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DECISION No 3/2004 
OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE   
of 29 April 2004 
on the amendments to the Appendices to  Annex 9 to the Agreement between the 
European Community and the Swiss Confederat ion on trade in agricultural products 
(2004/419/EC) 
 
THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, 
Having regard to the Agreement between the Eu ropean Community and the Swiss Confederation 
on trade in agricultural products, and in particular Article 11 thereof, 
Whereas: (1) This Agreement entered in to force on 1 June 2002. 
(2) The purpose of Annex 9 is to foster trade in organically produced agricultural products 
and foodstuffs from the Co mmunity and Switzerland. 
(3) Under Article 8(2) of Annex 9, the Working Pa rty is to review the Pa rties' internal laws 
and regulations and put forward proposals to the Joint Committee on Agriculture with a view to adapting and updating the relevant Appendices. 
(4) Appendix 1 to Annex 9 concerns the laws an d regulations applicable to the marketing of 
agricultural products and foodstuffs organi cally produced in the Community and in 
Switzerland, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 
Article 1 
Appendix 1 is hereby replaced by the text attached to this Decision. 
Article 2 
This Decision shall enter into force on 1 July 2004. 
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Done at Brussels, 29 April 2004. 
 
For the Joint Committee on Agriculture  
 
The Chairman and Head of the Community 
Delegation 
Aldo LONGO 
 
The head of the Swiss delegation 
 
Christian HÄBERLI  
The Committee secretary 
 Hans-Christian BEAUMOND  
 
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APPENDIX 1 TO ANNEX 9  
List of acts referred to in Article 3 relating to organically produced agricultural products 
and foodstuffs 
 
Regulations applicable in the Community 
– Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 of 24 June  1991 on organic production of agricultural 
products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 198, 
22.7.1991, p. 1), as last amended by Commission  Regulation (EC) No 599/2003 of 1 April 
2003 (OJ L 85, 2.4.2003, p.15) 
– Commission Regulation (EEC) No 94/92 of 14 Ja nuary 1992 laying down detailed rules for 
implementing the arrangements for imports from third countries provided for in Regulation 
(EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 11, 17.1.1992, p. 14) , as last amended by 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 545/2003 of  27 March 2003 (OJ L 81, 28.3.2003, p.10) 
– Commission Regulation (EEC) No 207/93 of 29 January 1993 defining the content of Annex 
VI to Regulation (EEC) No 209 2/91 of 24 June 1991 on organic production of agricultural 
products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs and laying down detailed rules for implementing the provis ions of Article 5(4) thereof (OJ L 25, 2.2.1993, 
p. 5), as last amended by Commission Regula tion (EC) No 2020/2000 of 25 September 2000 
(OJ L 241, 26.9.2000, p. 39)  
– Commission Regulation (EC) No 1788/2001 of 7 September 2001 laying down detailed rules 
for implementing the provisions concerning the ce rtificate of inspection for imports from third 
countries under Article 11 of Council Regula tion (EEC) No 2092/91 of 24 June 1991 on 
organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural 
products and foodstuffs (OJ L 243, 13.9.2001, p. 3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 
1918/2002 of 25 October 2002 (O J L 289, 26.10.2002, p. 15) 
– Commission Regulation (EC) No 223/2003 of 5 February 2003 on labelling requirements 
related to the organic production method for feedingstuffs, compound feedingstuffs and feed 
materials and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 (OJ L 31, 6.2.2003, p. 3)) 
Regulations applicable in Switzerland  
– Ordinance of 22 September 1997 on organic fa rming and the labelling of organically 
produced products and foodstuffs (Ordinance on  organic farming), as last amended on 26 
November 2003 (RO 2003 5347) 
– Ordinance of the Département Fédéral de l' Economie of 22 Septem ber 1997 on organic 
farming, as last amended on  26 November 2003 (RO 2003 5357). 
Exclusion from the equivalence arrangements 
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– Swiss products based on ingredients produced  under the arrangements for conversion to 
organic farming. 
– Swiss goat products, where the animals are covere d by the derogation provided for in Article 
39d of Ordinance 910.18 on organic farming and the labelling of organically produced 
products and foodstuffs. 
 
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APPENDIX 2 TO ANNEX 9  
 
 Implementing rules  The labelling rules of the importing Party shall appl y to labelling related to the organic production 
method for feedingstuffs.