Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1470 of 23 July 2025 on the arrangements for the publication of the lists of operators and groups of operators and of essential information relating to the certificate provided to operators and groups of operators in accordance with Article 35(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council

Official Journal EN of the European Union L series 2025/1470 24.7.2025 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION(EU) 2025/1470 of 23 July 2025 on the arrangements for the publication of the lists of operators and groups of operators and of essential information relating to the certificate provided to operators and groups of operators in accordance with Article 35(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007(1), and in particular Article 34(9), point (b), thereof, Whereas: (1) In accordance with Article 34(6) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848, Member States should keep updated lists containing the names and addresses of operators and groups of operators that have notified their activities in accordance with Article 34(1) of that Regulation. Regulation (EU) 2018/848 also provides that Member States have to make public in an appropriate manner, including by means of links to a single internet website, a comprehensive list of those data, together with the information relating to the certificates provided to those operators and groups of operators in accordance with Article 35(1) of that Regulation. (2) As of 1 January 2023, competent authorities or, where appropriate, control authorities or control bodies have issued the certificates referred to in Article 35 of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 in electronic form, using the electronic Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES) referred to in Article 2, point (36) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715(2). With the development of TRACES and the electronic issuance of certificates in accordance with Article 1 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2119(3), those certificates should automatically be generated and made public by TRACES to increase the transparency of the control system in organic production, as well as the information on operators and groups of operators that have notified their activities under that system. (3) Considering that the names and addresses of operators and groups of operators that have notified their activities in accordance with Article 34(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 should be made public by the Member States, the names and addresses of the operators and groups of operators that have been exempted from the obligation to be in possession of a certificate in accordance with Article 35(8) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 should also be made public by Member States in an appropriate manner, including by means of links to a single internet website. When doing so, Member States should comply with the requirements for the protection of personal data pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council(4). (1) OJ L150, 14.6.2018, p.1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/848/oj. (2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 of 30 September 2019 laying down rules for the functioning of the information management system for official controls and its system components (‘the IMSOC Regulation’) (OJ L 261 14.10.2019, p. 37, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2019/1715/oj). (3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2119 of 1 December 2021 laying down detailed rules on certain records and declarations required from operators and groups of operators and on the technical means for the issuance of certificates in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 as regards the issuance of the certificate for operators, groups of operators and exporters in third countries (OJ L 430, 2.12.2021, p. 24, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2021/2119/oj). (4) Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/679/oj). ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/1470/oj 1/3EN OJ L, 24.7.2025 (4) In view of the different organisational structures within Member States, the latter should determine which body is responsible for setting up and maintaining a single internet website and publishing the data. The Commission should also make public on a website of the Commission links to the Member States’ internet websites on the names and addresses of the operators and groups of operators that have been exempted from the obligation to be in possession of a certificate in accordance with Article 35(8) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848. In order to ensure that the information given on the website of the Commission is correct, the cooperation between the Commission and Member States for the establishment and the update of the website should be defined. (5) In order to reduce the administrative burden on operators with regard to records that, in accordance with Article 35(6) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848, they keep to demonstrate compliance with their obligation to verify, the certificates of operators that are their suppliers, essential information on every certificate of operator should remain publicly available in TRACES for a period of five years from the issuance of the certificates, irrespective of their period of validity, renewal, expiry, suspension or withdrawal. (6) Such essential information should include the certificate document number, the name and the address of the operator or the group of operators, the name of the competent authority, or, where appropriate, control authority or control body of the operator or group of operators, the code number in the case of control authority or control body, the activity or activities of the operator or group of operators, the category or categories of products as referred to in Article 35(7) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848, the date of issuance, the period of validity, if applicable, the date of renewal, expiry, suspension or withdrawal and, where available, the directory of products and/or quantity of products. (7) A period of five years is necessary for operators and groups of operators to be able to demonstrate that they are authorised to sell organic products, including products with a long shelf life. A period of five years will also increase transparency and enable competent authorities, or, where appropriate, control authorities or control bodies, to perform effectively official controls, official investigations and traceability exercises. The European Data Protection Supervisor was consulted in accordance with Article 42(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council(5)and delivered formal comments on 14 January 2025. (8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Organic Production Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Public availability of previously issued certificates 1. Essential information on certificates of operators issued in accordance with Article 35(1) of Regulation 2018/848 shall remain publicly available in TRACES for a period of five years from the date of issuance of those certificates. 2. The essential information referred to in paragraph 1 shall include the certificate document number, the name and the address of the operator or the group of operators, the name of the competent authority, or, where appropriate, control authority or control body of the operator or group of operators, the code number of control authority or control body, the activity or activities of the operator or group of operators, the category or categories of products referred to in Article 35(7) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848, the date of issuance, the period of validity, if applicable, the date of renewal, expiry, suspension or withdrawal and, where available, the directory of products and/or quantity of products. (5) Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC (OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 39, ELI: http://data. europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/1725/oj). 2/3 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/1470/ojEN OJ L, 24.7.2025 Article 2 Publication of the lists of names and addresses of operators and groups of operators exempted from the obligation to be in possession of a certificate Member States shall make public the list of names and addresses of operators and groups of operators that have notified their activities in accordance with Article 34(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 and that have been exempted from the obligation to be in possession of a certificate in accordance with Article 35(8) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848, by means of links to a single internet website as referred to in Article 34(6) of that Regulation. Article 3 Cooperation between the Commission and the Member States 1. The Commission shall make public on a website of the Commission links to the single internet website relating to the national lists referred to in Article 2. The Commission shall provide updated links according to the information sent by Member States. 2. Member States shall provide the Commission with the links to the single internet website relating to the national lists referred to in Article 2 as soon as they have been set up as well as any subsequent changes thereof having an influence on the accessibility of their websites from the Commission’s website. 3. Member States shall nominate one or more bodies to be in charge of setting up and maintaining the single internet website relating to the national lists referred to in Article 2. They shall inform the Commission of the names and addresses of those bodies. Article 4 Entry into force This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 23 July 2025. For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/1470/oj 3/3