02021R1378 — EN — 18.05.2025 — 007.001
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B , COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/1378of 19 August 2021laying 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(Text with EEA relevance)(OJ L 297 20.8.2021, p. 24)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No, page, date
M1 , COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/2119 of 1 December 2021, L 430, 24, 2.12.2021
M2 , COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/2240 of 20 October 2022, L 294, 8, 15.11.2022
M3 , COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/1748 of 21 June 2024, L 1748, 1, 24.6.2024
M4 , COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/2140 of 6 August 2024, L 2140, 1, 7.8.2024
M5 , COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/2794 of 31 October 2024, L 2794, 1, 4.11.2024
M6 , COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/3121 of 16 December 2024, L 3121, 1, 17.12.2024
M7 , COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2025/882 of 14 May 2025, L 882, 1, 15.5.2025
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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
(Text with EEA relevance)
Article 1
Certificate for operators, groups of operators and exporters in third countries
Control authorities and control bodies that have been recognised in accordance with Article 46(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 shall provide operators, groups of operators and exporters in third countries that have been subject to the controls referred to in point (b)(i) of Article 45(1) of that Regulation with a certificate confirming that such operators, groups of operators and exporters comply with Regulation (EU) 2018/848 (‘the certificate’).
The certificate shall:
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(a)
be issued as follows:
(i)
in accordance with the model set out in Annex I to this Regulation;
(ii)
in electronic form by using the electronic Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES) referred to in Article 2, point (36), of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 ( 1 );
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(iii)
it shall bear a qualified electronic seal as defined in Article 3, point (27), of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 2 );
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(b)
allow the identification of:
(i)
the operator, group of operators or exporter covered by the certificate, including the list of members of a group of operators;
(ii)
the category of products covered by the certificate, classified in the same way as provided for in Article 35(7) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848; and
(iii)
its period of validity;
(c)
certify that the activity of the operator, group of operators or exporter complies with Regulation (EU) 2018/848; and
(d)
be updated whenever changes occur concerning the data included in it.
Article 2
List of recognised control authorities and control bodies
- The list of control authorities and control bodies recognised in accordance with Article 46(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 is set out in Annex II to this Regulation. The list shall contain the following information on each recognised control authority or control body:
(a)
the name and code number of the control authority or control body;
(b)
the product categories, as set out in Article 35(7) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848, for each third country;
(c)
the third countries in which the product categories have their origin, provided that those third countries are not already covered for the product category or product concerned by an agreement on trade in organic products in accordance with Article 47 of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 or through an equivalence recognition in accordance with Article 48 of that Regulation;
(d)
the duration of the recognition; and
(e)
the exceptions to the recognition, where appropriate.
- Detailed information relating to the mailing address, website address and email contact point of the control authority or control body, as well as the name of the accreditation body granting the accreditation in accordance with point (d) of Article 46(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848, shall be publicly available via the Commission organic farming website.
Article 3
Entry into force and application
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2022.
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Article 1, second paragraph, point (a)(ii), shall apply from 1 January 2023.
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Article 1, second paragraph, point (a)(iii), shall apply from 1 July 2023.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
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