Commission Implementing Decision 2011/793/EU

law://eu/dec/2011/793@2026-11-13

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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Decision 2002/309/EC, Euratom of the Council, and of the Commission as regards the Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation, of 4 April 2002 on the conclusion of seven Agreements with the Swiss Confederation^note, and in particular the sixth indent of the second subparagraph of Article 5(2) thereof,Whereas:

(1)The Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products^note (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’) entered into force on 1 June 2002.

(2)Article 6 of the Agreement sets up a Joint Committee on Agriculture (hereinafter ‘the Committee’) to be responsible for the administration of the Agreement and ensure its proper functioning.

(3)In accordance with Article 6(4) and (7) of the Agreement, on 21 October 2003 the Committee adopted its Rules of Procedure^note and set up the working groups needed to administer the Annexes to the Agreement^note.

(4)The bilateral Working Group on Organic Products met to examine, in particular, the scope of Annex 9, the import rules applied by the two Parties and the exchanges of information between them to make recommendations on this to the Committee with a view to adapting Annex 9 to the Agreement.

(5)Pursuant to Article 11 of the Agreement, the Committee may decide to amend the Annexes to the Agreement.

(6)The Head of the European Union Delegation within the Joint Committee on Agriculture expresses the European Union’s support for the final version of the draft Decision of the Joint Committee.

(7)The measures provided for by this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up by Article 37 of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007^note,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

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The European Union position within the Joint Committee on Agriculture set up by Article 6 of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products is based on the draft Decision of the Joint Committee on Agriculture annexed to this Decision.

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The Decision of the Joint Committee on Agriculture shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union after its adoption.

Appendix 1

List of acts referred to in Article 3 relating to organically produced agricultural products and foodstuffs

—Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 (OJ L 189, 20.7.2007, p. 1), as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 967/2008 of 29 September 2008 (OJ L 264, 3.10.2008, p. 1),

—Ordinance of 22 September 1997 on organic farming and the labelling of organically produced plant products and foodstuffs (Ordinance on organic farming), as last amended on 27 October 2010 (RO 2010 5859),

—Swiss products based on ingredients produced under the arrangements for conversion to organic farming,

—Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 of 5 September 2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products with regard to organic production, labelling and control (OJ L 250, 18.9.2008, p. 1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 426/2011 of 2 May 2011 (OJ L 113, 13.5.2011, p. 1),

—Ordinance of the Département Fédéral de l’Economie of 22 September 1997 on organic farming, as last amended on 25 May 2011 (RO 2011 2369).

—Swiss goat products, where the animals are covered by the derogation provided for in Article 39d of the Ordinance on organic farming and the labelling of organically produced products and foodstuffs^note.

—Commission Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 of 8 December 2008 laying down detailed rules for implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 as regards the arrangements for imports of organic products from third countries (OJ L 334, 12.12.2008, p. 25), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 590/2011 of 20 June 2011 (OJ L 161, 21.6.2011, p. 9).

Regulations applicable in the European Union:

Regulations applicable in the Swiss Confederation:

Exclusion from the equivalence arrangements:

Appendix 2

Detailed rules for implementation

The rules on labelling concerning organic feed in force in the legislation of the importing Contracting Party shall apply to the imports of the other Party.’

Commission Implementing Decision 2011/793/EU

Commission Implementing Decision 2011/793/EU

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Appendix 1

List of acts referred to in Article 3 relating to organically produced agricultural products and foodstuffs

Appendix 2

Detailed rules for implementation

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Appendix 1

List of acts referred to in Article 3 relating to organically produced agricultural products and foodstuffs

Appendix 2

Detailed rules for implementation