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Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008Show full title
Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 of 5 September 2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products with regard to organic production, labelling and control
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Article 58U.K.Conditions for the use of the code number and place of origin
1.The indication of the code number of the control authority or control body referred to in Article 24(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) 834/2007 shall,
(a)start with the acronym identifying [F1the product as originating from the United Kingdom or the third country], as referred to in the international standard for the two letter country codes under ISO 3166 (Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions);
[F2(b) include a term which establishes a link with the organic production method, as referred to in Article 23(1) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 in accordance with Part B(2) of Annex XI to this Regulation;
(c)include a reference number to be decided by F3... the competent authority F4... in accordance with Part B(3) of Annex XI to this Regulation; F5...
F6(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]
2.The indication of the place where the agricultural raw materials of which the products is composed have been farmed, as referred to in Article 24(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) 834/2007, shall be placed immediately below the code number referred to in paragraph 1.
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F1Words in Art. 58(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Organic Production and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/693), regs. 1(2), 3(36)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 271/2010 of 24 March 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, as regards the organic production logo of the European Union.
F3Words in Art. 58(1)(c) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Organic Production and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/693), regs. 1(2), 3(36)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in Art. 58(1)(c) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Organic Production and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/693), regs. 1(2), 3(36)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Word in Art. 58(1)(c) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Organic Production and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/693), regs. 1(2), 3(36)(b)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Art. 58(1)(d) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Organic Production and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/693), regs. 1(2), 3(36)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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