COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGUL ATION (EU) 2020/2042 
of 11 December 2020 
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 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
THE EUR OPEAN COMMISSION, 
Havi ng regar d to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, 
Havi ng regard to 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 (1), and in particular 
Article 10(6), Article 14(3), Article 15(3), Article 16(3), Article 17(3) and Article 26(7)(d) thereof, 
Whereas: 
(1) Due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the related public health crisis, Regulation (EU) 2020/1693 of 
the European Parliament and of the Council (2) postponed the date of application of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 by 
one year, together with other relat ed date s refer red to in Regulation (EU) 2018/848. 
(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/464 (3) laid down certain rules for the application of Regulation 
(EU) 2018/848, in particular 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 State s. In 
the inter est of legal certainty , those rules should apply from the date of application of Regulation (EU) 2018/848. 
(3) It is theref ore necessar y to align the date of application of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/464 and other 
consequent dates included therein with the date of application of Regulation (EU) 2018/848. 
(4) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/464 should theref ore be amended according ly. 
(5) In light of the need to immediately ensure legal certainty for the organic sector on the postponement of the date of 
entr y into application of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/464, this Regulation should enter into force as soon 
as possible. 
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Org anic Production 
Committ ee, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGUL ATION: 
Article 1 
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/464 is amended as follo ws: 
(1) in Article 25 paragraph 4, the second senten ce is replaced by the followi ng: 
(1)OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 1. 
(2)Regulation (EU) 2020/1693 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 November 2020 amending Regulation (EU) 
2018/848 on organic production and labelling of organic products as regar ds its date of application and certain other dates referred to 
in that Regulation, OJ L 381, 13.11.2020, p. 1. 
(3)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 Council as regar ds 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 (OJ L 98, 
31.3.2020, p. 2). EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 14.12.2020                                                                                                                                         L 420/9   ‘That information shall be provided each year by 30 June and for the first time by 30 June 2023 concer ning the year 
2022.’; 
(2) in Article 26 paragraphs 1, 5, 6 and 7, the words ‘as from 1 Januar y 2029 at the latest’ are replaced by the words ‘as 
from 1 Januar y 2030 at the latest’; 
(3) in Article 26 paragraphs 2, 3 and 4, the words ‘as from 1 Januar y 2024 at the latest’ are replaced by the words ‘as from 
1 Januar y 2025 at the latest’; 
(4) in Article 27, the second paragraph is replaced by the following: 
‘It shall apply from 1 Januar y 2022’ . 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 11 December 2020.  
For the Commission 
The President 
Ursula VON DER LEYEN     EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 420/10                                                                                                                                       14.12.2020