Article 34 Special rules for the reception of products from a third country
United Kingdom
Organic products shall be imported from a third country in appropriate packaging or containers, closed in a manner preventing substitution of the content and provided with identification of the exporter and with any other marks and numbers serving to identify the lot and with the certificate of control for import from third countries as appropriate.
On receipt of an organic product, imported from a third country, the first consignee shall check the closing of the packaging or container and, in the case of products imported in accordance with Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, shall check that the certificate mentioned in that Article covers the type of product contained in the consignment. The result of this verification shall be explicitly mentioned in the documentary accounts referred to in Article 66 of this Regulation.
F1The requirement to provide a certificate of inspection for import applies to organic products entering the United Kingdom from the European Union, an EEA state or Switzerland only on and after F21 February 2027.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Art. 34 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Organic Production and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/693), regs. 1(2), 3(20); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F2
Words in Art. 34 substituted (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), 4