Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2140 of 6 August 2024 amending and correcting Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 as regards the recognition of certain control bodies in accordance with Article 46 of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council as competent to carry out controls and issue organic certificates in third countries for the purpose of imports of organic products into the Union
Date: 2024-08-06
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: agricultural trade, consumer protection, food inspection, import (EU), organic certification, organic farming, organic product, quality control of agricultural products, third country




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Official Journal of the European Union


EN
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2024/2140


7.8.2024







            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/2140
of 6 August 2024
         
amending and correcting Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 as regards the recognition of certain control bodies in accordance with Article 46 of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council as competent to carry out controls and issue organic certificates in third countries for the purpose of imports of organic products into the Union
(Text with EEA relevance)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 (1), and in particular Article 46(1) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 (2) was adopted to contain the list of control authorities and control bodies recognised in accordance with Article 46(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 as competent to carry out controls and issue organic certificates in third countries for the purpose of imports of organic products into the Union in accordance with Article 45(1), point (b)(i), of that Regulation.












(2)


Article 46(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 lays down the criteria that the control authorities and control bodies must fulfil in order to be recognised in accordance with Article 46(1) of that Regulation. Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1698 (3) lays down the procedural requirements to be met by those control authorities and control bodies when submitting to the Commission their request for recognition consisting of a technical dossier.












(3)


Since the adoption of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378, the Commission has received requests for recognition, submitted in accordance with Article 46(4) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848, from a number of control bodies.












(4)


The Commission has received and examined, in accordance with Article 1 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1698, the requests for recognition from ‘A CERT European Organization for Certification S.A.’, ‘ACT Organic Company Limited’, ‘Agricert – Certificação de Produtos Alimentares Lda’, ‘Balkan Biocert Macedonia DOOEL Skopje’, ‘Beijing Continental Hengtong Certification Co., Ltd’, ‘CERTIFICADORA BIOTROPICO S.A.S.’, ‘COMPANY OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE IN PALESTINE’, ‘Ecovivendi d.o.o. Belgrade’, ‘ETKO EKOLOJİK TARIM KONTROL ORGANİZASYONU LİMİTED ŞİRKETİ’, ‘IBD Certificações Ltda’, ‘LACON QUALITY CERTIFICATION PRIVATE LIMITED’, ‘Metrocert S.C.’, ‘Oregon Tilth, Inc’, ‘Organizacion Internacional Agropecuaria S.A.’, and ‘Organska Kontrola d.o.o. Sarajevo’. Based on the information contained in their technical dossiers, the Commission has concluded that it is justified to recognise for an indefinite duration those control bodies for certain product categories in certain third countries.












(5)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1748 (4) amended Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 and provided for the recognition of, among others, the control bodies ‘CCPB Srl’ and ‘ECOGLOBE LLC’ for certain third countries and product categories. However, the recognition of ‘CCPB Srl’ erroneously did not include Armenia for product category G and the recognition of ‘ECOGLOBE LLC’ erroneously did not include Armenia for product category G and Uzbekistan for product category B. Those errors should therefore be corrected.












(6)


Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 should therefore be amended and corrected accordingly.












(7)


The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Organic Production Committee,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.


Article 2
Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 is corrected in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.


Article 3
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, 6 August 2024.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/848/oj.

(2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 of 19 August 2021 laying down certain rules concerning the certificate issued to operators, groups of operators and exporters in third countries involved in the imports of organic and in-conversion products into the Union and establishing the list of recognised control authorities and control bodies in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 297, 20.8.2021, p. 24, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2021/1378/oj).

(3)  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1698 of 13 July 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council with procedural requirements for the recognition of control authorities and control bodies that are competent to carry out controls on operators and groups of operators certified organic and on organic products in third countries and with rules on their supervision and the controls and other actions to be performed by those control authorities and control bodies (OJ L 336, 23.9.2021, p. 7, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2021/1698/oj).

(4)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1748 of 21 June 2024 amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 as regards the recognition of certain control bodies in accordance with Article 46 of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council as competent to carry out controls and issue organic certificates in third countries for the purpose of imports of organic products into the Union (OJ L, 2024/1748, 24.6.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/1748/oj).




ANNEX I
The third paragraph of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 is amended as follows:






(1)


the following entries are inserted before the first entry:

                        ‘Name of the control authority or control body:

A CERT European Organization for Certification S.A.









1.


Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:













Code number


Third country


Category of products




A


B


C


D


E


F


G




AE-BIO-171


United Arab Emirates


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




AL-BIO-171


Albania


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




AM-BIO-171


Armenia


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




AZ-BIO-171


Azerbaijan


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




BF-BIO-171


Burkina Faso


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




BT-BIO-171


Bhutan


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




BY-BIO-171


Belarus


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




CL-BIO-171


Chile


x°


x°


x


x°


x


—


x°




CN-BIO-171


China


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




DO-BIO-171


Dominican Republic


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




EC-BIO-171


Ecuador


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




EG-BIO-171


Egypt


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




ET-BIO-171


Ethiopia


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




GD-BIO-171


Grenada


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




GE-BIO-171


Georgia


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




GH-BIO-171


Ghana


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




ID-BIO-171


Indonesia


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




IN-BIO-171


India


—


x


x


x


x


—


x




IR-BIO-171


Iran


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




JM-BIO-171


Jamaica


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




KE-BIO-171


Kenya


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




KG-BIO-171


Kyrgyzstan


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




KW-BIO-171


Kuwait


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




KZ-BIO-171


Kazakhstan


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




LB-BIO-171


Lebanon


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




MA-BIO-171


Morocco


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




MD-BIO-171


Moldova


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




MK-BIO-171


North Macedonia


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




OM-BIO-171


Oman


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




PE-BIO-171


Peru


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




PG-BIO-171


Papua New Guinea


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




PH-BIO-171


Philippines


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




PK-BIO-171


Pakistan


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




RS-BIO-171


Serbia


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




RU-BIO-171


Russia


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




RW-BIO-171


Rwanda


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




SA-BIO-171


Saudi Arabia


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




SD-BIO-171


Sudan


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




SN-BIO-171


Senegal


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




TG-BIO-171


Togo


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




TH-BIO-171


Thailand


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




TR-BIO-171


Türkiye


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




TW-BIO-171


Taiwan


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




TZ-BIO-171


Tanzania


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




UA-BIO-171


Ukraine


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




UG-BIO-171


Uganda


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




UZ-BIO-171


Uzbekistan


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




VN-BIO-171


Vietnam


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




XK-BIO-171


Kosovo ((*))



x


x


x


x


x


—


x




ZA-BIO-171


South Africa


x


x


x


x


x


—


x




ZW-BIO-171


Zimbabwe


x


x


x


x


x


—


x
















2.


Exceptions: the products within products categories marked with an “°”, which are covered by the scope of an agreement on trade in organic products in accordance with Article 47 of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 or by the scope of recognition as equivalent of the third country concerned listed in Annex I to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2325**.










**


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2325 of 16 December 2021 establishing, pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council, the list of third countries and the list of control authorities and control bodies that have been recognised under Article 33(2) and (3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 for the purpose of importing organic products into the Union (OJ L 465, 29.12.2021, p. 8, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2021/2325/oj).





ACT Organic Company Limited









1.


Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:













Code number


Third country


Category of products




A


B


C


D


E


F


G




BT-BIO-121


Bhutan


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




ID-BIO-121


Indonesia


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




KH-BIO-121


Cambodia


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




LA-BIO-121


Laos


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




LK-BIO-121


Sri Lanka


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




MY-BIO-121


Malaysia


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




NP-BIO-121


Nepal


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




PH-BIO-121


Philippines


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




SG-BIO-121


Singapore


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




TH-BIO-121


Thailand


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




VN-BIO-121


Vietnam


x


—


—


x


—


—


—









Agricert – Certificação de Produtos Alimentares Lda









1.


Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:













Code number


Third country


Category of products




A


B


C


D


E


F


G




AO-BIO-172


Angola


x


x


—


x


—


—


x




AZ-BIO-172


Azerbaijan


x


x


—


x


—


—


x




BO-BIO-172


Bolivia


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




BR-BIO-172


Brazil


x


x


—


x


—


—


—




CL-BIO-172


Chile


x°


—


—


x°


—


—


—




CM-BIO-172


Cameroon


x


x


—


x


—


—


—




CN-BIO-172


China


x


x


—


x


—


—


—




CO-BIO-172


Colombia


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




CV-BIO-172


Cabo Verde


x


x


—


x


—


—


—




DO-BIO-172


Dominican Republic


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




DZ-BIO-172


Algeria


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




EC-BIO-172


Ecuador


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




EG-BIO-172


Egypt


x


x


—


x


—


—


—




GA-BIO-172


Gabon


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




GE-BIO-172


Georgia


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




GH-BIO-172


Ghana


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




GT-BIO-172


Guatemala


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




GW-BIO-172


Guinea-Bissau


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




GY-BIO-172


Guyana


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




KH-BIO-172


Cambodia


x


x


—


x


—


—


—




MA-BIO-172


Morocco


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




MG-BIO-172


Madagascar


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




MX-BIO-172


Mexico


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




MZ-BIO-172


Mozambique


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




NI-BIO-172


Nicaragua


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




PA-BIO-172


Panama


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




PE-BIO-172


Peru


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




PY-BIO-172


Paraguay


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




SN-BIO-172


Senegal


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




SR-BIO-172


Suriname


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




ST-BIO-172


São Tomé and Príncipe


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




TG-BIO-172


Togo


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




TL-BIO-172


Timor-Leste


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




TR-BIO-172


Türkiye


x


—


—


x


—


—


x




UY-BIO-172


Uruguay


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




VE-BIO-172


Venezuela


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




VN-BIO-172


Vietnam


x


—


—


x


—


—


—
















2.


Exceptions: the products within products categories marked with an “°”, which are covered by the scope of an agreement on trade in organic products in accordance with Article 47 of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 or by the scope of recognition as equivalent of the third country concerned listed in Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2325.





Balkan Biocert Macedonia DOOEL Skopje









1.


Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:













Code number


Third country


Category of products




A


B


C


D


E


F


G




MK-BIO-157


North Macedonia


x


x


—


x


—


—


—









Beijing Continental Hengtong Certification Co., Ltd









1.


Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:













Code number


Third country


Category of products




A


B


C


D


E


F


G




CN-BIO-182


China


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




RU-BIO-182


Russia


x


—


—


x


—


—


—’


















(2)


the following entry is inserted after the entry for CERES Certification of Environmental Standards GmbH:

                                 ‘
                                 CERTIFICADORA BIOTROPICO S.A.S.









1.


Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:













Code number


Third country


Category of products




A


B


C


D


E


F


G




CO-BIO-186


Colombia


x


—


—


x


—


—


—’


















(3)


the following entry is inserted after the entry for CERTIMEX, Certificadora Mexicana de Productos y Procesos Ecologicos S.C.:

                                 ‘
                                 COMPANY OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE IN PALESTINE
 (***)









1.


Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:













Code number


Third country


Category of products




A


B


C


D


E


F


G




PS-BIO-163


Occupied Palestinian Territory


x


—


—


x


—


—


—









(***)  This designation shall not be construed as recognition of a State of Palestine and is without prejudice to the individual positions of the Member States on this issue.’
                                    "
                        










(4)


the following entries are inserted after the entry for ECOGLOBE LLC:

                                 ‘
                                 Ecovivendi d.o.o. Belgrade









1.


Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:













Code number


Third country


Category of products




A


B


C


D


E


F


G




RS-BIO-183


Serbia


x


—


—


x


—


x


—









ETKO EKOLOJİK TARIM KONTROL ORGANİZASYONU LİMİTED ŞİRKETİ









1.


Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:













Code number


Third country


Category of products




A


B


C


D


E


F


G




TR-BIO-109


Türkiye


x


—


—


x


—


—


x’


















(5)


the following entry is inserted after the entry for FOOD SAFETY S.A.:

                                 ‘
                                 IBD Certificações Ltda









1.


Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:













Code number


Third country


Category of products




A


B


C


D


E


F


G




BO-BIO-122


Bolivia


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




BR-BIO-122


Brazil


x


x


—


x


x


—


x




CN-BIO-122


China


x


x


—


x


x


—


—




CO-BIO-122


Colombia


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




EC-BIO-122


Ecuador


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




MX-BIO-122


Mexico


—


x


—


x


—


—


—




MN-BIO-122


Mongolia


x


—


—


—


x


—


—




PY-BIO-122


Paraguay


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




PE-BIO-122


Peru


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




RU-BIO-122


Russia


x


—


—


x


x


—


—’


















(6)


the following entry is inserted after the entry for Kiwa BCS Öko-Garantie GmbH:

                                 ‘
                                 LACON QUALITY CERTIFICATION PRIVATE LIMITED









1.


Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:













Code number


Third country


Category of products




A


B


C


D


E


F


G




IN-BIO-201


India


—


—


—


x


x


—


—’


















(7)


the following entries are inserted after the entry for Mayacert S.A.:

                                 ‘
                                 Metrocert S.C.









1.


Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:













Code number


Third country


Category of products




A


B


C


D


E


F


G




MX-BIO-202


Mexico


x


—


—


x


—


—


—









Oregon Tilth, Inc









1.


Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:













Code number


Third country


Category of products




A


B


C


D


E


F


G




MX-BIO-116


Mexico


x


—


—


x


x


—


—’


















(8)


the following entries are inserted after the entry for Organic Standard LLC:

                                 ‘
                                 Organizacion Internacional Agropecuaria S.A.









1.


Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:













Code number


Third country


Category of products




A


B


C


D


E


F


G




AR-BIO-110


Argentina


—


—


—


—


—


x


x°




BO-BIO-110


Bolivia


x


—


—


x


—


—


x




BR-BIO-110


Brazil


x


—


—


x


—


—


x




CL-BIO-110


Chile


x°


—


—


x°


—


—


x°




CO-BIO-110


Colombia


x


—


—


x


—


—


x




EC-BIO-110


Ecuador


x


—


—


x


—


x


x




MX-BIO-110


Mexico


x


—


—


x


—


—


x




PA-BIO-110


Panama


x


—


—


x


—


—


x




PE-BIO-110


Peru


x


—


—


x


—


x


x




PY-BIO-110


Paraguay


x


—


—


x


—


—


x




RU-BIO-110


Russia


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




TR-BIO-110


Türkiye


x


—


—


x


—


—


x




UA-BIO-110


Ukraine


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




UY-BIO-110


Uruguay


x


—


—


x


—


—


x
















2.


Exceptions: the products within products categories marked with an “°”, which are covered by the scope of an agreement on trade in organic products in accordance with Article 47 of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 or by the scope of recognition as equivalent of the third country concerned listed in Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2325.





Organska Kontrola d.o.o. Sarajevo









1.


Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:













Code number


Third country


Category of products




A


B


C


D


E


F


G




BA-BIO-101


Bosnia and Herzegovina


x


x


—


x


—


—


x




ME-BIO-101


Montenegro


x


x


—


x


—


—


x




RS-BIO-101


Serbia


x


x


—


x


—


—


x




XK-BIO-101


Kosovo (*)


x


x


—


x


—


—


x’














(***)  This designation shall not be construed as recognition of a State of Palestine and is without prejudice to the individual positions of the Member States on this issue.’
         ”


((*))  This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.





ANNEX II
The third paragraph of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 is corrected as follows:






(1)


in point 1 of the entry for ‘CCPB Srl’, the row for Armenia is replaced by the following:













Code number


Third country


Category of products




A


B


C


D


E


F


G




‘AM-BIO-102


Armenia


x


—


—


x


—


—


x’














(2)


point 1 of the entry for ‘ECOGLOBE LLC’ is corrected as follows:






(a)


the row for Armenia is replaced by the following:













Code number


Third country


Category of products




A


B


C


D


E


F


G




‘AM-BIO-112


Armenia


x


x


—


x


—


x


x’














(b)


the row for Uzbekistan is replaced by the following:













Code number


Third country


Category of products




A


B


C


D


E


F


G




‘UZ-BIO-112


Uzbekistan


x


x


—


x


—


x


x’















ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/2140/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)