AGRECO R. F. GÖDERZ GmbH - Organic Regulation

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR THIRD COUNTRY PROJECTS AND IMPORTING COMPANIES

TRANSITION TO REGULATION (EU) 2018/848 IN THIRD COUNTRIES

Beginning with 1.1.2025 the new EU-Organic Regulation 2018/848 shall be applied on organic products from Third Countries, with destination to the organic market in the European Union, too.

With view to this transition of the certification standard in Third Countries to the new EU-Organic Regulation 2018/848 we highly recommend that organic operators in Third Countries implement the following measures already in the years 2023 and 2024 in order to be well prepared:

Study of the relevant legislation using the multilingual versions of the EU-legal website EUR-Lex and referring to the AGRECO homepage https://www.agrecogmbh.com/pages/de/aktuelles/neue-oekovo.php

Creation and implementation of a concept of preventive measures to guarantee organic quality (BioCCP)

Implementation and maintenance of a traceabilty system down to the individual production level

Securing a system of product flow plausibility measurement with documentation and proofability

Acceptance and support in case of the need for an investigation according to art. 29 of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 on residue cases (official investigation in the sense of Reg. 2018/848).

Organic Regulation valid from 1 January 2022

REGULATION (EU) 2018/848 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 30 May 2018 (consolidated 01 December 2024)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) 889/2008 (consolidated 01 January 2022)

COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2019/2127 of 10 October 2019

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/464 of 26 March 2020

COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2020/2146 (consolidated 11 January 2024)

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/1165 of 15 July 2021 (consolidated 15 November 2023)

COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2021/1189 of 7 May 2021

COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2021/771 of 21 January 2021

Corrigendum to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2021/771 of 21 January 2021

COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2021/1006 of 12 April 2021

COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2022/1450 of 27 June 2022