G/TBT/N/EU/748  
18 September 2020  
(20-6261) 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; Food products in general (ICS 67.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission implementing Regulation laying down detailed rules for the implementation 
of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the Euro pean Parliament and of the Council on controls 
and other measures ensuring traceability and compliance in organic production and the 
labelling of organic products (11 page(s), in English; 9 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This act lays dow n the rules for precautionary measures and 
investigation in case of suspicion of non -compliance due to the presence of non -
authorised products and substance, labelling, group of operators, minimum additional 
controls, national catalogues of measures and ex change of information between different 
bodies and authorities for organics.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Following the publication of 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) No 803/2007, it is necessary to adopt this implementing 
act laying down the detailed provisions mentioned above. Producers need to be given 
enough time to  adapt to the new rules and EU Member States to integrate these new 
rules into their national legislations; Other  G/TBT/N/EU/748  
 
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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:  November 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  20 days from publication in the Official Journal of 
the EU  
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/2020/TBT/EEC/20_5525_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/EEC/20_5525_01_e.pdf