EN   EN  
 
 EUROPEAN  
COMMISSION   
Brussels, XXX   
[…](2020) XXX  draft  
 
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
of XXX  
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 r elevance)  
  
EN 1  EN COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
of XXX  
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 EUROPEAN COMMISSION,  
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, 
Having 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 834/20071, and in particular Article 10(6), A rticle 14(3), Article 15(3), 
Article 16(3), Article 17(3) and Article 26(7)(d) thereof,  
Whereas:  
(1) Due to t he outbreak of the COVID -19 pandemic and the related public health crisis , 
Regulation (EU) …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council2 postponed the 
date of application of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 by one year , together with other 
related dates referred to in Regulation (EU) 2018/848.  
(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/4643 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 conversion, the 
production of organic products and information to be provided by Member States . In 
the interest of legal certainty , those r ules should apply from the date of application of 
Regulation (EU) 2018/848. 
(3) It is therefore necessary to align the date of application of Implementing Regulation 
(EU) 2020/464 and other consequent dates included there in with the date of 
application of Regulation (EU) 2018/848. 
(4) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/464 should therefore be amended accordingly.  
(5) In light of the need to immediately ensure legal certainty for the organic sector on the 
postponement of the date of entry into application of Implementing Regulation (EU) 
2020/464, this Regulation should enter into force as soon as possible.  
                                                 
1 OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 1.  
2 Regulation (EU) …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council of […] amending Regulation 
(EU) 2018/848 as regards its date of application and certain other dates referred to in that Regulation 
(COM/2020/483 final)  
3 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/464 of 26 March 2020 laying down certain rules for 
the applicati on 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 conversion, the 
production of organic products and information to be provided by Member States ( OJ L 98, 31.3.2020, 
p. 2).  
EN 2  EN (6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the 
Organic Production Committee,  
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:  
Article 1  
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/464 is amended as follows:  
(1) in Article 25 paragraph 4 , the second sentence is replaced by the following:  
‘That information shall be provided each year by 30 June and for the first time by 30 
June 2023 concerning the year 2022. ’;  
(2) in Article 26 paragraphs 1, 5, 6 and 7, the words  ‘as from 1 January 2 029 at the 
latest ’ are replaced by the words  ‘as from 1 January 2030 at the latest ’; 
(3) in Article 26 paragraphs 2, 3 and 4, the words  ‘as from 1 January 2 024 at the latest ’ 
are replaced  by the words  ‘as from 1 January 2025 at the latest ’;  
(4) in Article 27 , the second paragraph is replaced by the following:  
‘It shall apply from 1 January 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 direc tly applicable in all Member States.  
Done at Brussels,  
 For the Commission  
 The President  
 Ursula VON DER LEYEN