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Operations located in the United States and certified to the National Organic Program (NOP) can ship to any EU member state through the US/EU Equivalence Arrangement and the UK through the US/UK Equivalence Arrangement. These arrangements recognize the NOP standards and the EU standards as equivalent, with minor critical variances. The UK has adopted the EU standards until further notice.
Operations located in the United States and certified to the National Organic Program (NOP) can ship to Switzerland through the US/Swiss Equivalence Arrangement. This arrangement recognizes the NOP standards and the Swiss EAER Ordinances on Organic Farming as equivalent, with minor critical variances.
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For exports to the EU, Switzerland, or Northern Ireland (part of the UK): EU Regulation 2021/2306 requires that the Certificate of Inspection (COI) be approved before the shipment leaves the US. Consignments that depart the US before obtaining a completed COI may be denied entry or have the organic status removed by the EU, UK, or Swiss border control authorities.
Your operation is responsible for submitting the COI to CCOF with enough time to be processed prior to shipment, typically 2 business days.
COI requests may be submitted before complete shipping information is available, the following fields may be amended after CCOF signs the COI: Border control post/Point of release for free circulation, Net Weight, Total Gross weight, Container number, Seal number, Means of Transport, and additional supporting documents.
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NOP certified products must be either produced within, or have final processing or packaging occur in the US.
Wine may not contain any non-organic grapes and must be produced using only the winemaking practices and substances detailed in the EU Organic regulations (EU) 2018/848.
Only products covered under the scope of the EU, UK, and Swiss regulations are eligible. The following products are excluded:
- Cosmetics
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Wineries must complete the GMA Wine Approval Application.
Wine may not contain any non-organic grapes and must be produced using only the winemaking practices and substances detailed in the EU Organic regulations (EU) 2018/848.
You must confirm on the V2.1 Wine Label and Approval form that each product for export meets the EU winemaking requirements.
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National Organic Program – International Trade: EU, UK, Switzerland (includes requirements for products imported into the US under these arrangements)
European Commission Organic Farming Information
Operations located in the United States and certified to the National Organic Program (NOP) can ship to any EU member state through the US/EU Equivalence Arrangement and the UK through the US/UK Equivalence Arrangement. These arrangements recognize the NOP standards and the EU standards as equivalent, with minor critical variances. The UK has adopted the EU standards until further notice.
Operations located in the United States and certified to the National Organic Program (NOP) can ship to Switzerland through the US/Swiss Equivalence Arrangement. This arrangement recognizes the NOP standards and the Swiss EAER Ordinances on Organic Farming as equivalent, with minor critical variances.
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Operations located in Canada and certified to the Canada Organic Regime (COR) can ship to any EU member state a ship to any EU member state through the Canada/EU Equivalence Arrangement and to the UK through the Canada/UK Equivalence Arrangement. These arrangements recognize the COR standards and the EU organic standards as equivalent, with minor critical variances. The UK has adopted the EU standards until further notice.
Operations located in Canada and certified to the National Organic Program (NOP) can ship to Switzerland through the Canada/Swiss Equivalence Arrangement. This arrangement recognizes the COR standards and the Swiss EAER Ordinances on Organic Farming as equivalent, with minor critical variances.
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For exports to the EU, Switzerland, or Northern Ireland (part of the UK): EU Regulation 2021/2306 requires that the Certificate of Inspection (COI) be approved before the shipment leaves the Canada. Consignments that depart the Canada before obtaining a completed COI may be denied entry or have the organic status removed by the EU, UK, or Swiss border control authorities.
Your operation is responsible for submitting the COI to CCOF with enough time to be processed prior to shipment, typically 2 business days.
COI requests may be submitted before complete shipping information is available, the following fields may be amended after CCOF signs the COI: Border control post/Point of release for free circulation, Net Weight, Total Gross weight, Container number, Seal number, Means of Transport, and additional supporting documents.
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COR certified products must be either produced within Canada, or have final processing occur within Canada. Simply repacking or relabeling imported product without further processing is not eligible.
Unprocessed plant products, live animals or unprocessed animal products and vegetative propagating material and seeds for cultivation have to be grown in Canada.
“Processing” means any action that substantially alters the initial product, including heating, smoking, curing, maturing, drying, marinating, extraction, extrusion or a combination of those processes. Packaging is not considered processing for EU, UK, or Swiss compliance.
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Canadian Organic Regime – EU, UK, Switzerland (includes requirements for products imported into Canada under these arrangements)
European Commission Organic Farming Information
Operations located in Canada and certified to the Canada Organic Regime (COR) can ship to any EU member state a ship to any EU member state through the Canada/EU Equivalence Arrangement and to the UK through the Canada/UK Equivalence Arrangement. These arrangements recognize the COR standards and the EU organic standards as equivalent, with minor critical variances. The UK has adopted the EU standards until further notice.
Operations located in Canada and certified to the National Organic Program (NOP) can ship to Switzerland through the Canada/Swiss Equivalence Arrangement. This arrangement recognizes the COR standards and the Swiss EAER Ordinances on Organic Farming as equivalent, with minor critical variances.