2020 No. 1669
The Organic Production (Organic Indications) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Approved by both Houses of Parliament
Made
Laid before Parliament -
Coming into force
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(1) of, and paragraph 21 of Schedule 7 to, the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 20181.
The Secretary of State is of the opinion that, by reason of urgency, it is necessary to make these Regulations without a draft of the instrument being laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Organic Production (Organic Indications) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products2
1
Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products is amended as follows.
2
In Article 24(1)—
a
for points (b) and (c) substitute—
b
any UK organic logo as required by the appropriate authority in accordance with Article 25(3) must also appear on the packaging;
c
an indication of the place where the agricultural raw materials of which the product is composed have been farmed must also appear on the packaging and must take one of the following forms, as appropriate—
i
‘UK Agriculture’, where the agricultural raw material has been farmed in the United Kingdom;
ii
‘non-UK Agriculture’, where the agricultural raw material has been farmed in third countries;
iii
‘UK/non-UK Agriculture’, where a part of the agricultural raw materials has been farmed in the United Kingdom and a part of it has been farmed in a third country.
b
for “‘EU’ or ‘non-EU’”, in each place it appears, substitute “‘UK’ or ‘non-UK’”;
c
for the final subparagraph substitute—
The indication referred to in the first subparagraph is optional for products moving from Northern Ireland to Great Britain and products imported from third countries.
3
In Article 25—
a
omit paragraph 1;
b
for paragraph 2 substitute—
2
In addition to any UK organic logo which the appropriate authority may require to appear on the packaging of organic products in accordance with this Article and Article 24, private and national logos may be used in the labelling, presentation and advertising of products which satisfy the requirements set out in this Regulation.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)