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Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title
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
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SECTION 2 U.K. Repeal and transitional and final provisions
Article 56U.K.Repeal
Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 is repealed.
However, that Regulation shall continue to apply for the purpose of completing the examination of pending applications from third countries, as provided for in Article 58 of this Regulation.
References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation.
Article 57U.K.Transitional measures relating to control authorities and control bodies recognised under Article 33(3) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007
1.The recognition of control authorities and control bodies granted under Article 33(3) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 shall expire by [F131 December 2024] at the latest.
2.The Commission shall, by means of an implementing act, establish a list of the control authorities and control bodies recognised under Article 33(3) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, and may amend that list by means of implementing acts.
Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 55(2).
3.The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 54 supplementing this Regulation as regards the information to be sent by the control authorities and control bodies referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article which is necessary for the purpose of the supervision of their recognition by the Commission, as well as the exercise of that supervision by the Commission, including through on-the-spot examination.
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Regulation (EU) 2020/1693 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 November 2020 amending Regulation (EU) 2018/848 on organic production and labelling of organic products as regards its date of application and certain other dates referred to in that Regulation (Text with EEA relevance).
Article 58U.K.Transitional measures relating to applications from third countries submitted under Article 33(2) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007
1.The Commission shall complete the examination of applications from third countries which have been submitted under Article 33(2) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 and which are pending on 17 June 2018. That Regulation shall apply to the examination of such applications.
2.The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 54 supplementing this Regulation by laying down the procedural rules necessary for the examination of the applications referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, including on the information to be submitted by third countries.
Article 59U.K.Transitional measures relating to the first recognition of control authorities and control bodies
By way of derogation from the date of application referred to in the second paragraph of Article 61, Article 46 shall apply from 17 June 2018 insofar as necessary in order to allow a timely recognition of control authorities and control bodies.
Article 60U.K.Transitional measures for stocks of organic products produced in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 834/2007
Products produced in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 before [F11 January 2022] may be placed on the market after that date until stocks are exhausted.
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Regulation (EU) 2020/1693 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 November 2020 amending Regulation (EU) 2018/848 on organic production and labelling of organic products as regards its date of application and certain other dates referred to in that Regulation (Text with EEA relevance).
Article 61U.K.Entry into force and application
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
[F1It shall apply from 1 January 2022 .]
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Regulation (EU) 2020/1693 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 November 2020 amending Regulation (EU) 2018/848 on organic production and labelling of organic products as regards its date of application and certain other dates referred to in that Regulation (Text with EEA relevance).
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