Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/882of 14 May 2025amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 as regards the recognition of certain control bodies in accordance with Article 46 of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council as competent to carry out controls and issue organic certificates in third countries for the purpose of imports of organic products into the Union(Text with EEA relevance)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/882 of 14 May 2025 amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 as regards the recognition of certain control bodies in accordance with Article 46 of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council as competent to carry out controls and issue organic certificates in third countries for the purpose of imports of organic products into the Union (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/848/oj. , and in particular Article 46(1) thereof, Whereas: (1) Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 of 19 August 2021 laying down certain rules concerning the certificate issued to operators, groups of operators and exporters in third countries involved in the imports of organic and in-conversion products into the Union and establishing the list of recognised control authorities and control bodies in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 297, 20.8.2021, p. 24, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2021/1378/oj). contains the list of control authorities and control bodies recognised in accordance with Article 46(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 as competent to carry out controls and issue organic certificates in third countries for the purpose of imports of organic products into the Union in accordance with Article 45(1), point (b)(i), of that Regulation. (2) Article 46(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 lays down the criteria that the control authorities and control bodies must fulfil in order to be recognised in accordance with Article 46(1) of that Regulation. Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1698 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1698 of 13 July 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council with procedural requirements for the recognition of control authorities and control bodies that are competent to carry out controls on operators and groups of operators certified organic and on organic products in third countries and with rules on their supervision and the controls and other actions to be performed by those control authorities and control bodies (OJ L 336, 23.9.2021, p. 7, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2021/1698/oj). lays down the procedural requirements to be met by those control authorities and control bodies when submitting to the Commission their request for recognition consisting of a technical dossier. (3) The Commission has received and examined, in accordance with Article 1 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1698, the requests for recognition from Bio Latina Certificadora, Primus Auditing Operations Mexico and PT BIOCert Indonesia. Based on the information contained in their technical dossiers, the Commission has concluded that it is justified to recognise, for an indefinite duration, those control bodies for certain product categories in certain third countries.

(4) The Commission has also received and examined, in accordance with Article 2 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1698, the requests for the extension of the scope of their recognition to certain product categories and certain third countries from ACO Certification Limited, ACT Organic Company Limited, CCPB Srl, Ecocert SAS, Mayacert S.A. and OneCert International Private Limited. Based on the information contained in their technical dossiers, the Commission has concluded that it is justified to recognise, for an indefinite duration, those control bodies for the requested product categories and third countries. (5) The Commission acknowledges receipt of notification from Balkan Biocert Macedonia DOOEL Skopje of its intention to voluntarily relinquish its recognition. Based on this notification, the Commission has concluded that it is appropriate to remove this control body from the list of recognised control bodies set out in Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378. (6) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/883 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/883 of 14 May 2025 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2325 as regards the recognition of certain third countries and control authorities and control bodies for the purpose of importing organic products into the Union (OJ L, 2025/883, 15.5.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/883/oj). extended the scope of the recognition of Japan for the purposes of equivalence to live animals and unprocessed animal products as well as to all processed agricultural products for use as food, including wine and alcoholic beverages, with organically grown ingredients that have been grown in Japan, or imported into Japan from the European Union, from third countries whose production methods and control measures have been recognised by Japan as equivalent to those laid down in the Japanese legislation, or from third countries through the system of control bodies recognised by Japan as competent to certify operators in those third countries as complying with the organic production rules of Japan. Consequently, those product categories no longer need to be included in the list of product categories of recognised control authorities and control bodies in accordance with Article 2(1), point (b), of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378, and the control bodies Control Union Certifications B.V., Ecocert SAS, Japan Organic and Natural Foods Association and Organic Crop Improvement Association International Inc, listed in Annex II to that Regulation are therefore no longer competent to carry out controls and issue organic certificates for them in Japan for the purpose of their import into the Union. (7) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 should therefore be amended accordingly. (8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Organic Production Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 14 May 2025. For the Commission The President Ursula von der Leyen

Annex

ANNEX The third paragraph of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 is amended as follows: (1) the entry for ACO Certification Limited is replaced by the following: ACO Certification Limited

1. Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned: Code numberThird countryCategory of productsABCDEFGAU-BIO-107Australia—x—x°xxxCN-BIO-107Chinax——x——xFJ-BIO-107Fijix——x———HK-BIO-107Hong Kongx——x——xMY-BIO-107Malaysiax——x———PG-BIO-107Papua New Guineax——x———TH-BIO-107Thailandx——x———TW-BIO-107Taiwan———x——xVU-BIO-107Vanuatux——xx——
2. Exceptions: the products within products categories marked with an °, which are covered by the scope of an agreement on trade in organic products in accordance with Article 47 of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 or by the scope of recognition as equivalent of the third country concerned listed in Annex I to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2325. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2325 of 16 December 2021 establishing, pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council, the list of third countries and the list of control authorities and control bodies that have been recognised under Article 33(2) and (3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 for the purpose of importing organic products into the Union (OJ L 465, 29.12.2021, p. 8, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2021/2325/oj).; (2) the entry for ACT Organic Company Limited is replaced by the following: ACT Organic Company Limited
3. Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned: Code numberThird countryCategory of productsABCDEFGBT-BIO-121Bhutanx——x——xID-BIO-121Indonesiax——x——xKH-BIO-121Cambodiax——x——xLA-BIO-121Laosx——x——x LK-BIO-121Sri Lankax——x——xMY-BIO-121Malaysiax——x——xNP-BIO-121Nepalx——x——xPH-BIO-121Philippinesx——x——xSG-BIO-121Singaporex——x——xTH-BIO-121Thailandx——x——xVN-BIO-121Vietnamx——x——x; (3) the entry for Balkan Biocert Macedonia DOOEL Skopje is deleted; (4) after the entry for Bioagricert s.r.l. Unipersonale, the following entry is inserted: Bio Latina Certificadora
4. Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned: Code numberThird countryCategory of productsABCDEFGBO-BIO-108Boliviaxx—x———CO-BIO-108Colombiax——x———SV-BIO-108El Salvadorx——x———GT-BIO-108Guatemalax——x———HN-BIO-108Hondurasx——x———NI-BIO-108Nicaraguaxx—x———PA-BIO-108Panamax——x———PE-BIO-108Perux——x———VE-BIO-108Venezuelax——x———; (5) the entry for CCPB Srl is replaced by the following: CCPB Srl
5. Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned: Code numberThird countryCategory of productsABCDEFGAE-BIO-102United Arab Emiratesxx—xxxxAF-BIO-102Afghanistanx——x———AL-BIO-102Albaniaxx—xxxxAM-BIO-102Armeniax——x———AZ-BIO-102Azerbaijanxx—xxxxBF-BIO-102Burkina Fasox—xx———BJ-BIO-102Beninx—xxx——

BY-BIO-102Belarusx——xxxxCI-BIO-102Côte d’Ivoirex—xx———CM-BIO-102Cameroonx—xx———CN-BIO-102Chinaxx—xxxxDZ-BIO-102Algeriaxx—xxxxEG-BIO-102Egyptxx—xxxxET-BIO-102Ethiopiax——x———GE-BIO-102Georgiaxx—xxxxGH-BIO-102Ghanax——x———HK-BIO-102Hong Kong———xxxxIQ-BIO-102Iraqxx—xxxxIR-BIO-102Iranxx—xxxxJO-BIO-102Jordanxx—x———KG-BIO-102Kyrgyzstanxx—xx—xKM-BIO-102Comorosx—xx——xKZ-BIO-102Kazakhstanx——xx—xLB-BIO-102Lebanonxx—xxxxLY-BIO-102Libyaxx—x——xMA-BIO-102MoroccoxxxxxxxMD-BIO-102Moldovax——xx—xMG-BIO-102Madagascarxxxxx—xML-BIO-102Malixx—xxxxMZ-BIO-102Mozambiquex—xxx——NG-BIO-102Nigeriax——x——xPH-BIO-102Philippinesxx—xxxxQA-BIO-102Qatarxx—x——xRS-BIO-102Serbiax——xx—xRU-BIO-102Russiax——xx—xSA-BIO-102Saudi Arabiaxx—xxxxSC-BIO-102Seychelles———xx——SN-BIO-102Senegalx——x——xSY-BIO-102Syriaxx—xxxxTG-BIO-102Togox—xxx——TH-BIO-102Thailandx——xx—xTJ-BIO-102Tajikistanx——xx——TM-BIO-102Turkmenistanx——xx—xTN-BIO-102Tunisia—xxx°xxxTR-BIO-102Türkiyexx—xxxx TZ-BIO-102Tanzaniax—xxx——UA-BIO-102Ukrainexx—xxxxUG-BIO-102Ugandax—xxx——UZ-BIO-102Uzbekistanx——x——xVN-BIO-102VietnamxxxxxxxZA-BIO-102South Africaxx—xxxx 2. Exceptions: the products within products categories marked with an °, which are covered by the scope of an agreement on trade in organic products in accordance with Article 47 of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 or by the scope of recognition as equivalent of the third country concerned listed in Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2325.; (6) in point 1 of the entry for Control Union Certifications B.V., the row for Japan is replaced by the following: Code numberThird countryCategory of productsABCDEFGJP-BIO-149Japan——xx°x—x°; (7) the entry for Ecocert SAS is replaced by the following: Ecocert SAS

1. Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned: This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UN Security Council Resolution 1244 (1999) and the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Kosovo declaration of independence. Code numberThird countryCategory of productsABCDEFGAD-BIO-154Andorrax——x—xxAE-BIO-154United Arab Emiratesxx—xxxxAL-BIO-154Albaniax——x——xAM-BIO-154Armeniaxx—x—xxAR-BIO-154Argentina————xx—AZ-BIO-154Azerbaijanx——x—x—BA-BIO-154Bosnia and Herzegovinax——xx—xBD-BIO-154Bangladeshxx—xxxxBF-BIO-154Burkina Fasoxx—xx—xBH-BIO-154Bahrainxx—x———BI-BIO-154Burundix——x——xBJ-BIO-154Beninxx—xx—xBL-BIO-154Saint Barthélemyxx—xx——BR-BIO-154Brazilxx—xxxx BS-BIO-154Bahamasx——x———BT-BIO-154Bhutanx——x—xxBW-BIO-154Botswanax——xx—xBZ-BIO-154Belizex——x——xCD-BIO-154Democratic Republic of the Congox——xx—xCG-BIO-154Congox——x———CI-BIO-154Côte d’Ivoirexx—xx——CL-BIO-154Chilex°x°—x°x—x°CM-BIO-154Cameroonxx—x———CN-BIO-154Chinaxx—xxxxCO-BIO-154Colombiaxx—xx—xCU-BIO-154Cubaxx—xx—xCV-BIO-154Cabo Verdex——x———DM-BIO-154Dominicax——————DZ-BIO-154Algeriax——xxxxEC-BIO-154Ecuadorxx—xx—xEG-BIO-154Egyptxx—xxxxET-BIO-154Ethiopiaxx—xx—xFJ-BIO-154Fijix——x——xGA-BIO-154Gabonx——x———GE-BIO-154Georgiax——xx——GH-BIO-154Ghanax——xx—xGM-BIO-154Gambiax——x———GN-BIO-154Guineaxx—xx——GQ-BIO-154Equatorial Guineax——x———GT-BIO-154Guatemalax——x——xGW-BIO-154Guinea—Bissaux——xx——GY-BIO-154Guyanax——x——xHK-BIO-154Hong Kongx——x—xxHT-BIO-154Haitixx—x——xID-BIO-154Indonesiaxx—x——xIN-BIO-154India—x—xxxxJO-BIO-154Jordanxx—xx——JP-BIO-154Japanx°——x°——x°KE-BIO-154Kenyaxx—xx—xKG-BIO-154Kyrgyzstanxx—xx——KH-BIO-154Cambodiax——x——x

KM-BIO-154Comorosx——x——xKR-BIO-154Republic of Koreax——————KW-BIO-154Kuwaitxx—xx——LA-BIO-154Laosx——x——xLB-BIO-154Lebanonx——x—xxLI-BIO-154Liechtensteinx——————LK-BIO-154Sri Lankaxx—xxxxLR-BIO-154Liberiax——x———LS-BIO-154Lesothox——xx—xMA-BIO-154Moroccoxx—xxxxMC-BIO-154Monacoxx—xxxxMD-BIO-154Moldovaxx—x—x—ME-BIO-154Montenegrox——x—xxMG-BIO-154Madagascarxx—xx—xMK-BIO-154North Macedoniax——x—xxML-BIO-154Malixx—xx—xMM-BIO-154Myanmar/Burmax——x——xMN-BIO-154Mongoliaxx—x—xxMR-BIO-154Mauritaniax——x———MU-BIO-154Mauritiusx——x——xMV-BIO-154Maldives———x—xxMW-BIO-154Malawixx—xx—xMX-BIO-154Mexicoxx—xx—xMY-BIO-154Malaysiaxx—x——xMZ-BIO-154Mozambiquexx—xx—xNA-BIO-154Namibiaxx—xx——NC-BIO-154New Caledoniax——x——xNE-BIO-154Nigerx——x———NG-BIO-154Nigeriaxx—xx——NI-BIO-154Nicaraguax——x———NP-BIO-154Nepalx——x—xxOM-BIO-154Omanxx—xx—xPA-BIO-154Panamax——x———PE-BIO-154Peruxx—xxxxPF-BIO-154French Polynesiax——x——xPG-BIO-154Papua New Guineax——x———PH-BIO-154Philippinesxx—xx—xPK-BIO-154Pakistanxx—xx—x PS-BIO-154Occupied Palestinian Territoryx——x———PY-BIO-154Paraguayxx—xx—xQA-BIO-154Qatarxx—x———RS-BIO-154Serbiaxx—xxxxRW-BIO-154Rwandax——xx——SA-BIO-154Saudi Arabiaxx—xx——SB-BIO-154Solomon Islandsx——x———SC-BIO-154Seychellesx——x——xSD-BIO-154Sudanx——x——xSG-BIO-154Singaporex——x——xSL-BIO-154Sierra Leonexx—xx——SN-BIO-154Senegalxx—xx—xSO-BIO-154Somaliax——x——xSR-BIO-154Surinamex——x——xST-BIO-154São Tomé and Príncipex——x———SV-BIO-154El Salvadorx——x———SZ-BIO-154Eswatinix——xx—xTD-BIO-154Chadx——x——xTG-BIO-154Togoxx—xx——TH-BIO-154Thailandxx—xx—xTJ-BIO-154Tajikistanx——x———TL-BIO-154Timor-Lestex——x———TM-BIO-154Turkmenistanx——xx——TN-BIO-154Tunisia—x—x°—xTO-BIO-154Tongax——x———TR-BIO-154Türkiyexx—xxxxTW-BIO-154Taiwanx——x—xxTZ-BIO-154Tanzaniaxx—xx—xUG-BIO-154Ugandaxx—xx—xUY-BIO-154Uruguayxx—xx—xUZ-BIO-154Uzbekistanx——xx—xVE-BIO-154Venezuelax——x———VN-BIO-154Vietnamxx—x——xVU-BIO-154Vanuatux——x——xWS-BIO-154Samoax——x———XK-BIO-154Kosovo———x——— ZA-BIO-154South Africaxx—xxxxZM-BIO-154Zambiaxx—xx—xZW-BIO-154Zimbabwexx—xx—x 2. Exceptions: the products within products categories marked with an °, which are covered by the scope of an agreement on trade in organic products in accordance with Article 47 of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 or by the scope of recognition as equivalent of the third country concerned listed in Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2325.; (8) the entry for Japan Organic and Natural Foods Association, the row for Japan is replaced by the following: Code numberThird countryCategory of productsABCDEFGJP-BIO-145Japan——xx°——x°; (9) the entry for Mayacert S.A. is replaced by the following: Mayacert S.A.

1. Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned: Code numberThird countryCategory of productsABCDEFGBO-BIO-169Boliviax——x———BZ-BIO-169Belizex——x———CO-BIO-169Colombiax——x——xDO-BIO-169Dominican Republicx——x——xEC-BIO-169Ecuadorx——x———GT-BIO-169Guatemalaxx—x——xHN-BIO-169Hondurasxx—x——xIN-BIO-169India———x——xIR-BIO-169Iranx——x——xKR-BIO-169Korea, Republic ofx——x°———LK-BIO-169Sri Lankax——x——xMA-BIO-169Moroccox——x——xMX-BIO-169Mexicoxx—x——xNI-BIO-169Nicaraguaxx—x——xPA-BIO-169Panamax——x———PE-BIO-169Perux——x——xPY-BIO-169Paraguayx——x——x

PH-BIO-169Philippinesx——x———SV-BIO-169El Salvadorx——x———TR-BIO-169Türkiyex——x——xVN-BIO-169Vietnamx——x——x 2. Exceptions: the products within products categories marked with an °, which are covered by the scope of an agreement on trade in organic products in accordance with Article 47 of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 or by the scope of recognition as equivalent of the third country concerned listed in Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2325.; (10) the entry for ONECERT INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE LIMITED is replaced by the following: ONECERT INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE LIMITED

1. Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned: Code numberThird countryCategory of productsABCDEFGAE-BIO-152United Arab Emiratesx——xx—xBD-BIO-152Bangladeshx——x———BJ-BIO-152Beninx——x———EG-BIO-152Egyptx——x———ET-BIO-152Ethiopiax——xx——GH-BIO-152Ghanax——x———ID-BIO-152Indonesiax——xx—xIN-BIO-152India———xx—xJO-BIO-152Jordanx——x———KH-BIO-152Cambodiax——x——xLK-BIO-152Sri Lankax——x———MM-BIO-152Myanmar/Burmax——x———MY-BIO-152Malaysiax——x———MZ-BIO-152Mozambiquex——xx——NG-BIO-152Nigeriax——x———NP-BIO-152Nepalx——x——xOM-BIO-152Omanx——x———PH-BIO-152Philippinesx——x———QA-BIO-152Qatarx——x———SA-BIO-152Saudi Arabiax——xx—xSG-BIO-152Singaporex——x———TG-BIO-152Togox——x——— TH-BIO-152Thailandx——x——xTZ-BIO-152Tanzaniax——x———UG-BIO-152Ugandax——xx——VN-BIO-152Vietnamx——x——xWS-BIO-152Samoax——x———; (11) in point 1 of the entry for Organic Crop Improvement Association International Inc, the row for Japan is replaced by the following: Code numberThird countryCategory of productsABCDEFGJP-BIO-120Japan———x°———; (12) after the entry for ORSER KONTROL VE SERTİFİKASYON ANONİM ŞİRKETİ, the following two entries are inserted: Primus Auditing Operations Mexico
2. Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned: Code numberThird countryCategory of productsABCDEFGBB-BIO-204Barbadosx——x———BS-BIO-204Bahamasx——x———BZ-BIO-204Belizex——x———CO-BIO-204Colombiax——x———CR-BIO-204Costa Ricax——x———CU-BIO-204Cubax——x———DO-BIO-204Dominican Republicx——x———GD-BIO-204Grenadax——x———GT-BIO-204Guatemalax——x———GY-BIO-204Guyanax——x———HN-BIO-204Hondurasx——x———JM-BIO-204Jamaicax——x———MX-BIO-204Mexicox——x———NI-BIO-204Nicaraguax——x———PA-BIO-204Panamax——x———SV-BIO-204El Salvadorx——x———TT-BIO-204Trinidad and Tobagox——x——— PT BIOCert Indonesia
3. Code numbers, third countries and product categories concerned: Code numberThird countryCategory of productsABCDEFGID-BIO-176Indonesiax—xx———.