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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 834/2007note, and in particular Article 46(1) thereof,Whereas:
(1)Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378note 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) 2021/1698note 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.
(1)the following entry is inserted after the entry for Balkan Biocert Macedonia DOOEL Skopje:‘Başak Ekolojik Ürünler Kontrol ve Sertifikasyon Hizmetleri Ticaret Limited Şirketi1.Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:Code number | Third country | Category of productsA | B | C | D | E | F | GAE-BIO-175 | United Arab Emirates | x | — | — | x | — | — | xKG-BIO-175 | Kyrgyzstan | x | — | — | x | — | — | xTR-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. Unipersonale1.Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:Code number | Third country | Category of productsA | B | C | D | E | F | GAE-BIO-132 | United Arab Emirates | x | x | — | x | x | — | xAL-BIO-132 | Albania | x | x | — | x | x | — | xBO-BIO-132 | Bolivia | x | x | — | x | x | — | xCI-BIO-132 | Côte d’Ivoire | x | x | — | x | x | — | xCM-BIO-132 | Cameroon | x | x | — | x | x | — | xCN-BIO-132 | China | x | x | — | x | x | — | xDO-BIO-132 | Dominican Republic | x | x | — | x | x | — | xEC-BIO-132 | Ecuador | x | x | — | x | x | — | xFJ-BIO-132 | Fiji | x | x | — | x | x | — | xGT-BIO-132 | Guatemala | x | x | — | x | x | — | xID-BIO-132 | Indonesia | x | x | — | x | x | — | xIN-BIO-132 | India | — | x | — | x | x | — | xKE-BIO-132 | Kenya | x | x | — | x | x | — | xKG-BIO-132 | Kyrgyzstan | x | x | — | x | x | — | xKR-BIO-132 | Republic of Korea | x | — | — | — | x | — | x°LA-BIO-132 | Laos | x | x | — | x | x | — | xMA-BIO-132 | Morocco | x | x | — | x | x | — | xMD-BIO-132 | Moldova | x | x | — | x | x | — | xMU-BIO-132 | Mauritius | x | x | — | x | x | — | xMX-BIO-132 | Mexico | x | x | — | x | x | — | xNG-BIO-132 | Nigeria | x | x | — | x | x | — | xOM-BIO-132 | Oman | x | x | — | x | x | — | xPF-BIO-132 | French Polynesia | x | x | — | x | x | — | xPH-BIO-132 | Philippines | x | x | — | x | x | — | xPY-BIO-132 | Paraguay | x | x | — | x | x | — | xSA-BIO-132 | Saudi Arabia | x | x | — | x | x | — | xSD-BIO-132 | Sudan | x | x | — | x | x | — | xSG-BIO-132 | Singapore | x | x | — | x | x | — | xSN-BIO-132 | Senegal | x | x | — | x | x | — | xTG-BIO-132 | Togo | x | x | — | x | x | — | xTH-BIO-132 | Thailand | x | x | — | x | x | — | xTR-BIO-132 | Türkiye | x | x | — | x | x | — | xUY-BIO-132 | Uruguay | x | x | — | x | x | — | xVN-BIO-132 | Vietnam | x | x | — | x | x | — | xZA-BIO-132 | South Africa | x | x | — | x | x | — | x2.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 ODPOWIEDZIALNOŚCIĄ1.Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:Code number | Third country | Category of productsA | B | C | D | E | F | GBA-BIO-181 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | x | x | — | x | — | — | xBR-BIO-181 | Brazil | x | x | — | x | — | — | xBY-BIO-181 | Belarus | x | x | — | x | — | — | xCN-BIO-181 | China | x | x | — | x | — | — | xID-BIO-181 | Indonesia | x | x | — | x | — | — | xIN-BIO-181 | India | — | x | — | x | — | — | xKE-BIO-181 | Kenya | x | x | — | x | — | — | xKZ-BIO-181 | Kazakhstan | x | x | — | x | — | — | xLB-BIO-181 | Lebanon | x | x | — | x | — | — | xMG-BIO-181 | Madagascar | x | x | — | x | — | — | xMX-BIO-181 | Mexico | x | x | — | x | — | — | xMY-BIO-181 | Malaysia | x | x | — | x | — | — | xNG-BIO-181 | Nigeria | x | x | — | x | — | — | xPH-BIO-181 | Philippines | x | x | — | x | — | — | xPK-BIO-181 | Pakistan | x | x | — | x | — | — | xRS-BIO-181 | Serbia | x | x | — | x | — | — | xRU-BIO-181 | Russia | x | x | — | x | — | — | xTR-BIO-181 | Türkiye | x | x | — | x | — | — | xTW-BIO-181 | Taiwan | x | x | — | x | — | — | xTZ-BIO-181 | Tanzania | x | x | — | x | — | — | xUA-BIO-181 | Ukraine | x | x | — | x | — | — | xUZ-BIO-181 | Uzbekistan | x | x | — | x | — | — | xVN-BIO-181 | Vietnam | x | x | — | x | — | — | xZA-BIO-181 | South Africa | x | x | — | x | — | — | x
(4)the following entry is inserted after the entry for FOOD SAFETY S.A.:‘GCL International Ltd1.Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:Code number | Third country | Category of productsA | B | C | D | E | F | GCN-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 Association1.Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:Code number | Third country | Category of productsA | B | C | D | E | F | GCN-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 centrs1.Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned:Code number | Third country | Category of productsA | B | C | D | E | F | GAM-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 | —
The third paragraph of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 is amended as follows:
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