3.—(1) The Secretary of State is the competent authority for the purposes of the Council Regulation, Commission Regulation 889/2008 and Commission Regulation 1235/2008.
(2) Each control body is an authority responsible for the purposes of Article 28(3) of the Council Regulation for the receipt of notification of the information specified in Article 63(3) of Commission Regulation 889/2008 made by an operator under Article 28(1)(a) of the Council Regulation.
(3) The Soil Association is the manager of the database for the purposes of Article 48(2) of Commission Regulation 889/2008.
4. Article 28 of the Council Regulation (requirements to notify activities and submit undertakings to the control system) does not apply to an operator who sells an organic product directly to the final consumer or user, provided that the operator does not produce, prepare, store other than in connection with the point of sale, or import such a product from a third country, or has not contracted out such activities to a third party.
[F15. A control body may permit the use of non-organic seed and seed potatoes for the purposes of Article 45(1)(b) and in accordance with Article 45 of Commission Regulation 889/2008.]
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 5 substituted (1.10.2015) by The Organic Products (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1669), regs. 1, 2(2)