Article 1U.K.
Annex 9 to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products is hereby amended as follows:
Article 2 is amended as follows:
in paragraph 1, the word ‘plant’ is replaced by ‘agricultural’;
paragraph 2 is deleted;
Article 6 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 6Third countries and inspection bodies in third countries
1.The Parties shall do their utmost to ensure that the import arrangements applicable to organically produced products from third countries are equivalent.
2.With a view to ensuring equivalence in practice as regards recognition in the case of third countries and inspection bodies in third countries, the Parties shall establish appropriate collaboration in order to make use of their experience and shall consult each other before they recognise and include any third country or inspection body in the lists drawn up to that end in their laws and regulations.’;
Article 7 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 7Exchange of information
1.Under Article 8 of the Agreement, the Parties and Member States shall send each other the following information and documents in particular:
a list of the competent authorities and inspection bodies and their code numbers and reports on surveillance by the authorities charged with this task,
a list of the administrative decisions authorising imports of organically produced products from third countries,
details of irregularities or infringements of the laws and regulations listed in Appendix 1 altering the organic character of a product; the level of communication shall depend on the severity and the extent of the irregularity or infringement found in accordance with the Appendix.
2.The Parties shall guarantee the confidential treatment of the information referred to in the third indent of paragraph 1.’;
Appendix 1 and Appendix 2 shall be replaced, respectively, by Appendix 1 and Appendix 2 in the Annex to this Decision.