The agreement, which aims to promote trade in organic products and thus stimulate the development of the organic sector in the EU, also provides for a system of cooperation, information exchange and dispute resolution in the area of ecological trade. Member States and EEA states play an important role in the implementation of the EU Regulation and, as a result of this consideration of derogations in Member States, there is some diversity in the details of implementation between states. Member States have certain responsibilities for monitoring organic control systems and reporting to the European Commission. In the case of trade, organic imports are controlled by the Member State of the place of import into the EU and can, if allowed, be sold in all other EEA Member States and states. The agreement includes a system of cooperation, an exchange of information and a solution to differences in the trade in organic products. On 6 March 2017, the Council adopted a decision on the signing of the ue-Chile agreement (see previous press release). The current organic regulation will be replaced by a new regulation adopted by the European Council, Parliament and commission in June 2017 and adopted separately by the Council in November 2017 and by Parliament in early 2018. The new regulation is expected to come into force in January 2021. Its provisions stipulate that all equivalency agreements must be concluded in the form of formal trade agreements. This means that the EU will negotiate trade agreements with at least 11 countries with which it currently has equivalency agreements.
The agreement enters into force three months after the completion of the internal procedures required by each contact person. Since 1991, an EU regulation on organic production and labelling of plant products has been implemented in EU Member States and in 1999 for animal products. The original regulation 2092/91 (completed by Regulation 1804/1999) was replaced by Regulation 834/2007 and supplemented by detailed terms of application in Regulation 889/2008. Another regulation 1235/2008 regulates the importation of organic products. This regulation lists third countries with which UNION has bilateral and unilateral equivalency agreements. This regulation applies not only to Member States, but also to Iceland and Norway under the European Economic Area (EAA) agreement. The benefits of EU equivalency agreements with third countries are also beneficial for these EEA countries. The new rules will be based on the principle of mutual recognition of the equivalence of their respective rules and control systems for organic production between the EU and Chile. Relevant links:ec.europa.eu/agriculture/organic/eu-policy/eu-rules-on-trade/non… On 9 October 2017, the Council adopted a decision on the conclusion of the agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Chile on trade in organic products.
The European Union (EU) and Chile have signed a trade agreement on organic products, under which both parties will soon recognize the equivalence of their respective standards and control systems for organic production. The agreement adopted by the Council on 6 March stipulates that organic food in the EU covered by the agreement can be marketed in Chile without any further control. The same is true for a number of Chilean organic products in the EU. . . . If you are not a journalist, please send your request to the public information service.