COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/3121

| Official Journal of the European Union | EN L series ---|---|--- * * * | 2024/3121 | 17.12.2024 ---|---|--- COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/3121 of 16 December 2024 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 as regards the recognition of certain control bodies in accordance with Article 46 of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council as competent to carry out controls and issue organic certificates in third countries for the purpose of imports of organic products into the Union (Text with EEA relevance) 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 834/2007 (1), and in particular Article 46(1) thereof, Whereas: (1) | Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 (2) 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) 2021/1698 (3) 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. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 16 December 2024. For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN * * * (1) OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/848/oj. (2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 of 19 August 2021 laying down certain rules concerning the certificate issued to operators, groups of operators and exporters in third countries involved in the imports of organic and in-conversion products into the Union and establishing the list of recognised control authorities and control bodies in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 297, 20.8.2021, p. 24, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2021/1378/oj). (3) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1698 of 13 July 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council with procedural requirements for the recognition of control authorities and control bodies that are competent to carry out controls on operators and groups of operators certified organic and on organic products in third countries and with rules on their supervision and the controls and other actions to be performed by those control authorities and control bodies (OJ L 336, 23.9.2021, p. 7, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2021/1698/oj). * * * ANNEX The third paragraph of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 is amended as follows: (1) | the following entry is inserted after the entry for Balkan Biocert Macedonia DOOEL Skopje: ‘ Başak Ekolojik Ürünler Kontrol ve Sertifikasyon Hizmetleri Ticaret Limited Şirketi | | 1. | Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned: | Code number | Third country | Category of products ---|---|--- A | B | C | D | E | F | G AE-BIO-175 | United Arab Emirates | x | — | — | x | — | — | x KG-BIO-175 | Kyrgyzstan | x | — | — | x | — | — | x TR-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. Unipersonale | | 1. | Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned: | Code number | Third country | Category of products ---|---|--- A | B | C | D | E | F | G AE-BIO-132 | United Arab Emirates | x | x | — | x | x | — | x AL-BIO-132 | Albania | x | x | — | x | x | — | x BO-BIO-132 | Bolivia | x | x | — | x | x | — | x CI-BIO-132 | Côte d’Ivoire | x | x | — | x | x | — | x CM-BIO-132 | Cameroon | x | x | — | x | x | — | x CN-BIO-132 | China | x | x | — | x | x | — | x DO-BIO-132 | Dominican Republic | x | x | — | x | x | — | x EC-BIO-132 | Ecuador | x | x | — | x | x | — | x FJ-BIO-132 | Fiji | x | x | — | x | x | — | x GT-BIO-132 | Guatemala | x | x | — | x | x | — | x ID-BIO-132 | Indonesia | x | x | — | x | x | — | x IN-BIO-132 | India | — | x | — | x | x | — | x KE-BIO-132 | Kenya | x | x | — | x | x | — | x KG-BIO-132 | Kyrgyzstan | x | x | — | x | x | — | x KR-BIO-132 | Republic of Korea | x | — | — | — | x | — | x° LA-BIO-132 | Laos | x | x | — | x | x | — | x MA-BIO-132 | Morocco | x | x | — | x | x | — | x MD-BIO-132 | Moldova | x | x | — | x | x | — | x MU-BIO-132 | Mauritius | x | x | — | x | x | — | x MX-BIO-132 | Mexico | x | x | — | x | x | — | x NG-BIO-132 | Nigeria | x | x | — | x | x | — | x OM-BIO-132 | Oman | x | x | — | x | x | — | x PF-BIO-132 | French Polynesia | x | x | — | x | x | — | x PH-BIO-132 | Philippines | x | x | — | x | x | — | x PY-BIO-132 | Paraguay | x | x | — | x | x | — | x SA-BIO-132 | Saudi Arabia | x | x | — | x | x | — | x SD-BIO-132 | Sudan | x | x | — | x | x | — | x SG-BIO-132 | Singapore | x | x | — | x | x | — | x SN-BIO-132 | Senegal | x | x | — | x | x | — | x TG-BIO-132 | Togo | x | x | — | x | x | — | x TH-BIO-132 | Thailand | x | x | — | x | x | — | x TR-BIO-132 | Türkiye | x | x | — | x | x | — | x UY-BIO-132 | Uruguay | x | x | — | x | x | — | x VN-BIO-132 | Vietnam | x | x | — | x | x | — | x ZA-BIO-132 | South Africa | x | x | — | 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.’; ---|---|--- (3) | the entry for DQS POLSKA SPÓŁKA Z OGRANICZONĄ ODPOWIEDZIALNOŚCIĄ is replaced with the following: ‘DQS POLSKA SPÓŁKA Z OGRANICZONĄ ODPOWIEDZIALNOŚCIĄ | | 1. | Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned: | Code number | Third country | Category of products ---|---|--- A | B | C | D | E | F | G BA-BIO-181 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | x | x | — | x | — | — | x BR-BIO-181 | Brazil | x | x | — | x | — | — | x BY-BIO-181 | Belarus | x | x | — | x | — | — | x CN-BIO-181 | China | x | x | — | x | — | — | x ID-BIO-181 | Indonesia | x | x | — | x | — | — | x IN-BIO-181 | India | — | x | — | x | — | — | x KE-BIO-181 | Kenya | x | x | — | x | — | — | x KZ-BIO-181 | Kazakhstan | x | x | — | x | — | — | x LB-BIO-181 | Lebanon | x | x | — | x | — | — | x MG-BIO-181 | Madagascar | x | x | — | x | — | — | x MX-BIO-181 | Mexico | x | x | — | x | — | — | x MY-BIO-181 | Malaysia | x | x | — | x | — | — | x NG-BIO-181 | Nigeria | x | x | — | x | — | — | x PH-BIO-181 | Philippines | x | x | — | x | — | — | x PK-BIO-181 | Pakistan | x | x | — | x | — | — | x RS-BIO-181 | Serbia | x | x | — | x | — | — | x RU-BIO-181 | Russia | x | x | — | x | — | — | x TR-BIO-181 | Türkiye | x | x | — | x | — | — | x TW-BIO-181 | Taiwan | x | x | — | x | — | — | x TZ-BIO-181 | Tanzania | x | x | — | x | — | — | x UA-BIO-181 | Ukraine | x | x | — | x | — | — | x UZ-BIO-181 | Uzbekistan | x | x | — | x | — | — | x VN-BIO-181 | Vietnam | x | x | — | x | — | — | x ZA-BIO-181 | South Africa | x | x | — | x | — | — | x’ (4) | the following entry is inserted after the entry for FOOD SAFETY S.A.: ‘ GCL International Ltd | | 1. | Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned: | Code number | Third country | Category of products ---|---|--- A | B | C | D | E | F | G CN-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 Association | | 1. | Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned: | Code number | Third country | Category of products ---|---|--- A | B | C | D | E | F | G CN-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 centrs | | 1. | Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned: | Code number | Third country | Category of products ---|---|--- A | B | C | D | E | F | G AM-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 | —’ * * * ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/3121/oj ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition) * * *