G/TBT/N/EU/732  
5 August 2020  
(20-5418) 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/tbt/e n/ 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 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 
feedstuff and mixtures of fodder plant seeds  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Delegated Regulation amending Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 2018/848 
of the European Parliament and of the Council  as regards certain information to be 
provided on the labelling of organic products (4 page(s), in English; 3 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  The draft proposal amends certain provisions laid down under 
Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 2018 /848 regarding collection, packaging, transport and 
storage of products with regard to information to be provided on compound feed and 
mixtures of fodder plant seeds, in order to allow the organic operators to get complete 
information on the composition an d presence of organic, in -conversion and authorised 
non-organic components in the products concerned. Such provisions can concern also 
organic operators in Third Countries.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicab le: The proposal aims to introduce more transparency with respect to the 
detailed information to be transmitted among organic operators with respect to the exact 
qualitative and quantitative composition of compound feed and mixtures of fodder plant 
seeds i n terms of organic, in -conversion and allowed non -organic components to be 
provided on the label or on documentation accompanying the concerned products.; Other  G/TBT/N/EU/732  
 
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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  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  October 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2021  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
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/2020/TBT/EEC/20_4734_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/EEC/20_4734_01_e.pdf