diff --git a/bootstrap.php b/bootstrap.php
index 67ca60d..d45f799 100644
--- a/bootstrap.php
+++ b/bootstrap.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 use CultuurNet\UDB3\EventSourcing\ExecutionContextMetadataEnricher;
 use CultuurNet\UDB3\LabelCollection;
 use CultuurNet\UDB3\SimpleEventBus;
+use CultuurNet\UDB3\UiTPASService\Broadway\Saga\StaticallyConfiguredSagaNamespacedEventsMetadataFactory;
 use CultuurNet\UDB3\UiTPASService\Permissions\DefaultEventPermission;
 use CultuurNet\UDB3\UiTPASService\Permissions\UDB3EventPermission;
 use CultuurNet\UDB3\UiTPASService\Sync\SyncCommandHandler;
@@ -409,9 +410,11 @@ function ($app) {
 $app->extend(
     'uitpas_command_bus_out',
     function (CommandBusInterface $commandBus, Application $app) {
-        // @todo Subscribe command handlers here.
+        $uitpasSync = isset($app['config']['uitpas_sync']) ? (bool) $app['config']['uitpas_sync'] : true;
+        if ($uitpasSync) {
+            $commandBus->subscribe($app['uitpas_sync_command_handler']);
+        }
 
-        $commandBus->subscribe($app['uitpas_sync_command_handler']);
         $commandBus->subscribe($app['uitpas_aggregate_command_handler']);
 
         return $commandBus;
@@ -467,7 +470,7 @@ function (Application $app) {
                 $app['saga_repository'],
                 new Broadway\UuidGenerator\Rfc4122\Version4Generator()
             ),
-            new \Broadway\Saga\Metadata\StaticallyConfiguredSagaMetadataFactory(),
+            new StaticallyConfiguredSagaNamespacedEventsMetadataFactory(),
             new EventDispatcher()
         );
     }
diff --git a/config.dist.yml b/config.dist.yml
index e118e06..dafdc12 100644
--- a/config.dist.yml
+++ b/config.dist.yml
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ jwt:
       file: public.pem
   validation:
     iss: http://culudb-jwt-provider.dev
+uitpas_sync: true # Optional, defaults to true if not defined
diff --git a/src/Broadway/Saga/NamespacedEventsMetadata.php b/src/Broadway/Saga/NamespacedEventsMetadata.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a39d6ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Broadway/Saga/NamespacedEventsMetadata.php
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace CultuurNet\UDB3\UiTPASService\Broadway\Saga;
+
+use Broadway\Saga\MetadataInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Copied from Broadway\Saga\Metadata\Metadata and modified to work with
+ * namespaced event names.
+ */
+class NamespacedEventsMetadata implements MetadataInterface
+{
+    private $criteria;
+
+    /**
+     * @param array $criteria
+     */
+    public function __construct($criteria)
+    {
+        $this->criteria = $criteria;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    public function handles($event)
+    {
+        $eventName = get_class($event);
+
+        return isset($this->criteria[$eventName]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    public function criteria($event)
+    {
+        $eventName = get_class($event);
+
+        if (! isset($this->criteria[$eventName])) {
+            throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf("No criteria for event '%s'.", $eventName));
+        }
+
+        return $this->criteria[$eventName]($event);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Broadway/Saga/StaticallyConfiguredSagaNamespacedEventsMetadataFactory.php b/src/Broadway/Saga/StaticallyConfiguredSagaNamespacedEventsMetadataFactory.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03f9cf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Broadway/Saga/StaticallyConfiguredSagaNamespacedEventsMetadataFactory.php
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace CultuurNet\UDB3\UiTPASService\Broadway\Saga;
+
+use Broadway\Saga\Metadata\MetadataFactoryInterface;
+use Broadway\Saga\Metadata\StaticallyConfiguredSagaInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Copied from Broadway\Saga\Metadata\StaticallyConfiguredSagaMetadataFactory
+ * and modified to return an instance of NamespacedEventsMetadata.
+ */
+class StaticallyConfiguredSagaNamespacedEventsMetadataFactory implements MetadataFactoryInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    public function create($saga)
+    {
+        if (!($saga instanceof StaticallyConfiguredSagaInterface)) {
+            throw new \RuntimeException(
+                sprintf('Provided saga of class %s must implement %s', $saga, StaticallyConfiguredSagaInterface::class)
+            );
+        }
+
+        $criteria = $saga::configuration();
+
+        return new NamespacedEventsMetadata($criteria);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Specification/IsUiTPASOrganizerAccordingToJSONLD.php b/src/Specification/IsUiTPASOrganizerAccordingToJSONLD.php
index 95d7ba9..e794a55 100644
--- a/src/Specification/IsUiTPASOrganizerAccordingToJSONLD.php
+++ b/src/Specification/IsUiTPASOrganizerAccordingToJSONLD.php
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public function isSatisfiedBy($organizerId)
         $uitpasLabelsPresentOnOrganizer = array_filter(
             $organizerLabels,
             function ($label) {
-                $label = new Label($label->name);
+                $label = new Label($label);
                 return $this->uitpasLabels->contains($label);
             }
         );
diff --git a/src/UiTPASEventSaga.php b/src/UiTPASEventSaga.php
index 0e4546a..1699ded 100644
--- a/src/UiTPASEventSaga.php
+++ b/src/UiTPASEventSaga.php
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@
 use CultuurNet\UDB3\Cdb\EventItemFactory;
 use CultuurNet\UDB3\Cdb\PriceDescriptionParser;
 use CultuurNet\UDB3\Event\Events\EventCreated;
-use CultuurNet\UDB3\Event\Events\EventCreatedFromCdbXml;
 use CultuurNet\UDB3\Event\Events\EventImportedFromUDB2;
-use CultuurNet\UDB3\Event\Events\EventUpdatedFromCdbXml;
 use CultuurNet\UDB3\Event\Events\EventUpdatedFromUDB2;
 use CultuurNet\UDB3\Event\Events\OrganizerDeleted;
 use CultuurNet\UDB3\Event\Events\OrganizerUpdated;
@@ -96,25 +94,22 @@ public static function configuration()
             );
         };
 
-        $cdbXmlEventCallback = function ($event) {
-            /* @var EventUpdatedFromUDB2|EventUpdatedFromCdbXml $event */
+        $updateFromUdb2Callback = function (EventUpdatedFromUDB2 $event) {
             return new Criteria(
                 ['uitpasAggregateId' => (string) $event->getEventId()]
             );
         };
 
         return [
-            'EventCreated' => $initialEventCallback,
-            'EventImportedFromUDB2' => $initialEventCallback,
-            'EventCreatedFromCdbXml' => $initialEventCallback,
-            'EventUpdatedFromUDB2' => $cdbXmlEventCallback,
-            'EventUpdatedFromCdbXml' => $cdbXmlEventCallback,
-            'OrganizerUpdated' => $offerEventCallback,
-            'OrganizerDeleted' => $offerEventCallback,
-            'PriceInfoUpdated' => $offerEventCallback,
-            'UiTPASAggregateCreated' => $uitpasAggregateEventCallback,
-            'DistributionKeysUpdated' => $uitpasAggregateEventCallback,
-            'DistributionKeysCleared' => $uitpasAggregateEventCallback,
+            EventCreated::class => $initialEventCallback,
+            EventImportedFromUDB2::class => $initialEventCallback,
+            EventUpdatedFromUDB2::class => $updateFromUdb2Callback,
+            OrganizerUpdated::class => $offerEventCallback,
+            OrganizerDeleted::class => $offerEventCallback,
+            PriceInfoUpdated::class => $offerEventCallback,
+            UiTPASAggregateCreated::class => $uitpasAggregateEventCallback,
+            DistributionKeysUpdated::class => $uitpasAggregateEventCallback,
+            DistributionKeysCleared::class => $uitpasAggregateEventCallback,
         ];
     }
 
@@ -151,27 +146,6 @@ public function handleEventImportedFromUDB2(EventImportedFromUDB2 $eventImported
         return $state;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @param EventCreatedFromCdbXml $eventCreatedFromCdbXml
-     * @param State $state
-     * @return State
-     */
-    public function handleEventCreatedFromCdbXml(EventCreatedFromCdbXml $eventCreatedFromCdbXml, State $state)
-    {
-        $state->set('uitpasAggregateId', $eventCreatedFromCdbXml->getEventId());
-        $state->set('syncCount', 0);
-
-        $state = $this->updateStateFromCdbXml(
-            $state,
-            (string) $eventCreatedFromCdbXml->getEventXmlString(),
-            (string) $eventCreatedFromCdbXml->getCdbXmlNamespaceUri()
-        );
-
-        $this->triggerSyncWhenConditionsAreMet($state);
-
-        return $state;
-    }
-
     /**
      * @param EventUpdatedFromUDB2 $eventUpdatedFromUDB2
      * @param State $state
@@ -190,24 +164,6 @@ public function handleEventUpdatedFromUDB2(EventUpdatedFromUDB2 $eventUpdatedFro
         return $state;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @param EventUpdatedFromCdbXml $eventUpdatedFromCdbXml
-     * @param State $state
-     * @return State
-     */
-    public function handleEventUpdatedFromCdbXml(EventUpdatedFromCdbXml $eventUpdatedFromCdbXml, State $state)
-    {
-        $state = $this->updateStateFromCdbXml(
-            $state,
-            (string) $eventUpdatedFromCdbXml->getEventXmlString(),
-            (string) $eventUpdatedFromCdbXml->getCdbXmlNamespaceUri()
-        );
-
-        $this->triggerSyncWhenConditionsAreMet($state);
-
-        return $state;
-    }
-
     /**
      * @param OrganizerUpdated $organizerUpdated
      * @param State $state
diff --git a/tests/Specification/IsUiTPASOrganizerAccordingToJSONLDTest.php b/tests/Specification/IsUiTPASOrganizerAccordingToJSONLDTest.php
index 71bd20c..367f1ad 100644
--- a/tests/Specification/IsUiTPASOrganizerAccordingToJSONLDTest.php
+++ b/tests/Specification/IsUiTPASOrganizerAccordingToJSONLDTest.php
@@ -130,24 +130,12 @@ public function it_returns_true_for_organizers_with_an_exact_uitpas_label_match(
         $expectedLabelLogContext = $expectedLogContext + [
             'uitpas_labels' => $this->uitpasLabels->asArray(),
             'extracted_organizer_labels' => [
-                (object) [
-                    'uuid' => '71945e50-2158-4922-94d2-fd1da6286b51',
-                    'name' => 'foo',
-                ],
-                (object) [
-                    'uuid' => '12dabcf9-9598-4e8d-8642-c1af42698875',
-                    'name' => 'UiTPAS',
-                ],
-                (object) [
-                    'uuid' => '9fac1824-8c65-4d0e-845f-9bef03fa05a1',
-                    'name' => 'bar',
-                ],
+                'foo',
+                'UiTPAS',
+                'bar',
             ],
             'organizer_uitpas_labels' => [
-                (object) [
-                    'uuid' => '12dabcf9-9598-4e8d-8642-c1af42698875',
-                    'name' => 'UiTPAS',
-                ],
+                'UiTPAS',
             ],
         ];
 
@@ -175,24 +163,12 @@ public function it_returns_true_for_organizers_with_a_case_insensitive_uitpas_la
         $expectedLabelLogContext = $expectedLogContext + [
             'uitpas_labels' => $this->uitpasLabels->asArray(),
             'extracted_organizer_labels' => [
-                (object) [
-                    'uuid' => '71945e50-2158-4922-94d2-fd1da6286b51',
-                    'name' => 'foo',
-                ],
-                (object) [
-                    'uuid' => '12dabcf9-9598-4e8d-8642-c1af42698875',
-                    'name' => 'uitpas',
-                ],
-                (object) [
-                    'uuid' => '9fac1824-8c65-4d0e-845f-9bef03fa05a1',
-                    'name' => 'bar',
-                ],
+                'foo',
+                'uitpas',
+                'bar',
             ],
             'organizer_uitpas_labels' => [
-                (object) [
-                    'uuid' => '12dabcf9-9598-4e8d-8642-c1af42698875',
-                    'name' => 'uitpas',
-                ],
+                'uitpas',
             ],
         ];
 
@@ -220,14 +196,8 @@ public function it_returns_false_for_organizers_without_uitpas_label()
         $expectedLabelLogContext = $expectedLogContext + [
             'uitpas_labels' => $this->uitpasLabels->asArray(),
             'extracted_organizer_labels' => [
-                (object) [
-                    'uuid' => '71945e50-2158-4922-94d2-fd1da6286b51',
-                    'name' => 'foo',
-                ],
-                (object) [
-                    'uuid' => '9fac1824-8c65-4d0e-845f-9bef03fa05a1',
-                    'name' => 'bar',
-                ],
+                'foo',
+                'bar',
             ],
             'organizer_uitpas_labels' => [],
         ];
diff --git a/tests/Specification/samples/organizer-with-lowercase-uitpas-label b/tests/Specification/samples/organizer-with-lowercase-uitpas-label
index 62b85b0..24f7d60 100644
--- a/tests/Specification/samples/organizer-with-lowercase-uitpas-label
+++ b/tests/Specification/samples/organizer-with-lowercase-uitpas-label
@@ -1,17 +1,8 @@
 {
     "@id": "http://example.com/organizers/dba1c53d-582c-4081-a78c-b4848f9e3653",
     "labels": [
-        {
-            "uuid": "71945e50-2158-4922-94d2-fd1da6286b51",
-            "name": "foo"
-        },
-        {
-            "uuid": "12dabcf9-9598-4e8d-8642-c1af42698875",
-            "name": "uitpas"
-        },
-        {
-            "uuid": "9fac1824-8c65-4d0e-845f-9bef03fa05a1",
-            "name": "bar"
-        }
+        "foo",
+        "uitpas",
+        "bar"
     ]
 }
diff --git a/tests/Specification/samples/organizer-with-syntax-error b/tests/Specification/samples/organizer-with-syntax-error
index 4599eeb..aa75943 100644
--- a/tests/Specification/samples/organizer-with-syntax-error
+++ b/tests/Specification/samples/organizer-with-syntax-error
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 {
     "@id": "http://example.com/organizers/dba1c53d-582c-4081-a78c-b4848f9e3653",
     "labels": [
-        {
-            "uuid": "71945e50-2158-4922-94d2-fd1da6286b51",
-            "name": "foo"
-        },
-        {
-            "uuid": "12dabcf9-9598-4e8d-8642-c1af42698875",
-            "name": "uitpas"
-        },
+        "foo",
+        "uitpas",
diff --git a/tests/Specification/samples/organizer-with-uitpas-label b/tests/Specification/samples/organizer-with-uitpas-label
index ede2106..9083678 100644
--- a/tests/Specification/samples/organizer-with-uitpas-label
+++ b/tests/Specification/samples/organizer-with-uitpas-label
@@ -1,17 +1,8 @@
 {
     "@id": "http://example.com/organizers/dba1c53d-582c-4081-a78c-b4848f9e3653",
     "labels": [
-        {
-            "uuid": "71945e50-2158-4922-94d2-fd1da6286b51",
-            "name": "foo"
-        },
-        {
-            "uuid": "12dabcf9-9598-4e8d-8642-c1af42698875",
-            "name": "UiTPAS"
-        },
-        {
-            "uuid": "9fac1824-8c65-4d0e-845f-9bef03fa05a1",
-            "name": "bar"
-        }
+        "foo",
+        "UiTPAS",
+        "bar"
     ]
 }
diff --git a/tests/Specification/samples/organizer-without-uitpas-label b/tests/Specification/samples/organizer-without-uitpas-label
index c00dba6..319f442 100644
--- a/tests/Specification/samples/organizer-without-uitpas-label
+++ b/tests/Specification/samples/organizer-without-uitpas-label
@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
 {
     "@id": "http://example.com/organizers/dba1c53d-582c-4081-a78c-b4848f9e3653",
     "labels": [
-        {
-            "uuid": "71945e50-2158-4922-94d2-fd1da6286b51",
-            "name": "foo"
-        },
-        {
-            "uuid": "9fac1824-8c65-4d0e-845f-9bef03fa05a1",
-            "name": "bar"
-        }
+        "foo",
+        "bar"
     ]
 }
diff --git a/tests/UiTPASEventSagaTest.php b/tests/UiTPASEventSagaTest.php
index 391a662..4ef57cc 100644
--- a/tests/UiTPASEventSagaTest.php
+++ b/tests/UiTPASEventSagaTest.php
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 use Broadway\CommandHandling\CommandBusInterface;
 use Broadway\CommandHandling\Testing\TraceableCommandBus;
 use Broadway\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcher;
-use Broadway\Saga\Metadata\StaticallyConfiguredSagaMetadataFactory;
 use Broadway\Saga\MultipleSagaManager;
 use Broadway\Saga\State\InMemoryRepository;
 use Broadway\Saga\State\StateManager;
@@ -22,21 +21,19 @@
 use CultuurNet\UDB3\Cdb\CdbId\EventCdbIdExtractor;
 use CultuurNet\UDB3\Cdb\PriceDescriptionParser;
 use CultuurNet\UDB3\Event\Events\EventCreated;
-use CultuurNet\UDB3\Event\Events\EventCreatedFromCdbXml;
 use CultuurNet\UDB3\Event\Events\EventImportedFromUDB2;
-use CultuurNet\UDB3\Event\Events\EventUpdatedFromCdbXml;
 use CultuurNet\UDB3\Event\Events\EventUpdatedFromUDB2;
 use CultuurNet\UDB3\Event\Events\OrganizerDeleted;
 use CultuurNet\UDB3\Event\Events\OrganizerUpdated;
 use CultuurNet\UDB3\Event\Events\PriceInfoUpdated;
 use CultuurNet\UDB3\Event\EventType;
-use CultuurNet\UDB3\EventXmlString;
 use CultuurNet\UDB3\Location\Location;
 use CultuurNet\UDB3\PriceInfo\BasePrice;
 use CultuurNet\UDB3\PriceInfo\Price;
 use CultuurNet\UDB3\PriceInfo\PriceInfo;
 use CultuurNet\UDB3\PriceInfo\Tariff;
 use CultuurNet\UDB3\Title;
+use CultuurNet\UDB3\UiTPASService\Broadway\Saga\StaticallyConfiguredSagaNamespacedEventsMetadataFactory;
 use CultuurNet\UDB3\UiTPASService\UiTPASAggregate\Command\ClearDistributionKeys;
 use CultuurNet\UDB3\UiTPASService\UiTPASAggregate\Command\CreateUiTPASAggregate;
 use CultuurNet\UDB3\UiTPASService\Sync\Command\RegisterUiTPASEvent;
@@ -188,7 +185,7 @@ protected function createScenario()
             $sagaStateRepository,
             [$saga],
             new StateManager($sagaStateRepository, new Version4Generator()),
-            new StaticallyConfiguredSagaMetadataFactory(),
+            new StaticallyConfiguredSagaNamespacedEventsMetadataFactory(),
             new EventDispatcher()
         );
         return new Scenario($this, $sagaManager, $traceableCommandBus);
@@ -636,42 +633,6 @@ public function it_creates_a_new_uitpas_aggregate_and_registers_an_uitpas_event_
             );
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @test
-     */
-    public function it_creates_a_new_uitpas_aggregate_and_registers_an_uitpas_event_for_events_created_from_cdbxml()
-    {
-        $cdbXml = file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/cdbxml-samples/event-with-uitpas-organizer-and-price.xml');
-
-        $cdbXmlNamespaceUri = 'http://www.cultuurdatabank.com/XMLSchema/CdbXSD/3.3/FINAL';
-
-        $expectedPriceInfo = new PriceInfo(
-            new BasePrice(
-                Price::fromFloat(5.5),
-                Currency::fromNative('EUR')
-            )
-        );
-
-        $this->scenario
-            ->when(
-                new EventCreatedFromCdbXml(
-                    new StringLiteral($this->eventId),
-                    new EventXmlString($cdbXml),
-                    new StringLiteral($cdbXmlNamespaceUri)
-                )
-            )
-            ->then(
-                [
-                    new CreateUiTPASAggregate($this->eventId, []),
-                    new RegisterUiTPASEvent(
-                        $this->eventId,
-                        $this->uitpasOrganizerId,
-                        $expectedPriceInfo
-                    ),
-                ]
-            );
-    }
-
     /**
      * @test
      */
@@ -710,50 +671,6 @@ public function it_updates_an_uitpas_event_when_updated_from_udb2()
             );
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @test
-     */
-    public function it_updates_an_uitpas_event_when_updated_from_cdbxml()
-    {
-        $cdbXml = file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/cdbxml-samples/event-with-uitpas-organizer-and-price.xml');
-
-        $cdbXmlNamespaceUri = 'http://www.cultuurdatabank.com/XMLSchema/CdbXSD/3.3/FINAL';
-
-        $expectedPriceInfo = new PriceInfo(
-            new BasePrice(
-                Price::fromFloat(5.5),
-                Currency::fromNative('EUR')
-            )
-        );
-
-        $this->scenario
-            ->given(
-                [
-                    $this->eventCreated,
-                    new OrganizerUpdated($this->eventId, $this->uitpasOrganizerId),
-                    new PriceInfoUpdated($this->eventId, $this->priceInfo),
-                    $this->uitpasAggregateCreated,
-                ]
-            )
-            ->when(
-                new EventUpdatedFromCdbXml(
-                    new StringLiteral($this->eventId),
-                    new EventXmlString($cdbXml),
-                    new StringLiteral($cdbXmlNamespaceUri)
-                )
-            )
-            ->then(
-                [
-                    new UpdateUiTPASEvent(
-                        $this->eventId,
-                        $this->uitpasOrganizerId,
-                        $expectedPriceInfo,
-                        $this->distributionKeys
-                    ),
-                ]
-            );
-    }
-
     /**
      * @test
      */