G/TBT/N/EU/754  
22 October 2020  
(20-7318) 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/e n/  
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 
EU Parliament and of the Council as regards organic production rules on sprout ed seeds 
and chicory heads, on feed for certain aquaculture animals and on aquaculture parasite 
treatments. (7 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Delegated Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2018/848 to 
clarify recent provisions concerning s prouted seeds and chicory heads to increase legal 
certainty with respect to their organic cultivation requirementsto amend organic 
production rules on feed to allow the use of organic cholesterol for shrimps and prawns, 
to change the parasite treatments fr equency limit for certain aquaculture animals on the 
basis of the recent conclusions of the Expert group for technical advice on Organic 
production. Such provisions can affect also organic operators in Third Countries.    
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Following the adoption of the new organic regulation, it is necessary to adopt 
delegated regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2018/848 as regards organic production 
rules on feed for certa in aquaculture animals, aquaculture parasite treatments and 
sprouted seeds and chicory heads, because producers need to have legal certainty on the 
new rules that will apply. At the same time, EU Member States need to have enough time 
to integrate these ne w rules into their national legislations; Other  G/TBT/N/EU/754  
 
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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:  December 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  On the twentieth day following that of its publication 
in the Official Journal of the European Union  
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.w to.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/EEC/20_6334_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/EEC/20_6334_01_e.pdf