G/TBT/N/EU/751  
9 October 2020  
(20-6937) 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 
products; Food products in general (ICS 67.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Delegated Regulation amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/427 as 
regards the date of application of the amendm ents to certain detailed production rules for 
organic products in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament 
and of the Council (4 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft Commission Regulation concerns organic produ ction. 
The draft act will defer by one year from 1 January 2021 to January 2022 the date of 
entry into application of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/427 of 13 January 
2020 amending Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council as regards certain detailed production rules for organic products.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The objective of this draft act is to provide legal certainty to the organic 
sector  regarding the date of entry into application of certain rules. Following the 
postponement by one year from 1 January 2021 to 1 January 2022 of the date of entry 
into application of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and 
repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, it is necessary to defer also by one year 
the date of entry into application of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/427 of 
13 Janua ry 2020 amending Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council as regards certain detailed production rules for organic 
products.  
The draft act will defer by one year from 1 January 2021 to January 2022 the date of 
entry into application of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/427 of 13 January G/TBT/N/EU/751  
 
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  laying down certain rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the Euro pean 
Parliament and of the Council.; Other  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/427 of 13 January 2020 amending 
Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council as regards certain detailed pro duction rules for organic products  
https://eur -
lex.europa.eu/search.html?DTN=0427&DTA=2020&qid=1601399931761&DB_T
YPE_OF_ACT=delRegulation&DTS_DOM=EU_LAW&typeOfActStatus=DEL_REGUL
ATION&type=advanced&lang=en&SUBDOM_INIT=LEGISLATION&DTS_SUBDOM
=LEGISLATION  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  End of 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  On the day of its publication in the Official Journal 
of the EU, applies on 1 January 2021  
10. Final date for comments:  30 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/