Commission Regulation (EC) No 1918/2002 of 25 October 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 1788/2001 laying down detailed rules for implementing the provisions concerning the certificate of inspection for imports from third countries under Article 11 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1918/2002
of 25 October 2002
amending Regulation (EC) No 1788/2001 laying down detailed rules for implementing the provisions concerning the certificate of inspection for imports from third countries under Article 11 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs
(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 foodstuffs(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 473/2002(2), and in particular Article 11(3)(b) and Article 11(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1788/2001(3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1113/2002(4), establishes a certificate of inspection for imported products and provides that those certificates shall be applied from 1 November 2002 to products imported under the procedures established in Article 11(1) and (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91.
(2) Certain Member States have experienced some technical difficulties when attempting to apply Regulation (EC) No 1788/2001. The Regulation should therefore, for the sake of transparency and in order to avoid confusion, be clarified.
(3) In particular, the references to suspensive customs procedures pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2700/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council(6), and the references to Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 should be updated. In this respect, the models of the certificate and of the extract of the certificate, set out in Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) 1788/2001 should be updated.
(4) Regulation (EEC) No 1788/2001 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The need for adaptation to the amended models of the certificate and of the extract calls for a transitional period during which the previous models may be used.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91,