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 EUROPEAN  
COMMISSION   
Brussels, XXX   
[…](2021) XXX  draft  
 
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
of XXX  
laying down certain rules concerning the certificate issued to operators, groups of 
operators and exporters in third countries involved in the imports of organic products 
into the Union and establishing the list of recognised control authorities and contro l 
bodies in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council  
(Text with EEA relevance)  
This draft has not been adopted or endorsed by the European Commission. Any 
views expressed are the preliminary views of the Commission services and may not 
in any circumstances be regarded as stating an official position of the Commission.    
EN 1  EN COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
of XXX  
laying down certain rules concerning the certificate issued to operators, groups of 
operators  and exporters in third countries involved in the imports of organic products 
into the Union and establishing the list of recognised control authorities and control 
bodies in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of 
the Co uncil  
(Text with EEA relevance)  
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,  
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union , 
Having regard to 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 834/20071, and in particular Article s 45(4) and 46(1) t hereof,  
Whereas:  
(1) In accordance with  point (b)(i) of Article 45(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848, an 
organic  product may be imported from a third country for the purpose of placing that 
product on the market within the Union, if o perators and groups of operators, 
including exporters in the third country concerned, have been subject to controls  by 
control authori ties or control bodies recognised in accordance with Article 46  of that 
Regulation , and those authorities or bodies have provided all such operators, groups of 
operators and exporters with a certificate confirming  that they comply with Regulation  
(EU) 2018 /848. 
(2) In order to give effect to point (b)(i) of Article 45(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 , the 
content of the certificate referred  to in that provision should be specified , as well as the 
technical means by which it is to be issued .  
(3) In addition,  for the purposes of point (b)(i) of Article 45(1) of Regulation (EU) 
2018/848, it is appropriate to establish in this Regulation the list of recognised control 
authorities and control bodies that are competent to carry out those controls and to 
issue that  certificate in third countries.   
(4) In the interest of clarity and legal certainty, this Regulation should apply from the date 
of application of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 . 
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the 
Organic Production Committee,  
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:  
Article 1  
Certificate  for operators , groups of operators  and exporters  in third countries  
                                                 
1 OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 1.   
EN 2  EN Control authorities and control bodies  that have been recognised in accordance with Article 
46(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848  shall provide operators , groups of operators  and exporters  
in third countries that have been subject to the controls referred to in point (b)(i) of Article  
45(1)  of that Regulation with a certificate confirming that such operators , groups of operators 
and exporters comply with Regulation (EU) 2018/848 (‘the certificate ’).  
The certificate  shall:  
(a)  be issued in electronic form , in accordance with the model set out in Annex I to this 
Regulation , and by using the electronic Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES) 
referred to in point (36) of Article 2 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 
2019/17152; 
(b)  allow the identification of :  
(i) the operator , group of operators  or exporter covered by the certificate , 
including  the list of  members  of a group of operators;  
(ii)  the category of products covered by the certificate, classified in the same way 
as provided for in Article 35(7) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 ; and  
(iii) its period of validity;   
(c)  certify that the activity of the operator , group of operators or exporter  compl ies with 
Regulation (EU) 2018/848 ; and   
(d)  be updated whenever  changes occur concerning  the data included in it .  
 
Article 2 
List of recognised control authorities and control bodies  
1. The list of control authorities and control bodies recognised in accordance with 
Article 46(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848  is set out in Annex II to this Regulation.  
The list shall contain the following information  on each recognised control authority 
or control body:  
(a) the name and code number of the control authority or control body ; 
(b) the product categories, as set out  in Arti cle 35(7) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848, 
for each third country;  
(c) the third countries in which the product categories have their origin , provided 
that those third countries are not already covered for the product category or 
product concerned by an agreement on trade in organic  product s in accordance 
with Article 47 of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 or through an equivalence 
recognition in accordance with Article 48 of  that Regulation;  
(d) the duration of the  recognition ; and 
(e) the exceptions to the recognition,  where appropriate . 
2. Detailed information  relating to  the mailing address, website address  and email 
contact point  of the control authority or control body , as well as  the name of the 
                                                 
2 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 of 30 September 2019 laying down rules for the  
functioning of the information management system for official controls and its system comp onent s (the 
IMSOC Regulation ) (OJ L 261, 14.10.2019, p. 37) . 
  
EN 3  EN accreditation body granting the accreditation in accordance with point (d) of Article 
46(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 , shall be publicly available  via the Commission 
organic farming website.   
Article 3 
Entry into force and application  
 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day  following that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of the European Union .  
It shall apply from 1 January 202 2. 
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