G/TBT/N/EU/386  
 
1 July 2016  
(16-3562)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member: EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible: European Commission 
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above : 
European Commission 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point 
Fax: +(32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu   
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/tbt/   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2.10 .1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable): Organic agricultural 
products and food 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Draft Commission 
Implementing Regulation amending 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 th e requirements for preserved or processed 
organic products and the transmission of information (16 pages and 10 pages of Annexes, in English).  
6. Description of content: This draft Commission Implementing Regulation amends 
Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 and Regulation (E C) No 889/2008 to introduce a system of 
electronic certification for imports of organic products.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Import of organic food 
8. Relevant documents:  
 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: http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:334:0025:0052:EN:PDF  
 Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 of 5 September 2008 laying down 
detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products with regard to organic 
production, labelling and control: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-
content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32008R0889&rid=1  G/TBT/N/EU/386 
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: October 2016 
Proposed date of entry into force: It shall apply 6 months from publication in the Official 
Journal of the EU  
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
European Commission 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point 
Fax: + (32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu   
The text is available on the Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/tbt/   
https://members. wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/EEC/16_2604_00_e.pdf   
https://members. wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/EEC/16_2604_01_e.pdf