Organic Agriculture – postponement of the application of the new EU regulation 2018/848

A new European regulation on Organic Agriculture is being drawn up and its entry into force was initially set for January 1, 2021.

A newsletter prepared by the ECOCERT Group on the new regulations is available by clicking HERE .

IFOAM (International Federation of Organic Movements) has submitted a request to the European Commission to postpone the implementation of the new AB regulation for one year.

By a press release published on Friday 4 September, the European Commission said that it postponed the transition to the new regulations until January 1, 2022 .

And for 2021?

No change expected for next year: It will be necessary to respect the current AB regulations (RCE n ° 834/2007 supplemented by RCE n ° 889/2008 and n ° 1235/2008) and their possible updates.