Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2794 of 31 October 2024 amending 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: 2024-10-31
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: agricultural trade, consumer protection, food inspection, import (EU), organic farming, organic product, quality control of agricultural products, technical specification, third country




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Official Journal of the European Union


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2024/2794


4.11.2024







            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/2794
of 31 October 2024
         
amending 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 ‘ACO CERTIFICATION LIMITED’, ‘CTR ULUSLARARASI BELGELENDIRME VE DENETIM LTD. ŞTİ.’, ‘DQS POLSKA SPÓŁKA Z OGRANICZONĄ ODPOWIEDZIALNOŚCIĄ’, ‘Florida Certified Organic Growers and Consumers, Inc. (FOG), DBA as Quality Certification Services (QCS)’, ‘IMOCERT Latinoamérica Ltda.’, ‘INDOCERT’, ‘ONECERT INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE LIMITED’, ‘Organic Crop Improvement Association International Inc’, ‘Organic Food Development and Certification Center of China’, ‘Organización Internacional Agropecuaria S.A.’, ‘ORSER KONTROL VE SERTİFİKASYON ANONİM ŞİRKETİ’, and ‘SRS Certification GmbH’. 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)


The Commission has also received and examined, in accordance with Article 2 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1698, a request for the extension of the scope of recognition from ‘Ecocert SAS’. Based on the information contained in its technical dossier, the Commission has concluded that it is justified to extend the scope of its recognition for an indefinite duration for the requested product categories in the requested third countries.












(6)


Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 should therefore be amended 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 Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.


Article 2
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, 31 October 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).




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






(1)


the following entry is inserted after the entry for A CERT European Organization for Certification S.A.:

                                 ‘
                                 ACO CERTIFICATION LIMITED









1.


Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:













Code number


Third country


Category of products




A


B


C


D


E


F


G




AU-BIO-107


Australia


-


x


-


x°


x


x


x




FJ-BIO-107


Fiji


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




MY-BIO-107


Malaysia


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




PG-BIO-107


Papua New Guinea


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




TH-BIO-107


Thailand


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




TW-BIO-107


Taiwan


-


-


-


x


-


-


x




VU-BIO-107


Vanuatu


x


-


-


x


x


-


-
















2.


Exceptions: the products within product 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 (*1).





(*1)  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).’;"
                        










(2)


the following entries are inserted after the entry for Control Union Certifications B.V.:

                                 ‘
                                 CTR ULUSLARARASI BELGELENDIRME VE DENETIM LTD. ŞTİ.









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-199


Türkiye


x


-


x


x


-


-


x









DQS POLSKA SPÓŁKA Z OGRANICZONĄ ODPOWIEDZIALNOŚCIĄ









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-181


Bosnia and Herzegovina


x


-


-


x


-


-


x




BR-BIO-181


Brazil


x


-


-


x


-


-


x




BY-BIO-181


Belarus


x


-


-


x


-


-


x




CN-BIO-181


China


x


-


-


x


-


-


x




ID-BIO-181


Indonesia


x


-


-


x


-


-


x




IN-BIO-181


India


-


-


-


x


-


-


x




KE-BIO-181


Kenya


x


-


-


x


-


-


x




KZ-BIO-181


Kazakhstan


x


-


-


x


-


-


x




LB-BIO-181


Lebanon


x


-


-


x


-


-


x




MG-BIO-181


Madagascar


x


-


-


x


-


-


x




MX-BIO-181


Mexico


x


-


-


x


-


-


x




MY-BIO-181


Malaysia


x


-


-


x


-


-


x




NG-BIO-181


Nigeria


x


-


-


x


-


-


x




PH-BIO-181


Philippines


x


-


-


x


-


-


x




PK-BIO-181


Pakistan


x


-


-


x


-


-


x




RS-BIO-181


Serbia


x


-


-


x


-


-


x




RU-BIO-181


Russia


x


-


-


x


-


-


x




TR-BIO-181


Türkiye


x


-


-


x


-


-


x




TW-BIO-181


Taiwan


x


-


-


x


-


-


x




TZ-BIO-181


Tanzania


x


-


-


x


-


-


x




UA-BIO-181


Ukraine


x


-


-


x


-


-


x




UZ-BIO-181


Uzbekistan


x


-


-


x


-


-


x




VN-BIO-181


Vietnam


x


-


-


x


-


-


x




ZA-BIO-181


South Africa


x


-


-


x


-


-


x’


















(3)


in the entry for Ecocert SAS, the following rows are inserted in the order of the code numbers into the table in point 1:













Code number


Third country


Category of products




A


B


C


D


E


F


G




‘JP-BIO-154


Japan


x°


-


-


-


-


-


-




PG-BIO-154


Papua New Guinea


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




SB-BIO-154


Solomon Islands


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




TO-BIO-154


Tonga


x


-


-


x


-


-


-










2.


Exceptions: the products within product 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.’;














(4)


the following entry is inserted after the entry for ETKO EKOLOJİK TARIM KONTROL ORGANİZASYONU LİMİTED ȘİRKETİ:

                                 ‘
                                 Florida Certified Organic Growers and Consumers, Inc. (FOG), DBA as Quality Certification Services (QCS)









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-144


United Arab Emirates


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




BS-BIO-144


Bahamas


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




CL-BIO-144


Chile


x°


-


x


x°


-


-


-




CR-BIO-144


Costa Rica


-


-


-


x°


-


-


-




DO-BIO-144


Dominican Republic


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




EC-BIO-144


Ecuador


x


-


x


x


-


-


-




HN-BIO-144


Honduras


x


-


x


x


-


-


-




IN-BIO-144


India


-


-


-


x


-


-


-




ID-BIO-144


Indonesia


x


-


x


x


-


-


-




JM-BIO-144


Jamaica


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




NI-BIO-144


Nicaragua


-


-


x


-


-


-


-




PA-BIO-144


Panama


x


-


x


x


-


-


-




PE-BIO-144


Peru


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




TT-BIO-144


Trinidad and Tobago


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




TR-BIO-144


Türkiye


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




US-BIO-144


Unites States


-


-


x


-


-


-


-




VE-BIO-144


Venezuela


x


-


x


x


-


-


-




ZA-BIO-144


South Africa


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




ZM-BIO-144


Zambia


x


-


-


x


-


-


-
















2.


Exceptions: the products within product 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.’;














(5)


the following entry is inserted after the entry for IBD Certificações Ltda.:

                                 ‘
                                 IMOCERT Latinoamérica Ltda.









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-123


Argentina


-


-


-


-


-


x


-




BO-BIO-123


Bolivia


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




BR-BIO-123


Brazil


x


x


-


x


-


-


x




BZ-BIO-123


Belize


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




CO-BIO-123


Colombia


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




DO-BIO-123


Dominican Republic


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




EC-BIO-123


Ecuador


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




GT-BIO-123


Guatemala


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




HN-BIO-123


Honduras


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




MX-BIO-123


Mexico


x


x


-


x


-


-


x




NI-BIO-123


Nicaragua


x


x


-


x


-


-


x




PA-BIO-123


Panama


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




PE-BIO-123


Peru


x


x


-


x


-


-


x




PY-BIO-123


Paraguay


x


x


-


x


-


-


x




SV-BIO-123


El Salvador


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




UY-BIO-123


Uruguay


-


x


-


-


-


x


x




VE-BIO-123


Venezuela


x


-


-


x


-


-


-’


















(6)


the following entry is inserted after the entry for IMO Control Private Limited:

                                 ‘
                                 INDOCERT









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-148


India


-


-


x


x


x


-


x




LK-BIO-148


Sri Lanka


x


-


-


-


-


-


-’


















(7)


the following entry is inserted after the entry for Metrocert S.C.:

                                 ‘
                                 ONECERT INTERNATIONAL 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




AE-BIO-152


United Arab Emirates


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




BD-BIO-152


Bangladesh


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




BJ-BIO-152


Benin


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




EG-BIO-152


Egypt


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




ET-BIO-152


Ethiopia


x


-


-


x


x


-


-




GH-BIO-152


Ghana


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




ID-BIO-152


Indonesia


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




JO-BIO-152


Jordan


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




KH-BIO-152


Cambodia


x


-


-


x


-


-


x




LK-BIO-152


Sri Lanka


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




MM-BIO-152


Myanmar/Burma


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




MY-BIO-152


Malaysia


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




MZ-BIO-152


Mozambique


x


-


-


x


x


-


-




NG-BIO-152


Nigeria


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




NP-BIO-152


Nepal


x


-


-


x


-


-


x




OM-BIO-152


Oman


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




PH-BIO-152


Philippines


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




QA-BIO-152


Qatar


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




SA-BIO-152


Saudi Arabia


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




SG-BIO-152


Singapore


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




TG-BIO-152


Togo


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




TH-BIO-152


Thailand


x


-


-


x


-


-


x




TZ-BIO-152


Tanzania


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




UG-BIO-152


Uganda


x


-


-


x


x


-


-




VN-BIO-152


Vietnam


x


-


-


x


-


-


x




WS-BIO-152


Samoa


x


-


-


x


-


-


-’


















(8)


the following entries are inserted after the entry for Organic Control System LLC Subotica:

                                 ‘
                                 Organic Crop Improvement Association International Inc









1.


Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:













Code number


Third country


Category of products




A


B


C


D


E


F


G




GT-BIO-120


Guatemala


x


x


-


x


-


-


-




JP-BIO-120


Japan


-


x


-


x°


-


-


-




MX-BIO-120


Mexico


x


x


-


x


-


-


-




NI-BIO-120


Nicaragua


x


x


-


x


-


-


-




PE-BIO-120


Peru


x


x


-


x


-


-


-
















2.


Exceptions: the products within product 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.





Organic Food Development and Certification Center of China









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-191


China


x


-


-


x


-


-


-




RU-BIO-191


Russia


x


-


-


x


-


-


-’


















(9)


the entry for Organización Internacional Agropecuaria S.A. the following rows are inserted in the order of the code numbers into the table in point 1:













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


-


-




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


-


-




MX-BIO-110


Mexico


-


x


x


-


x


-


-




PA-BIO-110


Panama


-


x


x


-


x


-


-




PE-BIO-110


Peru


-


x


x


-


x


-


-




PY-BIO-110


Paraguay


-


x


 


-


x


-


-




RU-BIO-110


Russia


-


-


-


-


x


-


-




UY-BIO-110


Uruguay


-


x


x


-


x


-


-










2.


Exceptions: the products within product 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.’;














(10)


the following entry is inserted after the entry for Organska Kontrola d.o.o. Sarajevo:

                                 ‘
                                 ORSER KONTROL VE SERTİFİKASYON ANONİM ŞİRKETİ








1.


Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:













Code number


Third country


Category of products




A


B


C


D


E


F


G




AZ-BIO-166


Azerbaijan


x


x


-


x


x


x


x




BA-BIO-166


Bosnia and Herzegovina


x


x


-


x


x


x


x




GE-BIO-166


Georgia


x


x


-


x


x


x


x




IR-BIO-166


Iran


x


x


-


x


x


x


x




KG-BIO-166


Kyrgyzstan


x


x


-


x


x


x


x




KZ-BIO-166


Kazakhstan


x


x


-


x


x


x


x




MD-BIO-166


Moldova


x


x


-


x


x


x


x




RS-BIO-166


Serbia


x


x


-


x


x


x


x




RU-BIO-166


Russian Federation


x


x


-


x


x


x


x




TR-BIO-166


Türkiye


x


x


-


x


x


x


x




UA-BIO-166


Ukraine


x


x


-


x


x


x


x




UZ-BIO-166


Uzbekistan


x


x


-


x


x


x


x’


















(11)


the following entry is inserted after the entry for Southern Cross Certified Australia Pty Ltd:

                                 ‘
                                 SRS Certification GmbH









1.


Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:













Code number


Third country


Category of products




A


B


C


D


E


F


G




BF-BIO-195


Burkina Faso


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




BI-BIO-195


Burundi


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




BJ-BIO-195


Benin


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




CD-BIO-195


Democratic Republic of the Congo


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




CF-BIO-195


Central African Republic


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




CG-BIO-195


Congo


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




CI-BIO-195


Côte d’Ivoire


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




CM-BIO-195


Cameroon


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




CN-BIO-195


China


x


-


-


x


x


x


x




ET-BIO-195


Ethiopia


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




GA-BIO-195


Gabon


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




GH-BIO-195


Ghana


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




GQ-BIO-195


Equatorial Guinea


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




HK-BIO-195


Hong Kong


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




ID-BIO-195


Indonesia


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




IN-BIO-195


India


-


-


-


x


x


-


x




KE-BIO-195


Kenya


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




KH-BIO-195


Cambodia


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




LA-BIO-195


Laos


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




LK-BIO-195


Sri Lanka


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




MG-BIO-195


Madagascar


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




MM-BIO-195


Myanmar/Burma


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




MY-BIO-195


Malaysia


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




NA-BIO-195


Namibia


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




NE-BIO-195


Niger


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




NG-BIO-195


Nigeria


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




PH-BIO-195


Philippines


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




PK-BIO-195


Pakistan


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




RW-BIO-195


Rwanda


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




SG-BIO-195


Singapore


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




SN-BIO-195


Senegal


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




TD-BIO-195


Chad


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




TG-BIO-195


Togo


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




TH-BIO-195


Thailand


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




TR-BIO-195


Türkiye


x


-


-


x


x


x


x




TW-BIO-195


Taiwan


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




TZ-BIO-195


Tanzania


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




UG-BIO-195


Uganda


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




VN-BIO-195


Vietnam


x


-


-


x


x


-


x




ZA-BIO-195


South Africa


x


-


-


x


x


x


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(*1)  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).’;’



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