{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-889/article-82",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-889/article-82.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2008/889",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 of 5 September 2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products with regard to organic production, labelling and control",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-889",
  "path": "article/82",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "82",
  "heading": "Control arrangements",
  "text": "1. In the case of the importer, the full description of the unit referred to in Article 63(1)(a) shall include the importer's premises and of his import activities, indicating the points of entry of the products into Great Britain and any other facilities the importer intends to use for the storage of the imported products pending their delivery to the first consignee.\nIn addition, the declaration referred to in Article 63(2) shall include an undertaking by the importer to ensure that any facilities that the importer will use for storage of products are submitted to control, to be carried out either by the control body or control authority or, when these storage facilities are situated outside of Great Britain, by a control body or authority approved by the Secretary of State for control in that country.\n2. In the case of the first consignee, the full description of the unit referred to in Article 63(1)(a) shall show the facilities used for the reception and storage.\n3. Where the importer and the first consignee are the same legal person and operate in one single unit, the reports referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 63(2) may be formalised within one single report.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 82(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Organic Production (Control of Imports) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/692), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(a) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1452, regs. 1(2)(b), 5(3)(a)(i)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 82(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Organic Production (Control of Imports) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/692), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(b) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1452, regs. 1(2)(b), 5(3)(a)(ii)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/889/article/82",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:52:02.274006+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."
}