. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/EU/14 
25 January 2012  
 (12-0501) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local governme nt 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:  mailto:eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 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):  Agricultural products 
intended to be marketed as organic in the EU. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Commission 
Implementing Regulation amending and corr ecting Regulation (E C) 889/2008 laying down 
detailed rules for the implementation of C ouncil Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic 
production and labelling of organi c products with regard to organic production, labelling and 
control (12 pages, in English).      
6. Description of content:  Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 defines detailed rules on 
organic feed. The proposed amendment adapts this  set of rules and simp lifies the Annexes of 
feed materials and feed additives. Four new subs tances are included in the positive list of feed 
additives. New expiry dates for exceptiona l rules, one on using non-organic feed for 
monogastric animals, the other on using non-organic pullets are set.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  The 
objective of Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 and the proposed amendment on organic feed is to 
better reflect the objectiv es and principles of organic feed ru les as laid down in the basic act 
and to better meet the market situation on protein crops.   G/TBT/N/EU/14 
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  8. Relevant documents:    
- Council Regulation (EC) 834/2007 on organi c production and labelling of organic 
 products  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=OJ :L:2007:189:0001:0023:EN:PDF  
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 on laying down detailed rules for the 
 implementation of  Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=OJ :L:2008:250:0001:0084:EN:PDF  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    29 March 2012 
The day following its publication in the Official 
Journal of the EU  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [  ], or address, telephone and fax numbers, 
e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:    
European Commission 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point Fax:  +(32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail:  mailto:eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU-TBT Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/  
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2012/tbt/EEC/12_0295_00_e.pdf