# 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, Article 2: Definitions

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

For the purposes of this Regulation:
1..‘certificate of inspection’: means the certificate of inspection referred to in Article 33(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 covering one consignment;
2..‘documentary evidence’: means the document referred to in Article 68 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 and in Article 6 of this Regulation, for which the model is set out in Annex II to this Regulation;
3..‘consignment’: means a quantity of products under one or more Combined Nomenclature codes, covered by a single certificate of inspection, conveyed by the same means of transport and imported from the same third country;
4..‘first consignee’: means the natural or legal person as defined in Article 2(d) of Regulation (EC) No 889/2008;
5..‘verification of the consignment’ means the verification carried out by the ... competent authority, in the framework of the official controls provided for in Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of the fulfilment of the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, of Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 and of this Regulation through systematic documentary checks, random identity checks and, as appropriate according to its risk assessment, physical checks, prior to the release of the consignment for free circulation into Great Britain in accordance with Article 13 of this Regulation;
6..‘competent authority’ means the customs authority, food safety authority or other authorities designated by the relevant authority pursuant to Article 27(1) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 responsible for the verification of the consignments and the endorsement of the certificates of inspection;
7..‘assessment report’: means the assessment report referred to in Articles 32(2) and 33(3) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 drawn up by an independent third party fulfilling the requirements of ISO Standard 17011 or by the competent authority, which includes information on document reviews, including the descriptions referred to in Articles 4(3)(b) and 11(3)(b) of this Regulation, on office audits, including critical locations and on risk-oriented witness audits conducted in representative third countries;
8..‘aquaculture products’: means aquaculture products as defined in point 34 of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
9..‘unprocessed’: means unprocessed as used in the definition of unprocessed products in point (n) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, irrespective of packaging or labelling operations;
10..‘processed’: means processed as used in the definition of processed products in point (o) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004, irrespective of packaging or labelling operations;
11..‘point of entry’: means the point of release for free circulation in Great Britain.
12..‘third country’ has the same meaning as in Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007;
13..‘relevant authority’ means:
(a)in relation to England, the Secretary of State;
(b)in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;
(c)in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;
14..‘Article 3 list’ means the list of control bodies and control authorities for the purpose of compliance and relevant specifications referred to in Article 3;
15..‘Article 7 list’ means the list of third countries and relevant specifications referred to in Article 7;
16..‘Article 10 list’ means the list of control bodies and control authorities for the purpose of equivalence and relevant specifications referred to in Article 10.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1235/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1235/article-2
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