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Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 Article 58

Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 Article 58

Conditions for the use of the code number and place of origin

Article 58

1.   The indication of the code number of the control authority or control body referred to in Article 24(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) 834/2007 shall, (a) start with the acronym identifying the Member State or the third country, as referred to in the international standard for the two letter country codes under ISO 3166 ( Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions ); (b) include a term which establishes a link with the organic production method, as referred to in Article 23(1) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007; (c) include a reference number to be decided by the competent authority; and (d) be placed immediately below the Community logo, where the Community logo is used in the labelling. 2.   The indication of the place where the agricultural raw materials of which the products is composed have been farmed, as referred to in Article 24(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) 834/2007, shall be placed immediately below the code number referred to in paragraph 1.

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