
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 751/2012 of 16 August 2012 correcting Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 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 

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to 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, and in particular Article 33(3) and Article 38(d) thereof,
Whereas:

(1) Annex IV to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 as amended by Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 508/2012 sets out the list of control bodies and control authorities competent to carry out controls and issue certificates in third countries for the purpose of equivalence.

(2) In relation to CERES Certification of Environmental Standards GmbH, Ecocert SA and Istituto Mediterraneo di Certificazione s.r.l., certain third countries, code numbers and product categories have been omitted from that list. In addition, for Ecocert SA a reference to an exception to the products covered is missing.

(3) Therefore, Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 should be corrected accordingly.

(4) For the sake of legal certainty, this Regulation should apply from the date of application of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 508/2012.

(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the regulatory Committee on organic production,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 
Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 is corrected in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 July 2012.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 16 August 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX

Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 is corrected as follows:

((1)) In the text relating to ‘CERES Certification of Environmental Standards GmbH’, point 3 is replaced by the following:
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3. Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned: 


Third country Code number Category of products
  A B C D E F
Albania AL-BIO-140 x x — — — —
Bolivia BO-BIO-140 x x — x — —
Bhutan BT-BIO-140 x — — x — —
Chile CL-BIO-140 x x — x — —
China CN-BIO-140 x x — x — —
Colombia CO-BIO-140 x x — x — —
Dominican Republic DO-BIO-140 x x — x — —
Ecuador EC-BIO-140 x x — x — —
Egypt EG-BIO-140 x x — x — —
Ethiopia ET-BIO-140 x x — x — —
Grenada GD-BIO-140 x x — x — —
Indonesia ID-BIO-140 x x — x — —
Jamaica JM-BIO-140 x x — x — —
Kenya KE-BIO-140 x x — x — —
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia MK-BIO-140 x x — x — —
Mexico MX-BIO-140 x x — x — —
Moldova MD-BIO-140 x x — x — —
Morocco MA-BIO-140 x x — x — —
Papua New Guinea PG-BIO-140 x x — x — —
Paraguay PY-BIO-140 x x — x — —
Peru PE-BIO-140 x x — x — —
Philippines PH-BIO-140 x x — x — —
Russia RU-BIO-140 x x — x — —
Rwanda RW-BIO-140 x x — x — —
Saudi Arabia SA-BIO-140 x x — x — —
Serbia RS-BIO-140 x x — x — —
Singapore SG-BIO-140 x x — x — —
South Africa ZA-BIO-140 x x — x — —
Saint Lucia LC-BIO-140 x x — x — —
Taiwan TW-BIO-140 x x — x — —
Tanzania TZ-BIO-140 x x — x — —
Thailand TH-BIO-140 x x — x — —
Turkey TR-BIO-140 x x — x — —
Uganda UG-BIO-140 x x — x — —
Ukraine UA-BIO-140 x x — x — —
Uzbekistan UZ-BIO-140 x x — x — —
Vietnam VN-BIO-140 x x — x — —
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((2)) The text relating to ‘Ecocert SA’ is corrected as follows:

((a)) point 3 is replaced by the following:
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3. Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned: 


Third country Code number Category of products
  A B C D E F
Algeria DZ-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Andorra AD-BIO-154 x — — — — —
Azerbaijan AZ-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Benin BJ-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Bosnia and Herzegovina BA-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Brazil BR-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Burkina Faso BF-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Burundi BI-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Cambodia KH-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Cameroon CM-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Canada CA-BIO-154 — — — x — —
Chad TD-BIO-154 x — — — — —
China CN-BO-154 x — — x — —
Colombia CO-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Comoros KM-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Côte d’Ivoire CI-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Croatia HR-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Cuba CU-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Dominican Republic DO-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Ecuador EC-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Fiji FJ-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Ghana GH-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Guatemala GT-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Guinea GN-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Guyana GY-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Haiti HT-BIO-154 x — — — — —
India IN-BIO-154 — — — x — —
Indonesia ID-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Iran IR-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Japan JP-BIO-154 — — — x — —
Kazakhstan KZ-BIO-154 x — — — — —
Kenya KE-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Kuwait KW-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Kyrgyzstan KK-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Laos LA-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia MK-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Madagascar MG-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Malawi MW-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Malaysia MY-BIO-154  — — x — —
Mali ML-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Mauritius MU-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Mexico MX-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Moldova MD-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Monaco MC-BIO-154 — — — x — —
Morocco MA-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Mozambique MZ-BO-154 x — — x — —
Namibia NA-BIO-154 x — — — — —
Nepal NP-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Pakistan PK-BIO-154 x — — — — —
Paraguay PY-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Peru PE-BIO-154 — — — x — —
Philippines PH-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Russia RU-BIO-154 x — — — — —
Rwanda RW-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Sao Tome and Principe ST-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Saudi Arabia SA-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Senegal SN-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Serbia RS-BIO-154 x — — x — —
South Africa ZA-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Sudan SD-BIO-154 x — — — — —
Swaziland SZ-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Syria SY-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Tanzania TZ-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Thailand TH-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Togo TG-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Tunisia TS-BIO-154 — — — x — —
Turkey TR-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Uganda UG-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Ukraine UA-BIO-154 x — — — — —
United Arab Emirates AE-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Uzbekistan UZ-BIO-154 x — — — — —
Vanuatu VU-BIO-154 x — — — — —
Vietnam VN-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Zambia ZM-BIO-154 x — — x — —
Zimbabwe ZW-BIO-154 x — — x — —
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((b)) point 4 is replaced by the following:
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4. Exceptions: in-conversion products, wine, products covered by Annex III
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((3)) In the text relating to ‘Istituto Mediterraneo di Certificazione s.r.l.’, point 3 is replaced by the following:
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3. Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned: 


Third country Code number Category of products
  A B C D E F
Egypt EG-BIO-136 x x — x — —
Lebanon LB-BIO-136 x x — x — —
Morocco MA-BIO-136 x — — x — —
Syria SY-BIO-136 x — — — — —
Tunisia TN-BIO-136 — x — — — —
Turkey TR-BIO-136 x x — x — —
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