# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2259 of 15 December 2016 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), Annex II Extent: E+W+S+N.I. Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 is amended as follows: (1) after the entry relating to ‘Abcert AG’ the following new entry is inserted: ‘ “A CERT European Organization for Certification S.A.” 1.. Address: 2 Tilou street, 54638 Thessaloniki, Greece 2.. Internet address: www.a-cert.org 3.. Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned: Code number Third country Category of products A B C D E F AL-BIO-171 Albania x — — x — — AZ-BIO-171 Azerbaijan x — — x — — BT-BIO-171 Bhutan x — — x — — BY-BIO-171 Belarus x — — x — — CL-BIO-171 Chile x — — x — — CN-BIO-171 China x — — x — — DO-BIO-171 Dominican Republic x — — x — — EC-BIO-171 Ecuador x — — x — — EG-BIO-171 Egypt x — — x — — ET-BIO-171 Ethiopia x — — x — — GD-BIO-171 Grenada x — — x — — GE-BIO-171 Georgia x — — x — — ID-BIO-171 Indonesia x — — x — — IR-BIO-171 Iran x — — x — — JM-BIO-171 Jamaica x — — x — — JO-BIO-171 Jordan x — — x — — KE-BIO-171 Kenya x — — x — — KZ-BIO-171 Kazakhstan x — — x — — LB-BIO-171 Lebanon x — — x — — MA-BIO-171 Morocco x — — x — — MD-BIO-171 Moldova x — — x — — MK-BIO-171 the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia x — — x — — PG-BIO-171 Papua New Guinea x — — x — — PH-BIO-171 Philippines x — — x — — PK-BIO-171 Pakistan x — — x — — RS-BIO-171 Serbia x — — x — — RU-BIO-171 Russia x — — x — — RW-BIO-171 Rwanda x — — x — — SA-BIO-171 Saudi Arabia x — — x — — TH-BIO-171 Thailand x — — x — — TR-BIO-171 Turkey x — — x — — TW-BIO-171 Taiwan x — — x — — TZ-BIO-171 Tanzania x — — x — — UA-BIO-171 Ukraine x — — x — — UG-BIO-171 Uganda x — — x — — ZA-BIO-171 South Africa x — — x — — 4.. Exceptions: in-conversion products. 5.. Duration of inclusion: until 30 June 2018.’; (2) in the entry relating to ‘Bioagricert S.r.l’, point 3 is amended as follows: (a) the following rows are inserted in the order of the code numbers: ‘ AL-BIO-132 Albania x — — x x — BD-BIO-132 Bangladesh x — — x — — ID-BIO-132 Indonesia x — — — — — SN-BIO-132 Senegal x — — — — — ’; (b) in the row concerning Thailand a cross is added in column E; (3) in the entry relating to ‘Caucacert Ltd’, the title is replaced by ‘Caucascert Ltd’; (4) in the entry relating to ‘CCPB Srl’, point 3 is amended as follows: (a) the following rows are inserted in the order of the code numbers: ‘ GE-BIO-102 Georgia x x — x x x IR-BIO-102 Iran x x — x x x JO-BIO-102 Jordan x x — x x x SA-BIO-102 Saudi Arabia x x — x x x ’; (b) in the rows concerning China, Iraq, Mali, Philippines and Syria, a cross is added in column B; (c) in the rows concerning Morocco and Tunisia, a cross is added in column C; (d) in the rows concerning Tunisia, a cross is added in column E; (e) in the rows concerning China, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Mali, Philippines, San Marino, Syria and Turkey, a cross is added in columns E and F; (5) 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 order of the code numbers: ‘ AM-BIO-140 Armenia x x — x — — BY-BIO-140 Belarus x — — x — — MW-BIO-140 Malawi x — — x — — SL-BIO-140 Sierra Leone x — — x — — SO-BIO-140 Somalia x — — x — — TJ-BIO-140 Tajikistan x — — x — — ’; (b) in the rows concerning Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador a cross is added in column B; (6) in the entry relating to ‘Control Union Certifications’, in point 3, the following rows are inserted in the order of the code numbers: 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.’; ‘AO-BIO-149 Angola — x x — — — BI-BIO-149 Burundi x x x x x x BY-BIO-149 Belarus — x x — — — CD-BIO-149 Democratic Republic of Congo — x x x — — DJ-BIO-149 Djibouti — x x — — — ER-BIO-149 Eritrea — x x — — — FJ-BIO-149 Fiji — x x — — — LR-BIO-149 Liberia — x x — — — MG-BIO-149 Madagascar — x x x — — NE-BIO-149 Niger — x x — — — SO-BIO-149 Somalia x x x x x x SS-BIO-149 South Sudan x x x x x x TD-BIO-149 Chad — x x — — — XK-BIO-149 Kosovo — x x — — — (7) in the entry relating to ‘Ecocert SA’, point 3 is amended as follows: (a) in the row concerning Mozambique, a cross is added in column B; (b) in the rows concerning Bangladesh, Chile, Hong Kong, Honduras, Peru and Vietnam, a cross is added in column C; (8) the entire entry relating to ‘ECOCERT IMO Denetim ve Belgelendirme Ltd Ști’ is deleted; (9) after the entry relating to ‘Egyptian Center of Organic Agriculture (ECOA)’, the following new entry is inserted: ‘ “Ekoagros” 1.. Address: K. Donelaičio g. 33, 44240 Kaunas, Lithuania 2.. Internet address: http://www.ekoagros.lt 3.. Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned: Code number Third country Category of products A B C D E F BY-BIO-170 Belarus x x — — — — KZ-BIO-170 Kazakhstan x — — — — x RU-BIO-170 Russia x — — — — — TJ-BIO-170 Tajikistan x — — x — — UA-BIO-170 Ukraine x x — — — — 4.. Exceptions: in-conversion products and wine. 5.. Duration of inclusion: until 30 June 2018.’; (10) in the entry relating to ‘Florida Certified Organic Growers and Consumers, Inc. (FOG), DBA as Quality Certification Services (QCS)’, point 3 is amended as follows: (a) the following rows are inserted in the order of the code numbers: ‘ JM-BIO-144 Jamaica x — — x — — VN-BIO-144 Vietnam x — — x — — ’; (b) in the row concerning Ecuador, a cross is added in column D; (11) in the entry relating to ‘IMOswiss AG’, point 3 is amended as follows: (a) the following rows are inserted in the order of the code numbers: ‘ BI-BIO-143 Burundi x — — x — — BN-BIO-143 Brunei — — x — — — CN-BIO-143 China — — x — — — HK-BIO-143 Hong Kong — — x — — — MG-BIO-143 Madagascar — — x — — — US-BIO-143 United States — — x — — — ’; (b) in the row concerning United Arab Emirates, a cross is added in column A; (c) in the row concerning Honduras, a cross is added in column C; (d) in the rows concerning Mexico and Peru, a cross is added in column B; (e) the rows concerning Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Russia and Tajikistan are deleted; (12) in the entry relating to ‘Kiwa BCS Öko-Garantie GmbH’, point 3 is amended as follows: (a) the following row is inserted in the order of the code numbers: ‘ ZM-BIO-141 Zambia x — — x — — ’; (b) in the row concerning Bangladesh, a cross is added in columns C and E; (c) in the rows concerning Hong Kong, Indonesia and Sri Lanka, a cross is added in column C; (d) in the rows concerning Laos, Myanmar/Burma and Thailand, a cross is added in column B; (13) in the entry relating to ‘Mayacert’, point 3 is amended as follows: (a) the following rows are inserted in the order of the code numbers: ‘ BZ-BIO-169 Belize x — — x — — PE-BIO-169 Peru x — — x — — ’; (b) in the rows concerning Colombia, Dominican Republic and El Salvador, a cross is added in column A; (c) in the rows concerning Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, a cross is added in column B; (14) in the entry relating to ‘OneCert International PVT Ltd’, in point 3, the following rows are inserted in the order of the code numbers: ‘ BD-BIO-152 Bangladesh x — — x — — CN-BIO-152 China x — — x — — GH-BIO-152 Ghana x — — x — — KH-BIO-152 Cambodia x — — x — — LA-BIO-152 Laos x — — x — — MM-BIO-152 Myanmar/Burma x — — x — — OM-BIO-152 Oman x — — x — — RU-BIO-152 Russia x — — x — — SA-BIO-152 Saudi Arabia x — — x — — ’; (15) in the entry relating to ‘Oregon Tilth’, in point 3, in the row concerning Mexico, a cross is added in column E; (16) in the entry relating to ‘Organic Certifiers’, in point 3, the following row is inserted in the order of the code numbers: ‘ ID-BIO-106 Indonesia x — — x — — ’; (17) in the entry relating to ‘Organska Kontrola’, in point 3, in all rows, a cross is added in column B; (18) the entire entry relating to ‘QC&I GmbH’ is deleted; (19) the entry relating to ‘Suolo e Salute srl’ is amended as follows: (a) in point 3, the following rows are inserted in the order of the code numbers: ‘ DO-BIO-150 Dominican Republic x — — x — — EG-BIO-150 Egypt x — — — — — ’; (b) point 4 is replaced by the following: ‘4. Exceptions: in-conversion products and wine.’ --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/2259/annex/II (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-2259/annex-II Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.