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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 751/2012 of 16 August 2012 correcting Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 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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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91(1), and in particular Article 33(3) and Article 38(d) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Annex IV to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008(2) as amended by Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 508/2012(3) sets out the list of control bodies and control authorities competent to carry out controls and issue certificates in third countries for the purpose of equivalence.
(2) In relation to CERES Certification of Environmental Standards GmbH, Ecocert SA and Istituto Mediterraneo di Certificazione s.r.l., certain third countries, code numbers and product categories have been omitted from that list. In addition, for Ecocert SA a reference to an exception to the products covered is missing.
(3) Therefore, Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 should be corrected accordingly.
(4) For the sake of legal certainty, this Regulation should apply from the date of application of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 508/2012.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the regulatory Committee on organic production,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 is corrected in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 July 2012.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 16 August 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel Barroso
Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 is corrected as follows:
In the text relating to ‘CERES Certification of Environmental Standards GmbH’, point 3 is replaced by the following:
| Third country | Code number | Category of products | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | D | E | F | ||
| Albania | AL-BIO-140 | x | x | — | — | — | — |
| Bolivia | BO-BIO-140 | x | x | — | x | — | — |
| Bhutan | BT-BIO-140 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Chile | CL-BIO-140 | x | x | — | x | — | — |
| China | CN-BIO-140 | x | x | — | x | — | — |
| Colombia | CO-BIO-140 | x | x | — | x | — | — |
| Dominican Republic | DO-BIO-140 | x | x | — | x | — | — |
| Ecuador | EC-BIO-140 | x | x | — | x | — | — |
| Egypt | EG-BIO-140 | x | x | — | x | — | — |
| Ethiopia | ET-BIO-140 | x | x | — | x | — | — |
| Grenada | GD-BIO-140 | x | x | — | x | — | — |
| Indonesia | ID-BIO-140 | x | x | — | x | — | — |
| Jamaica | JM-BIO-140 | x | x | — | x | — | — |
| Kenya | KE-BIO-140 | x | x | — | x | — | — |
| the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | MK-BIO-140 | x | x | — | x | — | — |
| Mexico | MX-BIO-140 | x | x | — | x | — | — |
| Moldova | MD-BIO-140 | x | x | — | x | — | — |
| Morocco | MA-BIO-140 | x | x | — | x | — | — |
| Papua New Guinea | PG-BIO-140 | x | x | — | x | — | — |
| Paraguay | PY-BIO-140 | x | x | — | x | — | — |
| Peru | PE-BIO-140 | x | x | — | x | — | — |
| Philippines | PH-BIO-140 | x | x | — | x | — | — |
| Russia | RU-BIO-140 | x | x | — | x | — | — |
| Rwanda | RW-BIO-140 | x | x | — | x | — | — |
| Saudi Arabia | SA-BIO-140 | x | x | — | x | — | — |
| Serbia | RS-BIO-140 | x | x | — | x | — | — |
| Singapore | SG-BIO-140 | x | x | — | x | — | — |
| South Africa | ZA-BIO-140 | x | x | — | x | — | — |
| Saint Lucia | LC-BIO-140 | x | x | — | x | — | — |
| Taiwan | TW-BIO-140 | x | x | — | x | — | — |
| Tanzania | TZ-BIO-140 | x | x | — | x | — | — |
| Thailand | TH-BIO-140 | x | x | — | x | — | — |
| Turkey | TR-BIO-140 | x | x | — | x | — | — |
| Uganda | UG-BIO-140 | x | x | — | x | — | — |
| Ukraine | UA-BIO-140 | x | x | — | x | — | — |
| Uzbekistan | UZ-BIO-140 | x | x | — | x | — | — |
| Vietnam | VN-BIO-140 | x | x | — | x | — | —’ |
The text relating to ‘Ecocert SA’ is corrected as follows:
point 3 is replaced by the following:
| Third country | Code number | Category of products | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | D | E | F | ||
| Algeria | DZ-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Andorra | AD-BIO-154 | x | — | — | — | — | — |
| Azerbaijan | AZ-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Benin | BJ-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BA-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Brazil | BR-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Burkina Faso | BF-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Burundi | BI-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Cambodia | KH-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Cameroon | CM-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Canada | CA-BIO-154 | — | — | — | x | — | — |
| Chad | TD-BIO-154 | x | — | — | — | — | — |
| China | CN-BO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Colombia | CO-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Comoros | KM-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Côte d’Ivoire | CI-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Croatia | HR-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Cuba | CU-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Dominican Republic | DO-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Ecuador | EC-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Fiji | FJ-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Ghana | GH-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Guatemala | GT-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Guinea | GN-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Guyana | GY-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Haiti | HT-BIO-154 | x | — | — | — | — | — |
| India | IN-BIO-154 | — | — | — | x | — | — |
| Indonesia | ID-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Iran | IR-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Japan | JP-BIO-154 | — | — | — | x | — | — |
| Kazakhstan | KZ-BIO-154 | x | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kenya | KE-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Kuwait | KW-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Kyrgyzstan | KK-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Laos | LA-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | MK-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Madagascar | MG-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Malawi | MW-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Malaysia | MY-BIO-154 | — | — | x | — | — | |
| Mali | ML-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Mauritius | MU-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Mexico | MX-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Moldova | MD-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Monaco | MC-BIO-154 | — | — | — | x | — | — |
| Morocco | MA-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Mozambique | MZ-BO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Namibia | NA-BIO-154 | x | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nepal | NP-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Pakistan | PK-BIO-154 | x | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paraguay | PY-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Peru | PE-BIO-154 | — | — | — | x | — | — |
| Philippines | PH-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Russia | RU-BIO-154 | x | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rwanda | RW-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Sao Tome and Principe | ST-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Saudi Arabia | SA-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Senegal | SN-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Serbia | RS-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| South Africa | ZA-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Sudan | SD-BIO-154 | x | — | — | — | — | — |
| Swaziland | SZ-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Syria | SY-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Tanzania | TZ-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Thailand | TH-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Togo | TG-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Tunisia | TS-BIO-154 | — | — | — | x | — | — |
| Turkey | TR-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Uganda | UG-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Ukraine | UA-BIO-154 | x | — | — | — | — | — |
| United Arab Emirates | AE-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Uzbekistan | UZ-BIO-154 | x | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vanuatu | VU-BIO-154 | x | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vietnam | VN-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Zambia | ZM-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Zimbabwe | ZW-BIO-154 | x | — | — | x | — | —’ |
In the text relating to ‘Istituto Mediterraneo di Certificazione s.r.l.’, point 3 is replaced by the following:
| Third country | Code number | Category of products | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | D | E | F | ||
| Egypt | EG-BIO-136 | x | x | — | x | — | — |
| Lebanon | LB-BIO-136 | x | x | — | x | — | — |
| Morocco | MA-BIO-136 | x | — | — | x | — | — |
| Syria | SY-BIO-136 | x | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tunisia | TN-BIO-136 | — | x | — | — | — | — |
| Turkey | TR-BIO-136 | x | x | — | x | — | —’ |
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