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3.5.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
113/1
II
(Non-legislative acts)
REGULATIONS
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 426/2011
of 2 May 2011
amending Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 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
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
(3) Regulation
(EC)
No
889/2008
should
therefore
be
amended accordingly.
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union,
(4) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
accordance with the opinion of the regulatory
Committee on organic production,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of
28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic
products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 ( 1 ) and in
particular Article 28(6) thereof,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas:
Article 1
In Chapter 8 of Title IV of Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 the
(1) Article
24
of
Regulation
(EC)
No
834/2007
lays
down following Article 92a is added:
that the organic production logo of the European Union
(‘organic logo of the EU’) is one of the compulsory indi
cations to be used as regards pre-packaged food bearing
‘Article 92a
terms referring to the organic production method as
referred to in Article 23(1), while the use of the logo
Publication of information
is optional for these products imported from third
The Member States shall make available to the public, in an
countries. Consumers should be assured that organic
appropriate manner including publication on the Internet, the
products have been produced in compliance with the
updated lists referred to in Article 28(5) of Regulation (EC)
requirements set out in Regulation (EC) No 834/2007
No 834/2007 containing updated documentary evidence
and Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 ( 2 ). To
related to each operator, as provided for in Article 29(1) of
that end, the traceability of each product carrying the
that Regulation and using the model set out in Annex XII to
organic logo of the EU at all stages of production, prep
this Regulation. The Member States shall duly observe the
aration and distribution is an important factor.
requirements of the protection of personal data as laid
down in Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council (*).
(2)
In order to give the consumers the opportunity to inform
themselves of the operators and of their products which
are subject to the organic farming control system, the
___________
Member States should make available, in an appropriate
(*) OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31.’
manner, the relevant information on the operators
subject to this system, while observing the requirements
of the protection of personal data as laid down in
Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of
Article 2
individuals with regard to the processing of personal data
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
and on the free movement of such data ( 3 ).
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
( 1 ) OJ L 189, 20.7.2007, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ L 250, 18.9.2008, p. 1.
( 3 ) OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31.
However, Article 1 shall apply as from 1 January 2013.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 2 May 2011.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

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