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Council Minutes, 20 October 2020
The following is an extract from the minutes of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting on the 19th and 20th October 2020.
The Council adopted a legislative act to amend Regulation (EU) 2018/848 on organic production as regards its date of application and certain other dates referred to in that Regulation. The amended regulation will postpone the application of the organic production and labelling of organic products by one year. The main reasoning behind this decision is the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic which presents an unprecedented challenge to the member states and puts a heavy burden on organic operators. To ensure the smooth functioning of the organic sector, to provide legal certainty, and to avoid potential market disruption, it is necessary to defer the date of application of the regulation beyond the originally planned 1 January 2021 (see 11313/20).