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 (Text with EEA relevance)

Control authorities and control bodies that have been recognised in accordance with Article 46(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 shall provide operators, groups of operators and exporters in third countries that have been subject to the controls referred to in point (b)(i) of Article 45(1) of that Regulation with a certificate confirming that such operators, groups of operators and exporters comply with Regulation (EU) 2018/848 (‘the certificate’). The certificate shall: (a) be issued in electronic form, in accordance with the model set out in Annex I to this Regulation, and by using the electronic Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES) referred to in point (36) of Article 2 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 ; (b) allow the identification of: (i) the operator, group of operators or exporter covered by the certificate, including the list of members of a group of operators; (ii) the category of products covered by the certificate, classified in the same way as provided for in Article 35(7) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848; and (iii) its period of validity; (c) certify that the activity of the operator, group of operators or exporter complies with Regulation (EU) 2018/848; and (d) be updated whenever changes occur concerning the data included in it.

2 Detailed information relating to the mailing address, website address and email contact point of the control authority or control body, as well as the name of the accreditation body granting the accreditation in accordance with point (d) of Article 46(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848, shall be publicly available via the Commission organic farming website.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 January 2022.