

GH-BIO-140

Ghana

x

x

▼M36

GN-BIO-140

Guinea

x

x

GM-BIO-140

Gambia

x

x

▼M24

GT-BIO-140

Guatemala

x

►M26  x ◄

x

HN-BIO-140

Honduras

x

►M26  x ◄

x

ID-BIO-140

Indonesia

x

x

x

IR-BIO-140

Iran

x

x

JM-BIO-140

Jamaica

x

x

x

KE-BIO-140

Kenya

x

x

x

KG-BIO-140

Kyrgyzstan

x

x

KH-BIO-140

Cambodia

x

x

▼M36

KZ-BIO-140

Kazakhstan

x

x

x

x

▼M24

LA-BIO-140

Laos

x

x

LC-BIO-140

Saint Lucia

x

x

x

MA-BIO-140

Morocco

x

x

x

▼M36

MD-BIO-140

Moldova

x

x

x

x

▼M24

ME-BIO-140

Montenegro

x

x

MG-BIO-140

Madagascar

x

x

MK-BIO-140

the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

x

x

x

x

ML-BIO-140

Mali

x

x

MM-BIO-140

Myanmar/Burma

x

x

x

▼M26

MW-BIO-140

Malawi

x

x

▼M24

MX-BIO-140

Mexico

x

x

x

MY-BIO-140

Malaysia

x

x

MZ-BIO-140

Mozambique

x

x

NA-BIO-140

Namibia

x

x

▼M36

NE-BIO-140

Niger

x

x

▼M24

NG-BIO-140

Nigeria

x

x

x

NI-BIO-140

Nicaragua

x

►M26  x ◄

x

NP-BIO-140

Nepal

x

x

PA-BIO-140

Panama

x

x

PE-BIO-140

Peru

x

x

x

PG-BIO-140

Papua New Guinea

x

x

x

PH-BIO-140

Philippines

x

x

x

PK-BIO-140

Pakistan

x

x

PS-BIO-140

occupied Palestinian territory

x

x

PY-BIO-140

Paraguay

x

x

x

RS-BIO-140

Serbia

x

x

x

x

RU-BIO-140

Russia

x

x

x

RW-BIO-140

Rwanda

x

x

x

SA-BIO-140

Saudi Arabia

x

x

x

▼M36

SD-BIO-140

Sudan

x

x

x

▼M24

SG-BIO-140

Singapore

x

x

x

▼M26

SL-BIO-140

Sierra Leone

x

x

▼M24

SN-BIO-140

Senegal

x

x

▼M26

SO-BIO-140

Somalia

x

x

▼M24

SV-BIO-140

El Salvador

x

►M26  x ◄

x

▼M36

TD-BIO-140

Chad

x

x

▼M24

TG-BIO-140

Togo

x

x

TH-BIO-140

Thailand

x

x

x

▼M26

TJ-BIO-140

Tajikistan

x

x

▼M24

TL-BIO-140

Timor-Leste

x

x

TR-BIO-140

Turkey

x

x

x

TW-BIO-140

Taiwan

x

x

x

x

TZ-BIO-140

Tanzania

x

x

x

UA-BIO-140

Ukraine

x

x

x

UG-BIO-140

Uganda

x

x

x

▼M34

US-BIO-140

United States

x

▼M24

UY-BIO-140

Uruguay

x

x

x

UZ-BIO-140

Uzbekistan

x

x

x

VE-BIO-140

Venezuela

x

x

VN-BIO-140

Vietnam

x

x

x

WS- BIO-140

Samoa

x

x

▼M36

XK-BIO-140

Kosovo (*1)

x

x

x

▼M34

ZA-BIO-140

South Africa

x

x

x

x

▼M24

ZW-BIO-140

Zimbabwe

x

x

(*1)   

This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.

▼M31

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and products covered by Annex III.

▼M24

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

▼M37

Certificadora Biotropico S.A’

1. 

Address: Casa 5C, Callejon El Mirador, Via Principal, Paraje, Cali, 760032, Colombia

2. 

Internet address: www.biotropico.com

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

CO-BIO-186

Colombia

x

x

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until 31 December 2021.

▼M24

‘Certificadora Mexicana de productos y procesos ecológicos S.C.’

1. 

Address: Calle 16 de septiembre No 204, Ejido Guadalupe Victoria, Oaxaca, Mexico, C.P. 68026

2. 

Internet address: http://www.certimexsc.com

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

CO-BIO-104

Colombia

x

x

DO-BIO-104

Dominican Republic

x

GT-BIO-104

Guatemala

x

MX-BIO-104

Mexico

x

x

x

SV-BIO-104

El Salvador

x

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and wine.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

‘Certisys’

▼M27

1. 

Address: Avenue de l'Escrime/Schermlaan 85, 1150 Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium

▼M24

2. 

Internet address: http://www.certisys.eu

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

BF-BIO-128

Burkina Faso

x

x

BI-BIO-128

Burundi

x

x

BJ-BIO-128

Benin

x

x

▼M27

CD-BIO-128

Democratic Republic of Congo

x

x

▼M24

CI-BIO-128

Côte d'Ivoire

x

x

CM-BIO-128

Cameroon

x

x

GH-BIO-128

Ghana

x

x

ML-BIO-128

Mali

x

x

RW-BIO-128

Rwanda

x

x

SN-BIO-128

Senegal

x

x

TG-BIO-128

Togo

x

x

TZ-BIO-128

Tanzania

x

x

UG-BIO-128

Uganda

x

x

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and wine.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

Company of Organic Agriculture in Palestine (*)’

1. 

Address: Alsafa building- first floor Al-Masaeif, Ramallah, Palestine (*)

2. 

Internet address: http://coap.org.ps

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

PS-BIO-163

occupied Palestinian territory

x

x

(*)  This designation shall not be construed as recognition of a State of Palestine and is without prejudice to the individual positions of the Member States on this issue.

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and wine.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

‘Control Union Certifications’

1. 

Address: Meeuwenlaan 4-6, 8011 BZ Zwolle, The Netherlands

2. 

Internet address: http://certification.controlunion.com

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

▼M33 —————

▼M24

AF-BIO-149

Afghanistan

x

x

x

x

x

x

AL-BIO-149

Albania

x

x

x

x

x

x

AM-BIO-149

Armenia

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M26

AO-BIO-149

Angola

►M27  x ◄

x

x

►M27  x ◄

►M27  x ◄

►M27  x ◄

▼M30

AU-BIO-149

Australia

x

x

x

x

▼M24

AZ-BIO-149

Azerbaijan

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M37

BA-BIO-149

Bosnia and Herzegovina

x

x

▼M24

BD-BIO-149

Bangladesh

x

x

x

x

x

BF-BIO-149

Burkina Faso

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M26

BI-BIO-149

Burundi

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M24

BJ-BIO-149

Benin

x

x

x

BM-BIO-149

Bermuda

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M30

BN-BIO-149

Brunei

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M24

BO-BIO-149

Bolivia

x

x

x

BR-BIO-149

Brazil

x

x

x

x

x

x

BT-BIO-149

Bhutan

x

x

x

x

x

x

BW-BIO-149

Botswana

x

x

x

▼M26

BY-BIO-149

Belarus

►M27  x ◄

x

x

►M27  x ◄

►M27  x ◄

►M27  x ◄

▼M24

CA-BIO-149

Canada

x

▼M26

CD-BIO-149

Democratic Republic of Congo

►M27  x ◄

x

x

x

►M27  x ◄

►M27  x ◄

▼M24

CH-BIO-149

Switzerland

x

CI-BIO-149

Côte d'Ivoire

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M30

CK-BIO-149

Cook Islands

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M37

CL-BIO-149

Chile

x

x

x

x

x

▼M24

CM-BIO-149

Cameroon

x

x

x

CN-BIO-149

China

x

x

x

x

x

x

CO-BIO-149

Colombia

x

x

x

x

x

x

CR-BIO-149

Costa Rica

x

x

x

CU-BIO-149

Cuba

x

x

x

CV-BIO-149

Cape Verde

x

x

CW-BIO-149

Curaçao

x

x

x

▼M26

DJ-BIO-149

Djibouti

►M27  x ◄

x

x

►M27  x ◄

►M27  x ◄

►M27  x ◄

▼M24

DO-BIO-149

Dominican Republic

x

x

x

x

x

x

DZ-BIO-149

Algeria

x

x

x

EC-BIO-149

Ecuador

x

x

x

x

x

x

EG-BIO-149

Egypt

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M26

ER-BIO-149

Eritrea

►M27  x ◄

x

x

►M27  x ◄

►M27  x ◄

►M27  x ◄

▼M24

ET-BIO-149

Ethiopia

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M26

FJ-BIO-149

Fiji

►M27  x ◄

x

x

►M27  x ◄

►M27  x ◄

►M27  x ◄

▼M30

GD-BIO-149

Grenada

x

x

x

x

x

x

GE-BIO-149

Georgia

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M24

GH-BIO-149

Ghana

x

x

x

x

x

x

GM-BIO-149

Gambia

x

x

x

GN-BIO-149

Guinea

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M30

GY-BIO-149

Guyana

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M24

GT-BIO-149

Guatemala

x

x

x

HK-BIO-149

Hong Kong

x

x

x

x

x

x

HN-BIO-149

Honduras

x

x

x

x

x

x

HT-BIO-149

Haiti

x

x

x

ID-BIO-149

Indonesia

x

x

x

x

x

x

IL-BIO-149

Israel (1)

x

x

x

IN-BIO-149

India

x

x

x

x

IQ-BIO-149

Iraq

x

x

x

x

x

IR-BIO-149

Iran

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M30

JO-BIO-149

Jordan

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M24

JP-BIO-149

Japan

x

x

x

KE-BIO-149

Kenya

x

x

x

KG-BIO-149

Kyrgyzstan

x

x

x

x

x

x

KH-BIO-149

Cambodia

x

x

x

x

x

x

KR-BIO-149

Republic of Korea

x

x

x

x

x

▼M30

KW-BIO-149

Kuwait

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M33 —————

▼M24

LA-BIO-149

Laos

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M30

LB-BIO-149

Lebanon

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M24

LK-BIO-149

Sri Lanka

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M26

LR-BIO-149

Liberia

►M27  x ◄

x

x

►M27  x ◄

►M27  x ◄

►M27  x ◄

▼M24

LS-BIO-149

Lesotho

x

x

x

MA-BIO-149

Morocco

x

x

x

▼M33 —————

▼M26

MG-BIO-149

Madagascar

►M27  x ◄

x

x

x

►M27  x ◄

►M27  x ◄

▼M24

MK-BIO-149

the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

x

x

x

x

x

x

ML-BIO-149

Mali

x

x

x

x

x

x

MM-BIO-149

Myanmar/Burma

x

x

x

x

x

x

MN-BIO-149

Mongolia

x

x

x

MU-BIO-149

Mauritius

x

x

x

x

x

x

MV-BIO-149

Maldives

x

x

x

MW-BIO-149

Malawi

x

x

x

MX-BIO-149

Mexico

x

x

x

x

x

x

MY-BIO-149

Malaysia

x

x

x

x

x

x

MZ-BIO-149

Mozambique

x

x

x

x

x

x

NA-BIO-149

Namibia

x

x

x

▼M26

NE-BIO-149

Niger

►M27  x ◄

x

x

►M27  x ◄

►M27  x ◄

►M27  x ◄

▼M24

NG-BIO-149

Nigeria

x

x

x

x

x

x

NI-BIO-149

Nicaragua

x

x

x

NP-BIO-149

Nepal

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M30

NZ-BIO-149

New Zealand

x

x

▼M24

PA-BIO-149

Panama

x

x

x

x

x

x

PE-BIO-149

Peru

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M30

PF-BIO-149

French Polynesia

x

x

x

x

x

x

PG-BIO-149

Papua New Guinea

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M24

PH-BIO-149

Philippines

x

x

x

x

x

x

PK-BIO-149

Pakistan

x

x

x

x

x

x

PS-BIO-149

occupied Palestinian territory

x

x

x

x

x

x

PY-BIO-149

Paraguay

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M37

QA-BIO-149

Qatar

x

x

▼M24

RS-BIO-149

Serbia

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M33 —————

▼M24

RW-BIO-149

Rwanda

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M30

SC-BIO-149

Seychelles

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M24

SD-BIO-149

Sudan

x

x

x

SG-BIO-149

Singapore

x

x

x

x

x

x

SL-BIO-149

Sierra Leone

x

x

x

x

x

x

SN-BIO-149

Senegal

x

x

x

▼M26

SO-BIO-149

Somalia

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M24

SR-BIO-149

Suriname

x

x

x

▼M26

SS-BIO-149

South Sudan

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M30

ST-BIO-149

Sao Tome and Principe

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M24

SV-BIO-149

El Salvador

x

x

x

SY-BIO-149

Syria

x

x

x

x

x

x

SZ-BIO-149

Swaziland

x

x

x

▼M26

TD-BIO-149

Chad

►M27  x ◄

x

x

►M27  x ◄

►M27  x ◄

►M27  x ◄

▼M24

TG-BIO-149

Togo

x

x

x

TH-BIO-149

Thailand

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M30

TJ-BIO-149

Tajikistan

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M24

TL-BIO-149

Timor-Leste

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M30

TM-BIO-149

Turkmenistan

x

x

x

x

x

x

TN-BIO-149

Tunisia

x

TO-BIO-149

Tonga

x

▼M33 —————

▼M30

TV-BIO-149

Tuvalu

x

▼M24

TW-BIO-149

Taiwan

x

x

x

TZ-BIO-149

Tanzania

x

x

x

x

x

x

UA-BIO-149

Ukraine

x

x

x

x

x

x

UG-BIO-149

Uganda

x

x

x

x

x

x

US-BIO-149

United States

x

UY-BIO-149

Uruguay

x

x

x

x

x

x

UZ-BIO-149

Uzbekistan

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M30

VE-BIO-149

Venezuela

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M24

VN-BIO-149

Vietnam

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M26

XK-BIO-149

Kosovo (2)

►M27  x ◄

x

x

►M27  x ◄

►M27  x ◄

►M27  x ◄

▼M24

ZA-BIO-149

South Africa

x

x

x

x

x

x

ZM-BIO-149

Zambia

x

x

x

x

x

x

ZW-BIO-149

Zimbabwe

x

x

x

(1)   

Products originating in the territories occupied by Israel since June 1967 shall not be certified as organic.

►M26  (2)   

This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.

 ◄

▼M30

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and products covered by Annex III.

▼M24

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

▼M34

‘DQS Polska sp. z o.o.’

1. 

Address: ul. Domaniewska 45, 02-672 Warszawa, Poland

2. 

Internet address: www.dqs.pl

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

BA-BIO-181

Bosnia and Herzegovina

x

x

x

▼M37

BR-BIO-181

Brazil

x

x

x

BY-BIO-181

Belarus

x

x

x

▼M34

CN-BIO-181

China

x

x

x

▼M37

ID-BIO-181

Indonesia

x

x

x

KZ-BIO-181

Kazakhstan

x

x

x

LB-BIO-181

Lebanon

x

x

x

▼M34

MG-BIO-181

Madagascar

x

x

x

▼M37

MX-BIO-181

Mexico

x

x

x

MY-BIO-181

Malaysia

x

x

x

NG-BIO-181

Nigeria

x

x

x

PH-BIO-181

Philippines

x

x

x

PK-BIO-181

Pakistan

x

x

x

RS-BIO-181

Serbia

x

x

x

RU-BIO-181

Russia

x

x

x

TR-BIO-181

Turkey

x

x

x

TW-BIO-181

Taiwan

x

x

x

UA-BIO-181

Ukraine

x

x

x

UZ-BIO-181

Uzbekistan

x

x

x

VN-BIO-181

Vietnam

x

x

x

ZA-BIO-181

South Africa

x

x

x

▼M34

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and wine

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄

▼M24

‘Ecocert SA’

1. 

Address: BP 47, 32600 L'Isle-Jourdain, France

2. 

Internet address: http://www.ecocert.com

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

AD-BIO-154

Andorra

x

x

▼M34

AE-BIO-154

United Arab Emirates

x

x

x

x

▼M24

AF-BIO-154

Afghanistan

x

x

x

AL-BIO-154

Albania

x

x

AM-BIO-154

Armenia

x

►M31  x ◄

x

▼M30

AR-BIO-154

Argentina

x

x

▼M24

AZ-BIO-154

Azerbaijan

x

x

BA-BIO-154

Bosnia and Herzegovina

x

x

►M27  x ◄

►M27  x ◄

BD-BIO-154

Bangladesh

x

►M26  x ◄

x

x

BF-BIO-154

Burkina Faso

x

x

x

x

x

BH-BIO-154

Bahrain

x

BI-BIO-154

Burundi

x

x

BJ-BIO-154

Benin

x

x

x

▼M32 —————

▼M24

BR-BIO-154

Brazil

x

x

x

x

x

BS-BIO-154

Bahamas

x

x

BW-BIO-154

Botswana

x

x

BY-BIO-154

Belarus

x

x

BZ-BIO-154

Belize

x

x

CD-BIO-154

Democratic Republic of the Congo

x

x

CF-BIO-154

Central African Republic

x

x

CG-BIO-154

Congo (Brazzaville)

x

x

CI-BIO-154

Côte d'Ivoire

x

x

x

▼M37

CL-BIO-154

Chile

x

x

x

x

x

▼M24

CM-BIO-154

Cameroon

x

x

x

CN-BIO-154

China

x

x

►M32  — ◄

x

x

x

CO-BIO-154

Colombia

x

x

x

x

x

▼M34

CU-BIO-154

Cuba

x

x

x

x

▼M24

CV-BIO-154

Cape Verde

x

x

▼M36

DM-BIO-154

Dominica

x

▼M24

DO-BIO-154

Dominican Republic

x

x

DZ-BIO-154

Algeria

x

x

EC-BIO-154

Ecuador

x

x

►M32  — ◄

x

x

▼M27

EG-BIO-154

Egypt

x

x

x

▼M24

ET-BIO-154

Ethiopia

x

x

x

FJ-BIO-154

Fiji

x

x

GE-BIO-154

Georgia

x

x

►M30  x ◄

GH-BIO-154

Ghana

x

x

GM-BIO-154

Gambia

x

x

GN-BIO-154

Guinea

x

x

GQ-BIO-154

Equatorial Guinea

x

x

GT-BIO-154

Guatemala

x

x

GW-BIO-154

Guinea-Bissau

x

x

GY-BIO-154

Guyana

x

x

HK-BIO-154

Hong Kong

x

►M32  — ◄

x

HN-BIO-154

Honduras

x

►M32  — ◄

x

HT-BIO-154

Haiti

x

►M32  x ◄

x

ID-BIO-154

Indonesia

x

x

x

IN-BIO-154

India

►M32  — ◄

x

x

IR-BIO-154

Iran

x

x

JO-BIO-154

Jordan

x

x

▼M36

JP-BIO-154

Japan

x

x

x

▼M24

KE-BIO-154

Kenya

x

x

x

x

►M32  x ◄

KG-BIO-154

Kyrgyzstan

x

►M30  x ◄

x

x

KH-BIO-154

Cambodia

x

x

KM-BIO-154

Comoros

x

x

KR-BIO-154

Republic of Korea

x

►M32  — ◄

▼M34

KW-BIO-154

Kuwait

x

x

x

▼M24

KZ-BIO-154

Kazakhstan

x

x

x

LA-BIO-154

Laos

x

x

▼M32

LB-BIO-154

Lebanon

x

x

▼M24

LI-BIO-154

Liechtenstein

x

LK-BIO-154

Sri Lanka

x

x

►M32  x ◄

LR-BIO-154

Liberia

x

x

LS-BIO-154

Lesotho

x

x

MA-BIO-154

Morocco

x

x

►M32  — ◄

x

x

x

MC-BIO-154

Monaco

x

x

►M32  — ◄

x

x

▼M34

MD-BIO-154

Moldova

x

x

x

x

▼M24

ME-BIO-154

Montenegro

x

x

MG-BIO-154

Madagascar

x

x

►M32  — ◄

x

x

x

MK-BIO-154

the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

x

x

x

ML-BIO-154

Mali

x

x

MM-BIO-154

Myanmar/Burma

x

x

MN-BIO-154

Mongolia

x

x

MR-BIO-154

Mauritania

x

x

MU-BIO-154

Mauritius

x

x

▼M34

MW-BIO-154

Malawi

x

x

x

▼M24

MX-BIO-154

Mexico

x

x

x

x

x

MY-BIO-154

Malaysia

x

x

x

MZ-BIO-154

Mozambique

x

►M26  x ◄

►M32  — ◄

x

►M30  x ◄

NA-BIO-154

Namibia

x

x

x

x

▼M31

NC-BIO-154

New Caledonia

x

x

▼M24

NE-BIO-154

Niger

x

x

NG-BIO-154

Nigeria

x

x

NI-BIO-154

Nicaragua

x

x

NP-BIO-154

Nepal

x

x

OM-BIO-154

Oman

x

x

PA-BIO-154

Panama

x

x

PE-BIO-154

Peru

x

x

►M32  — ◄

x

x

x

PF-BIO-154

French Polynesia

x

x

PH-BIO-154

Philippines

x

x

x

x

x

PK-BIO-154

Pakistan

x

x

x

PS-BIO-154

occupied Palestinian territory

x

x

PY-BIO-154

Paraguay

x

x

x

x

►M30  x ◄

▼M34

RS-BIO-154

Serbia

x

x

x

x

x

▼M37

RU-BIO-154

Russia

x

x

▼M24

RW-BIO-154

Rwanda

x

x

SA-BIO-154

Saudi Arabia

x

x

x

x

SC-BIO-154

Seychelles

x

x

SD-BIO-154

Sudan

x

x

SG-BIO-154

Singapore

x

x

SL-BIO-154

Sierra Leone

x

x

x

SN-BIO-154

Senegal

x

x

SO-BIO-154

Somalia

x

x

SR-BIO-154

Suriname

x

x

ST-BIO-154

Sao Tome and Principe

x

x

SV-BIO-154

El Salvador

x

x

SY-BIO-154

Syria

x

x

x

SZ-BIO-154

Swaziland

x

x

TD-BIO-154

Chad

x

x

TG-BIO-154

Togo

x

x

►M31  x ◄

TH-BIO-154

Thailand

x

x

►M32  — ◄

x

x

x

TJ-BIO-154

Tajikistan

x

x

TL-BIO-154

Timor-Leste

x

x

TM-BIO-154

Turkmenistan

x

x

x

TN-BIO-154

Tunisia

x

►M32  — ◄

x

TR-BIO-154

Turkey

x

x

►M32  — ◄

x

x

x

TW-BIO-154

Taiwan

x

x

TZ-BIO-154

Tanzania

x

►M32  x ◄

x

UA-BIO-154

Ukraine

x

x

x

x

UG-BIO-154

Uganda

x

x

x

x

▼M32 —————

▼M24

UY-BIO-154

Uruguay

x

x

x

x

►M30  x ◄

UZ-BIO-154

Uzbekistan

x

x

x

VE-BIO-154

Venezuela

x

x

VN-BIO-154

Vietnam

x

x

►M32  — ◄

x

VU-BIO-154

Vanuatu

x

x

x

WS-BIO-154

Samoa

x

x

▼M33

XK-BIO-154

Kosovo

x

▼M24

ZA-BIO-154

South Africa

x

x

x

x

x

ZM-BIO-154

Zambia

x

x

x

x

▼M34

ZW-BIO-154

Zimbabwe

x

x

x

x

x

▼M24

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and products covered by Annex III.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

▼M26 —————

▼M24

‘Ecoglobe’

▼M31

1. 

Address: 80 Aram Street, 0002 Yerevan, Armenia

2. 

Internet address: http://www.ecoglobe.com

▼M24

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

▼M37 —————

▼M24

AM-BIO-112

Armenia

x

x

x

BY-BIO-112

Belarus

x

x

x

IR-BIO-112

Iran

x

x

x

KG-BIO-112

Kyrgyzstan

x

x

x

KZ-BIO-112

Kazakhstan

x

x

x

▼M37 —————

▼M24

RU-BIO-112

Russia

x

x

x

TJ-BIO-112

Tajikistan

x

x

x

TM-BIO-112

Turkmenistan

x

x

x

UA-BIO-112

Ukraine

x

x

x

UZ-BIO-112

Uzbekistan

x

x

x

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

▼M37

Ecogruppo Italia’

1. 

Address: Via Pietro Mascagni 79, 95129 Catania, Italy

2. 

Internet address: http://www.ecogruppoitalia.it

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

AM-BIO-187

Armenia

x

x

AZ-BIO-187

Azerbaijan

x

BA-BIO-187

Bosnia and Herzegovina

x

x

KZ-BIO-187

Kazakhstan

x

ME-BIO-187

Montenegro

x

x

x

MK-BIO-187

North-Macedonia

x

x

RS-BIO-187

Serbia

x

x

x

TR-BIO-187

Turkey

x

x

x

x

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until 31 December 2021.

▼M36

‘Ecovivendi d.o.o. Belgrade’

1.

Address: Voje Veljkovica no.5, Belgrade 11000

2.

Internet address: www.ecovivendi.rs

3.

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

RS-BIO-183

Serbia

x

x

4.

Exceptions: in-conversion products and wine

5.

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

▼M30 —————

▼M26

‘Ekoagros’

1. 

Address: K. Donelaičio g. 33, 44240 Kaunas, Lithuania

2. 

Internet address: http://www.ekoagros.lt

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

▼M36

BY-BIO-170

Belarus

x

x

x

x

KZ-BIO-170

Kazakhstan

x

x

x

x

RU-BIO-170

Russia

x

x

x

x

TJ-BIO-170

Tajikistan

x

x

x

x

▼M32 —————

▼M26

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and wine.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

▼M37

‘ETKO Ekolojik Tarim Kontrol Org Ltd Sti’

1. 

Address: 160 Nr 13 Daire 3. Izmir 35100, Turkey

2. 

Internet address: www.etko.com.tr

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

TR-BIO-109

Turkey

x

x

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until 31 December 2021.

▼M34

‘FairCert Certification Services Pvt Ltd’

1. 

Address: C 122, GAURIDHAM COLONY, 451001-KHARGONE, India

2. 

Internet address: www.faircert.com

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

BT-BIO-180

Bhutan

x

x

x

x

IN-BIO-180

India

x

x

x

NP-BIO-180

Nepal

x

x

x

x

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and wine

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄

▼M24

‘Florida Certified Organic Growers and Consumers, Inc. (FOG), DBA as Quality Certification Services (QCS)’

▼M33

1. 

Address: 5700 SW 34th st, suite 349, Gainesville, FL 32608, United States

▼M24

2. 

Internet address: http://www.qcsinfo.org

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

▼M37

AE-BIO- 144

United Arab Emirates

x

x

x

▼M30

BO-BIO-144

Bolivia

x

x

▼M24

BS-BIO-144

Bahamas

x

x

x

▼M30

CL-BIO-144

Chile

x

x

x

x

CO-BIO-144

Colombia

x

x

▼M24

CN-BIO-144

China

x

x

x

x

▼M37

CR-BIO-144

Costa Rica

x

x

x

▼M24

DO-BIO-144

Dominican Republic

x

x

x

x

EC-BIO-144

Ecuador

x

x

►M26  x ◄

x

x

GT-BIO-144

Guatemala

x

x

HN-BIO-144

Honduras

x

x

x

x

▼M27

ID-BIO-144

Indonesia

x

x

x

▼M26

JM-BIO-144

Jamaica

x

x

▼M30

LA-BIO-144

Laos

x

x

▼M24

MX-BIO-144

Mexico

x

x

x

MY-BIO-144

Malaysia

x

x

x

NI-BIO-144

Nicaragua

x

x

x

x

PE-BIO-144

Peru

x

x

x

PH-BIO-144

Philippines

x

x

x

x

SV-BIO-144

El Salvador

x

x

x

x

▼M37

TR-BIO-144

Turkey

x

x

x

x

▼M24

TW-BIO-144

Taiwan

x

x

x

x

▼M30

US-BIO-144

United States

x

x

▼M26

VN-BIO-144

Vietnam

x

x

▼M24

ZA-BIO-144

South Africa

x

x

x

▼M30

4. 

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

▼M24

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

‘IBD Certificações Ltda.’

1. 

Address: Rua Amando de Barros 2275, Centro, CEP: 18.602.150, Botucatu SP, Brazil

2. 

Internet address: http://www.ibd.com.br

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

▼M34

BO-BIO-122

Bolivia

x

x

▼M24

BR-BIO-122

Brazil

x

x

►M32  — ◄

x

x

CN-BIO-122

China

x

x

x

▼M33

CO-BIO-122

Colombia

x

x

EC-BIO-122

Ecuador

x

x

▼M34

MN-BIO-122

Mongolia

x

x

▼M24

MX-BIO-122

Mexico

x

x

▼M33

PE-BIO-122

Peru

x

x

▼M34

PY-BIO-122

Paraguay

x

x

▼M32

RU-BIO-122

Russia

x

x

x

▼M24

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and wine.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

‘IMOcert Latinoamérica Ltda.’

1. 

Address: Calle Pasoskanki 2134, Cochabamba, Bolivia

2. 

Internet address: http://www.imocert.bio

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

▼M30

AR-BIO-123

Argentina

x

▼M24

BO-BIO-123

Bolivia

x

►M27  x ◄

x

BR-BIO-123

Brazil

x

►M27  x ◄

x

BZ-BIO-123

Belize

x

►M27  x ◄

x

CL-BIO-123

Chile

x

►M27  x ◄

x

CO-BIO-123

Colombia

x

►M27  x ◄

x

▼M30

CR-BIO-123

Costa Rica

x

x

▼M24

CU-BIO-123

Cuba

x

►M27  x ◄

x

DO-BIO-123

Dominican Republic

x

►M27  x ◄

x

EC-BIO-123

Ecuador

x

►M27  x ◄

x

GT-BIO-123

Guatemala

x

►M27  x ◄

x

▼M27

GY-BIO-123

Guyana

x

x

x

HN-BIO-123

Honduras

x

x

x

▼M24

HT-BIO-123

Haiti

x

►M27  x ◄

x

MX-BIO-123

Mexico

x

►M27  x ◄

x

NI-BIO-123

Nicaragua

x

►M27  x ◄

x

PA-BIO-123

Panama

x

►M27  x ◄

x

PE-BIO-123

Peru

x

►M27  x ◄

x

PY-BIO-123

Paraguay

x

►M27  x ◄

x

SR-BIO-123

Suriname

x

x

SV-BIO-123

El Salvador

x

►M27  x ◄

x

TT-BIO-123

Trinidad and Tobago

x

x

UY-BIO-123

Uruguay

x

►M27  x ◄

x

VE-BIO-123

Venezuela

x

►M27  x ◄

x

▼M31

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and products covered by Annex III.

▼M24

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

‘IMO Control Private Limited’

1. 

Address: No 3627, 1st Floor, 7th Cross, 13th ‘G’ Main, H.A.L. 2nd Stage, Bangalore 560008, India

2. 

Internet address: www.imocontrol.in

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

AF-BIO-147

Afghanistan

x

x

BD-BIO-147

Bangladesh

x

x

BT-BIO-147

Bhutan

x

x

ID-BIO-147

Indonesia

x

x

IN-BIO-147

India

x

IR-BIO-147

Iran

x

x

LA-BIO-147

Laos

x

x

LK-BIO-147

Sri Lanka

x

x

MV-BIO-147

Maldives

x

x

MY-BIO-147

Malaysia

x

x

NP-BIO-147

Nepal

x

x

PG-BIO-147

Papua New Guinea

x

x

PH-BIO-147

Philippines

x

x

PK-BIO-147

Pakistan

x

x

TH-BIO-147

Thailand

x

x

VN-BIO-147

Vietnam

x

x

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and wine.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

▼M30 —————

▼M24

‘Indocert’

1. 

Address: Thottumugham post, Aluva, Ernakulam, Kerala, India

2. 

Internet address: http://www.indocert.org

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

IN-BIO-148

India

x

x

KH-BIO-148

Cambodia

x

LK-BIO-148

Sri Lanka

x

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and wine.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

‘Istituto Certificazione Etica e Ambientale’

1. 

Address: Via Giovanni Brugnoli, 15, 40122 Bologna, Italy

2. 

Internet address: http://www.icea.info

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

AE-BIO-115

United Arab Emirates

x

x

x

AL-BIO-115

Albania

x

x

AM-BIO-115

Armenia

x

x

CI-BIO-115

Côte d'Ivoire

x

x

EC-BIO-115

Ecuador

x

x

ET-BIO-115

Ethiopia

x

IR-BIO-115

Iran

x

x

JP-BIO-115

Japan

x

KZ-BIO-115

Kazakhstan

x

LB-BIO-115

Lebanon

x

LK-BIO-115

Sri Lanka

x

x

MD-BIO-115

Moldova

x

x

MG-BIO-115

Madagascar

x

x

MX-BIO-115

Mexico

x

x

x

MY-BIO-115

Malaysia

x

RU-BIO-115

Russia

x

x

x

▼M37 —————

▼M24

SN-BIO-115

Senegal

x

x

SY-BIO-115

Syria

x

x

TH-BIO-115

Thailand

x

TR-BIO-115

Turkey

x

x

UA-BIO-115

Ukraine

x

x

UY-BIO-115

Uruguay

x

x

UZ-BIO-115

Uzbekistan

x

x

VN-BIO-115

Vietnam

x

4. 

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

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

‘Japan Organic and Natural Foods Association’

1. 

Address: Takegashi Bldg. 3rd Fl., 3-5-3 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

2. 

Internet address: http://jona-japan.org

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

CN-BIO-145

China

x

x

▼M36

JP-BIO-145

Japan

x

x

▼M24

TW-BIO-145

Taiwan

x

x

4. 

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

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

‘Kiwa BCS Öko-Garantie GmbH’

1. 

Address: Marientorgraben 3-5, 90402 Nürnberg, Germany

▼M30

2. 

Internet address: www.kiwabcs-oeko.com

▼M24

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

AE-BIO-141

United Arab Emirates

x

x

x

x

AL-BIO-141

Albania

x

x

▼M34

AM-BIO-141

Armenia

x

x

x

▼M24

AO-BIO-141

Angola

x

x

AZ-BIO-141

Azerbaijan

x

x

BD-BIO-141

Bangladesh

x

►M26  x ◄

x

►M26  x ◄

x

BJ-BIO-141

Benin

x

x

BO-BIO-141

Bolivia

x

x

BR-BIO-141

Brazil

x

x

x

x

BT-BIO-141

Bhutan

x

x

x

BW-BIO-141

Botswana

x

x

BY-BIO-141

Belarus

x

x

x

CI-BIO-141

Côte d'Ivoire

x

x

x

CL-BIO-141

Chile

x

x

x

x

x

CN-BIO-141

China

x

x

x

x

x

x

CO-BIO-141

Colombia

x

x

x

x

CR-BIO-141

Costa Rica

x

CU-BIO-141

Cuba

x

x

x

▼M34

DO-BIO-141

Dominican Republic

x

x

x

▼M24

DZ-BIO-141

Algeria

x

x

▼M34

EC-BIO-141

Ecuador

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M24

EG-BIO-141

Egypt

x

x

ET-BIO-141

Ethiopia

x

x

x

x

FJ-BIO-141

Fiji

x

x

x

▼M34

GE-BIO-141

Georgia

x

x

x

x

▼M24

GH-BIO-141

Ghana

x

x

GM-BIO-141

Gambia

x

x

▼M34

GT-BIO-141

Guatemala

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M24

GW-BIO-141

Guinea-Bissau

x

x

x

HK-BIO-141

Hong Kong

x

►M26  x ◄

x

▼M34

HN-BIO-141

Honduras

x

x

x

x

▼M24

HT-BIO-141

Haiti

x

x

ID-BIO-141

Indonesia

x

►M26  x ◄

x

IN-BIO-141

India

x

IR-BIO-141

Iran

x

x

x

JP-BIO-141

Japan

x

KE-BIO-141

Kenya

x

x

x

x

KG-BIO-141

Kyrgyzstan

x

x

x

x

KH-BIO-141

Cambodia

x

x

KR-BIO-141

Republic of Korea

x

x

x

KZ-BIO-141

Kazakhstan

x

x

x

LA-BIO-141

Laos

x

►M26  x ◄

x

LK-BIO-141

Sri Lanka

x

►M26  x ◄

x

LR-BIO-141

Liberia

x

x

LS-BIO-141

Lesotho

x

x

MA-BIO-141

Morocco

x

x

MD-BIO-141

Moldova

x

x

ME-BIO-141

Montenegro

x

x

MK-BIO-141

the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

x

x

MM-BIO-141

Myanmar/Burma

x

►M26  x ◄

x

x

MN-BIO-141

Mongolia

x

x

x

x

MW-BIO-141

Malawi

x

x

MX-BIO-141

Mexico

x

x

x

x

MY-BIO-141

Malaysia

x

x

MZ-BIO-141

Mozambique

x

x

NA-BIO-141

Namibia

x

x

NI-BIO-141

Nicaragua

x

x

x

x

NP-BIO-141

Nepal

x

x

x

OM-BIO-141

Oman

x

x

x

PA-BIO-141

Panama

x

x

▼M34

PE-BIO-141

Peru

x

x

x

x

x

▼M24

PF-BIO-141

French Polynesia

x

x

PG-BIO-141

Papua New Guinea

x

x

x

PH-BIO-141

Philippines

x

x

x

PK-BIO-141

Pakistan

x

x

▼M34

PY-BIO-141

Paraguay

x

x

x

x

x

RS-BIO-141

Serbia

x

x

x

▼M24

RU-BIO-141

Russia

x

x

x

x

SA-BIO-141

Saudi Arabia

x

x

x

x

▼M34

SC-BIO-141

Seychelles

x

x

▼M24

SD-BIO-141

Sudan

x

x

SG-BIO-141

Singapore

x

x

x

SN-BIO-141

Senegal

x

x

SV-BIO-141

El Salvador

x

x

x

x

SZ-BIO-141

Swaziland

x

x

TD-BIO-141

Chad

x

x

TH-BIO-141

Thailand

x

►M26  x ◄

x

x

x

▼M34

TJ-BIO-141

Tajikistan

x

x

x

▼M24

TM-BIO-141

Turkmenistan

x

x

▼M34

TR-BIO-141

Turkey

x

x

x

x

x

▼M24

TW-BIO-141

Taiwan

x

x

x

TZ-BIO-141

Tanzania

x

x

UA-BIO-141

Ukraine

x

x

x

UG-BIO-141

Uganda

x

x

▼M34

US-BIO-141

United States

x

▼M24

UY-BIO-141

Uruguay

x

x

x

x

▼M34

UZ-BIO-141

Uzbekistan

x

x

x

▼M24

VE-BIO-141

Venezuela

x

x

VN-BIO-141

Vietnam

x

x

x

x

XK-BIO-141

Kosovo (1)

x

x

x

ZA-BIO-141

South Africa

x

x

x

x

x

▼M34

ZM-BIO-141

Zambia

x

x

x

▼M24

(1)   

This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and products covered by Annex III.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

▼M37

Kiwa Sativa’

1. 

Address: Rua Robalo Gouveia, 1, 1A, 1900-392, Lisbon, Portugal

2. 

Internet address: http://www.sativa.pt

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

GW-BIO-188

Guinea-Bissau

x

x

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until 31 December 2021.

▼M24

‘LACON GmbH’

1. 

Address: Moltkestrasse 4, 77654 Offenburg, Germany

2. 

Internet address: http://www.lacon-institut.com

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

AE-BIO-134

United Arab Emirates

x

x

AZ-BIO-134

Azerbaijan

x

x

▼M27

BA-BIO-134

Bosnia and Herzegovina

x

x

x

▼M24

BD-BIO-134

Bangladesh

x

x

BF-BIO-134

Burkina Faso

x

x

x

BR-BIO-134

Brazil

x

x

x

BT-BIO-134

Bhutan

x

x

▼M27

CL-BIO-134

Chile

x

x

x

CU-BIO-134

Cuba

x

x

 

x

DO-BIO-134

Dominican Republic

x

x

ET-BIO-134

Ethiopia

x

x

x

▼M24

GH-BIO-134

Ghana

x

x

ID-BIO-134

Indonesia

x

x

IN-BIO-134

India

x

x

▼M27

KE-BIO-134

Kenya

x

x

▼M24

KZ-BIO-134

Kazakhstan

x

LK-BIO-134

Sri Lanka

x

x

MA-BIO-134

Morocco

x

x

x

MG-BIO-134

Madagascar

x

x

x

▼M27

MK-BIO-134

former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

x

x

x

▼M24

ML-BIO-134

Mali

x

x

MU-BIO-134

Mauritius

x

x

MX-BIO-134

Mexico

x

x

NA-BIO-134

Namibia

x

x

NG-BIO-134

Nigeria

x

x

NP-BIO-134

Nepal

x

x

RS-BIO-134

Serbia

x

x

x

RU-BIO-134

Russia

x

SN-BIO-134

Senegal

x

x

x

▼M27

SZ-BIO-134

Swaziland

x

x

▼M24

TG-BIO-134

Togo

x

x

TR-BIO-134

Turkey

x

x

TZ-BIO-134

Tanzania

x

x

x

UA-BIO-134

Ukraine

x

UG-BIO-134

Uganda

x

x

ZA-BIO-134

South Africa

x

x

▼M27

ZW-BIO-134

Zimbabwe

x

x

▼M31

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and products covered by Annex III.

▼M24

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

‘Letis S.A.’

▼M32

1. 

Address: Urquiza 1285 planta alta, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina

▼M24

2. 

Internet address: http://www.letis.org

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

▼M32

AE-BIO-135

United Arab Emirates

x

x

▼M30

AF-BIO-135

Afghanistan

x

 

x

▼M24

AR-BIO-135

Argentina

x

x

▼M32

AZ-BIO-135

Azerbaijan

x

x

▼M24

BO-BIO-135

Bolivia

x

x

▼M32

BR-BIO-135

Brazil

x

►M33  — ◄

x

x

BY-BIO-135

Belarus

x

x

BZ-BIO-135

Belize

x

►M33  — ◄

x

x

CI-BIO-135

Côte d'Ivoire

x

x

CO-BIO-135

Colombia

x

►M33  — ◄

x

x

CR-BIO-135

Costa Rica

►M33  — ◄

x

DO-BIO-135

Dominican Republic

x

►M33  — ◄

x

x

▼M24

EC-BIO-135

Ecuador

x

x

▼M32

EG-BIO-135

Egypt

x

x

▼M30

ET-BIO-135

Ethiopia

x

 

x

▼M32

GT-BIO-135

Guatemala

x

►M33  — ◄

x

x

HN-BIO-135

Honduras

x

►M33  — ◄

x

x

▼M30

IR-BIO-135

Iran

x

 

x

▼M32

KG-BIO-135

Kyrgyzstan

x

x

▼M24

KY-BIO-135

Cayman Islands

x

x

▼M30

KZ-BIO-135

Kazakhstan

x

 

x

▼M32

MA-BIO-135

Morocco

x

x

▼M30

MD-BIO-135

Moldova

x

 

x

▼M24

MX-BIO-135

Mexico

x

▼M32

PA-BIO-135

Panama

x

►M33  — ◄

x

x

▼M24

PE-BIO-135

Peru

x

x

▼M30

PK-BIO-135

Pakistan

x

 

x

▼M24

PY-BIO-135

Paraguay

x

x

▼M30

RU-BIO-135

Russia

x

 

x

▼M32

SV-BIO-135

El Salvador

x

►M33  — ◄

x

x

▼M30

TJ-BIO-135

Tajikistan

x

 

x

▼M32

TM-BIO-135

Turkmenistan

x

x

▼M30

TR-BIO-135

Turkey

x

 

x

UA-BIO-135

Ukraine

x

 

x

▼M24

UY-BIO-135

Uruguay

x

▼M32

VN-BIO-135

Uzbekistan

x

▼M24

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and products covered by Annex III.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

‘Mayacert’

1. 

Address: 18 calle 7-25 zona 11, Colonia Mariscal, 01011 Guatemala City, Guatemala

2. 

Internet address: http://www.mayacert.com

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

▼M26

BZ-BIO-169

Belize

x

x

▼M24

CO-BIO-169

Colombia

►M26  x ◄

x

DO-BIO-169

Dominican Republic

►M26  x ◄

x

GT-BIO-169

Guatemala

x

►M26  x ◄

x

HN-BIO-169

Honduras

x

►M26  x ◄

x

▼M34

LK-BIO-169

Sri Lanka

x

x

▼M24

MX-BIO-169

Mexico

x

x

x

NI-BIO-169

Nicaragua

x

►M26  x ◄

x

▼M34

PA-BIO-169

Panama

x

x

▼M26

PE-BIO-169

Peru

x

x

▼M24

SV-BIO-169

El Salvador

►M26  x ◄

x

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and wine.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

‘NASAA Certified Organic Pty Ltd’

1. 

Address: Unit 7/3 Mount Barker Road, Stirling SA 5152, Australia

▼M31

2. 

Internet address: www.nasaacertifiedorganic.com.au

▼M37

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

AU-BIO-119

Australia

x

x

CN-BIO-119

China

x

x

x

ID-BIO-119

Indonesia

x

x

x

LK-BIO-119

Sri Lanka

x

x

x

MY-BIO-119

Malaysia

x

x

x

NP-BIO-119

Nepal

x

x

x

PG-BIO-119

Papua New Guinea

x

x

x

SB-BIO-119

Solomon Islands

x

x

x

SG-BIO-119

Singapore

x

x

x

TL-BIO-119

Timor-Leste

x

x

x

TO-BIO-119

Tonga

x

x

x

WS-BIO-119

Samoa

x

x

x

▼M24

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and products covered by Annex III.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

▼M27 —————

▼M24

‘OneCert International PVT Ltd’

1. 

Address: H-08, Mansarovar Industrial Area, Mansarovar, Jaipur-302020, Rajasthan, India

2. 

Internet address: http://www.onecert.com

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

▼M34

AE-BIO-152

United Arab Emirates

x

x

▼M26

BD-BIO-152

Bangladesh

x

x

▼M31

BJ-BIO-152

Benin

x

x

▼M26

CN-BIO-152

China

x

x

▼M34

EG-BIO-152

Egypt

x

x

▼M34

ET-BIO-152

Ethiopia

x

x

x

▼M26

GH-BIO-152

Ghana

x

x

▼M31

ID-BIO-152

Indonesia

x

x

▼M34

IN-BIO-152

India

x

x

▼M34

JO-BIO-152

Jordan

x

x

▼M26

KH-BIO-152

Cambodia

x

x

LA-BIO-152

Laos

x

x

▼M24

LK-BIO-152

Sri Lanka

x

x

▼M26

MM-BIO-152

Myanmar/Burma

x

x

▼M34

MY-BIO-152

Malaysia

x

x

▼M34

MZ-BIO-152

Mozambique

x

x

x

▼M31

NG-BIO-152

Nigeria

x

x

▼M24

NP-BIO-152

Nepal

x

x

▼M26

OM-BIO-152

Oman

x

x

▼M31

PH-BIO-152

Philippines

x

x

▼M34

QA-BIO-152

Qatar

x

x

▼M26

RU-BIO-152

Russia

x

x

SA-BIO-152

Saudi Arabia

x

x

▼M24

SG-BIO-152

Singapore

x

▼M31

TG-BIO-152

Togo

x

x

▼M24

TH-BIO-152

Thailand

x

x

▼M34

TZ-BIO-152

Tanzania

x

x

x

UG-BIO-152

Uganda

x

x

x

▼M24

VN-BIO-152

Vietnam

x

x

WS-BIO-152

Samoa

x

x

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and wine.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

‘Oregon Tilth’

1. 

Address: 2525 SE 3rd Street, Corvallis, OR 97333, United States

2. 

Internet address: http://tilth.org

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

BO-BIO-116

Bolivia

x

CL-BIO-116

Chile

x

x

▼M32 —————

▼M24

HN-BIO-116

Honduras

x

MX-BIO-116

Mexico

x

x

►M26  x ◄

PA-BIO-116

Panama

x

x

▼M31

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and products covered by Annex III.

▼M24

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

▼M30

‘Organic Agriculture Certification Thailand (ACT)’

1. 

Address: 102 Moo 2, Soi Ngamwongwan 23, Ngamwongwan Road, Muang District, Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand

▼M24

2. 

Internet address: http://www.actorganic-cert.or.th

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

ID-BIO-121

Indonesia

x

x

LA-BIO-121

Laos

x

x

▼M37 —————

▼M37

MY-BIO-121

Malaysia

x

x

NP-BIO-121

Nepal

x

x

▼M24

TH-BIO-121

Thailand

x

x

VN-BIO-121

Vietnam

x

x

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and wine.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

▼M31 —————

▼M24

‘Organic Control System’

1. 

Address: Trg cara Jovana Nenada 15, 24000 Subotica, Serbia

2. 

Internet address: www.organica.rs

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

▼M30

BA-BIO-162

Bosnia and Herzegovina

x

x

▼M24

ME-BIO-162

Montenegro

x

x

▼M32

MK-BIO-162

the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

x

x

►M33  — ◄

▼M24

RS-BIO-162

Serbia

x

x

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and wine.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

‘Organic crop improvement association’

1. 

Address: 1340 North Cotner Boulevard, Lincoln, NE 68505-1838, United States

2. 

Internet address: http://www.ocia.org

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

GT-BIO-120

Guatemala

x

x

x

JP-BIO-120

Japan

x

x

MX-BIO-120

Mexico

x

x

x

NI-BIO-120

Nicaragua

x

x

x

PE-BIO-120

Peru

x

x

x

SV-BIO-120

El Salvador

x

x

x

4. 

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

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

▼M37

Organic Farmers & Growers C. I. C’

1. 

Address: Old Estate Yard, Shrewsbury Road, Albrighton, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 3AG, United Kingdom

2. 

Internet address: http://ofgorganic.org/

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

GB-BIO-189

United Kingdom (*1)

x

x

x

x

x

(*1)   

In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products, beekeeping.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until 31 December 2021.

‘Organic Farmers & Growers (Scotland) Ltd’

1. 

Address: Old Estate Yard, Shrewsbury Road, Albrighton, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 3AG, United Kingdom

2. 

Internet address: https://ofgorganic.org/about/scotland

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

GB-BIO-190

United Kingdom (*1)

x

x

x

x

x

(*1)   

In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products, beekeeping.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until 31 December 2021.

‘Organic Food Development and Certification Center of China (OFDC)’

1. 

Address: 8# Jiangwangmiao Street, Nanjing, 210042, China

2. 

Internet address: http://www.ofdc.org.cn

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

CN-BIO-191

China

x

x

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until 31 December 2021.

‘Organic Food Federation’

1. 

Address: 31 Turbine Way, Swaffham, PE37 7XD, United Kingdom

2. 

Internet address: http://www.orgfoodfed.com

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

GB-BIO-192

United Kingdom (*1)

x

x

x

x

x

(*1)   

In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until 31 December 2021.

▼M24

‘Organic Standard’

1. 

Address: 38-B Velyka Vasylkivska St, office 20, Kyiv city, 01004 Ukraine

2. 

Internet address: http://www.organicstandard.com.ua

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

AM-BIO-108

Armenia

x

x

AZ-BIO-108

Azerbaijan

x

x

BY-BIO-108

Belarus

x

x

x

x

x

x

GE-BIO-108

Georgia

x

x

x

KG-BIO-108

Kyrgyzstan

x

►M30  x ◄

x

KZ-BIO-108

Kazakhstan

x

►M30  x ◄

x

x

MD-BIO-108

Moldova

x

►M30  x ◄

x

RU-BIO-108

Russia

x

►M30  x ◄

x

x

TJ-BIO-108

Tajikistan

x

x

UA-BIO-108

Ukraine

x

x

x

x

x

x

UZ-BIO-108

Uzbekistan

x

x

▼M30

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products.

▼M24

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

‘Organización Internacional Agropecuaria’

1. 

Address: Av. Santa Fe 830, B1641ABN, Acassuso, Buenos Aires, Argentina

2. 

Internet address: http://www.oia.com.ar

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

AR-BIO-110

Argentina

x

x

►M33  x ◄

BO-BIO-110

Bolivia

x

x

BR-BIO-110

Brazil

x

x

x

▼M34

CL-BIO-110

Chile

x

x

x

x

▼M34

CO-BIO-110

Colombia

x

x

▼M24

EC-BIO-110

Ecuador

x

x

MX-BIO-110

Mexico

x

x

PA-BIO-110

Panama

x

x

PE-BIO-110

Peru

x

x

PY-BIO-110

Paraguay

x

x

▼M37

RU-BIO-110

Russia

x

x

x

▼M37

TR-BIO-110

Turkey

x

x

UA-BIO-110

Ukraine

x

x

▼M34

UY-BIO-110

Uruguay

x

x

x

x

x

▼M24

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and products covered by Annex III.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

‘Organska Kontrola’

▼M33

1. 

Address: Kranjčevićeva 15, 71 000 Sarajevo, Bosna i Hercegovina

▼M24

2. 

Internet address: http://www.organskakontrola.ba

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



▼M30

▼M24

Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

BA-BIO-101

Bosnia and Herzegovina

x

►M26  x ◄

x

ME-BIO-101

Montenegro

x

►M26  x ◄

x

RS-BIO-101

Serbia

x

►M26  x ◄

x

▼M30

XK-BIO-101

Kosovo (*1)

x

x

x

▼M24

(*1)   

This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and wine.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

‘ORSER’

▼M31

1. 

Address: Prof. Dr Ahmet Taner Kislali Mah.2842 Sok.No: 4, 06810 Cayyolu, Cankaya-Ankara-TURKEY

▼M24

2. 

Internet address: http://orser.com.tr

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

▼M36

AZ-BIO-166

Azerbaijan

x

x

x

x

BA-BIO-166

Bosnia and Herzegovina

x

x

x

x

GE-BIO-166

Georgia

x

x

x

x

IR-BIO-166

Iran

x

x

x

x

KG-BIO-166

Kyrgyzstan

x

x

x

x

KZ-BIO-166

Kazakhstan

x

x

x

x

▼M32 —————

▼M36

TR-BIO-166

Turkey

x

x

x

x

▼M24

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

▼M37 —————

▼M31

Q-check

1. Address: 9-17 Erithrou Stavrou str., Larissa, Greece

2. Internet address: http://www.qcheck-cert.gr

3. Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



▼M37

▼M31

Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

AL-BIO-179

Albania

x

x

AE-BIO-179

United Arab Emirates

x

x

EG-BIO-179

Egypt

x

x

JO-BIO-179

Jordan

x

x

LB-BIO-179

Lebanon

x

x

PE-BIO-179

Peru

x

x

TR-BIO-179

Turkey

x

x

SA-BIO-179

Saudi Arabia

x

x

RS-BIO-179

Serbia

x

x

▼M37

XK-BIO-179

Kosovo (*1)

x

x

▼M31

(*1)   

This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.

4. Exceptions: in-conversion products

5. Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄

▼M26 —————

▼M24

‘Quality Assurance International’

▼M33

1. 

Address: 4370 La Jolla Village Drive, Suite 300, San Diego, CA 92122, United States.

▼M24

2. 

Internet address: http://www.qai-inc.com

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

MX-BIO-113

Mexico

x

x

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and wine.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

▼M37

‘Quality Welsh Food Certification Ltd’

1. 

Address: North Road, Aberystwyth, SY23 2HE, United Kingdom

2. 

Internet address: www.qwfc.co.uk

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

GB-BIO-193

United Kingdom (*1)

x

(*1)   

In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until 31 December 2021.

▼M31 —————

▼M30

‘Servicio de Certificación CAAE S.L.U.’

▼M36

1. 

Address: Avenida Diego Martínez Barrio n° 10 3rd floor module 12, 41013 Sevilla, Spain

▼M30

2. 

Internet address: http://www.caae.es

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

BO-BIO-178

Bolivia

x

x

▼M34

CO-BIO-178

Colombia

x

x

DO-BIO-178

Dominican Republic

x

x

▼M30

EC-BIO-178

Ecuador

x

x

▼M34

GT-BIO-178

Guatemala

x

x

HN-BIO-178

Honduras

x

x

▼M30

MA-BIO-178

Morocco

x

x

MX-BIO-178

Mexico

x

x

▼M34

NI-BIO-178

Nicaragua

x

x

PA-BIO-178

Panama

x

x

▼M30

PE-BIO-178

Peru

x

x

TR-BIO-178

Turkey

x

x

▼M34

SV-BIO-178

El Salvador

x

x

▼M30

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

▼M24

‘Soil Association Certification Limited’

▼M32

1. 

Address: Spear House 51 Victoria Street, Bristol BS1 6AD, United Kingdom

▼M24

2. 

Internet address: http://www.soilassociation.org/certification

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



▼M37

▼M24

Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

BS-BIO-142

Bahamas

x

x

BZ-BIO-142

Belize

x

x

▼M37

CM-BIO-142

Cameroon

x

▼M24

CO-BIO-142

Colombia

x

DZ-BIO-142

Algeria

x

x

▼M31 —————

▼M37

GB-BIO-142

United Kingdom (*1)

x

x

x

x

x

x

▼M24

GH-BIO-142

Ghana

x

x

HK-BIO-142

Hong Kong

x

x

▼M31 —————

▼M24

KE-BIO-142

Kenya

x

x

MW-BIO-142

Malawi

x

x

SG-BIO-142

Singapore

x

x

TH-BIO-142

Thailand

x

x

UG-BIO-142

Uganda

x

x

VE-BIO-142

Venezuela

x

VN-BIO-142

Vietnam

x

x

WS-BIO-142

Samoa

x

x

▼M37

ZA-BIO-142

South Africa

x

x

▼M24

(*1)   

In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.

4. 

►M37  Exceptions: in-conversion products. ◄

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

▼M37

Southern Cross Certified Australia Pty Ltd’

1. 

Address: 8/27 Mayneview Street, Milton, Queensland, 4064, Australia

2. 

Internet address: https://www.sxcertified.com.au

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

AU-BIO-194

Australia (1)

x

x

x

FJ-BIO-194

Fiji

x

x

x

x

MY-BIO-194

Malaysia

x

x

x

x

SG-BIO-194

Singapore

x

x

x

x

TO-BIO-194

Tonga

x

x

x

x

VU-BIO-194

Vanuatu

x

x

x

x

WS-BIO-194

Samoa

x

x

x

x

(1)   

For this control body, the recognition for product category D in respect of Australia only covers wine and yeast.

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and products covered by Annex III.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until 31 December 2021.

‘SRS Certification GmbH’

1. 

Address: Friedländer Weg 20, Göttingen, 37085, Germany

2. 

Internet address: http://www.srs-certification.com

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

CN-BIO-195

China

x

x

x

TW-BIO-195

Taiwan

x

x

x

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until 31 December 2021.

▼M24

‘Suolo e Salute srl’

1. 

Address: Via Paolo Borsellino 12, 61032 Fano (PU), Italy

2. 

Internet address: http://www.suoloesalute.it

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

▼M26

DO-BIO-150

Dominican Republic

x

x

▼M34

EG-BIO-150

Egypt

x

x

▼M37 —————

▼M24

SN-BIO-150

Senegal

x

UA-BIO-150

Ukraine

x

▼M26

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and wine.

▼M24

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

▼M30

‘Tse-Xin Organic Certification Corporation’

1. 

Address: 7F., No 75, Sec.4, Nanjing E. R., Songshan Dist., Taipei City 105, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

2. 

Internet address: http://www.tw-toc.com/en

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

▼M34

HK-BIO-174

Hong Kong

x

ID-BIO-174

Indonesia

x

x

KH-BIO-174

Cambodia

x

x

KR-BIO-174

Republic of Korea

x

LA-BIO-174

Laos

x

x

MM-BIO-174

Myanmar/Burma

x

x

MY-BIO-174

Malaysia

x

x

PH-BIO-174

Philippines

x

x

SG-BIO-174

Singapore

x

TH-BIO-174

Thailand

x

x

▼M30

TW-BIO-174

Taiwan

x

x

▼M34

VN-BIO-174

Vietnam

x

x

▼M30

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and wine.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

▼M24

‘TÜV Nord Integra’

1. 

Address: Statiestraat 164, 2600 Berchem (Antwerp), Belgium

2. 

Internet address: http://www.tuv-nord-integra.com

3. 

Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

BF-BIO-160

Burkina Faso

x

x

CI-BIO-160

Côte d'Ivoire

x

x

CM-BIO-160

Cameroon

x

x

CW-BIO-160

Curaçao

x

x

▼M36

DZ-BIO-160

Algeria

x

x

▼M24

EG-BIO-160

Egypt

x

x

JO-BIO-160

Jordan

x

x

MA-BIO-160

Morocco

x

x

MG-BIO-160

Madagascar

x

x

ML-BIO-160

Mali

x

x

SN-BIO-160

Senegal

x

x

4. 

Exceptions: in-conversion products and wine.

5. 

Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

▼M34

‘SIA “Sertifikācijas un testēšanas centrs”’

▼M27

1. Address: Dārza iela 12, Priekuļi, Priekuļu pagasts, Priekuļu novads, LV–4126, Latvia

2. Internet address: www.stc.lv

3. Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:



Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

▼M34

BY-BIO-173

Belarus

x

x

x

x

x

▼M34

KG-BIO-173

Kyrgyzstan

x

x

x

x

KZ-BIO-173

Kazakhstan

x

x

x

x

x

MD-BIO-173

Moldova

x

x

x

x

x

▼M27

RU-BIO-173

Russia

x

x

x

x

x

▼M34

TJ-BIO-173

Tajikistan

x

x

x

x

x

▼M36

TM-BIO-173

Turkmenistan

x

▼M27

UA-BIO-173

Ukraine

x

x

x

x

x

▼M34

UZ-BIO-173

Uzbekistan

x

x

x

x

x

▼M27

4. Exceptions: in-conversion products and wine.

5. Duration of inclusion: until ►M37  31 December 2021 ◄ .

▼M25




ANNEX V

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ANNEX VI

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▼B




ANNEX VII



Correlation Table referred to in Article 20

Regulation (EC) No 345/2008

Regulation (EC) No 605/2008

This Regulation

Article 1(1)

Article 1

Article 1(2)

Article 2, introductory words and point 1

Article 2, introductory words and point 1

 

Article 2, point 2

 

Article 2, point 2

Article 2, point 3

 

Article 2, point 3

Article 2, point 4

 

Article 2, point 4

 

Article 2, point 5

Article 2, point 5

Article 3

Article 4

Article 5

Article 6

Article 1

Article 7

Article 2(1)

Article 8(1)

Article 2(2)

Article 8(2)

Article 2(3)

Article 8(3)

Article 2(4)

Article 8(3) and 9(2)

Article 8(4)

Article 2(5)

 

Article 9(1)

Article 2(6)

 

Article 9(3) and 9(4)

Article 10

Article 11

Article 12

Articles 3 and 4

Article 13

Article 5

Article 14

Article 6

Article 15

Article 16

Article 17

Article 7(1)

Article 7(2)

Article 18

Article 19

Article 3

Article 8

Article 20

Article 4

Article 9

Article 21

Annex II

Annex I

Annex II

Annex I

Annex III

Annex IV

Annex I

Annex V

Annex II

Annex VI

Annex III

Annex IV

Annex VII



( 1 ) OJ L 250, 18.9.2008, p. 1.

( 2 ) Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1).

( 3 ) Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1954/2003 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2371/2002 and (EC) No 639/2004 and Council Decision 2004/585/EC (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 22).

( 4 ) Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs (OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 1).

( 5 ) Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1).

►M34  ( 6 ) Commission Decision 2003/24/EC of 30 December 2002 concerning the development of an integrated computerised veterinary system (OJ L 8, 14.1.2003, p. 44). ◄

( 7 ) Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/EC (OJ L 257, 28.8.2014, p. 73).

( 8 ) Hereafter understood as the State of Israel, excluding the territories under Israeli administration since June 1967, namely the Golan Heights, the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank.

( 9 ) Ingredients have to be certified by a control body or control authority recognised in accordance with Article 33(3) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 or produced and certified within the scope of a third country recognised in accordance with Article 33(2) of that Regulation or produced and certified in the Union in accordance with that Regulation.

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