On June 21, 2024, according to the Official Journal of the European Union, the European Commission published the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1748, amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 as regards the recognition of certain control bodies in accordance with Article 46 of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council as competent to carry out controls and issue organic certificates in third countries for the purpose of imports of organic products into the Union. Major revisions include:

(1) Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation, and the third paragraph of Annex II is replaced by the revised relevant code numbers, third countries and product categories, which relate to the codes of the relevant bodies in China as CN-BIO-161, CN-BIO-102, etc;

(2) The Regulation enters into force on the third day after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. The Regulation is binding in its entirety and directly applicable to all Member States.

Learn more: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L_202401748