Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/3121 of 16 December 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: 2024-12-16
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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2024/3121


17.12.2024







            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/3121
of 16 December 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 ‘Başak Ekolojik Ürünler Kontrol ve Sertifikasyon Hizmetleri Ticaret Limited Şirketi’, ‘Bioagricert s.r.l. Unipersonale’, ‘DQS POLSKA SPÓŁKA Z OGRANICZONĄ ODPOWIEDZIALNOŚCIĄ’, ‘GCL International Ltd’, ‘Japan Organic and Natural Foods Association’ and ‘Sertifikācijas un testēšanas centrs’. 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)


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












(6)


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 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, 16 December 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 Balkan Biocert Macedonia DOOEL Skopje:

                                 ‘
                                 Başak Ekolojik Ürünler Kontrol ve Sertifikasyon Hizmetleri Ticaret Limited Şirketi









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-175


United Arab Emirates


x


—


—


x


—


—


x




KG-BIO-175


Kyrgyzstan


x


—


—


x


—


—


x




TR-BIO-175


Türkiye


x


—


—


x


—


—


x’


















(2)


the following entry is inserted after the entry for Beijing Continental Hengtong Certification Co., Ltd:

                                 ‘
                                 Bioagricert s.r.l. Unipersonale









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-132


United Arab Emirates


x


x


—


x


x


—


x




AL-BIO-132


Albania


x


x


—


x


x


—


x




BO-BIO-132


Bolivia


x


x


—


x


x


—


x




CI-BIO-132


Côte d’Ivoire


x


x


—


x


x


—


x




CM-BIO-132


Cameroon


x


x


—


x


x


—


x




CN-BIO-132


China


x


x


—


x


x


—


x




DO-BIO-132


Dominican Republic


x


x


—


x


x


—


x




EC-BIO-132


Ecuador


x


x


—


x


x


—


x




FJ-BIO-132


Fiji


x


x


—


x


x


—


x




GT-BIO-132


Guatemala


x


x


—


x


x


—


x




ID-BIO-132


Indonesia


x


x


—


x


x


—


x




IN-BIO-132


India


—


x


—


x


x


—


x




KE-BIO-132


Kenya


x


x


—


x


x


—


x




KG-BIO-132


Kyrgyzstan


x


x


—


x


x


—


x




KR-BIO-132


Republic of Korea


x


—


—


—


x


—


x°




LA-BIO-132


Laos


x


x


—


x


x


—


x




MA-BIO-132


Morocco


x


x


—


x


x


—


x




MD-BIO-132


Moldova


x


x


—


x


x


—


x




MU-BIO-132


Mauritius


x


x


—


x


x


—


x




MX-BIO-132


Mexico


x


x


—


x


x


—


x




NG-BIO-132


Nigeria


x


x


—


x


x


—


x




OM-BIO-132


Oman


x


x


—


x


x


—


x




PF-BIO-132


French Polynesia


x


x


—


x


x


—


x




PH-BIO-132


Philippines


x


x


—


x


x


—


x




PY-BIO-132


Paraguay


x


x


—


x


x


—


x




SA-BIO-132


Saudi Arabia


x


x


—


x


x


—


x




SD-BIO-132


Sudan


x


x


—


x


x


—


x




SG-BIO-132


Singapore


x


x


—


x


x


—


x




SN-BIO-132


Senegal


x


x


—


x


x


—


x




TG-BIO-132


Togo


x


x


—


x


x


—


x




TH-BIO-132


Thailand


x


x


—


x


x


—


x




TR-BIO-132


Türkiye


x


x


—


x


x


—


x




UY-BIO-132


Uruguay


x


x


—


x


x


—


x




VN-BIO-132


Vietnam


x


x


—


x


x


—


x




ZA-BIO-132


South Africa


x


x


—


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.’;














(3)


the entry for DQS POLSKA SPÓŁKA Z OGRANICZONĄ ODPOWIEDZIALNOŚCIĄ is replaced with the following:

                                 ‘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


—


—


x




BR-BIO-181


Brazil


x


x


—


x


—


—


x




BY-BIO-181


Belarus


x


x


—


x


—


—


x




CN-BIO-181


China


x


x


—


x


—


—


x




ID-BIO-181


Indonesia


x


x


—


x


—


—


x




IN-BIO-181


India


—


x


—


x


—


—


x




KE-BIO-181


Kenya


x


x


—


x


—


—


x




KZ-BIO-181


Kazakhstan


x


x


—


x


—


—


x




LB-BIO-181


Lebanon


x


x


—


x


—


—


x




MG-BIO-181


Madagascar


x


x


—


x


—


—


x




MX-BIO-181


Mexico


x


x


—


x


—


—


x




MY-BIO-181


Malaysia


x


x


—


x


—


—


x




NG-BIO-181


Nigeria


x


x


—


x


—


—


x




PH-BIO-181


Philippines


x


x


—


x


—


—


x




PK-BIO-181


Pakistan


x


x


—


x


—


—


x




RS-BIO-181


Serbia


x


x


—


x


—


—


x




RU-BIO-181


Russia


x


x


—


x


—


—


x




TR-BIO-181


Türkiye


x


x


—


x


—


—


x




TW-BIO-181


Taiwan


x


x


—


x


—


—


x




TZ-BIO-181


Tanzania


x


x


—


x


—


—


x




UA-BIO-181


Ukraine


x


x


—


x


—


—


x




UZ-BIO-181


Uzbekistan


x


x


—


x


—


—


x




VN-BIO-181


Vietnam


x


x


—


x


—


—


x




ZA-BIO-181


South Africa


x


x


—


x


—


—


x’


















(4)


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

                                 ‘
                                 GCL International 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-203


China


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




ID-BIO-203


Indonesia


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




IN-BIO-203


India


—


—


—


x


—


—


—




LK-BIO-203


Sri Lanka


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




MX-BIO-203


Mexico


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




PE-BIO-203


Peru


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




PH-BIO-203


Philippines


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




TH-BIO-203


Thailand


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




TR-BIO-203


Türkiye


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




VN-BII-203


Vietnam


x


—


—


x


—


—


—’


















(5)


the following entry is inserted after the entry for INDOCERT:

                                 ‘
                                 Japan Organic and Natural Foods Association









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-145


China


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




JP-BIO-145


Japan


—


—


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.’;














(6)


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

                                 ‘
                                 Sertifikācijas un testēšanas centrs









1.


Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:













Code number


Third country


Category of products




A


B


C


D


E


F


G




AM-BIO-173


Armenia


x


x


—


x


x


x


—




AZ-BIO-173


Azerbaijan


x


x


—


x


x


x


—




BD-BIO-173


Bangladesh


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




BY-BIO-173


Belarus


x


x


—


x


x


x


—




GE-BIO-173


Georgia


x


x


—


x


x


x


—




IN-BIO-173


India


—


—


—


x


x


—


—




KG-BIO-173


Kyrgyzstan


x


x


—


x


x


x


—




KZ-BIO-173


Kazakhstan


x


x


—


x


x


x


—




LK-BIO-173


Sri Lanka


x


x


—


x


x


x


—




MD-BIO-173


Moldova


x


x


—


x


x


x


—




NP-BIO-173


Nepal


x


—


—


x


—


—


—




RU-BIO-173


Russia


x


x


—


x


x


x


—




TJ-BIO-173


Tajikistan


x


x


—


x


x


x


—




TM-BIO-173


Turkmenistan


x


x


—


x


x


x


—




TR-BIO-173


Türkiye


x


x


—


x


x


x


—




UA-BIO-173


Ukraine


x


x


—


x


x


x


—




UZ-BIO-173


Uzbekistan


x


x


—


x


x


x


—’















ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/3121/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)