CHED - COI Link
Important
For organic and in-conversion products subject to organic checks at border control posts, if the operator intends to release the products in the consignment covered by the CHED on the EU market as organic or in-conversion products it is mandatory to insert the product type ‘organic’ in the CHED in TRACES (see below) and to link a COI to the CHED.
To do so:
You must select the product type “organic” inside a commodity box of the CHED:
When this product type has been selected, it becomes mandatory to link a COI to the CHED inside the accompanying documents. Click on the option “Add certificate reference” and select the COI that should be linked to the CHED:
If a CHED and a COI are linked, the link automatically appears in the “Links” box below the reference number of a COI:
Important
The rule above does NOT apply to products exempted from organic checks at border control posts (that is to say, those for which only a point of release for free circulation can be selected in box – 10 of the COI) and this even in the case where by virtue of national law only it is required that those goods be checked at border control posts registered in TRACES as points of release for free circulation and be accompanied by an entry document in the same format as the CHED.
Box “Other checks” in Part II of the linked CHED
In a CHED that has been linked to a COI it is mandatory for the signing SPS inspector to tick the box to confirm that they have consulted and verified the outcome of related official controls on the linked COI:
