G/TBT/N/EU/694  
16 December 2019  
(19-8637) 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 Commission  
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 [  ], 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 laying down certain 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 conver sion, 
the production of organic products and information to be provided by Member States (18 
page(s), in English; 15 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft implementing act specifies the documents to be 
provided to the competent authorities of the EU Member States when an organic operator 
requests a retroactively recognised period of conversion for certain land parcels.  
This act also lays down tec hnical specifications regarding the organic production of 
livestock (bovine, ovine, caprine, equine, cervine and porcine animals, poultry and 
rabbits) and of algae and aquaculture as well as the authorised techniques for processed 
food and feed. In additio n, this act specifies the information to be provided by EU Member 
States on the availability on the market of organic and in -conversion plant reproductive 
material, organic animals and organic aquaculture juveniles.  
7. Objective and rationale, including t he 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 Regulation (EC) No 803/2007, it  is necessary to adopt this implementing 
act laying down the technical specifications mentioned above before 1 January 2021. 
Producers need to be given enough time to adapt to the new rules and EU Member States 
to be given enough time to integrate these ne w rules into their national legislation.  G/TBT/N/EU/694  
 
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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:  March 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  20 days from publication in the Official Journal of 
the EU; it will apply from 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.e uropa.eu  
 
The text is available on the EU -TBT Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -
databases/tbt/en/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/EEC/19_7154_01_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/EEC/19_7154_00_e.pdf