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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 355/2014 of 8 April 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 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 (Text with EEA relevance)         

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# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 355/2014                     

# of 8 April 2014

# amending Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 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                     

# (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 2092/91(1), and in particular Article 33(3) and Article 38(d) thereof,                        

Whereas:

(1)Annex IV to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008(2) sets out the list of control bodies and control authorities competent to carry out controls and issue certificates in third                              countries for the purpose of equivalence. In the light of new information received by the Commission from control bodies and                              control authorities listed in that Annex, certain changes should be made in the list.

(2)The Commission has examined requests for inclusion in the list set out in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008, received                              by 31 October 2012 and by 31 October 2013. Control bodies and control authorities in respect of which the subsequent examination                              of all information received led to the conclusion that they complied with the relevant requirements should be included in                              that list.

(3)Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 provides that the list of recognised control bodies and control authorities                              shall contain all the information necessary in respect of each control body and control authority to allow verifying whether                              products placed on the Union market have been controlled by a control body or control authority recognised in accordance with                              Article 33(3) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007. In accordance with Article 12(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 ‘Institut                              für Marktökologie (IMO)’ notified the Commission of the change of its name to ‘IMO Swiss AG’, effective from 1 January 2013.                              This change should be included in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008.

(4)As provided for in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 586/2013(3), the deadline for submission of the annual reports for 2012 by control bodies and control authorities was 30 April 2013.                              ‘Center of Organic Agriculture in Egypt’ did not send its annual report by that date. The Commission granted an additional                              period to ‘Center of Organic Agriculture in Egypt’ for submitting its annual report but it did not receive that report by                              4 November 2013 either. In view of that, in accordance with Article 12(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 ‘Center of Organic                              Agriculture in Egypt’ should be withdrawn from the list in Annex IV thereto.

(5)Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(6)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the regulatory Committee on organic production,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

# Article 1U.K.

Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

# Article 2U.K.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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, 8 April 2014.

*For the Commission*                            

*The President*                            

José Manuel Barroso                            

## ANNEXU.K.

Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 is amended as follows:

in the entry relating to ‘Abcert AG’, point 3 is replaced by the following:

### ‘3.Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:

the entry relating to ‘Afrisco Certified Organic, CC’ is amended as follows:

point 1 is replaced by the following:

### ‘1.Address: 39A Idol Road, Lynnwood Glen, Pretoria 0081, South Africa’;

point 3 is replaced by the following:

### ‘3.Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:

in the entry relating to ‘Agreco R.F. Göderz GmbH’, point 3 is replaced by the following:

### ‘3.Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:

the entry relating to ‘Australian Certified Organic’ is amended as follows:

point 1 is replaced by the following:

### ‘1.Address: PO Box 810 — 18 Eton St, Nundah, QLD 4012, Australia’;

point 2 is replaced by the following:

### ‘2.Internet address: http://www.aco.net.au’;

point 3 is replaced by the following:

### ‘3.Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:

the entry relating to ‘BCS Öko-Garantie GmbH’ is amended as follows:

point 1 is replaced by the following:

### ‘1.Address: Marientorgraben 3-5, 90402 Nürnberg, Germany’;

point 3 is replaced by the following:

### ‘3.Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:

point 4 is replaced by the following:

### ‘4.Exceptions: in-conversion products, products covered by Annex III’;

in the entry relating to ‘Balkan Biocert Skopje’, point 1 is replaced by the following:

### ‘1.Address: 2/9, Frederik Sopen Str., 1000 Skopje, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’;

in the entry relating to ‘Bioagricert S.r.l.’,

point 3 is replaced by the following:

### ‘3.Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:

point 4 is replaced by the following:

### ‘4.Exceptions: in-conversion products, wine and products covered by Annex III’;

in the entry relating to ‘BioGro New Zealand Limited’, point 3 is replaced by the following:

### ‘3.Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:

in the entry relating to ‘Bio.inspecta AG’, point 3 is replaced by the following:

### ‘3.Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:

in the entry relating to ‘CCPB Srl’, point 3 is replaced by the following:

### ‘3.Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:

the entry relating to ‘Center of Organic Agriculture in Egypt’ is deleted;

in the entry relating to ‘CERES Certification of Environmental Standards GmbH’, point 3 is replaced by the following:

### ‘3.Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:

in the entry relating to ‘Certisys’, point 3 is replaced by the following:

### ‘3.Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:

after the entry relating to ‘Certisys’, the following entry relating to ‘Company of Organic Agriculture in Palestine’ is inserted:

### **‘“Company of Organic Agriculture in Palestine”**

#### 1.Address: Alsafa building- first floor Al-Masaeif, Ramallah, Palestine

#### 2.Internet address: http://coap.org.ps

#### 3.Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:

#### 4.Exceptions: in-conversion products, wine

#### 5.Duration of inclusion in the list: until 30 June 2018.’;

in the entry relating to ‘Control Union Certifications’, point 3 is replaced by the following:

### ‘3.Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:

in the entry relating to ‘Ecoglobe’, point 3 is replaced by the following:

### ‘3.Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:

after the entry relating to ‘Ecoglobe’, the following entry relating to ‘Egyptian Center Of Organic Agriculture (ECOA)’ is                              inserted:                           

### **‘“Egyptian Center Of Organic Agriculture (ECOA)”**

#### 1.Address: 29 Yathreb St., Dokki 12311, Ciza Governorate, Egypt

#### 2.Internet address: http://www.ecoa.com.eg/

#### 3.Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:

#### 4.Exceptions: in-conversion products, wine

#### 5.Duration of inclusion in the list: until 30 June 2018.’;

in the entry relating to ‘Ekolojik Tarim Kontrol Organizasyonu’, point 3 is replaced by the following:

### ‘3.Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:

in the entry relating to ‘Florida Certified Organic Growers and Consumers, Inc. (FOG), DBA as Quality Certification Services                              (QCS)’, point 3 is replaced by the following:                           

### ‘3.Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:

in the entry relating to ‘IMO Control Private Limited’,

point 3 is replaced by the following:

### ‘3.Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:

point 4 is replaced by the following:

### ‘4.Exceptions: in-conversion products, wine and products covered by Annex III’;

in the entry relating to ‘IMO-Control Sertifikasyon Tic. Ltd Ști’, point 3 is replaced by the following:

### ‘3.Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:

in the entry relating to ‘IMO Institut für Marktökologie GmbH’, point 3 is replaced by the following:

### ‘3.Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:

The entry relating to ‘Institute for Marketecology (IMO)’ is amended as follows:

the name ‘Institute for Marketecology (IMO)’ is replaced by ‘IMO Swiss AG’;

point 3 is replaced by the following:

### ‘3.Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:

in the entry relating to ‘Istituto Certificazione Etica e Ambientale’, point 3 is replaced by the following:

### ‘3.Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:

in the entry relating to ‘Istituto Mediterraneo di Certificazione s.r.l.’, point 3 is replaced by the following:

### ‘3.Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:

the entry relating to ‘LACON GmbH’ is amended as follows:

point 1 is replaced by the following:

### ‘1.Address: Moltkestrasse 4, 77654 Offenburg, Germany’;

point 3 is replaced by the following:

### ‘3.Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:

in the entry relating to ‘NASAA Certified Organic Pty Ltd’, point 3 is replaced by the following:

### ‘3.Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:

in the entry relating to ‘Onecert, Inc.’,

point 3 is replaced by the following:

### ‘3.Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:

point 4 is replaced by the following:

### ‘4.Exceptions: in-conversion products, wine and products covered by Annex III’;

in the entry relating to ‘Oregon Tilth’, point 3 is replaced by the following:

### ‘3.Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:

in the entry relating to ‘Organización Internacional Agropecuaria’, point 3 is replaced by the following:

### ‘3.Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:

in the entry relating to ‘TÜV Nord Integra’, point 3 is replaced by the following:

### ‘3.Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:

1

OJ L 189, 20.7.2007, p. 1.                           

2

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 (OJ L 334, 12.12.2008, p. 25).                           

3

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 586/2013 of 20 June 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 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 and derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 as regards the date of submission of the annual report                              (OJ L 169, 21.6.2013, p. 51).