G/TBT/N/EU/799  
26 April 2021  
(21-3513) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
European Comm ission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: +(32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tb t/en/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Organic 
products; Food products in general (ICS 67.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) …/… of XXX supplementing Regulation (EU) 
2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the  Council with procedural requirements 
for the recognition of control authorities and control bodies that are competent to carry 
out controls on operators and groups of operators certified organic and on organic 
products in third countries and with rules on  their supervision and the controls and other 
actions to be performed by those control authorities and control bodies (32 page(s), in 
English; 14 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This act lays down the procedural requirements for the 
recogn ition of control authorities and control bodies recognised for the purposes of 
compliance and to set up the system for controls to be carried out by these control 
authorities and control bodies as well as the supervision by the Commission.  
7. Objective an d rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Following the publication of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council on organic production and labelling of organic products and 
repealing Council Regulat ion (EC) No 803/2007, it is necessary to adopt a Delegated 
Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) 2018/848 as regards rules on the procedures 
for recognition of control authorities and control bodies. The Regulation should 
furthermore set out provisions on the controls to be carried out by the control authority 
and control body on operators certified as organic and on organic products in third 
countries. In addition, this Regulation should set out the measures to be taken by the 
Commission in the exercise  of supervision; Other  G/TBT/N/EU/799  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council on 
organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council 
Regulation (EC) 834/2007  
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?qid=1554367642614&uri=CELEX:02018R0848 -20180614  
• Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and 
labelling of organic products and repealing Regulat ion (EEC) No 2092/91.  
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32007R0834  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  July 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  On the twentieth day following that of its publication 
in the Official Journal of the European Union (between September 2021 and November 
2021 approximately).  The provisions shall apply from 1 January 2022.  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notifi cation  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
European Commission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: + (32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU -TBT Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -
databases/tbt/en/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/EEC/21_2968_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/EEC/21_2968_01_e.pdf