Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic productsI12

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Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products is amended as follows.

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In Article 1—

a

in the second subparagraph of paragraph 3—

i

for the words “Member States” to “thereof” substitute “ The relevant authority may apply, in the absence of legislation, ”;

ii

omit the words “,in so far” to the end;

b

in paragraph 4—

i

omit “community provisions or national”;

ii

for “Community law” substitute “ retained EU law ”.

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In Article 2—

a

in point (l), for the words from “Article” to the end substitute “ Article 2(2)(e) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 ”;

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in point (n), omit “of a Member State”;

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in point (o), omit “of a Member State”;

d

in point (r), for “Article 6(4) of Directive 2000/13/EC” substitute “ Article 2(2)(f) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 ”;

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in point (s), for the words from “Council” to the end of the paragraph substitute “ Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 ”;

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after point (aa) insert—

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‘third country’ means any country or territory other than:

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the United Kingdom,

ii

the Bailiwick of Guernsey,

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the Bailiwick of Jersey, or

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the Isle of Man;

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‘relevant authority’ means:

i

in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

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in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

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in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

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In Article 5—

a

in point (o) omit the words from “of fisheries as” to “Fisheries Policy”;

b

after point (o) insert—

In this paragraph, “sustainable exploitation” means the exploitation of a stock in such a way that does not prejudice the future exploitation of the stock and does not have a negative impact on marine eco-systems.

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In Article 11, in the second subparagraph, omit the words from “in accordance” to “Article 37(2),”.

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In Article 14(1)—

a

in subparagraph (b)(iii) for “Community legislation” substitute “ retained EU law ”;

b

in subparagraph (e)(iv) for “Community legislation” substitute “ retained EU law ”.

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In Article 15(1)(f)(iv), for “Community legislation” substitute “ retained EU law ”.

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In Article 16—

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in paragraph 1, in the second subparagraph, for the words from “the Member States” to the end substitute “Great Britain”;

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in paragraph 4—

i

for “Member States may regulate, within their territory,” substitute “ Nothing in this Regulation prevents the relevant authority from using any power the authority has to regulate ”;

ii

omit the words from “, and in so far” to the end.

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In Article 19(2)(c) omit “by a Member State”.

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In Article 21—

a

in paragraph 1 (ii), for “the Community legislation” substitute “ retained EU law ”;

b

omit the second and third subparagraphs of paragraph 2.

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In Article 22(2)(h), for “Community law or national law” substitute “ retained EU law ”.

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In Article 23—

a

in paragraph 1 omit the words from “throughout” to “language”;

b

in paragraph 2 omit the words from “anywhere” to “language”;

c

in paragraph 3, for “Community provisions” substitute “ retained EU law ”.

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In Article 27—

a

in paragraph 1, for “Member States shall set up” substitute “ The relevant authority must maintain ”;

b

in paragraph 4(b), for “Member States” substitute “ relevant authority ”;

c

in paragraph 5(c)—

i

for “notified” substitute “ published ”;

ii

for the words from “, by” to “45011 or” substitute “ of ”;

iii

for “authorities” substitute “ authority ”;

d

in paragraph 7(b), for “Commission” substitute “ appropriate authority ”;

e

in paragraph 10, for “Member States” substitute “ The relevant authority ”;

f

in paragraph 13, for the words from “Member States” to “allows for” substitute “ The control system as set up must ensure ”.

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In Article 28—

a

in paragraph 1(a), for the words from “authorities” to the end substitute “ authority ”;

b

in paragraph 2, for “Member States may exempt” substitute “ Nothing in this Regulation prevents the relevant authority from using any power the authority has to exempt ”;

c

in paragraph 3, for “Member States” substitute “ The relevant authority ”;

d

in paragraph 4, for “Member States” substitute “ The relevant authority ”.

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For Article 29(3) substitute—

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The form of documentary evidence referred to in paragraph 1 may be drawn up or amended by the relevant authority, taking into account the advantages of electronic certification.

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In Article 30—

a

in paragraph 1, in the second subparagraph omit “of the Member State”;

b

in paragraph 2, in the first subparagraph, for the words from “, competent authorities” to the end substitute “ and the competent authority ”.

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Omit Articles 34 to 37.

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Omit Article 38, point (e).

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Omit Articles 39 to 41.

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In Article 42—

a

for the heading substitute “ Miscellaneous application ”;

b

omit the first subparagraph;

c

in the second subparagraph omit the second sentence;

d

omit the third and fourth subparagraphs.

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After Article 42, omit the words from “This Regulation” to “Member States”.

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In the Annex omit the listed terms other than “EN: organic”.