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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 834/2007note, 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 Councilnote 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) 2020/427note 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:
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In Article 2 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/427, the second paragraph is replaced by the following:‘It shall apply from 1 January 2022.’
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