Organic Products Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 1604 of 2004).

The Regulations provide for the continued administration, execution and enforcement of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2092/91, as amended, on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs and of the Commission Regulations supplementing that Regulation. In particular, each local authority remains responsible for enforcing within its area the requirement relating to the labelling of organic products referred to in regulation 4 and the provisions of the Council Regulation specified in column 1 of Schedule 2, as read with: (a) any supplementary provisions listed in column 2 of that Schedule; (b) Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1804/1999 supplementing Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2092/91 to include livestock production); and (c) any additional provisions thereto contained in the livestock standards set out in the Compendium of UK Organic Standards, May 2004 Edition. The principal changes made by these Regulations are that the Secretary of State may charge a fee in respect of the reasonable expenses incurred by her in: (a) issuing or renewing (pursuant to Article 5(3)(b) and (5a)(b) of the Council Regulation) an authorisation for an ingredient of agricultural origin not obtained by organic production to be included in an organic product (reg. 7(1)); (b) issuing, varying or renewing (pursuant to Article 11(6) of the Council Regulation) an authorisation to market products imported from a third country that is not included on the list referred to in that Regulation (reg. 7(2)); and (c) considering an application by a private inspection body for approval under Article 9 of the Council Regulation and carrying out any further inspections after such a body has been approved (reg. 9(1) and (2)).