Commission Regulation (EC) No 2382/2002 of 30 December 2002 amending Regulation (EEC) No 94/92 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: 2002-12-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: access to information, agricultural product, foodstuff, import policy, marketing, mode of production, organic farming

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Official Journal of the European Communities

31.12.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2382/2002

of 30 December 2002

amending Regulation (EEC) No 94/92 laying down detailed rules for implementing the arrange-
ments 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 food-
stuffs (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
473/2002 (2), and in particular Article 11(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The list of third countries from which certain agricul-
tural products obtained by the organic production
method must originate in order to be marketed within
the Community, provided for in Article 11(1) of Regula-
is set out in the Annex to
tion (EEC) No 2092/91,
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 94/92 (3), as
last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1162/2002 (4). That list
was drawn up in accordance with Article 11(2) of Regu-
lation (EEC) No 2092/91.

The duration of
inclusion of Switzerland in the list
provided for in Article 11(1) of Regulation (EEC) No
2092/91 expires on 31 December 2002. The duration
inclusion of Argentina, Australia, Czech Republic,
of
Hungary and Israel expires on 30 June 2003. In order to
avoid trade disruption, there is a need to prolong the
inclusion of these countries for a further period.

third countries

concerned have provided the
The
Commission with appropriate information regarding the
implementation of rules equivalent to those laid down in

Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91. In addition, the
effective implementation has been verified during on-
the-spot examinations in those third countries carried
out by the Commission.

The Hungarian authorities have informed the Commis-
sion that one inspection and certificate issuing body has
ceased its activity in Hungary. Therefore, the name of
the said body should be deleted from the Annex to
Regulation (EEC) No 94/92.

Regulation (EEC) No 94/92 should therefore be amended
accordingly.

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

(4)

(5)

(6)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 December 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 198, 22.7.1991, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 75, 16.3.2002, p. 21.
(3) OJ L 11, 17.1.1992, p. 14.
(4) OJ L 170, 29.6.2002, p. 44.

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The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 94/92 is amended as follows:

1. In the texts referring to Argentina, Australia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Israel and Switzerland, point 5 is replaced by

ANNEX

the following:
‘5. Duration of the inclusion: 30.6.2008’

2. In the text referring to Hungary:

— in point 3, the words ‘and SKAL’ are deleted,
— in point 4, the words ‘and SKAL (office in Hungary)’ are deleted.