G/TBT/N/EU/791  
29 March 2021  
(21-2555) 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 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
Organic  products; Processes in the food industry (ICS 67.020), Food products in general 
(ICS 67.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of th e notified document:  Draft 
Commission Implementing Regulation authorising certain products and substances for 
use in organic production and establishing their lists (11 page(s), in English; 35 page(s), 
in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft Com mission Implementing Regulation lists in its 
annexes the products and substances authorised to be used in organic production, in 
particular: plant protection products, fertilisers, products for cleaning and disinfection and 
non-organic products, additives and processing aids for feed and food.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  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 provides that only authorised products and substances may be used in 
organic production. It is necessary to adopt an implementing act laying down the detailed 
provisions applicable to the authorisation of such  products and substances before the 
entry into force of the Regulation (EU) 2018/848, i.e. 1 January 2022. Producers need to 
be given enough time to adapt to the new rules and EU Member States to integrate these 
new rules into their national legislation; O ther G/TBT/N/EU/791  
 
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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/?uri=CELEX%3A32018R0848&qid=1616778726843  
• Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 of 5 September 2008 laying down 
detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834 /2007 on 
organic production and labelling of organic products with regard to organic 
production, labelling and control:  
https://eur -lex.europ a.eu/legal -content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02008R0889 -
20200107&qid=1614943305361  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  End June 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  On the twentieth day following that of its publication 
in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 January 2022  
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://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/EEC/21_2266_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/ 2021/TBT/EEC/21_2266_01_e.pdf