EN    EN  
 EUROPEAN COMMISSION 
Brussels, XXX   
[…](2012) XXX  draft 
  
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No …/.. 
of XXX  
amendin g Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 la ying down detailed rules for implementation 
of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 as regards the arrangements for imports of 
organic products from third countries 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
 
Ref. Ares(2013)204385 - 18/02/2013 
EN 2   EN COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No …/.. 
of XXX  
amending Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 laying down detailed rules for implementation 
of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 as re gards the arrangements for imports of 
organic products from third countries 
(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 labeling of orga nic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91
1, 
and in particular Article 33(2) a nd (3) and Article 38(d) thereof, 
Whereas: (1) Specific traceability systems have been  developed by governments or private 
associations in certain third countries. In th e light of experience gained, control bodies 
or control authorities certif ying organic products imported fr om those countries should 
be allowed to indicate on the certificate of  inspection specific references to those 
systems in order to improve the traceability of products.  
(2) Commission Regulatio n (EC) No 1235/2008
2 does not require the indication of the 
code number of the control body or control authority on th e certificate of inspection 
for imported organic products. In order to trace back the cont rol body or control 
authority and the regime under which a product was imported, the code number of the control body or control authority should be  indicated in box 1, 6, 10 and 11 of the 
certificate of inspection and in box 1, 6 and 10 of the extract of that certificate.  
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly. 
(4) In order to ensure the smooth transition fr om the existing import system for organic 
products to the new provisions relating to th e model of certificate of inspection, the 
origin of imported products and the recogni sed authorities or bodi es, a later date of 
application should be provided for. 
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulati on are in accordance with the opinion of the 
regulatory Committee on organic production, 
                                                
 
1 OJ L 189, 20.7.2007, p. 1. 
2 OJ L 334, 12.12.2008, p. 25.  
EN 3   EN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 is amended as follows: 
(1) Article 13 is amended as follows: 
In the first subparagraph of paragraph 4,   (a) "box 15" is replaced by "box 16"; 
(b) In points (a), (b) and (c)  of paragr aph 7, "box 16" is replaced by "box 17"; 
(c) In paragraph 8, "box 17" is replaced by "box 18"; 
(d) In the first subparagraph of paragrap h 9, "box 18" is replaced by "box 19". 
 
(2) Article 14(2) is amended as follows: 
(a) In the second subparagraph, " box 14" is replaced by "box 15"; 
(b) In the fifth subparagraph, "box 15" is replaced by "box 16". 
(3) Annex V is replaced by the text set out in Annex I to this Regulation. 
(4) Annex VI is replaced by the text se t out in Annex II to this Regulation. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the se venth day following that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of  the European Union . 
It shall apply from 1 January 2014.  
This Regulation shall be binding in  its entirety and directly applicable in the Member States. 
Done at Brussels,  
 For the Commission 
 The President  […] 
  
EN 4   ENANNEX I  
 
"Annex V  
Model of the certificate of inspection for import of products from organic 
production into the European Union referred to in Article 13 
The model of the certificate is determined with regard to: 
– the text, 
– the format, on one single sheet 
– the layout and the dimensions of the boxes.  
EN 5   EN CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION 
FOR IMPORT OF PRODUCTS FROM ORGANIC PRODUCTION INTO TH E EUROPEAN UNION 
1. Issuing body or authority (name, address and code number)  
 2. Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007,  
Article 33(2)  or  
Article 33(3)  or  
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008,  
Article 19  
 
3. Serial number of the certificate of inspection 
 4. Reference No authorisation under Article 19 of 
Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 
 
5. Exporter (name and address) 
 6. Control body or control authority (name, address 
and code number) 
 
8. Country of dispatch 7. Producer or preparer of the product (name and address)] 
9. Country of destination 
10. First consignee in the European Un ion (name, address and code number 
of the control authority or control body) 11.Name, address, code number of the control 
authority or control body and EORI number of the importer 
 
 
12. Marks and numbers. Lot numbers. C ontainer numbers and container seal 
numbers. Number and kind. Trade name of the product 
  
 
 13. CN codes  
 
  
 
 14. Declared quantity 
 
  
 
 
15. Other 
16. Declaration of body or authority  issuing the certificate referred to in box 1. 
This is to certify that this certificate ha s been issued on the basis of the check s required under Article 13(4) of Regulation (EC) No 
1235/2008 and that the products designated a bove have been obtained in accordance with  rules of production and inspection of th e 
organic production method which are c onsidered equivalent in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 834/2007. 
Date:  
Name and signature of authorised pers on Stamp of issuing authority or body 
   
EN 6   EN 17. Declaration of the competent authority of the Member State of  the European Union who granted the authorisation or its desig nate.  
This is to certify that the products designated above have  been authorised for marketing in the European Union
 in accordance with the procedur e of Article 19 of Regulation (E C) No 1235/2008, under the author isation number mentioned in 
box 4. 
Date  
Name and signature of the authorised person Stamp of the competent authority or its designate in the Member State 
  
18. Verification of the consignment by the relevant authority of the Member State.  Member State: ………… Import registration (type, number, date and office of the customs declaration) :………………………………………………….. 
Date: …………… 
Name and signature of authorised person Stamp 
 
 
19. Declaration of the first consignee 
This is to certify that the reception of the goods has been carried out in accordance with Article 34 of Regulation (EC) No 889 /2008. 
Name of the company Date 
Name and signature of the authorised person  
 
 
  
EN 7   EN Notes  
Box 1: Authority or body or other designated authority or body as referred to in Article 13(3) of Regulation 
(EC) No 1235/2008. Code number as referred to in Article 7(2)(f) or in Article 10(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 
1235/2008.This body also completes boxes 3 and 15. 
Box 2: This box indicates the Union Regulations which ar e relevant for the issue and use of this certificate; 
indicate the relevant provision.  
Box 3: The serial number of the certificate given by th e issuing body or authority  in accordance with Article 
13(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008. 
Box 4: The authorisation number in case of import under Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008. This 
box is completed by the issuing body, or when the information is not yet available at the time the issuing body endorses box 15, by the importer. 
Box 5: Name and address of the exporter. 
Box 6: Control body or authority for monitoring complia nce of the last operation (production, preparation, 
including packaging and labelling) w ith the rules of the organic producti on methods in the third country of 
dispatch. Code number as referred to in Article 7(2)(f) or in Article 10(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008. 
Box 7: Operator who carried out the last operation (production, preparation, including packaging and labelling) 
on the consignment in the third country mentioned in box 8. 
Box 9: Country of destination means the country of the first consignee in the European Union. Box 10: Name, and address of the first consignee of the consignment in the European Union. Code number as 
referred to in Article 7(2)(f) or in Article 10(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 of the body or authority 
under whose control the firs t consignee is placed. The first consignee shall mean the natural or legal person 
where the consignment is delivered and where it will be handled for further preparation and or marketing. The 
first consignee shall also complete box 19. 
Box 11: Name and address of the importer as well as the code number as referred to in Article 7(2)(f) or in 
Article 10(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 of the body or authority under whose control the importer is 
placed. Economic Operators Id entification and Registration (EORI) number  of the importer as established under 
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93(*). The importer sh all mean the natural or legal person within the 
European Union who presents the consig nment for release for free circulation into the European Union, either on 
its own, or through a representative.  
Box 13: Combined Nomenclature codes for the products concerned. Box 14: Declared quantities, specified for each different Combined Nomenclature code in box 13, expressed in 
appropriate units (kg of net mass, litre, etc). 
Box 15: Remarks or additional information by the body or authority issuing the certificate. If no remarks or 
additional information is provided, the text "nil" must be entered. 
Box 16: Declaration of body or author ity issuing the certificate. The signature  and the stamp must be in a colour 
different to that of the printing. 
Box 17: Only for imports under the procedure laid down in Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008. To be 
completed by the competent authority in the Member State which granted the authorisation, or by the delegated body or authority in case of delegation in accordance w ith Article 13(7)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008. 
Not to be completed where the derogation of Article 13(7)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 applies. 
Box 18: Shall be completed by the relevant Member State’s authority either at the verification of the 
consignment in accordance with  Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1 235/2008, or before the preparation or 
splitting operation in the circumstances referred to in Article 14 of that Regulation.  
EN 8   EN Box 19: Shall be filled in by the firs t consignee at the reception of the pr oducts, when he has carried out the 
checks provided for in Article 34 of Regulation (EC) No 889/2008.   
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(*) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1."  
EN 9   EN ANNEX II  
 
"ANNEX VI  
Model of the extract of the certificate of inspection 
referred to in Article 14 
The model of the extract is determined with regard to: 
– the text, 
– the format, 
– the layout and the dimensions of the boxes  
EN 10   EN EXTRACT No..........OF THE CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION  FOR IMPORT OF PRODUCTS FROM 
ORGANIC PRODUCTION INTO THE EUROPEAN UNION  
1. Body or authority having issued the underlying certificate of inspection 
(name, address and code number)  
 2. Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007,  
Article 33(2)  or  
Article 33(3)  or  
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008,  
Article 19  
3. Serial number of the underlying certificate of inspec tion 4. Reference No authorisation under Article 19 of 
Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 
 
 
5. Operator having split the original consignment into batches (name and 
address)  
 6. Control body or authority (name, address and 
code number)  
 
7. Name and address of the impor ter of the origin al consignment 
 
 8. Country of dispatch 
of the original 
consignment 
 9. Total declared 
quantity of the original 
consignment 
 
10. Consignee of the batch obtaine d from splitting (name and address) 
 
11. Marks and numbers. Lot numbers. Container numbers and container 
seal numbers. Number and kind. Trade name of the batch. 12. CN code  
  13. Declared quantity of 
the batch 
 
 
14. Other 
15. Declaration of the relevant aut hority of the Member State endorsing the extract of th e certificate.  
This extract corresponds to the batch descri bed above and obtained by the splitting of a consignment which is covered by an ori ginal 
certificate of inspection with the serial number mentioned in box 3 
Member State: ………………………………… Date: …………… 
Name and signature of authorised person Stamp 
16.Declaration of the consignee of the batch 
This is to certify that the reception of the batch has been ca rried out in accordance with the Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No  
889/2008. 
Name of the company Date: 
Name and signature of the authorised person  
EN 11   EN  
 
Notes 
Extract No ….: The extract number corresponds to the nu mber of the batch obtained from the splitting of the 
original consignment 
Box 1: Name, address and code number as referred to in  Article 7(2)(f) or in Article 10(2)(a) of Regulation 
(EC) No 1235/2008 of the body or authority in the third country having issued the underlying certificate of 
inspection. 
Box 2: This box indicates the Union Regulations 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: The serial number of the underlying certificate which was given by the issuing body of authority in 
accordance with Article 13(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008. 
Box 4: Reference No of the authorisation granted under Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008, see box 
4 of the underlying certificate of inspection. 
Box 6: Control body or authority in charge of controlling the operator having split the consignment. Code 
number of that body or authority as referred to in Article 7(2)(f) or in Article 10(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 
1235/2008. 
Boxes 7, 8 and 9: See relevant information on the underlying certificate of inspection. 
Box 10: Consignee of the batch (obtained from the splitting)  in the European Union. Code number of as referred 
to in Article 7(2)(f) or in Article 10(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 of the body or authority under 
whose control the consignee is placed. 
Box 12: Combined Nomenclature codes for the batch of the products concerned. 
Box 13: Declared quantity, expressed in appr opriate units (kg of net mass, litre, etc). 
Box 14: Remarks or additional information by the body or authority issuing the underlying certificate of 
inspection. If no remarks or additional informati on is provided, the text "nil" must be entered. 
Box 15: Shall be completed by the relevant Member St ate’s authority for each of the batches resulting from the 
splitting operation referred to in Article 14 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008.  
Box 16: Shall be filled up 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."