Commission Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 of 8 December 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
Modified by
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 537/2009of 19 June 2009amending Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008, as regards the list of third countries from which certain agricultural products obtained by organic production must originate to be marketed within the Community(Text with EEA relevance), 32009R0537, June 20, 2009
  • Commission Regulation (EU) No 471/2010of 31 May 2010amending Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008, as regards the list of third countries from which certain agricultural products obtained by organic production must originate to be marketed within the Union(Text with EEA relevance), 32010R0471, June 1, 2010
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 590/2011of 20 June 2011amending 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(Text with EEA relevance), 32011R0590, June 21, 2011
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1084/2011of 27 October 2011amending and 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, 32011R1084, October 28, 2011
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1267/2011of 6 December 2011amending 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, 32011R1267, December 7, 2011
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 126/2012of 14 February 2012amending Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 as regards documentary evidence and amending Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 as regards the arrangements for imports of organic products from the United States of America(Text with EEA relevance), 32012R0126, February 15, 2012
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 508/2012of 20 June 2012amending 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(Text with EEA relevance), 32012R0508, June 21, 2012
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 751/2012of 16 August 2012correcting 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, 32012R0751, August 18, 2012
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 125/2013of 13 February 2013amending 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(Text with EEA relevance), 32013R0125, February 14, 2013
  • Commission Regulation (EU) No 519/2013of 21 February 2013adapting certain regulations and decisions in the fields of free movement of goods, freedom of movement for persons, right of establishment and freedom to provide services, company law, competition policy, agriculture, food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy, fisheries, transport policy, energy, taxation, statistics, social policy and employment, environment, customs union, external relations, and foreign, security and defence policy, by reason of the accession of Croatia, 32013R0519, June 10, 2013
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 567/2013of 18 June 2013correcting 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(Text with EEA relevance), 32013R0567, June 19, 2013
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 586/2013of 20 June 2013amending 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 and derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 as regards the date of submission of the annual report(Text with EEA relevance), 32013R0586, June 21, 2013
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 355/2014of 8 April 2014amending 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(Text with EEA relevance), 32014R0355, April 9, 2014
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 442/2014of 30 April 2014amending Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 as regards requests for inclusion in the list of third countries recognised for the purpose of equivalence in relation to the import of organic products(Text with EEA relevance), 32014R0442, May 1, 2014
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 644/2014of 16 June 2014amending 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, 32014R0644, June 17, 2014
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 829/2014of 30 July 2014amending and 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(Text with EEA relevance), 32014R0829, July 31, 2014
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1287/2014of 28 November 2014amending and 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(Text with EEA relevance)Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1287/2014 of 28 November 2014 amending and 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(Official Journal of the European Union L 348 of 4 December 2014), 32014R128732014R1287R(01), December 4, 2014
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/131of 26 January 2015amending 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(Text with EEA relevance)Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/131 of 23 January 2015 amending 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(Official Journal of the European Union L 23 of 29 January 2015), 32015R013132015R0131R(01), January 29, 2015
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/931of 17 June 2015amending and 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(Text with EEA relevance), 32015R0931, June 18, 2015
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1980of 4 November 2015correcting 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(Text with EEA relevance), 32015R1980, November 5, 2015
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2345of 15 December 2015amending 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(Text with EEA relevance), 32015R2345, December 16, 2015
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/459of 18 March 2016amending 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(Text with EEA relevance), 32016R0459, March 31, 2016
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/910of 9 June 2016amending 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(Text with EEA relevance), 32016R0910, June 10, 2016
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1330of 2 August 2016amending 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(Text with EEA relevance), 32016R1330, August 4, 2016
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1842of 14 October 2016amending Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 as regards the electronic certificate of inspection for imported organic products and certain other elements, and Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 as regards the requirements for preserved or processed organic products and the transmission of information(Text with EEA relevance), 32016R1842, October 19, 2016
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2259of 15 December 2016amending 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(Text with EEA relevance), 32016R2259, December 16, 2016
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/872of 22 May 2017amending 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(Text with EEA relevance), 32017R0872, May 23, 2017
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1473of 14 August 2017amending 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(Text with EEA relevance), 32017R1473, August 15, 2017
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1862of 16 October 2017amending 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(Text with EEA relevance), 32017R1862, October 17, 2017
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2329of 14 December 2017amending and 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(Text with EEA relevance), 32017R2329, December 15, 2017
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/949of 3 July 2018amending 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(Text with EEA relevance), 32018R0949, July 4, 2018
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/39of 10 January 2019amending 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(Text with EEA relevance), 32019R0039, January 11, 2019
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/446of 19 March 2019amending and 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(Text with EEA relevance), 32019R0446, March 20, 2019
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/25of 13 January 2020amending and 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(Text with EEA relevance), 32020R0025, January 14, 2020
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/479of 1 April 2020amending 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(Text with EEA relevance), 32020R0479, April 2, 2020
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/786of 15 June 2020amending and 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(Text with EEA relevance), 32020R0786, June 16, 2020
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2196of 17 December 2020amending 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(Text with EEA relevance), 32020R2196, December 23, 2020
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/461of 16 March 2021amending Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 as regards the date for receiving requests for the recognition of control authorities and control bodies for the purpose of equivalence under the arrangements for imports of organic products based on Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007(Text with EEA relevance), 32021R0461, March 17, 2021
  • Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2306of 21 October 2021supplementing Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council with rules on the official controls in respect of consignments of organic products and in-conversion products intended for import into the Union and on the certificate of inspection(Text with EEA relevance), 32021R2306, December 27, 2021
Corrected by
  • Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1287/2014 of 28 November 2014 amending and 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, 32014R1287R(01), February 4, 2015
  • Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/131 of 23 January 2015 amending 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, 32015R0131R(01), September 17, 2015
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008of 8 December 2008laying down detailed rules for implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 as regards the arrangements for imports of organic products from third countries TITLE IINTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS
Article 1Subject matterThis Regulation lays down the detailed rules for the import of compliant products and the import of products providing equivalent guarantees as provided for in Articles 32 and 33 of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007.
Article 2DefinitionsFor the purposes of this Regulation:1."certificate of inspection": means the certificate of inspection referred to in Article 33(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 covering one consignment;2."documentary evidence": means the document referred to in Article 68 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008OJ L 250, 18.9.2008, p. 1. and in Article 6 of this Regulation, for which the model is set out in Annex II to this Regulation;3."consignment": means a quantity of products under one or more Combined Nomenclature codes, covered by a single certificate of inspection, conveyed by the same means of transport and imported from the same third country;4."first consignee": means the natural or legal person as defined in Article 2(d) of Regulation (EC) No 889/2008;5."verification of the consignment" means the verification carried out by the relevant Member State's competent authority, in the framework of the official controls provided for in Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilRegulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1)., of the fulfilment of the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, of Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 and of this Regulation through systematic documentary checks, random identity checks and, as appropriate according to its risk assessment, physical checks, prior to the release of the consignment for free circulation into the Union in accordance with Article 13 of this Regulation;6."relevant Member State's competent authority": means the customs authority, food safety authority or other authorities designated by the Member States pursuant to Article 27(1) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 responsible for the verification of the consignments and the endorsement of the certificates of inspection;7."assessment report": means the assessment report referred to in Articles 32(2) and 33(3) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 drawn up by an independent third party fulfilling the requirements of ISO Standard 17011 or by a relevant competent authority, which includes information on document reviews, including the descriptions referred to in Articles 4(3)(b) and 11(3)(b) of this Regulation, on office audits, including critical locations and on risk-oriented witness audits conducted in representative third countries;8."aquaculture products": means aquaculture products as defined in point 34 of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilRegulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1954/2003 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2371/2002 and (EC) No 639/2004 and Council Decision 2004/585/EC (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 22).;9."unprocessed": means unprocessed as used in the definition of unprocessed products in point (n) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilRegulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs (OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 1)., irrespective of packaging or labelling operations;10."processed": means processed as used in the definition of processed products in point (o) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004, irrespective of packaging or labelling operations;11."point of entry": means the point of release for free circulation.
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