Document ID: 32000R0331

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 331/2000
of 17 December 1999
amending Annex V to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs
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 Regulation (EC) No 1804/1999(2) and, in particular, Article 13, third indent,
(1) Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 establishes the possibility to use a logo when it has been defined in Annex V to Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91; whereas the operators can use the logo on voluntary basis under the conditions laid down in this Article;
(2) Whereas the Community logo can accompany the indication laid down in Article 10 and Annex V that products have been subject to the inspection scheme;
(3) Whereas it is important for the consumers' perception to ensure an informative labelling by including minimum standardised information; whereas the logo should only be used according to the well-defined technical requirements laid down in the graphic manual;
(4) Whereas the logo allows operators to increase the credibility of their products among the consumers in the European Union as well as a better identification of these products;
(5) Whereas the use of the logo implies that products bearing this logo are submitted through all the stages of production, preparation and marketing to an inspection system under the responsibility of the Member States. This inspection system guarantees the respect of the authenticity of the products and the compliance of the specifications related to the organic production method;
(6) Whereas the logo provides the operators a useful aid which they may use in the labelling of their products when all the conditions for such use are satisfied;
(7) 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,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex V to Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 shall be replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
For the presentation of the Community logo referred to in part B of the Annex in the labelling, the provisions laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 and parts B1, B2, B3 and B4 of the Annex to the present regulation must be applied.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force 60 days from the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
The indications in Annex V, established before the entry into force of this Regulation, may continue to be used until existing stocks are exhausted.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 December 1999.

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