26.10.2002 L 289/15 Official Journal of the European Communities THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1918/2002 of 25 October 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 1788/2001 laying down detailed rules for implementing the provi- sions 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 indica- tions referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance) HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 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 Atrticle 1 Regulation (EC) No 1788/2001 is amended as follows: 1. In Article 4(12) the first subparagraph is replaced by the following: 473/2002 (3, and in particular Article 11(3)(b) and Article 11(4) thereof, Whereas: 1 1 2 3 5 6 () O] () O () O] () O] () O] () O ‘The first consignee shall, at the reception of the consign- ment, complete box 18 of the original of the certificate of inspection, to certify that the reception of the consignment has been carried out in accordance with Section C, point 6 o ) of Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91. Commission Regulation (EC) No 1788/2001 (}), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1113/2002 (%), estab- lishes a certificate of inspection for imported products and provides that those certificates shall be applied from 2. Article 5 is amended as follows: (a) paragraph 1 is amended as follows: 1 November 2002 to products imported under the procedures established in Article 11(1) and (6) of Regula- tion (EEC) No 2092/91. Certain Member States have experienced some technical difficulties when attempting to apply Regulation (EC) No 1788/2001. The Regulation should therefore, for the sake of transparency and in order to avoid confusion, be clarified. In particular, the references to suspensive customs procedures pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Commu- nity Customs Code (°), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2700/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council (°), and the references to Annex IIl to Regu- lation (EEC) No 209291 should be updated. In this respect, the models of the certificate and of the extract of the certificate, set out in Annexes I and II to Regula- tion (EC) 1788/2001 should be updated. Regulation (EEC) No 1788/2001 should therefore be amended accordingly. The need for adaptation to the amended models of the certificate and of the extract calls for a transitional period during which the previous models may be used. The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee estab- lished by Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91, L 198, 22.7.1991, p. 1. L 75, 16.3.2002, p. 21. L 243, 13.9.2001, p. 3. L 168, 27.6.2002, p. 31. L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1. L 311, 12.12.2000, p. 17. (i) the first subparagraph is replaced by the following: ‘Where a consignment coming from a third country is assigned to customs warechousing or inward processing in the form of a system of suspension as foreseen in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (*), and subject to one or more preparations as defined in Article 4(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91, the consignment must be subject, before the first preparation is carried out, to the measures referred to in Article 4(1) of the present Regulation. * OJL 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1. (i) the third subparagraph is replaced by the following: ‘After this preparation, the endorsed original of the certificate of inspection shall accompany the consignment, and shall be presented to the relevant Member State's authority, which shall verify the consignment in view of its release for free circula- tion.’ (b) paragraph 2 is amended as follows: (i) the forth subparagraph is replaced by the following: ‘After the splitting, the endorsed original of each extract of the certificate of inspection shall accom- pany the batch concerned, and shall be presented to the relevant Member State's authority, which shall verify the concerned batch in view of its release for free circulation.’ ,.\ r=e = = the fifth subparagraph is replaced by the following: ‘The consignee of a batch shall, at the reception thereof complete the original of the extract of the certificate of inspection in box 15, in order to certify that the reception of the batch has been carried out in accordance with Section B, point 5, of Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91.