Statutory Instruments
2022 No. 1279
Agriculture
The Organic Production (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022
Made
5th December 2022
Laid before Parliament
6th December 2022
Coming into force
31st December 2022
The Secretary of State( 1 ) makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 22(1) and 38b(8) of Council Regulation 2 ).
The Scottish Ministers and the Welsh Ministers have consented to the Secretary of State making these Regulations for the purposes of Article 38a(3) of that Regulation.
In accordance with Article 38b(9) of that Regulation, the Secretary of State has consulted such bodies or persons as appear to the Secretary of State to be representative of the interests likely to be substantially affected by these Regulations and such other bodies or persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Organic Production (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022, and come into force on 31st December 2022.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008
2. —(1)Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 3 ) is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 42(b) (use of non-organic animals), for “31 December 2022” substitute “31 December 2025” .
(3) In Article 43 (use of non-organic protein feed of plant and animal origin for livestock), in the second paragraph, for “2021 and 2022” substitute “2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025” .
(4) In Annex 8, in the table in Section A (food additives, including carriers), in the row for which the entry in the first column is “E 418”, in the fifth column, for “1 January 2023” substitute “1 January 2026” .
Mark Spencer
Minister of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
5th December 2022
See the definition of “appropriate authority” in EUR 2007/834, Article 38a.
EUR 2007/834, amended by S.I. 2019/693 , 831 (itself amended by S.I. 2020/1453 ). There are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
EUR 2008/889, amended by S.I. 2020/1400 and S.I. 2022/360 . There are other amending instruments but none is relevant.