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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

(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 ‘ACO CERTIFICATION LIMITED’, ONECERT INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE LIMITED’, ‘Organic Food Development and Certification Center of China’, ‘ORSER KONTROL VE SERTIFIKASYON ANONIM ŞIRKETI’, ‘SRS Certification GmbH’ [ADDITIONAL NAMES OF CONTROL BODIES TO BE INSERTED FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF THE ASSESSMENT OF THE TECHNICAL DOSSIERS SUBMITTED]. 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)The Commission has also received and examined, in accordance with Article 2 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1698, a request for the extension of the scope of recognition from ‘Ecocert SAS’ [ADDITIONAL NAMES OF CONTROL BODIES TO BE INSERTED FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF THE ASSESSMENT OF THE TECHNICAL DOSSIERS SUBMITTED].

(6)Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 should therefore be amended 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 the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels,

   For the Commission

   The President
   Ursula VON DER LEYEN
   


EN

[ADDITIONAL NAMES OF CONTROL BODIES AS WELL AS INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCOPE OF THEIR RECOGNITION TO BE INSERTED FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF THE ASSESSMENT OF THE TECHNICAL DOSSIERS SUBMITTED]

ANNEX

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

(1)the following entry is inserted after the entry for A CERT European Organization for Certification S.A.:

‘ACO CERTIFICATION LIMITED

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

Code number

Third country

Category of products 

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

AU-BIO-107

Australia

-

x

-

x°

x

x

x

FJ-BIO-107

Fiji

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

MY-BIO-107

Malaysia

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

PG-BIO-107

Papua New Guinea

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

TH-BIO-107

Thailand

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

TW-BIO-107

Taiwan

-

-

-

x

-

-

x

VU-BIO-107

Vanuatu

x

-

-

x

x

-

-

2.Exceptions: the products within product 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: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2021/2325/oj).’;

(2)in the entry for Ecocert SAS, the following rows are inserted in the order of the code numbers into the table in point 1:

‘

Code number

Third country

Category of products 

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

JP-BIO-154

Japan

x°

-

-

-

-

-

-

PG-BIO-154

Papua New Guinea

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

SB-BIO-154

Solomon Islands

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

TO-BIO-154

Tonga

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

2.Exceptions: the products within product 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.’;

(3)the following entry is inserted after the entry for Metrocert S.C.:

‘ONECERT INTERNATIONAL 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

AE-BIO-152

United Arab Emirates

x

-

-

x

x

-

-

BD-BIO-152

Bangladesh

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

BJ-BIO-152

Benin

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

EG-BIO-152

Egypt

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

ET-BIO-152

Ethiopia

x

-

-

x

x

-

-

GH-BIO-152

Ghana

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

ID-BIO-152

Indonesia

x

-

-

x

x

-

-

JO-BIO-152

Jordan

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

KH-BIO-152

Cambodia

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

LK-BIO-152

Sri Lanka

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

MM-BIO-152

Myanmar/Burma

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

MY-BIO-152

Malaysia

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

MZ-BIO-152

Mozambique

x

-

-

x

x

-

-

NG-BIO-152

Nigeria

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

NP-BIO-152

Nepal

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

OM-BIO-152

Oman

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

PH-BIO-152

Philippines

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

QA-BIO-152

Qatar

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

SA-BIO-152

Saudi Arabia

x

-

-

x

x

-

-

SG-BIO-152

Singapore

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

TG-BIO-152

Togo

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

TH-BIO-152

Thailand

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

TZ-BIO-152

Tanzania

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

UG-BIO-152

Uganda

x

-

-

x

x

-

-

VN-BIO-152

Vietnam

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

WS-BIO-152

Samoa

x

-

-

x

-

-

-’

;

(4)the following entry is inserted after the entry for Organic Control System LLC Subotica:

‘Organic Food Development and Certification Center of China

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-191

China

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

RU-BIO-191

Russia

x

-

-

x

-

-

-’

;

(5)the following entry is inserted after the entry for Organska Kontrola d.o.o. Sarajevo:

‘ORSER KONTROL VE SERTIFIKASYON ANONIM ŞIRKETI

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

Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

AZ-BIO-166

Azerbaijan

x

x

-

x

x

x

x

BA-BIO-166

Bosnia and Herzegovina

x

x

-

x

x

x

x

GE-BIO-166

Georgia

x

x

-

x

x

x

x

IR-BIO-166

Iran

x

x

-

x

x

x

x

KG-BIO-166

Kyrgyzstan

x

x

-

x

x

x

x

KZ-BIO-166

Kazakhstan

x

x

-

x

x

x

x

MD-BIO-166

Moldova

x

x

-

x

x

x

x

RS-BIO-166

Serbia

x

x

-

x

x

x

x

RU-BIO-166

Russian Federation

x

x

-

x

x

x

x

TR-BIO-166

Türkiye

x

x

-

x

x

x

x

UA-BIO-166

Ukraine

x

x

-

x

x

x

x

UZ-BIO-166

Uzbekistan

x

x

-

x

x

x

x’

;

(6)the following entry is inserted after the entry for Southern Cross Certified Australia Pty Ltd:

‘SRS Certification GmbH

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

Code number

Third country

Category of products

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

BF-BIO-195

Burkina Faso

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

BI-BIO-195

Burundi

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

BJ-BIO-195

Benin

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

CD-BIO-195

Democratic Republic of the Congo

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

CF-BIO-195

Central African Republic

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

CG-BIO-195

Congo

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

CI-BIO-195

Côte d’Ivoire

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

CM-BIO-195

Cameroon

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

CN-BIO-195

China

x

-

-

x

x

x

x

ET-BIO-195

Ethiopia

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

GA-BIO-195

Gabon

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

GH-BIO-195

Ghana

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

GQ-BIO-195

Equatorial Guinea

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

HK-BIO-195

Hong Kong

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

ID-BIO-195

Indonesia

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

IN-BIO-195

India

-

-

-

x

x

-

x

KE-BIO-195

Kenya

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

KH-BIO-195

Cambodia

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

LA-BIO-195

Laos

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

LK-BIO-195

Sri Lanka

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

MG-BIO-195

Madagascar

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

MM-BIO-195

Myanmar/Burma

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

MY-BIO-195

Malaysia

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

NA-BIO-195

Namibia

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

NE-BIO-195

Niger

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

NG-BIO-195

Nigeria

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

PH-BIO-195

Philippines

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

PK-BIO-195

Pakistan

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

RW-BIO-195

Rwanda

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

SG-BIO-195

Singapore

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

SN-BIO-195

Senegal

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

TD-BIO-195

Chad

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

TG-BIO-195

Togo

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

TH-BIO-195

Thailand

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

TR-BIO-195

Türkiye

x

-

-

x

x

x

x

TW-BIO-195

Taiwan

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

TZ-BIO-195

Tanzania

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

UG-BIO-195

Uganda

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

VN-BIO-195

Vietnam

x

-

-

x

x

-

x

ZA-BIO-195

South Africa

x

-

-

x

x

x

x’

.