G/TBT/N/EU/713  
22 April 2020  
(20-3182) 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 
plant reproductive material  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the noti fied document:  Draft 
Commission Delegated Regulation amending Part I of Annex II to Regulation (EU) 
2018/848 as regards the use of in -conversion and non -organic plant reproductive material 
(5 page(s), in English; 4 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Delegated Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2018/848 on 
the provisions for the use of in -conversion and non -organic plant reproductive material in 
particular with respect to the criteria for derogating from the obligation to use o rganic 
plant reproductive material which shall be applied by the competent authorities of EU 
Member States and rules on monitoring. Some provisions can affect also organic 
operators in Third Countries.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of u rgent problems where 
applicable:  Following the adoption of the new organic regulation, which will enter into 
application on 1 January 2021, it is necessary to adopt delegated regulation amending 
Regulation (EU) 2018/848 on the possible use of in -conversion  and non -organic plant 
reproductive material, in particular on the criteria and conditions for their use. Producers 
need to have legal certainty on the new rules that will apply in case of lack of availability 
of organic plant reproductive material and nee d to get a derogation for use of non -organic 
plant reproductive material. At the same time, EU Member States need to have enough 
time to integrate these new rules into their national legislations.  G/TBT/N/EU/713  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the Eu ropean 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:  July 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.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/2020/TBT/EEC/20_2835_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/EEC/20_2835_01_e.pdf