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Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 of 24 June 1991 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs (repealed)
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[F11. Member States shall set up an inspection system operated by one or more designated inspection authorities and/or by approved private bodies to which the operators referred to in Article 8(1) shall be subject.]
2.Member States shall adopt the measures necessary to ensure that an operator who complies with the provisions of this Regulation and pays his contribution to inspection expenses has access to the inspection system.
3.The inspection system shall comprise at least the application of the precautionary and inspection measures specified in Annex III.
4.For the application of the inspection system operated by private bodies, Member States shall designate an authority responsible for the approval and supervision of such bodies.
5.For the approval of a private inspection body, the following shall be taken into account:
(a)the standard inspection procedure to be followed, containing a detailed description of the inspection measures and precautions which the body undertakes to impose on operators subject to its inspection;
(b)the penalties which the body intends to apply where [F2irregularities and/or infringements] are found;
(c)the availability of appropriate resources in the form of qualified staff, administrative and technical facilities, inspection experience and reliability;
(d)the objectivity of the inspection body vis-à-vis the operators subject to its inspection.
6.After an inspection body has been approved, the competent authority shall:
(a)ensure that the inspections carried out by the inspection body are objective;
(b)verify the effectiveness of its inspections;
(c)take cognizance of any [F2irregularities and/or infringements] found and penalties applied;
(d)withdraw approval of the inspection body where it fails to satisfy the requirements referred to in (a) and (b) or no longer fulfils the criteria indicated in paragraph 5 or fails to satisfy the requirements [F2laid down in paragraphs 7, 8, 9 and 11.]
[F36a. Before 1 January 1996 , Member States shall issue a code number to each inspection body or authority approved or designated in accordance with the provisions of this Article. They shall inform the other Member States and the Commission thereof; the Commission shall publish the code numbers in the list referred to in the last subparagraph of Article 15.]
7.The inspection authority and the approved inspection bodies referred to in paragraph 1 shall:
(a)ensure that at least the inspection measures and precautions specified in Annex III are applied to undertakings subject to their inspection;
(b)not disclose information and data they obtain in their inspection activity to persons other than the person responsible for the undertaking concerned and the competent public authorities.[F4However, upon request duly justified by the necessity to guarantee that the products have been produced in accordance with this Regulation, they shall exchange with other inspection authorities or approved inspection bodies relevant information on the results of their inspection. They may also exchange the abovementioned information on their own initiative.]
8.Approved inspection bodies shall:
(a)give the competent authority, for inspection purposes, access to their offices and facilities, together with any information and assistance deemed necessary by the competent authority for the fulfilment of its obligations pursuant to this Regulation;
(b)send to the competent authority of the Member State by 31 January each year a list of operators subject to their inspection on 31 December of the previous year and present to the said authority a concise annual report.
9.The inspection authority and inspection bodies referred to in paragraph 1 shall:
[F1(a) ensure that, where an irregularity is found regarding the implementation of Articles 5 and 6 or of the provisions referred to in Articles 3 and 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 223/2003 of 5 February 2003 on labelling requirements related to the organic production method for feedingstuffs, compound feedingstuffs and feed materials (1) , or of the measures referred to in Annex III, the indications provided for in Article 2 referring to the organic production method are removed from the entire lot or production run affected by the irregularity concerned;]
(b)where a manifest infringement, or an infringement with prolonged effects is found, prohibit the operator concerned from marketing products with indications referring to the organic production method for a period to be agreed with the competent authority of the Member State.
10.The following may be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 14:
(a)detailed rules concerning the requirements indicated in paragraph 5 and the measures listed in paragraph 6;
(b)implementation measures concerning the provisions of paragraph 9.
[F311. As from 1 January 1998 and without prejudice to the provisions of paragraphs 5 and 6, approved inspection bodies must satisfy the requirements laid down in the conditions of standard EN 45011 of [F526 June 1989] .]
[F612. (a) For livestock meat production Member States shall ensure, without prejudice to the provisions of Annex III, that the inspections relate to all stages of production, slaughter, cutting and any other preparation up to the sale to the consumer to ensure as far as technically possible the traceability of livestock products through the production, processing and any other preparation chain from the unit of production of the livestock until the unit of final packaging and/or labelling. They shall inform the Commission together with the report on supervision referred to in Article 15, on the measures taken and their follow-up.
(b) For other livestock products different from meat, further provisions to ensure, as far as technically possible, traceability will be set out in Annex III.
(c) In any event the measures taken under Article 9 shall ensure that consumers are given guarantees that the products have been produced in accordance with this Regulation.]
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Council Regulation (EC) No 392/2004 of 24 February 2004 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto in agricultural products and foodstuffs.
F2 Substituted by Council Regulation (EC) No 1935/95 of 22 June 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs.
F3 Inserted by Council Regulation (EC) No 1935/95 of 22 June 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs.
F4 Inserted by Council Regulation (EC) No 392/2004 of 24 February 2004 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto in agricultural products and foodstuffs.
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