Article 9U.K.Management and review of the list of third countries
1.The [F1Secretary of State] shall only be required to consider a request for inclusion when the third country undertakes to accept the following conditions:
[F2(a)if, after a third country has been included in the list, any changes are made to the measures in force in the third country or their implementation and in particular to its control system, that third country shall notify the [F1Secretary of State] thereof without delay; any changes made to the information referred to in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 7(2) shall be notified to the [F1Secretary of State] without delay F3...;]
(b)the annual report referred to in Article 33(2) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 shall update the information of the technical dossier referred to in Article 8(2) of this Regulation; it shall describe in particular the monitoring and supervisory activities carried out by the competent authority of the third country, the results obtained and the corrective measures taken;
(c)in the light of any information received, the [F1Secretary of State] may at any time amend the specifications relating to the third country and may suspend the entry of that country from the list referred to in Article 7; a similar decision may also be made where a third country has not supplied information required or where it has not agreed to an on-the-spot examination.
2.If a third country does not send the annual report, referred to Article 33(2) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, does not keep available or does not communicate all information related to its technical dossier or control system or does not agree to an on-the-spot examination, 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, [F4the Secretary of State mayF5... withdraw that third country from the list.].
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 9 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Organic Production (Control of Imports) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/692), regs. 1(2), 4(9)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1842 of 14 October 2016 amending Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 as regards the electronic certificate of inspection for imported organic products and certain other elements, and Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 as regards the requirements for preserved or processed organic products and the transmission of information (Text with EEA relevance).
F3Words in Art. 9(1)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Organic Production (Control of Imports) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/692), regs. 1(2), 4(9)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in Art. 9(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Organic Production (Control of Imports) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/692), regs. 1(2), 4(9)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Words in Art. 9(2) omitted (13.11.2021) by virtue of The Organics (Equivalence and Control Bodies Listing) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1266), regs. 1, 4(8)