Commission Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008Dangos y teitl llawn

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 of 8 December 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

Article 12U.K.Management and review of the list of control bodies and control authorities for the purpose of equivalence

1.A control body or control authority may only be included in the list referred to in Article 10 when it fulfils the following obligations:

(a)if, after a control body or control authority has been included in the list, any changes are made to the measures applied by the control body or control authority, that control body or control authority shall notify the [F1Secretary of State] thereof; requests to amend the information in respect of a control body or authority referred to in Article 10(2), shall also be notified to the [F1Secretary of State];

(b)by [F228 February] every year, the control body or control authority shall send a concise annual report to the [F1Secretary of State]. The annual report shall update the information of the technical dossier referred to in Article 11(3); it shall describe in particular the control activities carried out by the control body or control authority in the third countries in the previous year, the results obtained, the irregularities and infringements observed and the corrective measures taken; It shall furthermore contain the most recent assessment report or update of such report, which shall contain the results of the regular on-the-spot evaluation, surveillance and multiannual reassessment as referred to in Article 33(3) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007; the [F1Secretary of State] may request any other information deemed necessary;

(c)in the light of any information received, the [F1Secretary of State] may at any time amend the specifications relating to the control body or control authority and may suspend the entry of that body or authority from the list referred to in Article 10; a similar decision may also be made where a control body or control authority has not supplied information required or where it has not agreed to an on-the-spot examination;

(d)the control body or control authority shall make available to interested parties, by electronic means, a continuously updated list of operators, and of products certified as organic.

[F32.[F4The Secretary of State may, by regulations, withdraw from the list referred to in Article 10 a control body or a control authority, or a reference to a specific product category or a specific third country in relation to that control body or control authority, in the following cases:]

(a)if its annual report referred to paragraph 1(b) has not been received by the [F1Secretary of State] by [F228 February];

(b)if it does not notify the [F1Secretary of State] in due time of changes to its technical dossier;

(c)if it does not provide information to the [F1Secretary of State] during the investigations of an irregularity case;

(d)if it fails to take adequate corrective measures in response to the irregularities and infringements observed;

(e)if it does not agree to an on-the-spot examination required by the [F1Secretary of State], or if an on-the-spot examination comes up with a negative result due to systematic malfunctioning of control measures;

(f)in any other situation presenting the risk for the consumer to be misled about the true nature of the products certified by the control body or the control authority.

If a control body or a control authority fails to take appropriate and timely remedial action after request by the [F1Secretary of State] within a period which the [F1Secretary of State] shall determine according to the severity of the problem and which generally may not be less than 30 days, [F5the Secretary of State must, by regulations, withdraw it from the list without delay]. F6... The [F1Secretary of State] shall make the amended list available as soon as possible to the public by any appropriate technical means, including publication on the Internet.]

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