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 EUROPEAN  
COMMISSION   
Brussels, XXX   
[…](2021) XXX  draft  
 
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
of XXX  
amending 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)   EN 1  EN COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
of XXX  
amending 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)  
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 2092/911, 
and in particular Article 33 (3) and A rticle 38(d)  thereof , 
Whereas:  
(1) Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council2 establishe s 
that the scheme of control authorities  and control bodies recognised by the 
Commission on the basis of Article 33(3) of Regulation (EC) No 83 4/2007 to carry out 
controls and to issue certificates in third countries for the purpose of importing 
products with equivalent guarantees will be replaced by a scheme of control 
authorities and control bodies recognised by the Commission for the purpose o f 
importing compliant products.  
(2) Due to the outbreak of the COVID -19 pandemic and the related public health crisis, 
the date of application of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 and certain other dates referred to 
in that Regulation were deferred by one year by Regulation (EU) 2020/1693 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council3. As a result, Regulation (EU) 2018/848 will 
apply from 1 January 20 22.   
(3) In order to ensure that the necessary administrative capacities were  available to 
provide for a timely recogni tion of control authorities  and control bodies  under the 
new scheme, Article 11(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1235/20084 was 
amended by C ommission Implementing  Regulation (EU ) 2020/255 in order to  
                                                 
1 OJ L 189, 20.7.2007, p. 1.  
2 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 (OJ 
L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 1).  
3 Regulation (EU) 2020/1693 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 November 2020 
amending Regulation (EU) 2018/848 as regards its date of application and certain other dates referred to 
in that Regulation (OJ L 381, 13 .11.2020, p. 1).  
4 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 count ries ( (OJ L 334 12.12.20 08, p. 25) . 
5 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/25 of 13 January 2020 amending and correcting 
Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 laying down detailed rules for implementation of Council Regulation EN 2  EN introduce a final date for receiving new requests for  the recognition of control 
authorities  and control bodies  for the purpose of equivalence under the old  scheme . 
That final date is 30 June 2020.  
(4) It is therefore necessary to  amend Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 
once again in order to align  the date for receiving new requests for the recognition of 
control authorities and control bodies for the purpose of equivalence under the old 
import scheme  with the date of the establishment of the new import system in 
Regulation (EU) 2018/848 . 
(5) Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.  
(6) In order to give the control authorities and control bodies concerned the opportunity to 
benefit fully from the time period left until 30 June 2021 after the relevant IT tool has 
been re activated, this Regulation should enter into force as a matter of urgency on the 
day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union . 
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the 
Com mittee  on organic production , 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:  
Article 1  
In Article 11(1 ) of Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 , the date ‘30 June 2020’ is replaced by ’30 
June 2021’ . 
Article 2  
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication  in the 
Official Journal of the European Union . 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.  
Done at Brussels,  
 For the Commission  
 The President  
 Ursula VON DER LEYEN  
 
                                                                                                                                                         
(EC) No 834/2007 as regards the arrangements for impor ts of organic products from third countries  (OJ 
L 8, 14.1.2020, p. 18 ).