{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1235/article-13b",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1235/article-13b.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2008/1235",
  "legislation_title": "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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1235",
  "path": "article/13b",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "13b",
  "heading": "Importer",
  "text": "The importer shall indicate the number of the certificate of inspection in the customs declaration for release for free circulation as referred to in section 3 of the Taxation (Cross-border) Trade Act 2018.\nThe requirements of this Article apply to organic products entering the United Kingdom from the European Union, an EEA state or Switzerland only on and after 1 February 2027.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1842 of 14 October 2016 amending Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 as regards the electronic certificate of inspection for imported organic products and certain other elements, and Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 as regards the requirements for preserved or processed organic products and the transmission of information (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 13b substituted (31.12.2020) by The Organic Production (Control of Imports) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/692), regs. 1(2), 4(15)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 13b inserted (31.12.2020) by The Organic Production (Control of Imports) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/692), regs. 1(2), 4(15)(b) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1661, regs. 1(2)(b), 13(3)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 13b substituted (E.W.S.) (1.2.2025) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Marketing Standards and Organic Products) (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/18), regs. 1(2), 5(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1235/article/13b",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:49.237884+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}