G/TBT/N/EU/755  
23 October 2020  
(20-7355) 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  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Implementing Regulation amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/464 
as regards its date of application and certain other dates that are relevant for the 
application of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
on organic production (3 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft Commission Implementing Regulation concerns 
organic production. Following the pos tponement 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 
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/464 of 26 March 2020 laying down certain rules for 
the application of Regulation (EU) 2018/84 8 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
as regards the documents needed for the retroactive recognition of periods for the 
purpose of conversion, the production of organic products and information to be provided 
by Member States  G/TBT/N/EU/755  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  In order to ensure legal certainty to the organic sector, it is necessary to 
align the date of entry into application of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 
2020/464 wit h the date of entry into application of Regulation (EU) 2018/848. The Draft 
act will defer by one year from 1 January 2021 to January 2022 the date of entry into 
application of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/464 of 26 March 2020 
laying down c ertain rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council as regards the documents needed for the retroactive 
recognition of periods for the purpose of conversion, the production of organic products 
and info rmation to be provided by Member States; Other  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/464 of 26 March 2020 laying 
down certain rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the 
European Parliament and of the Counci l as regards the documents needed for 
the retroactive recognition of periods for the purpose of conversion, the 
production of organic products and information to be provided by Member 
States  
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?qid=1601277102511&uri=CELEX:32020R0464  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  End of 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  On the day following its publication in the Official 
Journal of the EU  
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/  
https://members.w to.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/EEC/20_6395_00_e.pdf