G/TBT/N/EU/693  
16 December 2019  
(19-8636) 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 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council as regards exceptional production rules in organic 
production (7 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Draft Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) 
2018/848 as regards exceptional production rules in organic production by listing possible 
derogations from the organic production rules in case of catastrophic circumstances like 
'adverse climatic event', 'animal diseases', 'environmental incident', 'natural disaster', 
'catastrophic event' or any comparable situation together with criteria and procedures to 
be applied by the competent authorities of EU Member States and rules on monitoring 
and repor ting. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Following the adoption of the new organic regulation (Regulation (EU) 
2018/848), which will enter into application on 1 January 2021, it is necessary to adopt 
a delegated regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) 2018/848 as regards exceptional 
production rules so derogations can apply in case of catastrophic circumstances. 
Producers need to have legal certainty on the new rules that will apply in the case of 
catastr ophic circumstances and EU Member States need to have enough time to integrate 
these new rules into their national legislation.  G/TBT/N/EU/693  
 
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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:  March 2020  
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 -
databases/tbt/en/  
https://members. wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/EEC/19_7153_00_e.pdf