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European Organic Certifiers Council

EOCC

EOCC Mission: Cooperating for reliability Overall Goal of EOCC: Ensure and enhance the reliability of control and certification activities and decisions linked to EU regulations related to organic production. EOCC´s key objectives: - harmonize the implementation and interpretation of current EU legislation on organic production methods. - pro-actively collaborates with responsible authorities and equivalent partners of the organic sector to support the continuous development of European organic legislation which allows more efficient and consistent controls and certifications.

Lobbying Activity

Response to COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Roadmap towards Nature Credits

30 Sept 2025

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1698 as regards certain criteria for the establishment of the list of high-risk third countries and high-risk products

11 Jul 2025

Meeting with Luis Carazo Jimenez (Head of Unit Agriculture and Rural Development)

15 May 2025 · The EOCC views the current discussions on simplification as a danger to the organic sector.

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1698 as regards the certification of certain operators and groups of operators in third countries and the controls performed by control authorities and control bodies on their organic products

11 Jul 2024

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1698 as regards certain procedural requirements for the recognition of control authorities and control bodies that are competent to carry out controls on operators and groups of operators certified organic and on organic products in third countries and certain requirements on their supervision

14 Jun 2023

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... laying down rules for the details and format of the information to be made available by Member States on the results of the investigations concerning cases of contamination with products or substances not authorised for use in organic production

30 Aug 2022

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2325 as regards the recognition of certain control authorities and control bodies for the purpose of importing organic products into the Union

9 Aug 2022

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... establishing, pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council, the list of third countries and the list of control authorities and control bodies that have been recognised under Article 33(2) and (3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 for the purpose of importing organic products into the Union

18 Nov 2021

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... laying down detailed rules on certain records and declarations required from operators and groups of operators and on the technical means for the issuance of certificates in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council

1 Oct 2021

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... laying down rules on documents and notifications required for organic and in-conversion products intended for import into the Union

12 Jul 2021

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... supplementing Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council with rules on the official controls in respect of consignments of organic products and in-conversion products intended for import into the Union and on the certificate of inspection

12 Jul 2021

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... laying down certain rules concerning the certificate issued to operators, groups of operators and exporters in third countries involved in the imports of organic products into the Union and establishing the list of recognised control authorities and control bodies in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council

9 Jun 2021

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... supplementing Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council with procedural requirements for the recognition of control authorities and control bodies that are competent to carry out controls on operators and groups of operators certified organic and on organic products in third countries and with rules on their supervision and the controls and other actions to be performed by those control authorities and control bodies

21 May 2021

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... supplementing Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the production and marketing of plant reproductive material of organic heterogeneous material of particular genera or species

27 Nov 2020

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the requirements for groups of operators and the model of certificate attesting compliance with the rules on organic production

26 Aug 2020

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council on controls and other measures ensuring traceability and compliance in organic production and the labelling of organic products

26 Aug 2020

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... supplementing Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council by laying down specific criteria and conditions for the checks of documentary accounts in the framework of official controls in organic production and the official controls of groups of operators

26 Aug 2020