In December 2020, the European Commission decided to maintain enhanced checks on certain high-risk organic products imported from the Ukraine<\/strong>, Kazakhstan<\/strong>, the Russian Federation<\/strong>, and China<\/strong>. Turkey<\/strong> will be added to this list from 1 March 2021<\/strong>. Importers must keep their inspection body <\/strong>informed of all organic products imported from these countries to remain informed of the processes to follow when importing goods. The inspection authorities for the importers and\/or first recipients are responsible for checking that the products in question comply with regulations by checking documents<\/strong> and taking a sample<\/strong> followed by an analysis before allowing them onto the European market.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2713 Send a notification request with a signed copy of the COI<\/strong> to CERTISYS and the relevant authority for the first recipient.<\/p>\n \u2713 Demonstrate the full traceability <\/strong>of the product in question<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2713 The original version of the COI<\/p>\n \u2713 The risk assessment (for customs services)<\/p>\n \u2713 Transportation documents<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The product will remain blocked<\/strong> and may not be sold on the European market with an organic label until the results of the analysis are known (and come back negative).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2713 Negative<\/strong>: You may start selling<\/strong> the product on the European market.<\/p>\n \u2713 Positive<\/strong>: with your help, we will oversee the investigation. The product will remain blocked <\/strong>(no sale with an organic label) until CERTISYS has given authorisation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Find more information<\/strong> about the Commission’s directives on our website:<\/p>\n Tighter controls maintained and Turkey added to the list of high-risk countries from 1 March 2021 In December 2020, the European Commission decided to maintain enhanced checks on certain high-risk organic products imported from the Ukraine, Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, and China. Turkey will be added to this list from 1 March 2021. Importers must […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3704,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,149,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-labels-certifications","category-organic-farming","category-organic-regulations"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhat do you need to actually do?<\/h2>\n
1. If you are an importer<\/strong> and you want to sell products from the above-mentioned list of countries on the European market, you must:<\/h3>\n
2. The inspector <\/strong>will arrange to come to you<\/strong> for a meeting<\/strong> to check the batch\/product is in order<\/strong>. Have the following documents ready for the meeting:<\/h3>\n
3. The inspector will travel to you to check the elements in the document are consistent.<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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4. The inspector will then take a sample<\/strong> from the product.<\/h3>\n
5. CERTISYS will send the sample as quickly as possible to an accredited<\/strong> laboratory, which will carry out the necessary analyses for the product. As soon as the results of the analysis<\/strong> are known, we will inform you and your relevant Authority. If the results are:<\/h3>\n
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