G/TBT/N/EU/671  
24 July 2019  
(19-4903) 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 Delegated Regulation amending Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council as regards certain detailed production rules for 
organic products (4  pages + Annex 2 pages, in English)  
6. Description of content:  Delegated Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2018/848 on 
detailed production rules of organic products laying down additional production rules on 
different product categories: further details and cultivation practices for production of 
sprouts by  moistening of seeds, feeding of bee colonies, feed for carnivorous aquaculture 
animals and further detailed conditions for juvenile production.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Following the adoption o f 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 detailed production rules of organic products related to 
sprouted seeds, feeding of bee co lonies and carnivorous aquaculture animals as well as 
juvenile aquaculture production. Producers need to have legal certainty on the new rules 
that will apply for these categories of products and EU Member States need to have 
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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:  End of October 2019  
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.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU -TBT Website:  
http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -database s/tbt/en/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/EEC/19_4117_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/EEC/19_4117_01_e.pdf