{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1235/article-14",
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  "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/14",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Special customs procedures",
  "text": "1. Where a consignment coming from a third country is placed under customs warehousing or inward processing as provided for in the Taxation (Cross-border) Trade Act 2018, and subject to one or more preparations as referred to in the second subparagraph, the ... competent authority shall carry out the verification of the consignment as referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 13(1) of this Regulation before the first preparation is carried out. The reference number of the customs declaration by which the goods have been declared for customs warehousing or for inward processing procedure shall be indicated in box 19 of the certificate of inspection.\nThe preparation shall be limited to the following types of operations:\n(a) packaging or repackaging; or\n(b) labelling concerning the presentation of the organic production method.\nAfter this preparation, the consignment shall be subject, before the release for free circulation in Great Britain, to the measures referred to in Article 13(1) of this Regulation.\nAfter this procedure, the original of the certificate of inspection shall, where relevant, be returned to the importer of the consignment, referred to in box 11 of the certificate for the purposes of the second subparagraph of Article 33(1) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007.\nThe requirements in this Article in respect of a certificate of inspection apply to organic products entering Great Britain from the European Union, an EEA state or Switzerland only on and after 1 February 2027.\n2. Where, under a special procedure pursuant to the Taxation (Cross-border) Trade Act 2018, a consignment coming from a third country is intended to be split into different batches, the consignment shall be subject, before this splitting is carried out, to the measures referred to in Article 13(1) of this Regulation.\nFor each of the batches which results from the splitting, the importer mentioned in box 11 of the certificate of inspection shall submit an extract of the certificate of inspection through Great Britain's import control system to the ... competent authority, in accordance with the model and the notes set out in Annex VI. After verification of the batch, the ... competent authority shall endorse the extract of the certificate of inspection in box 13 for the purpose of the release for free circulation in Great Britain. ...\nA copy of each endorsed extract from the certificate of inspection shall be kept together with the original certificate of inspection by the person identified as the original importer of the consignment and mentioned in box 11 of the certificate of inspection. This copy shall carry the indication ‘COPY’ or ‘DUPLICATE’ printed or stamped thereon.\n...\nThe consignee of a batch shall, at the reception thereof, complete the original of the extract of the certificate of inspection in box 14, in order to certify that the reception of the batch has been carried out in accordance with Article 34 of Regulation (EC) No 889/2008.\nThe consignee of a batch shall keep the extract of the certificate of inspection at the disposal of the control authorities and/or control bodies for not less than two years.\n3. The preparation and splitting operations referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be carried out in accordance with the relevant provisions set out in Title V of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 and in Title IV of Regulation (EC) No 889/2008.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted 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. 14(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Organic Production (Control of Imports) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/692), regs. 1(2), 4(18)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 14(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Organic Production (Control of Imports) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/692), regs. 1(2), 4(18)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 14(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Organic Production (Control of Imports) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/692), regs. 1(2), 4(18)(a)(iii) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1452, regs. 1(2)(b), 5(4)(j)(i)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Art. 14(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Organic Production (Control of Imports) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/692), regs. 1(2), 4(18)(a)(iv) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1452, regs. 1(2)(b), 5(4)(j)(ii); S.I. 2020/1661, regs. 1(2)(b), 13(3)(c)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Art. 14(1) 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(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Word in Art. 14(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Organic Production (Control of Imports) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/692), regs. 1(2), 4(18)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in Art. 14(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Organic Production (Control of Imports) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/692), regs. 1(2), 4(18)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Word in Art. 14(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Organic Production (Control of Imports) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/692), regs. 1(2), 4(18)(b)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in Art. 14(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Organic Production (Control of Imports) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/692), regs. 1(2), 4(18)(b)(iv)(aa) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1452, regs. 1(2)(b), 5(4)(j)(iii)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in Art. 14(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Organic Production (Control of Imports) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/692), regs. 1(2), 4(18)(b)(iv)(bb); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words in Art. 14(2) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Organic Production (Control of Imports) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/692), regs. 1(2), 4(18)(b)(iv)(cc) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1452, regs. 1(2)(b), 5(4)(j)(iv)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Words in Art. 14(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Organic Production (Control of Imports) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/692), regs. 1(2), 4(18)(b)(iv)(dd); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Deleted 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": "F15",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/872 of 22 May 2017 amending 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 (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1235/article/14",
    "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."
}