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2022 No. 360

Agriculture

The Organic Production (Amendment) Regulations 2022

Made

22nd March 2022

Laid before Parliament

23rd March 2022

Coming into force

20th April 2022

The Secretary of State( 1 ) makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 22(3) and 38b(8) of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products( 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) Regulations 2022, and come into force on 20th April 2022.

(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008

2. —(1) Commission laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products with regard to organic production, labelling and control( 3 ) is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 42(b) (use of non-organic animals), for “31 December 2020” substitute “31 December 2022” .

(3) 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 “E418”, in the fifth column, for “1 January 2022” substitute “1 January 2023” .

Victoria Prentis

Minister of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

22nd March 2022

( 1 )

See the definition of “appropriate authority” in EUR 2007/834, Article 38a(3).

( 2 )

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.

( 3 )

EUR 2008/889, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

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The Organic Production (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (2022/360)

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