21.6.2012 Official Journal of the European Union L 162/1 (Non-legislative acts) REGULATIONS COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 508/2012 of 20 June 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 laying down detailed rules for implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 as regards the arrangements for imports of organic products from third countries (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 ('), and in particular Article 33(2), Article 33(3), Article 38(d) and Article 40 thereof, Whereas: 1 () ) 0] 0] In the light of experience gained with the application of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 (?), the publication of the names and the internet addresses of the control authority or authorities or the control body or bodies recognised by the competent authority to carry out controls in the third country is sufficient for the purpose of that Regulation. However, it is appropriate to continue to require the publication of the code number of the authority or authorities or the control body or bodies responsible in the third country for issuing certificates with a view to importing into the Union. In the light of the experience gained with the implemen- tation of the equivalence system, a third country which is recognised for the purpose of equivalence should be included in the list referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 for a probative period of three years, as a first step. Then, if that country continues to fulfil the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 and Regu- lation (EC) No 1235/2008 and provides the Commission with the necessary guarantees, the inclusion in that list should be extended. L 189, 20.7.2007, p. 1. L 334, 12.12.2008, p. 25. (3)  In order not to disrupt international trade and to help the transition between the rules established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 of 24 June 1991 on organic production of agricultural products and indi- cations referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs (}) and those established by Regulation (EC) No 8342007, Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 extends the possibility of Member States to continue to grant authorisations to importers for placing products on the Union market on a case by case basis until the measures necessary for the func- tioning of the new import rules have been put in place. That possibility is to be gradually phased out as the list of countries set out in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 is being established. (4)  Once a third country is recognised as equivalent in the Union, there would be no need for Member States to deliver such authorisations any more. (5)  However, the experience gained with the equivalence system has shown that in some cases it is appropriate for technical reasons to limit the scope of the recognition of a third country to some product categories or to products originating in that third country. (6)  Therefore, it should be clarified that Member States have the possibility to grant such authorisations until 30 June 2014 for products imported from a third country listed in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008, if the imported products in question are goods which are not covered by the categories andfor origin listed for that country. () OJ L 198, 22.7.1991, p. 1. Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 has been repealed and replaced by Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 as from 1 January 2009.