# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/931 of 17 June 2015 amending and correcting 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), Annex II

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

Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 is amended as follows:
(1) In the entry relating to ‘Abcert AG’, point 3 is amended as follows:
(a) the following rows are inserted in the appropriate alphabetical order:
‘
Albania
AL-BIO-137
x
—
—
x
—
—
Armenia
AM-BIO-137
x
—
—
x
—
—
Bosnia and Herzegovina
BY-BIO-137
x
—
—
x
—
—
Kosovo (1)
XK-BIO-137
x
—
—
x
—
—
Kyrgyzstan
KG -BIO-137
x
—
—
x
—
—
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
MK-BIO-137
x
—
—
x
—
—
Montenegro
ME-BIO-137
x
—
—
x
—
—
Serbia
RS-BIO-137
x
—
—
x
—
—
Tajikistan
TJ-BIO-137
x
—
—
x
—
—
Turkmenistan
TM-BIO-137
x
—
—
x
—
—
Uzbekistan
UZ-BIO-137
x
—
—
x
—
—
’
(b) in the row concerning Moldova, a cross is added in column B;
(c) at the end of the table a footnote line concerning Kosovo is added as follows:
‘(1)
This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.’
(2) In the entry relating to ‘Afrisco Certified Organic, CC’, in point 3, in the rows concerning Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe, a cross is added in column B.
(3) In the entry relating to ‘Agreco R.F. Göderz GmbH’, in point 3, the following rows are inserted in the appropriate alphabetical order:
‘
Bolivia
BO-BIO-151
x
—
—
—
—
—
Bosnia and Herzegovina
BA-BIO-151
x
—
—
—
—
—
Burkina Faso
BF-BIO-151
x
—
—
x
—
—
Cambodia
KH-BIO-151
x
—
—
—
—
—
Cape Verde
CV-BIO-151
x
—
—
—
—
—
Colombia
CO-BIO-151
x
—
—
x
—
—
Cuba
CU-BIO-151
x
—
—
x
—
—
Dominican Republic
DO-BIO-151
x
—
—
—
—
—
Ecuador
EC-BIO-151
x
—
—
—
—
—
Egypt
EG-BIO-151
x
—
—
—
—
—
El Salvador
SV-BIO-151
x
—
—
—
—
—
Ethiopia
ET-BIO-151
x
—
—
x
—
—
Fiji
FJ-BIO-151
x
—
—
—
—
—
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
MK-BIO-151
x
—
—
—
—
—
Georgia
GE-BIO-151
x
—
—
—
—
—
Guatemala
GT-BIO-151
x
—
—
x
—
—
Honduras
HN-BIO-151
x
—
—
x
—
—
Indonesia
ID-BIO-151
x
—
—
—
—
—
Iran
IR-BIO-151
x
—
—
—
—
—
Kazakhstan
KZ-BIO-151
x
—
—
—
—
—
Kenya
KE-BIO-151
x
—
—
x
—
—
Kyrgyzstan
KG-BIO-151
x
—
—
—
—
—
Madagascar
MG-BIO-151
x
—
—
—
—
—
Mali
ML-BIO-151
x
—
—
x
—
—
Mexico
MX-BIO-151
—
—
—
x
—
—
Montenegro
ME-BIO-151
x
—
—
—
—
—
Nepal
NP-BIO-151
x
—
—
x
—
—
Nicaragua
NI-BIO-151
x
—
—
x
—
—
Nigeria
NG-BIO-151
x
—
—
x
—
—
Papua New Guinea
PG-BIO-151
x
—
—
x
—
—
Paraguay
PY-BIO-151
x
—
—
x
—
—
Peru
PE-BIO-151
x
—
—
—
—
—
Philippines
PH-BIO-151
x
—
—
x
—
—
Samoa
WS-BIO-151
x
—
—
—
—
—
Senegal
SN-BIO-151
x
—
—
x
—
—
Serbia
RS-BIO-151
x
—
—
—
—
—
Solomon Islands
SB-BIO-151
x
—
—
—
—
—
South Africa
ZA-BIO-151
x
—
—
x
—
—
Sri Lanka
LK-BIO-151
x
—
—
x
—
—
Suriname
SR-BIO-151
x
—
—
x
—
—
Tanzania
TZ-BIO-151
x
—
—
—
—
—
Thailand
TH-BIO-151
x
—
—
—
—
—
Togo
TG-BIO-151
x
—
—
—
—
—
Tonga
TO-BIO-151
x
—
—
—
—
—
Turkmenistan
TM-BIO-151
x
—
—
—
—
—
Tuvalu
TV-BIO-151
x
—
—
x
—
—
Uganda
UG-BIO-151
x
—
—
x
—
—
Uruguay
UY-BIO-151
—
—
—
x
—
—
Uzbekistan
UZ-BIO-151
x
—
—
—
—
—
Venezuela
VE-BIO-151
x
—
—
—
—
—
Vietnam
VN-BIO-151
x
—
—
x
—
—
’
(4) The entire entry relating to ‘Austria Bio Garantie GmbH’ is deleted.
(5) The entire entry relating to ‘BCS Öko-Garantie GmbH’ is deleted.
(6) In the entry relating to ‘Bioagricert Srl.’, in point 3, the following rows are inserted in the appropriate alphabetical order:
‘
Iran
IR-BIO-132
x
—
—
x
—
—
Vietnam
VN-BIO-132
x
—
—
x
—
—
’
(7) In the entry relating to ‘Bio Latina Certificadora’, point 3 is amended as follows:
(a) in the row concerning Nicaragua, a cross is added in column A;
(b) in the row concerning Peru, a cross is added in column A and the cross in column C is deleted.
(8) In the entry relating to ‘Caucacert Ltd’, in point 3, in the row concerning Georgia, a cross is added in columns B and F.
(9) The entry relating to ‘CCPB Srl’ is amended as follows:
(a) point 1 is replaced by the following:
‘1.
Address: Viale Masini 36, 40126 Bologna, Italy’
(b) in point 3, the following row is inserted:
‘
Mali
ML-BIO-102
x
—
—
x
—
—
’
(10) In the entry relating to ‘CERES Certification of Environmental Standards GmbH’, point 3 is amended as follows:
(a) the following rows are inserted in the appropriate alphabetical order:
‘
Cambodia
KH-BIO-140
x
—
—
x
—
—
El Salvador
SV-BIO-140
x
—
—
x
—
—
Guatemala
GT-BIO-140
x
—
—
x
—
—
Honduras
HN-BIO-140
x
—
—
x
—
—
Laos
LA-BIO-140
x
—
—
x
—
—
Madagascar
MG-BIO-140
x
—
—
x
—
—
Malaysia
MY-BIO-140
x
—
—
x
—
—
Mozambique
MZ-BIO-140
x
—
—
x
—
—
Myanmar/Burma
MM-BIO-140
x
x
—
x
—
—
Namibia
NA-BIO-140
x
—
—
x
—
—
Nicaragua
NI-BIO-140
x
—
—
x
—
—
Panama
PA-BIO-140
x
—
—
x
—
—
Samoa
WS-BIO-140
x
—
—
x
—
—
Timor-Leste
TL-BIO-140
x
—
—
x
—
—
United Arab Emirates
AE-BIO-140
—
—
—
x
—
—
Uruguay
UY-BIO-140
x
x
—
x
—
—
Venezuela
VE-BIO-140
x
—
—
x
—
—
Zimbabwe
ZW-BIO-140
x
—
—
x
—
—
’
(b) in the row concerning China, a cross is added in column F;
(c) in the row concerning the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, a cross is added in column F;
(d) in the row concerning Serbia, a cross is added in column F.
(11) In the entry relating to ‘Certificadora Mexicana de productos y procesos ecológicos S.C.’, in point 3, the following row is inserted:
‘
Colombia
CO-BIO-104
x
—
—
—
—
—
’
(12) In the entry relating to ‘Control Union Certifications’, in point 3, the following rows are inserted in the appropriate alphabetical order:
‘
Algeria
DZ-BIO-149
x
—
x
x
—
—
Azerbaijan
AZ-BIO-149
x
x
x
x
x
x
Bolivia
BO-BIO-149
x
x
—
x
—
—
Chile
CL-BIO-149
x
x
—
x
—
—
El Salvador
SV-BIO-149
x
x
—
x
—
—
Gambia
GM-BIO-149
x
x
—
x
—
—
Guatemala
GT-BIO-149
x
x
—
x
—
—
Nicaragua
NI-BIO-149
x
x
—
x
—
—
Russia
RU-BIO-149
x
x
x
x
x
x
Sudan
SD-BIO-149
x
x
—
x
—
—
’
(13) In the entry relating to ‘Ecocert SA’, point 3 is amended as follows:
(a) the following rows are inserted in the appropriate alphabetical order:
‘
Chile
CL-BIO-154
—
—
—
x
—
—
Ethiopia
ET-BIO-154
x
—
—
—
—
—
Taiwan
TW-BIO-154
x
—
—
x
—
—
’
(b) in the row concerning Colombia, a cross is added in column E;
(c) in the row concerning Cuba, a cross is added in column E;
(d) in the row concerning Japan, a cross is added in column C.
(14) In the entry relating to ‘Ecoglobe’, in point 3, in the rows concerning Afghanistan, Armenia, Belarus, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, a cross is added in column B.
(15) The entire entry relating to ‘Ekolojik Tarim Kontrol Organizasyonu’ is deleted.
(16) In the entry relating to ‘IMO Control Latinoamérica Ltda.’, in point 3, the following rows are inserted in the appropriate alphabetical order:
‘
Panama
PA-BIO-123
x
—
—
x
—
—
Suriname
SR-BIO-123
x
—
—
x
—
—
’
(17) In the entry relating to ‘IMO-Control Sertifikasyon Tic. Ltd Ști’, in point 3, in the row concerning Turkey, a cross is added in columns B and E.
(18) The entire entry relating to ‘IMO Institut für Marktökologie GmbH’ is deleted.
(19) In the entry relating to ‘Indocert’, in point 3, in the row concerning India, the cross in column C is deleted.
(20) In the entry relating to ‘IMOswiss AG’, point 3 is amended as follows:
(a) the following rows are inserted in the appropriate alphabetical order:
‘
Bahamas
BS-BIO-143
—
—
x
—
—
Cambodia
KH-BIO-143
x
—
—
x
—
—
Gambia
GM-BIO-143
x
—
—
x
—
—
Honduras
HN-BIO-143
—
—
—
x
—
—
Iran
IR-BIO-143
x
—
—
x
—
—
Laos
LA-BIO-143
x
—
—
x
—
—
Malaysia
MY-BIO-143
x
—
—
x
—
—
Myanmar/Burma
MM-BIO-143
x
—
—
x
—
—
Oman
OM-BIO-143
x
—
—
x
—
—
Saudi Arabia
SA-BIO-143
x
—
—
x
—
—
Suriname
SR-BIO-143
x
—
—
x
—
—
’
(b) in the row concerning Ethiopia, a cross is added in column B.
(21) In the entry relating to ‘Istituto Certificazione Etica e Ambientale’, in point 3, the following row is inserted:
‘
Côte d'Ivoire
CI-BIO-111
x
—
—
x
—
—
’
(22) The following new entry is inserted:
‘ “Kiwa BCS Öko-Garantie GmbH”
1.
Address: Marientorgraben 3-5, 90402 Nürnberg, Germany
2.
Internet address: http://www.bcs-oeko.com
3.
Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:
This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.
Third country
Code number
Category of products
A
B
C
D
E
F
Albania
AL-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
Algeria
DZ-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
Angola
AO-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
Armenia
AM-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
Azerbaijan
AZ-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
Bangladesh
BD-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
x
Belarus
BY-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
x
—
Benin
BJ-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
Bhutan
BT-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
x
Bolivia
BO-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
Botswana
BW-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
Brazil
BR-BIO-141
x
x
—
x
x
—
Cambodia
KH-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
Chad
TD-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
Chile
CL-BIO-141
x
x
x
x
—
x
China
CN-BIO-141
x
x
x
x
x
x
Colombia
CO-BIO-141
x
x
—
x
—
x
Costa Rica
CR-BIO-141
—
—
x
—
—
—
Côte d'Ivoire
CI-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
x
—
Cuba
CU-BIO-141
x
x
—
x
—
—
Dominican Republic
DO-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
Ecuador
EC-BIO-141
x
x
x
x
x
—
Egypt
EG-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
El Salvador
SV-BIO-141
x
x
—
x
x
—
Ethiopia
ET-BIO-141
x
x
—
x
x
—
Georgia
GE-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
x
—
Fiji
FJ-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
x
Ghana
GH-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
Guatemala
GT-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
x
—
Haiti
HT-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
Honduras
HN-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
x
—
Hong Kong
HK-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
India
IN-BIO-141
—
—
—
x
—
—
Indonesia
ID-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
Iran
IR-BIO-141
x
x
—
x
—
—
Japan
JP-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
Kenya
KE-BIO-141
x
x
—
x
x
—
Kosovo
XK-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
x
—
Kyrgyzstan
KG-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
x
—
Laos
LA-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
Lesotho
LS-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
MK-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
Malawi
MW-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
Malaysia
MY-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
Mexico
MX-BIO-141
x
x
—
x
x
—
Moldova
MD-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
Mongolia
MN-BIO-141
x
x
—
x
x
—
Montenegro
ME-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
Morocco
MA-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
Mozambique
MZ-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
Myanmar/Burma
MM-BIO-141
x
—
x
x
—
—
Namibia
NA-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
Nepal
NP-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
x
Nicaragua
NI-BIO-141
x
x
—
x
x
—
Oman
OM-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
x
—
Panama
PA-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
Papua New Guinea
PG-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
x
Paraguay
PY-BIO-141
x
x
—
x
x
—
Peru
PE-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
x
—
Philippines
PH-BIO-141
x
—
x
x
—
—
Russia
RU-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
x
—
Saudi Arabia
SA-BIO-141
x
x
—
x
x
—
Senegal
SN-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
Serbia
RS-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
Singapore
SG-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
x
South Africa
ZA-BIO-141
x
x
—
x
x
x
South Korea
KR-BIO-141
x
—
x
x
x
—
Sri Lanka
LK-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
Sudan
SD-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
Swaziland
SZ-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
French Polynesia
PF-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
Taiwan
TW-BIO-141
x
—
x
x
—
—
Tanzania
TZ-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
Thailand
TH-BIO-141
x
—
x
x
x
—
Turkey
TR-BIO-141
x
x
—
x
x
—
Uganda
UG-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
Ukraine
UA-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
x
—
United Arab Emirates
AE-BIO-141
x
x
—
x
—
—
Uruguay
UY-BIO-141
x
x
—
x
x
—
Venezuela
VE-BIO-141
x
—
—
x
—
—
Vietnam
VN-BIO-141
x
x
x
x
—
—
4.
Exceptions: in-conversion products, products covered by Annex III
5.
Duration of inclusion in the list: until 30 June 2018.’
(23) The entry relating to ‘LACON GmbH’ is amended as follows:
(a) point 3 is amended as follows:
(i) the following rows are inserted in the appropriate alphabetical order:
‘
Bhutan
BT-BIO-134
x
—
—
x
—
—
Indonesia
ID-BIO-134
x
—
—
x
—
—
Mauritius
MU-BIO-134
x
—
—
x
—
—
Nigeria
NG-BIO-134
x
—
—
x
—
—
Senegal
SN-BIO-134
x
x
—
x
—
—
Sri Lanka
LK-BIO-134
x
—
—
x
—
—
Uganda
UG-BIO-134
x
—
—
x
—
—
’
(ii) in the row concerning Brazil, a cross is added in columns A and D;
(iii) in the row concerning Madagascar, a cross is added in column B;
(iv) in the row concerning Mali, a cross is added in column D;
(v) in the row concerning Morocco, a cross is added in column B;
(vi) in the row concerning Serbia, a cross is added in column B;
(vii) in the row concerning Tanzania, a cross is added in column B;
(viii) in the row concerning the United Arab Emirates, a cross is added in column A;
(b) in point 4, the word ‘wine’ is deleted.
(24) In the entry relating to ‘Letis S.A.’, in point 3, the following rows are inserted in the appropriate alphabetical order:
‘
Cayman Islands
KY-BIO-135
x
—
x
—
—
Ecuador
EC-BIO-135
x
—
—
x
—
—
Mexico
MX-BIO-135
x
—
—
—
—
—
’
(25) In the entry relating to ‘NASAA Certified Organic Pty Ltd’, in point 3, the following row is inserted:
‘
China
CN-BIO-119
x
—
—
x
—
—
’
(26) In the entry relating to ‘Onecert, Inc.’, in point 3, the row for Nepal is replaced by the following:
‘
Nepal
NP-BIO-152
x
—
—
x
—
—
’
(27) In the entry relating to ‘Organic Control System’, in point 3, the following row is inserted:
‘
Montenegro
ME-BIO-162
x
—
—
x
—
—
’
(28) In the entry relating to ‘Organic Standard’, point 3 is amended as follows:
(a) the following rows are inserted in the appropriate alphabetical order:
‘
Armenia
AM-BIO-108
x
—
—
x
—
—
Azerbaijan
AZ-BIO-108
x
—
—
x
—
—
Georgia
GE-BIO-108
x
x
—
x
—
—
Kazakhstan
KG-BIO-108
x
—
—
x
—
—
Kyrgyzstan
KZ-BIO-108
x
—
—
x
—
—
Moldova
MD-BIO-108
x
—
—
x
—
—
Russia
RU-BIO-108
x
—
—
x
—
—
Uzbekistan
UZ-BIO-108
x
—
—
x
—
—
’
(b) in the row concerning Belarus, a cross is added in columns C, D, E and F;
(c) in the row concerning Ukraine, a cross is added in columns C, E and F.
(29) In the entry relating to ‘Organización Internacional Agropecuaria’, point 3 is replaced by the following:
‘3.
Third countries, code numbers and product categories concerned:
Third country
Code number
Category of products
A
B
C
D
E
F
Argentina
AR-BIO-110
—
—
x
x
—
—
Bolivia
BO-BIO-110
x
—
—
x
—
—
Brazil
BR-BIO-110
x
—
x
x
—
—
Mexico
MX-BIO-110
x
—
—
x
—
—
Panama
PA-BIO-110
x
—
—
x
—
—
Paraguay
PY-BIO-110
x
—
—
x
—
—
Uruguay
UY-BIO-110
x
x
x
x
—
—
’
(30) The entire entry relating to ‘SGS Austria Controll-Co. GmbH’ is deleted.
(31) In the entry relating to ‘Soil Association Certification Limited’, in point 3, the following rows are inserted in the appropriate alphabetical order:
‘
Algeria
DZ-BIO-142
x
—
—
x
—
—
Bahamas
BS-BIO-142
x
—
—
x
—
—
Hong Kong
HK-BIO-142
x
—
—
x
—
—
Malawi
MW-BIO-142
x
—
—
x
—
—
Samoa
WS-BIO-142
x
—
—
x
—
—
Singapore
SG-BIO-142
x
—
—
x
—
—
Vietnam
VN-BIO-142
x
—
—
x
—
—
’
(32) In the entry relating to ‘Suolo e Salute srl’, in point 3, the row concerning Serbia is deleted.
(33) In the entries relating to ‘Abcert AG’, ‘Agreco R.F. Göderz GmbH’, ‘Albinspekt’, ‘Argencert SA’, ‘Australian Certified Organic’, ‘Bioagricert Srl.’, ‘BioGro New Zealand Limited’, ‘Bio Latina Certificadora’, ‘Bolicert Ltd’, ‘Caucacert Ltd’, ‘CCOF Certification Services’, ‘CCPB Srl’, ‘CERES Certification of Environmental Standards GmbH’, ‘Certificadora Mexicana de productos y procesos ecológicos S.C.’, ‘Certisys’, ‘Control Union Certifications’, ‘Doalnara Certified Organic Korea, LLC’, ‘Ecocert SA’, ‘Ecoglobe’, ‘Ekolojik Tarim Kontrol Organizasyonu’, ‘Florida Certified Organic Growers and Consumers, Inc. (FOG), DBA as Quality Certification Services (QCS)’, ‘IBD Certifications Ltd’, ‘IMO Control Latinoamérica Ltda.’, ‘IMO Control Private Limited’, ‘Indocert’, ‘IMOswiss AG’, ‘International Certification Services, Inc.’, ‘Istituto Certificazione Etica e Ambientale’, ‘Japan Organic and Natural Foods Association’, ‘LACON GmbH’, ‘Letis S.A.’, ‘NASAA Certified Organic Pty Ltd’, ‘ÖkoP Zertifizierungs GmbH’, ‘Onecert, Inc.’, ‘Oregon Tilth’, ‘Organic agriculture certification Thailand’, ‘Organic Certifiers’, ‘Organic crop improvement association’, ‘Organic Standard’, ‘Organización Internacional Agropecuaria’, ‘Organska Kontrola’, ‘QC&I GmbH’, ‘Quality Assurance International’, ‘Soil Association Certification Limited’, ‘Suolo e Salute srl’ and ‘Uganda Organic Certification Ltd’, point 5 is replaced by the following:
‘5.
Duration of inclusion: until 30 June 2018.’

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/931/annex/II (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-931/annex-II
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.

