TITLE VI

TRADE WITH THIRD COUNTRIES

Import of compliant products
Article 32
1
A product imported from a third country may be placed on the ... market in Great Britain as organic provided that:
a
the product complies with the provisions set out in Titles II, III and IV as well as with the implementing rules affecting its production adopted pursuant to this Regulation;
b
all operators, including the exporters, have been subject to control by a control authority or control body recognised in accordance with paragraph 2;
c
the operators concerned shall be able to provide at any time, to the importers or the national authorities, documentary evidence as referred to in Article 29, permitting the identification of the operator who carried out the last operation and the verification of compliance by that operator with points (a) and (b), issued by the control authority or control body referred to in point (b).
2
The Secretary of State must ... recognise the control authorities and control bodies referred to in paragraph 1(b) of this Article, including control authorities and control bodies as referred to in Article 27, which are competent to carry out controls and to issue the documentary evidence referred to in paragraph 1(c) of this Article in third countries, and establish a list of these control authorities and control bodies.
The control bodies shall be accredited to the most recently published version of ISO Guide 65 (General requirements for bodies operating product certification systems). The control bodies shall undergo regular on-the-spot evaluation, surveillance and multiannual re-assessment of their activities by the accreditation body.
When examining requests for recognition, the Secretary of State shall invite the control authority or control body to supply all the necessary information. The Secretary of State may also entrust experts with the task of examining on-the-spot the rules of production and the control activities carried out in the third country by the control authority or control body concerned.
The recognised control bodies or control authorities shall provide the assessment reports issued by the accreditation body or, as appropriate, the competent authority on the regular on-the-spot evaluation, surveillance and multiannual re-assessment of their activities.
Based on the assessment reports, the Secretary of State shall ensure appropriate supervision of the recognised control authorities and control bodies by regularly reviewing their recognition. The nature of the supervision shall be determined on the basis of an assessment of the risk of the occurrence of irregularities or infringements of the provisions set out in this Regulation.
Word in Art. 32(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by The Organic Production (Control of Imports) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/692), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(a)(i) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1452, regs. 1(2)(b), 5(2)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 32(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Organic Production (Control of Imports) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/692), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(a)(ii) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1452, regs. 1(2)(b), 5(2)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 32(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Organic Production (Control of Imports) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/692), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Word in Art. 32(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Organic Production (Control of Imports) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/692), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(b)(ii)(aa); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Word in Art. 32(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Organic Production (Control of Imports) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/692), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(b)(ii)(bb); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 32(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Organic Production (Control of Imports) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/692), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(b)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 32(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Organic Production (Control of Imports) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/692), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(b)(iv); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 32(2) omitted (13.11.2021) by virtue of The Organics (Equivalence and Control Bodies Listing) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1266), regs. 1, 2(2)