Council Regulation (EC) No 967/2008 of 29 September 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products
Date: 2008-09-29
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: agricultural product, animal production, consumer information, crop production, labelling, organic farming, organic product

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(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory)

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REGULATIONS

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 967/2008

of 29 September 2008

amending Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 37(2) thereof,

establishing the European

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 (1) has introduced
rules for compulsory indications to be used on organic
products, which, from 1 January 2009, includes the use
in
the Community logo on pre-packaged food,
of
accordance with Article 24(1)(b) of that Regulation.

and designations of origin for agricultural products and
foodstuffs (3) and the logo for
traditional specialities
guaranteed, defined by Commission Regulation (EC) No
1216/2007 of 18 October 2007 laying down detailed
rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC)
No 509/2006 on agricultural products and foodstuffs as
traditional specialities guaranteed (4).

(3)

(4)

It is important for the perception of consumers to ensure
an informative labelling with a distinctive and appealing
Community logo, which symbolises organic production
and clearly identifies the products. The design of such a
Community logo requires a certain time period to be
developed and to be made known to the public.

In order to avoid unnecessary financial and organisa­
tional burdens on operators, the compulsory use of the
Community logo should be postponed for the time
needed to create
the new Community logo. This
decision does not prevent operators from using, on a
voluntary basis, the current logo defined in Annex V to
Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91.

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 should therefore be
amended accordingly,

It has appeared that
the Community logo in place
pursuant to Annex V to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2092/91 of 24 June 1991 on organic production of
agricultural products and indications referring thereto
on agricultural products and foodstuffs (2) could be
confused with other logos in place for protected geogra­
phical
indications and protected designations of origin,
pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1898/2006
of 14 December 2006 laying down detailed rules of
implementation
(EC) No
510/2006 on the protection of geographical indications

of Council Regulation

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The following paragraph shall be added to Article 42 of Regu­
lation (EC) No 834/2007:

‘However, Article 24(1)(b) and (c) shall apply as from 1 July
2010.’

(1) OJ L 189, 20.7.2007, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 198, 22.7.1991, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 369, 23.12.2006, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 275, 19.10.2007, p. 3.

(1)

(2)

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This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of
the European Union.

Article 2

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 September 2008.

For the Council
The President

M. BARNIER