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
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 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 2092/91OJ L 189, 20.7.2007, p. 1., and in particular Article 33(3) and Article 38(d) thereof,Whereas:(1)Annex IV to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008OJ L 334, 12.12.2008, p. 25. as amended by Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 508/2012OJ L 162, 21.6.2012, p. 1. 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:
Article 1Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 is corrected in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2This 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 CommissionThe PresidentJosé Manuel BarrosoANNEXAnnex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 is corrected as follows:(1)In the text relating to "CERES Certification of Environmental Standards GmbH", point 3 is replaced by the following:"3.Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:
Third countryCode numberCategory of products
ABCDEF
AlbaniaAL-BIO-140xx
BoliviaBO-BIO-140xxx
BhutanBT-BIO-140xx
ChileCL-BIO-140xxx
ChinaCN-BIO-140xxx
ColombiaCO-BIO-140xxx
Dominican RepublicDO-BIO-140xxx
EcuadorEC-BIO-140xxx
EgyptEG-BIO-140xxx
EthiopiaET-BIO-140xxx
GrenadaGD-BIO-140xxx
IndonesiaID-BIO-140xxx
JamaicaJM-BIO-140xxx
KenyaKE-BIO-140xxx
the former Yugoslav Republic of MacedoniaMK-BIO-140xxx
MexicoMX-BIO-140xxx
MoldovaMD-BIO-140xxx
MoroccoMA-BIO-140xxx
Papua New GuineaPG-BIO-140xxx
ParaguayPY-BIO-140xxx
PeruPE-BIO-140xxx
PhilippinesPH-BIO-140xxx
RussiaRU-BIO-140xxx
RwandaRW-BIO-140xxx
Saudi ArabiaSA-BIO-140xxx
SerbiaRS-BIO-140xxx
SingaporeSG-BIO-140xxx
South AfricaZA-BIO-140xxx
Saint LuciaLC-BIO-140xxx
TaiwanTW-BIO-140xxx
TanzaniaTZ-BIO-140xxx
ThailandTH-BIO-140xxx
TurkeyTR-BIO-140xxx
UgandaUG-BIO-140xxx
UkraineUA-BIO-140xxx
UzbekistanUZ-BIO-140xxx
VietnamVN-BIO-140xxx—"
(2)The text relating to "Ecocert SA" is corrected as follows:(a)point 3 is replaced by the following:"3.Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:
Third countryCode numberCategory of products
ABCDEF
AlgeriaDZ-BIO-154xx
AndorraAD-BIO-154x
AzerbaijanAZ-BIO-154xx
BeninBJ-BIO-154xx
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBA-BIO-154xx
BrazilBR-BIO-154xx
Burkina FasoBF-BIO-154xx
BurundiBI-BIO-154xx
CambodiaKH-BIO-154xx
CameroonCM-BIO-154xx
CanadaCA-BIO-154x
ChadTD-BIO-154x
ChinaCN-BO-154xx
ColombiaCO-BIO-154xx
ComorosKM-BIO-154xx
Côte d’IvoireCI-BIO-154xx
CroatiaHR-BIO-154xx
CubaCU-BIO-154xx
Dominican RepublicDO-BIO-154xx
EcuadorEC-BIO-154xx
FijiFJ-BIO-154xx
GhanaGH-BIO-154xx
GuatemalaGT-BIO-154xx
GuineaGN-BIO-154xx
GuyanaGY-BIO-154xx
HaitiHT-BIO-154x
IndiaIN-BIO-154x
IndonesiaID-BIO-154xx
IranIR-BIO-154xx
JapanJP-BIO-154x
KazakhstanKZ-BIO-154x
KenyaKE-BIO-154xx
KuwaitKW-BIO-154xx
KyrgyzstanKK-BIO-154xx
LaosLA-BIO-154xx
Former Yugoslav Republic of MacedoniaMK-BIO-154xx
MadagascarMG-BIO-154xx
MalawiMW-BIO-154xx
MalaysiaMY-BIO-154x
MaliML-BIO-154xx
MauritiusMU-BIO-154xx
MexicoMX-BIO-154xx
MoldovaMD-BIO-154xx
MonacoMC-BIO-154x
MoroccoMA-BIO-154xx
MozambiqueMZ-BO-154xx
NamibiaNA-BIO-154x
NepalNP-BIO-154xx
PakistanPK-BIO-154x
ParaguayPY-BIO-154xx
PeruPE-BIO-154x
PhilippinesPH-BIO-154xx
RussiaRU-BIO-154x
RwandaRW-BIO-154xx
Sao Tome and PrincipeST-BIO-154xx
Saudi ArabiaSA-BIO-154xx
SenegalSN-BIO-154xx
SerbiaRS-BIO-154xx
South AfricaZA-BIO-154xx
SudanSD-BIO-154x
SwazilandSZ-BIO-154xx
SyriaSY-BIO-154xx
TanzaniaTZ-BIO-154xx
ThailandTH-BIO-154xx
TogoTG-BIO-154xx
TunisiaTS-BIO-154x
TurkeyTR-BIO-154xx
UgandaUG-BIO-154xx
UkraineUA-BIO-154x
United Arab EmiratesAE-BIO-154xx
UzbekistanUZ-BIO-154x
VanuatuVU-BIO-154x
VietnamVN-BIO-154xx
ZambiaZM-BIO-154xx
ZimbabweZW-BIO-154xx—"
(b)point 4 is replaced by the following:"4.Exceptions: in-conversion products, wine, products covered by Annex III"
(3)In the text relating to "Istituto Mediterraneo di Certificazione s.r.l.", point 3 is replaced by the following:"3.Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:
Third countryCode numberCategory of products
ABCDEF
EgyptEG-BIO-136xxx
LebanonLB-BIO-136xxx
MoroccoMA-BIO-136xx
SyriaSY-BIO-136x
TunisiaTN-BIO-136x
TurkeyTR-BIO-136xxx—"