13.9.2001 Official Journal of the European Communities L 243[3 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1788/2001 of 7 September 2001 laying down detailed rules for implementing the provisions concerning the certificate of inspection for imports from third countries under Article 11 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 of 24 June 1991 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and food- stuffs (), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 436/2001 (3, and in particular Article 11(3)(b) and (4) thereof, Whereas: (1) It is necessary to determine a procedure in order to coordinate at Community level certain controls on prod- ucts imported from third countries in view of these products being marketed with indications referring to the organic production method. (2)  For products imported under the procedure established in Article 11(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91, the content of the certificate of inspection is foreseen in that Article. For products imported under the procedure established in Article 11(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91, there is no such provision. It is therefore necessary to extend the use of that certificate to prod- ucts imported under Article 11(6) in order to ensure that these products were manufactured according to produc- tion rules equivalent to those laid down in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 and were subject to inspection measures of equivalent effectiveness to those referred to in Articles 8 and 9, and such inspection measures were permanently and effectively applied in the third country concerned. (3)  Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3457/92 () estab- lished a certificate of inspection for products imported from third countries according to the provisions laid down in Article 11(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91. For reasons of clarity the said Regulation (EEC) No 3457/92 will be replaced by this Regulation. (4)  This Regulation shall apply without prejudice to the inspection system in Articles 8 and 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 and in Annex III, Sections B and C, thereto. (5)  This Regulation shall apply without prejudice to the Community customs provisions and any other provi- sions governing importation of products referred to in OJ L 198, 22.7.1991, p. 1. 2 O] L 63, 3.3.2001, p. 16. OJ L 350, 1.12.1992, p. 56. Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 for marketing in the Community. (6)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee referred to in Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. This Regulation defines detailed rules with regard to the certificate of inspection required pursuant to Article 11(1)(b) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 and with regard to the submission of such certificate for imports undertaken in accordance with the provisions of Article 11(6) of the same Regulation. 2. This Regulation shall not apply to products which: — are not intended for release for free circulation in the Community in unaltered state or after processing, — are admitted free of import duties in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 (¥) setting up a Community system of reliefs from customs duty. However, the Regulation shall apply to products admitted free of import duties in accordance with Articles 39 and 43 of Regulation (EEC) No 918/83. Article 2 For the purposes of this Regulation: 1. ‘certificate of inspection shall mean the certificate of inspection that covers a consignment and is foreseen by Article 11(1)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 and by Article 3, Article 4 and Annex I of this Regulation; 2. ‘consignment’: shall mean a quantity of products under one or more Combined Nomenclature Codes, covered by a single certificate of inspection, conveyed by the same means of transport and coming from the same third country; 3. ‘verification of the consignment: shall mean the verification by the relevant Member States' authorities of the certificate of inspection to satisfy Article 4(2), and, where these authorities consider appropriate, of the products in relation to the requirements of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91; () O] L 105, 23.4.1983, p. 1.