Commission Regulation (EC) No 345/97 of 26 February 1997 amending Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 207/93 defining the content of Annex VI to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs and laying down detailed rules for implementing the provisions of Article 5 (4) thereof

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 345/97 of 26 February 1997 amending Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 207/93 defining the content of Annex VI to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs and laying down detailed rules for implementing the provisions of Article 5 (4) thereof
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 418/96 (2), and in particular Article 5 (3) (b), (4), (5a) (b) and (7) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1935/95 (3) provides, for the categories established in Articles 5 (3) and 5a of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91, that the ingredients of agricultural origin not produced in accordance with the rules laid down in Article 6 or not imported from third countries under the arrangements laid down in Article 11, have to be included in Annex VI, Section C or have to be provisionally authorized by a Member State;
Whereas the procedure established in Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 207/93 (4) has to be revised in the light of the experience gained and of developments concerning the availability on the Community market of certain organically produced ingredients of agricultural origin;
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,