4 AN IMPORTING COUNTRY MAY

7.4 An importing country may:

a) require detailed information, including reports established by independent experts mutually agreed

between competent authorities of the exporting and importing countries, on the measures applied in the

exporting country to enable it to make judgements and decisions on equivalency with its own rules

provided that these rules of the importing country meet the requirements of these guidelines, and/or

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b) arrange together with the exporting country for site visits to examine the rules of production and

preparation, and the inspection/certification measures including production and preparation itself as

applied in the exporting country.

c) require, in order to avoid any confusion to the consumer, that the product is labelled in accordance with

the labelling requirements applied, in accordance with the provisions of section 3, in the importing country

for the products concerned.

ANNEX 1

ANNEX 1

PRINCIPLES OF ORGANIC PRODUCTION

A. PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS