Commission Regulation (EC) No 1367/98 of 29 June 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 94/92 of 14 January 1992 laying down detailed rules for implementing the arrangements for imports from third countries provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-06-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, foodstuff, free movement of goods, import, organic farming, third country

30. 6. 98

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L 185/11

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1367/98

of 29 June 1998

amending Regulation (EEC) No 94/92 of 14 January 1992 laying down detailed
rules for implementing the arrangements for imports from third countries
provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to 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 (1), as last amended by Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 1488/97 (2), and in particular
Article 11 thereof,

Whereas Article 11(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91
stipulates that products which are imported from a third
country may be marketed only where they originate from
a third country appearing in a list drawn up in accordance
with the conditions laid down in paragraph 2 of that
Article; whereas such list has been laid down in the
Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 94/92 (3), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 314/97 (4);

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 314/97 has
included
Hungary and Switzerland in the list referred to by Article
11(1) to Regulation (EC) No 2092/91 for a period expiring
on 30 June 1998, in order to examine in detail during
this period certain aspects concerning the implementa-
tion in those countries of rules equivalent to those laid
down in Regulation (EC) No 2092/91;

Whereas the effective implementation in Hungary of
rules equivalent to those laid down in Regulation (EEC)
No 2092/91 has been confirmed during an on-the-spot
examination carried out by the Commission;

Whereas Switzerland has authorised a new inspection
body that will carry out the inspections required under
the Swiss order on organic farming;

Whereas for the operation of the Regime, for each third
country the bodies in charge of issuing the certificate of
inspection referred to in Article 11(1)(b) of Regulation
(EEC) No 2092/91 have to be identified;

Whereas Australia has communicated changes
in its
inspection regime; whereas the inspections of operators in
Australia are now made by private inspection bodies,
supervised by a public authority;

Whereas Israel has confirmed that inspection and certif-
ication of organic products will be carried out by the
Ministry of Agriculture;

Whereas the examination of the information submitted
by the above third countries has led to the conclusion
that the requirements are equivalent to those resulting
from the Community legislation;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the Committee referred
to in Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 94/92 is hereby
amended as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1998.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 29 June 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 198, 22. 7. 1991, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 202, 30. 7. 1997, p. 12.
(3) OJ L 11, 17. 1. 1992, p. 14.
(4) OJ L 51, 21. 2. 1997, p. 34.

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ANNEX

1. Paragraphs 3 and 4 of the text referring to Australia are replaced by the following:

‘3. Inspection bodies:

— Australian Quarantine Inspection Service (AQIS)
— Bio-dynamic Research Institute (BDRI)
— Biological Farmers of Australia (BFA)
— Organic Vignerons Association of Australia Inc.
— Organic Herb Growers of Australia Inc.
— National Association of Sustainable Agriculture, Australia (NASAA)

(OHGA)

(OVAA)

4. Certificate issuing bodies: as at 3.’

2. Paragraph 5 of the text referring to Hungary is replaced by the following:

‘5. Duration of the inclusion: 30.6.2000.’

3. Paragraphs 3 and 4 of the text referring to Israel are replaced by the following:

‘3. Inspection authority: Ministry of Agriculture.

4. Certificate issuing authority: as at 3.’

4. Paragraphs 1, 3, 4 and 5 of the text referring to Switzerland are replaced by the following:

‘1. Product categories:

(a) unprocessed crop products within the meaning of Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91,
with the exception of products produced during the conversion period, as referred to in Article 5(5)
of that Regulation;

(b) foodstuffs composed essentially of one or more ingredients of plant origin within the meaning of
Article 1(1)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91, with the exception of products, as referred to in
Article 5(5) of that Regulation, containing an ingredient of agricultural origin produced during the
conversion period.’

‘3. “Vereinigung Schweizerischer Biologischer Landbauorganisationen” (VSBLO), “Institut f(cid:129)r Markt(cid:148)ko-
logie” (IMO), “Forschungsinstitut f(cid:129)r Biologischen Landbau” (FIBL) and “Association Suisse pour
Syst(cid:138)mes de Qualit(cid:130) et Management” (SQS).

4. Certificate issuing bodies: as at 3.

5. Duration of the inclusion: 31.12.2002.’