G/TBT/N/EU/938  
8 December 2022  
(22-9117) 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/en/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Organic 
pet food  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposal for a 
Regulation of the European Parliament  and of the Council on the labelling of organic pet 
food (COM(2022) 659 final); (8 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  The proposal proposes to establish specific rules for the labelling 
of organic pet food. In order for pet food to be labelle d as organic and bear the organic 
production logo of the European Union, at least 95% in terms of weight of the agricultural 
ingredients will have to be organic.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Followi ng 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 Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, it is necessary to establish specific rules 
for the labe lling of organic pet food mirroring the rules applicable to organic food in order 
to ensure the final consumer is appropriately informed and prevent deceptive practices; 
Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection  
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/?uri=CELEX%3A02018R0848 -
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  2023 (estimation)  
Proposed date of entry into force:  On the third day following that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of the European Union  
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://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM%3A2022%3A659%3AFIN&qid=1669677224853  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/EEC/22_8377_00_e.pdf