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Document C(2024)5639

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... amending and correcting Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 as regards the recognition of certain control bodies in accordance with Article 46 of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council as competent to carry out controls and issue organic certificates in third countries for the purpose of imports of organic products into the Union

C/2024/5639 final

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...

of 6.8.2024

amending and correcting Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 as regards the recognition of certain control bodies in accordance with Article 46 of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council as competent to carry out controls and issue organic certificates in third countries for the purpose of imports of organic products into the Union

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 1 , and in particular Article 46(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 2  was adopted to contain the list of control authorities and control bodies recognised in accordance with Article 46(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 as competent to carry out controls and issue organic certificates in third countries for the purpose of imports of organic products into the Union in accordance with Article 45(1), point (b)(i), of that Regulation. 

(2)Article 46(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 lays down the criteria that the control authorities and control bodies must fulfil in order to be recognised in accordance with Article 46(1) of that Regulation. Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1698 3 lays down the procedural requirements to be met by those control authorities and control bodies when submitting to the Commission their request for recognition consisting of a technical dossier.

(3)Since the adoption of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378, the Commission has received requests for recognition, submitted in accordance with Article 46(4) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848, from a number of control bodies.

(4)The Commission has received and examined, in accordance with Article 1 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1698, the requests for recognition from ‘A CERT European Organization for Certification S.A.’, ‘ACT Organic Company Limited’, ‘Agricert - Certificação de Produtos Alimentares Lda’, ‘Balkan Biocert Macedonia DOOEL Skopje’, ‘Beijing Continental Hengtong Certification Co., Ltd’, ‘CERTIFICADORA BIOTROPICO S.A.S.’, ‘COMPANY OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE IN PALESTINE’, ‘Ecovivendi d.o.o. Belgrade’, ‘ETKO EKOLOJİK TARIM KONTROL ORGANİZASYONU LİMİTED ŞİRKETİ’, ‘IBD Certificações Ltda’, ‘LACON QUALITY CERTIFICATION PRIVATE LIMITED’, ‘Metrocert S.C.’, ‘Oregon Tilth, Inc’, ‘Organizacion Internacional Agropecuaria S.A.’, and ‘Organska Kontrola d.o.o. Sarajevo’. Based on the information contained in their technical dossiers, the Commission has concluded that it is justified to recognise for an indefinite duration those control bodies for certain product categories in certain third countries.

(5)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1748 4 amended Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 and provided for the recognition of, among others, the control bodies ‘CCPB Srl’ and ‘ECOGLOBE LLC’ for certain third countries and product categories. However, the recognition of ‘CCPB Srl’ erroneously did not include Armenia for product category G and the recognition of ‘ECOGLOBE LLC’ erroneously did not include Armenia for product category G and Uzbekistan for product category B. Those errors should therefore be corrected.

(6)Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 should therefore be amended and corrected accordingly.

(7)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Organic Production Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2

Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 is corrected in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 3

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

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

Done at Brussels, 6.8.2024

   For the Commission

   The President
   Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(1)    OJ L 150, 14.06.2018, p. 1, ELI:  http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/848/oj .
(2)    Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 of 19 August 2021 laying down certain rules concerning the certificate issued to operators, groups of operators and exporters in third countries involved in the imports of organic and in-conversion products into the Union and establishing the list of recognised control authorities and control bodies in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 297 20.8.2021, p. 24, ELI:  http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2021/1378/oj ) .
(3)    Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1698 of 13 July 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council with procedural requirements for the recognition of control authorities and control bodies that are competent to carry out controls on operators and groups of operators certified organic and on organic products in third countries and with rules on their supervision and the controls and other actions to be performed by those control authorities and control bodies (OJ L 336, 23.9.2021, p. 7, ELI:  http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2021/1698/oj ) .
(4)    Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1748 of 21 June 2024 amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 as regards the recognition of certain control bodies in accordance with Article 46 of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council as competent to carry out controls and issue organic certificates in third countries for the purpose of imports of organic products into the Union (OJ L, 2024/1748, 24.6.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/1748/oj )
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ANNEX I

The third paragraph of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 is amended as follows:

(1)the following entries are inserted before the first entry:

‘Name of the control authority or control body:

A CERT European Organization for Certification S.A.

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

Code number

Third country

Category of products 

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

AE-BIO-171

United Arab Emirates

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

AL-BIO-171

Albania

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

AM-BIO-171

Armenia

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

AZ-BIO-171

Azerbaijan

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

BF-BIO-171

Burkina Faso

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

BT-BIO-171

Bhutan

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

BY-BIO-171

Belarus

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

CL-BIO-171

Chile

x°

x°

x

x°

x

-

x°

CN-BIO-171

China

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

DO-BIO-171

Dominican Republic

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

EC-BIO-171

Ecuador

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

EG-BIO-171

Egypt

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

ET-BIO-171

Ethiopia

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

GD-BIO-171

Grenada

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

GE-BIO-171

Georgia

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

GH-BIO-171

Ghana

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

ID-BIO-171

Indonesia

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

IN-BIO-171

India

-

x

x

x

x

-

x

IR-BIO-171

Iran

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

JM-BIO-171

Jamaica

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

KE-BIO-171

Kenya

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

KG-BIO-171

Kyrgyzstan

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

KW-BIO-171

Kuwait

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

KZ-BIO-171

Kazakhstan

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

LB-BIO-171

Lebanon

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

MA-BIO-171

Morocco

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

MD-BIO-171

Moldova

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

MK-BIO-171

North Macedonia

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

OM-BIO-171

Oman

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

PE-BIO-171

Peru

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

PG-BIO-171

Papua New Guinea

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

PH-BIO-171

Philippines

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

PK-BIO-171

Pakistan

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

RS-BIO-171

Serbia

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

RU-BIO-171

Russia

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

RW-BIO-171

Rwanda

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

SA-BIO-171

Saudi Arabia

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

SD-BIO-171

Sudan

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

SN-BIO-171

Senegal

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

TG-BIO-171

Togo

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

TH-BIO-171

Thailand

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

TR-BIO-171

Türkiye

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

TW-BIO-171

Taiwan

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

TZ-BIO-171

Tanzania

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

UA-BIO-171

Ukraine

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

UG-BIO-171

Uganda

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

UZ-BIO-171

Uzbekistan

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

VN-BIO-171

Vietnam

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

XK-BIO-171

Kosovo*

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

ZA-BIO-171

South Africa

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

ZW-BIO-171

Zimbabwe

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

* 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.

2.Exceptions: the products within products categories marked with an ‘°’, which are covered by the scope of an agreement on trade in organic products in accordance with Article 47 of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 or by the scope of recognition as equivalent of the third country concerned listed in Annex I to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2325**

**Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2325 of 16 December 2021 establishing, pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council, the list of third countries and the list of control authorities and control bodies that have been recognised under Article 33(2) and (3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 for the purpose of importing organic products into the Union (OJ L 465, 29.12.2021, p. 8, ELI: .

ACT Organic Company Limited

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

Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

BT-BIO-121

Bhutan

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

ID-BIO-121

Indonesia

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

KH-BIO-121

Cambodia

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

LA-BIO-121

Laos

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

LK-BIO-121

Sri Lanka

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

MY-BIO-121

Malaysia

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

NP-BIO-121

Nepal

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

PH-BIO-121

Philippines

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

SG-BIO-121

Singapore

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

TH-BIO-121

Thailand

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

VN-BIO-121

Vietnam

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

Agricert - Certificação de Produtos Alimentares Lda

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

Code number

Third country

Category of products 

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

AO-BIO-172

Angola

x

x

-

x

-

-

x

AZ-BIO-172

Azerbaijan

x

x

-

x

-

-

x

BO-BIO-172

Bolivia

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

BR-BIO-172

Brazil

x

x

-

x

-

-

-

CL-BIO-172

Chile

x°

-

-

x°

-

-

-

CM-BIO-172

Cameroon

x

x

-

x

-

-

-

CN-BIO-172

China

x

x

-

x

-

-

-

CO-BIO-172

Colombia

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

CV-BIO-172

Cabo Verde

x

x

-

x

-

-

-

DO-BIO-172

Dominican Republic

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

DZ-BIO-172

Algeria

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

EC-BIO-172

Ecuador

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

EG-BIO-172

Egypt

x

x

-

x

-

-

-

GA-BIO-172

Gabon

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

GE-BIO-172

Georgia

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

GH-BIO-172

Ghana

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

GT-BIO-172

Guatemala

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

GW-BIO-172

Guinea-Bissau

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

GY-BIO-172

Guyana

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

KH-BIO-172

Cambodia

x

x

-

x

-

-

-

MA-BIO-172

Morocco

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

MG-BIO-172

Madagascar

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

MX-BIO-172

Mexico

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

MZ-BIO-172

Mozambique

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

NI-BIO-172

Nicaragua

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

PA-BIO-172

Panama

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

PE-BIO-172

Peru

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

PY-BIO-172

Paraguay

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

SN-BIO-172

Senegal

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

SR-BIO-172

Suriname

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

ST-BIO-172

São Tomé and Príncipe

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

TG-BIO-172

Togo

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

TL-BIO-172

Timor-Leste

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

TR-BIO-172

Türkiye

x

-

-

x

-

-

x

UY-BIO-172

Uruguay

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

VE-BIO-172

Venezuela

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

VN-BIO-172

Vietnam

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

2.Exceptions: the products within products categories marked with an ‘°’, which are covered by the scope of an agreement on trade in organic products in accordance with Article 47 of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 or by the scope of recognition as equivalent of the third country concerned listed in Annex I to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2325.

Balkan Biocert Macedonia DOOEL Skopje

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

Code number

Third country

Category of products 

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

MK-BIO-157

North Macedonia

x

x

-

x

-

-

-

Beijing Continental Hengtong Certification Co., Ltd

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

Code number

Third country

Category of products 

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

CN-BIO-182

China

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

RU-BIO-182

Russia

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

’;

(2)the following entry is inserted after the entry for CERES Certification of Environmental Standards GmbH:

‘CERTIFICADORA BIOTROPICO S.A.S.

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

Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

CO-BIO-186

Colombia

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

’;

(3)the following entry is inserted after the entry for CERTIMEX, Certificadora Mexicana de Productos y Procesos Ecologicos S.C.:

‘COMPANY OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE IN PALESTINE**

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

Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

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)the following entries are inserted after the entry for ECOGLOBE LLC:

‘Ecovivendi d.o.o. Belgrade

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

Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

RS-BIO-183

Serbia

x

-

-

x

-

x

-

ETKO EKOLOJİK TARIM KONTROL ORGANİZASYONU LİMİTED ŞİRKETİ

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

Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

TR-BIO-109

Türkiye

x

-

-

x

-

-

x

’;

(5)the following entry is inserted after the entry for FOOD SAFETY S.A.:

‘IBD Certificações Ltda

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

Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

BO-BIO-122

Bolivia

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

BR-BIO-122

Brazil

x

x

-

x

x

-

x

CN-BIO-122

China

x

x

-

x

x

-

-

CO-BIO-122

Colombia

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

EC-BIO-122

Ecuador

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

MX-BIO-122

Mexico

-

x

-

x

-

-

-

MN-BIO-122

Mongolia

x

-

-

-

x

-

-

PY-BIO-122

Paraguay

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

PE-BIO-122

Peru

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

RU-BIO-122

Russia

x

-

-

x

x

-

-

’;

(6)the following entry is inserted after the entry for Kiwa BCS Öko-Garantie GmbH:

‘LACON QUALITY CERTIFICATION PRIVATE LIMITED

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

Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

IN-BIO-201

India

-

-

-

x

x

-

-

’;

(7)the following entries are inserted after the entry for Mayacert S.A.:

‘Metrocert S.C.

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

Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

MX-BIO-202

Mexico

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

Oregon Tilth, Inc

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

Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

MX-BIO-116

Mexico

x

-

-

x

x

-

-

’;

(8)the following entries are inserted after the entry for Organic Standard LLC:

‘Organizacion Internacional Agropecuaria S.A.

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

Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

AR-BIO-110

Argentina

-

-

-

-

-

x

x°

BO-BIO-110

Bolivia

x

-

-

x

-

-

x

BR-BIO-110

Brazil

x

-

-

x

-

-

x

CL-BIO-110

Chile

x°

-

-

x°

-

-

x°

CO-BIO-110

Colombia

x

-

-

x

-

-

x

EC-BIO-110

Ecuador

x

-

-

x

-

x

x

MX-BIO-110

Mexico

x

-

-

x

-

-

x

PA-BIO-110

Panama

x

-

-

x

-

-

x

PE-BIO-110

Peru

x

-

-

x

-

x

x

PY-BIO-110

Paraguay

x

-

-

x

-

-

x

RU-BIO-110

Russia

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

TR-BIO-110

Türkiye

x

-

-

x

-

-

x

UA-BIO-110

Ukraine

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

UY-BIO-110

Uruguay

x

-

-

x

-

-

x

2.Exceptions: the products within products categories marked with an ‘°’, which are covered by the scope of an agreement on trade in organic products in accordance with Article 47 of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 or by the scope of recognition as equivalent of the third country concerned listed in Annex I to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2325

Organska Kontrola d.o.o. Sarajevo

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

Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

BA-BIO-101

Bosnia and Herzegovina

x

x

-

x

-

-

x

ME-BIO-101

Montenegro

x

x

-

x

-

-

x

RS-BIO-101

Serbia

x

x

-

x

-

-

x

XK-BIO-101

Kosovo*

x

x

-

x

-

-

x

’.



ANNEX II

The third paragraph of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 is corrected as follows:

(1)in point 1 of the entry for ‘CCPB Srl’, the row for Armenia is replaced by the following:

Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

‘AM-BIO-102

Armenia

x

-

-

x

-

-

x’

;

(2)point 1 of the entry for ‘ECOGLOBE LLC’ is corrected as follows:

(a)the row for Armenia is replaced by the following:

Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

‘AM-BIO-112

Armenia

x

x

-

x

-

x

x’

;

(b)the row for Uzbekistan is replaced by the following:

Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

‘UZ-BIO-112

Uzbekistan

x

x

-

x

-

x

x’

.

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