The Organic Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020

Interpretation N.I.

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“authorised officer” means a person authorised in writing by a district council or the competent authority for the purposes of these Regulations;

“Commission Regulation 889/2008” means Commission Regulation (EC) 889/2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products with regard to organic production, labelling and control(1);

“Commission Regulation 1235/2008” means Commission Regulation (EC) 1235/2008 laying down detailed rules for implementation of Council Regulation (EC) 834/2007 as regards the arrangements for imports of organic products from third countries(2);

“control body” means a control body, within the meaning of Article 2(p) of the Council Regulation, to whom the competent authority has delegated control tasks(3) in accordance with Article 27(4)(b) of the Council Regulation;

“controlled consignment” means any consignment the movement of which is, for the time being. prohibited under regulation 7;

“the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products(4);

“the database” means the computerised database, established under Article 48(1) of the Commission Regulation 889/2008, listing varieties of seed and seed potatoes obtained by the organic production method (which term has the same meaning as in the Council Regulation) which are available in Northern Ireland;

“holding” has the meaning given in Article 2(e) of Commission Regulation 889/2008;

“importer” means any person who imports from a third country any products referred to in Article 1 of the Council Regulation with a view to the subsequent placing on the market of such products;

“organic product” means a product referred to in Article 1(2) of the Council Regulation, as read with Article 1(2) of Commission Regulation 889/2008;

“organic production” has the same meaning as in Article 2(a) of the Council Regulation;

“place of import” in relation to a consignment imported into Northern Ireland from a third country, means the place at which the consignment first arrives in Northern Ireland;

“specified EU provision” means those provisions specified in column 1 of the table in the schedule, as read with any supplementary provisions in column 2 of the table in the Schedule;

“the Soil Association” means the Soil Association Limited, a company limited by guarantee and registered charity No 206862 of Spear House, Victoria Street, Bristol BS1 6AD;

“third country” means any country or territory other than a country or territory in the European Union.

(2) Other expressions used in these Regulations have the same meaning as in Commission Regulation 889/2008, Commission Regulation 1235/2008 or the Council Regulation.

(3) A reference in these Regulations to any EU instrument, or any provision of an EU instrument, is a reference to that instrument or that provision as amended from time to time.

(4) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(5) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 2 in operation at 31.12.2020, see reg. 1

(1)

OJ L250, 18.09.08, p 1 as last amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2164

(2)

OJ L334, 12.12.08, p 25 as last amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/786

(3)

The list of approved control bodies is available from the website of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs athttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/organic-certification-list-of-uk-approved-organic-control-bodies

(4)

OJ No L 189, 20.07.07 p 1 as last amended by Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013

(5)

1954 c. 33 (N.I.).