Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/269 of 4 December 2020 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/427 as regards the date of application of the amendments to certain detailed production rules for organic products in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)
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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, and in particular Articles 12(2)(e), 14(2)(c) and 15(2)(a) and (d) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the related public health crisis, Regulation (EU) 2020/1693 of the European Parliament and of the Council postponed the date of application of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 by one year, together with other related dates referred to in Regulation (EU) 2018/848.
(2) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/427 amended Regulation (EU) 2018/848 as regards certain detailed production rules for organic products. In the interest of legal certainty, those production rules should apply from the date of application of Regulation (EU) 2018/848.
(3) Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/427 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) As this Regulation needs to apply as a matter of urgency, it should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union and apply from 1 January 2021,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
In Article 2 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/427, the second paragraph is replaced by the following: It shall apply from 1 January 2022.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 January 2021.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 4 December 2020. For the Commission The President Ursula von der Leyen