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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008Show full title

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

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Article 2Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation:

1.

‘certificate of inspection’: means the certificate of inspection referred to in Article 33(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 covering one consignment;

2.

‘documentary evidence’: means the document referred to in Article 68 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008(1) and in Article 6 of this Regulation, for which the model is set out in Annex II to this Regulation;

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‘consignment’: means a quantity of products under one or more Combined Nomenclature codes, covered by a single certificate of inspection, conveyed by the same means of transport and imported from the same third country;

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‘first consignee’: means the natural or legal person as defined in Article 2(d) of Regulation (EC) No 889/2008;

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‘verification of the consignment’: means the verification by the relevant Member States’ authorities of the certificate of inspection to satisfy Article 13 of this Regulation, and, where these authorities consider appropriate, of the products, in relation to the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, of Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 and of this Regulation;

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‘relevant Member States authorities’: means the customs authorities or other authorities, designated by the Member States;

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‘assessment report’: means the assessment report referred to in Articles 32(2) and 33(3) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 drawn up by an independent third party fulfilling the requirements of ISO Standard 17011 or by a relevant competent authority, which includes information on document reviews, including the descriptions referred to in Articles 4(3)(b) and 11(3)(b) of this Regulation, on office audits, including critical locations and on risk-oriented witness audits conducted in representative third countries.

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