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ANNEX I  
Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 is amended as follows:  
(1) After the heading "LIST OF THIRD COUNTRIES AND RELEVANT 
SPECIFICATIONS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 7" the following Note is in serted : 
 ‘Note: According to Article 17(1)(f) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 animals 
and animal products produced during the conversion period shall not be 
marketed in the Union with the indications referred to in Articles 23 and 24 of 
that Regulation used in the labelling and advertising of products. Such products 
are therefore also excluded from the recognitions as regards product categories 
B and D for all third countries listed in this Annex .’ 
(2) In the entries relating to Argentina, Au stralia, Costa -Rica, India, Israel, Japan, 
Switzerland, Tunisia and New Zealand, the footnote ‘(1) Seaweed not included’ is 
deleted;  
(3) The entry relating to Argentina is amended as follows:  
(a) in point 1, the limitations on product categories B and D are d eleted;  
(b) point 2 is replaced by the following:  
‘2. Origin : products of categories A, B and F that have been grown in 
Argentina and products of category D processed in Argentina with 
organically grown ingredients that have been grown in Argentina.’  
(4) In the entry relating to Australia, point 2 is replaced by the following:  
‘2. Origin : products of categories A and F that have been grown in Australia 
and products of category D processed in Australia with organically 
grown ingredients that have been grown in A ustralia.’  
(5) The entry relating to Costa -Rica is amended as follows:  
(a) the limitation ‘Processed crop products only’ is replaced by ‘Processed 
plant products only’;  
(b) point 2 is replaced by the following:  
‘2. Origin : products of categories A and F that have been grown in 
Costa -Rica and products of category D processed in Costa -Rica 
with organically grown ingredients that have been grown in  Costa -
Rica.’  
(6) In the entry relating to Israel, point 2 is replaced by the following:  
‘2. Origin:  products of category  A and F  that have been grown in Israel  and 
products of category D processed in Israel with  organically grown 
ingredients that have been grown  in Israel or that have been imported 
into Israel:  
– either from the Union,  
– or from a third country in the framework  of a regime which is 
recognised as equivalent in accordance with Article 33(2) of 
Regulation (EC) No 834/2007. ’ 
(7) In the entry relating to Japan, point 2 is replaced by the following:   
2 ‘2. Origin:  products of categories A and F that have been grown in Japan 
and products of category D processed in Japan with organically grown 
ingredients that have been grown  in Japan or that have been imported 
into Japan:  
– either from the Union,  
– or from a third country for which Japan has recognised that the 
products have been produced and controlled in that third country in 
accordance with rules equivalent to those laid down in the Japanese 
legislation. ’ 
(8) The entry relating to Switzerland is amended as follows:  
(a) in point 1, the limitation  on produc t category B is deleted ; 
(b) point 2 is replaced by the following:  
‘2. Origin:  products of categories A and F that have been grown in 
Switzerland and products of category D and E  processed in 
Switzerland with organically grown  ingredients that have been 
grown  in Switzerland  or that h ave been imported into Switzerland : 
– either from the Union,  
– or from a third country for which Switzerland  has recognised 
that the products have been produced and controlled in that 
third country in accordance with rules equivalent to those laid 
down in the Swiss  legislation. ’ 
(9) In the entry relating to Tunisia, point 2 is replaced by the following:  
‘2. Origin : products of categories A and F that have been grown in Tunisia 
and products of category D processed in Tunisia with organically grown 
ingredients that h ave been grown in Tunisia.’  
(10) In the entry relating to the United States , in point 1, the limitations on product 
categories A and D are deleted ; 
(11) The entry relating to New Zealand is amended as follows:  
(a) in point 1, the limitations on product categories B and D are deleted;  
(b) point 2 is replaced by the following:  
‘2. Origin:  products of category A, B and F that have been grown in 
New Zealand and products of category D processed in New 
Zealand with organically grown ingredients that have been grown  
in New Zealand or that have been imported into New  Zealand:  
– either from the Union,  
– or from a third country in the framework of a regime which is 
recognised as equivalent in accordance with Article 33(2) of 
Regulation (EC) No 834/2007,  
– or from a third country whose rules of production and 
inspection have been recognised as equivalent to the MAF 
Official Organic Assurance Programme on the basis of 
assurances and information provided by this country ’s 
competent authority in accordance with the provisions 
establis hed by MAF and provided that only organically  
3 produced ingredients intended to be incorporated, up to a 
maximum of 5 % of products of agricultural origin, in 
products of category D prepared in New Zealand are 
imported. ’ 
(12) In the entry relat ing to the Republi c of Korea, point 2 is replaced by the following:  
‘2. Origin : products of category D processed in the Republic of Korea with 
organically grown ingredients that have been grown in the Republic of 
Korea or that have been imported into the Republic of Korea:  
– either from the Union,  
– or from a third country for which the Republic of Korea has 
recognised that the products have been produced and 
controlled in that third country in accordance with the rules 
equivalent to those laid down in the legislation of the 
Republic of Korea.’ . 
 
   
4 ANNEX II  
 
‘ANNEX V  
CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION  
FOR IMPORT OF PRODUCTS FROM ORGANIC PRODUCTION INTO THE EUROPEAN UNION  
1. Issuing control body or authority (name, address and code)  
 2. Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007:  
-Article 33(2)  or 
- Article 33(3)  
 
3. Serial number of the certificate of inspection  
 4. Exporter (name and address)  
 
5. Producer or processor of the product (name and address)  
 6. Control body or control authority (name, address and code)  
 
7. Country of origin  8. Country of export  
9. Country of clearance  / Point of entry  10. Country of destination  
11. Importer (name, address and EORI number)  12. First consignee in the Union (name and address)  
 
 
13. Description of products  
CN code                      Trade name                     Number of packages                     Lot number                      Net weight  
 
 
 
14. Container number  15. Seal number  16. Total g ross weight  
 
17. Means of transport before point of entry into the Union  
Mode  
 
Identification  
 
International transport document   
5 18. Declaration of control authority or control body  issuing the certificate referred to in box 1  
This is to certify that this certificate has been issued on the basis of the checks required under Article 13(4) of Regulation (EC) No 
1235/2008 and that the products designated above have been obtained in accordance with rules of production and inspection of the 
organic production method which are considered equivalent in accordance with Regulati on (EC) No 834/2007.  
Date  
Name and signature of authorised person  Stamp of issuing authority or body  
 
 
19. Customs warehousing                                      Inward processing  
Name and address of operator:  
 
Control body or control authority (name , address and code):  
 
Customs Declaration Reference Number for customs warehousing or inward processing:  
 
20. Verification of the consignment and endorsement by the relevant Member State's competent authority.  
Authority and Member State:  
 
 
 
 
Date:  
 
Name and signature of authorised person  Stamp  
 
 
21. Declaration of the first consignee.  
This is to certify that the reception of the products has been carried out in accordance with Article 34 of Regulation (EC) N o 
889/2008.  
Name of the company:           Date:  
 
Name and signature of the authorised person  
 
 
  
6 Notes  
Box 1:  Name, address and code of control body or authority in the third country as referred to in Article 13(3) 
of Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008. This body also completes boxes 4 to 18. 
Box 2:  This box indicates the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 which are relevant for the issue and 
use of this certificate; indicate the rele vant provision.  
Box 3:  Serial number of the certificate automatically assigned by  the electronic Trade Control and Expert 
System (TRACES) referred to in Article 13(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 , except where  Article 
13a(3) applies . 
Box 4:  Name and address of the operator exporting the products from the country mentioned in box 8. The 
exporter is the operator performing the last operation for the purposes of preparation as defined in 
Article 2(i) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on the product s mentioned in box 13 and sealing the 
products in appropriate packaging or containers, pursuant to Article 34 of Regulation (EC) No 
889/2008 . 
Box 5:  Operator (s) who produced or processed the products  in the third country mentioned in box 7.  
Box 6:  Control  body (ies) or authority (ies) for monitoring compliance of the production or processing of the 
products  with the rules of organic production in the country mentioned in box 7.  
Box 7:  Country of origin means the country (ies) where the product has been produced/ grown or processed.  
Box 8:  Country of export  means the country where the product has been subject to the last operation for the 
purposes of preparation as defined in Article 2(i) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 and seal ed in 
appropriate  packaging or containers.  
Box 9:  Country of clearance means the country in which the consignment is released for free circulation into 
the European Union. Point of entry is the point of release for free circulation and is identified  by the 
United Nations Code for Trade and Transport Locations ( UN/LOCODE, five alphabetical characters) . 
Box 10:  Country of destination means the country of the first consignee in the European Union.  
Box 11:  Name, address and the Economic Operators Registrati on and Identification number (EORI), as set out 
in Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, of the  importer. The importer shall mean the natural or 
legal person within the European Union who presents the consignment for release for free circulation 
into t he Union, either on its own, or through a representative.  
Box 12:  Name and address of the first consignee of the consignment in the European Union. The first consignee 
shall mean the natural or legal person where the consignment is delivered and where it w ill be handled 
for further preparation and/or marketing. The first consignee shall also complete box 24. 
Box 13:  Description of products that includes Combined Nomenclature codes for the products concerned (8 -
digit level where possible)  , trade name, numbe r of packages ( number of boxes, cartons, bags, buckets, 
etc.), lot number and net weight.    
Box 1 4: Optional   
Box 15:  Optional  
Box 1 6: Total  gross weight expressed in appropriate units (kg of net mass, litre, etc).  
Box 17: M eans of transport arriving at the point  of entry . 
 Mode of transport: aeroplane, vessel, railways, road vehicle, other.  
Identification of the means of transport: for aeroplane the flight number, for vessels the ship name(s), 
for railways the train identity and wagon number, for road transports the registration number plate with 
trailer number plate if appropriate.  
In the case of ferry, indicate vessel and road vehicle with the identification of the road vehicle and of 
the scheduled ferry.  
Box 18: Declaration of control authority or control body issuing the certificate. The signature and the stamp 
must be in a colour different to that of the printing.  
Box 19: Shall be filled in by the relevant Member State’s competent authority or by the importer .  
7 Box 2 0: Shall be  completed by the relevant Member State’s competent authority, if appropriate, before the 
preparation or splitting operation in the circumstances referred to in Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 
1235/2008 and at the verification of the consignment in accord ance with Article 13(1).   
Box 2 1: Shall be filled in by the first consignee at the reception of the products, when he has carried out the 
checks provided for in Article 34 of Regulation (EC) No 889/2008. ’ 
   
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‘ANNEX VI  
EXTRACT No..........OF THE CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION  FOR IMPORT OF PRODUCTS FROM 
ORGANIC PRODUCTION INTO THE EUROPEAN UNION  
1. Control body or authority having issued the underlying 
certificate of inspection (name, address and code)  
 2. Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007:  
 
- Article 33(2)  or 
 - Article 33(3)  
 
3. Serial number of the underlying certificate of inspection  4. Operator having split the original consignment into batches 
(name and address)  
 
5. Control body or control authority (name,  address and code)  
 6. Importer (name, address and EORI number)  
 
7. Country of origin  
 8. Country of export  
 
9. Country of clearance  / Point of entry  10. Country of destination  
11. Consignee of the batch obtained from splitting (name and address)  
 
12. Description of products  
CN codes                     Number of packages                      Net weight of the batch and net  weight of the original consignment   
9 13. Declaration of the relevant Member State's competent authority endorsing the extract of the certificate.  
This extract corresponds to the batch described above and obtained by the splitting of a consignment which is covered by an o riginal 
certificate of inspection with the serial number mentioned in box 3  
Authority and Member State:  
Date:  
 
Name and signature  of authorised person  Stamp  
14. Declaration of the consignee of the batch  
This is to certify that the reception of the batch has been carried out in accordance with Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 8 89/2008.  
 
Name of the company  
 
Date:  
 
Name and signature of the authorised person  
 
 
Notes  
Extract No ….:  The extract number corresponds to the number of the batch obtained from the splitting of the 
original consignment.  
Box 1:  Name, address and code of control body or authority in the third country having issued the underlying 
certificate of inspection.  
Box 2:  This box indicates the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 which are relevant for the issue and 
use of this extract; indicate the relevant provision under which the underlying consignment  was 
imported, see box 2 of the underlying certificate of inspection.  
Box 3:  Serial number of the underlying certificate automatically assigned by the electronic Trade Control and 
Expert System (TRACES) referred to in Article 13(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1 235/2008 , except where  
Article 13a(3) applies . 
Box 4:  Operator that physically splits the original consignment into batches  or the operator  responsible for that 
operation.  
Box 5:  Control body or authority in charge of controlling the operator having split  the consignment.  
Boxes 6, 7 and 8:    See relevant information on the underlying certificate of inspection.  
Box 9:  Country of clearance means the country in which the consignment is released for free circulation into 
the European Union. Point of entry is the point of release for free circulation and is identified  by the  
United Nations Code for Trade and Transport Locations ( UN/LOCODE, five alphabetical characters) . 
Box 10:  Country of destination means the country of the first consignee in the European Union . 
Box 11:  Consignee of the batch (obtained from the splitting) in the European Union.  
Box 12:  Description of products that includes Combined Nomenclature codes for the products concerned (8 -
digit level where possible)  , number of packages (number of boxes, cartons, bags, buckets, etc. ) and net 
weight expressed in appropriate units (kg of net mass, litre, etc) and th e net weight indicated in box 13  
of the underlying certificate of inspection . 
Box 1 3: Shall be completed by the relevant Member State's co mpetent  authority for each of the batches resulting 
from the splitting operation referred to in Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008.   
10 Box 1 4: Shall be filled in at the reception of the batch, when the consignee has carried out the checks provided  
for in Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 889/2008. ’