This Regulation amends the EU rules regarding the control of high-risk organic and in-conversion products imported from third countries. It introduces more flexible control mechanisms for such products, allowing for reduced frequency of physical checks and sampling while maintaining effective oversight of product compliance with EU organic standards.The Regulation modifies two previous regulations: (EU) 2021/1698 and (EU) 2021/2306. The key structural changes include the revision of Article 8 of Regulation 2021/1698 regarding the listing of high-risk products and countries, and amendments to provisions about physical checks and sampling requirements in both regulations.The main provisions include:
- Introduction of variable sampling rates for high-risk products, which can be lower than 100% and may differ between controls in third countries and EU Member States
- Creation of a system where high-risk products will be listed together with their countries of origin and specific required percentages for identity and physical checks
- Modification of systematic checking requirements to allow for more flexible control frequencies while maintaining effective oversight
- Alignment of control requirements between control authorities in third countries and EU Member States’ competent authorities
