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REPORT (COM(2025)0780 – C100350/2025 – 2025/0417(COD))

On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2018/848 as regards certain production, labelling and certification rules and certain rules on trade with third countries

A-10-2026-0209

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development · Rapporteur: Camilla Laureti

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Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal to amend Regulation (EU) 2018/848 on organic production, labelling and certification and trade with third countries. It allows the EU organic logo on processed products containing imported equivalent ingredients without the 5% limit, and bans imports of products not meeting Annex VII requirements. It adapts exemption thresholds for smaller operators, revises group-of-operators rules, and extends equivalence recognition of eleven third countries to 31 December 2031. It adds rules on online sales controls, organic plant breeding, poultry and livestock housing, contamination reporting, and a review clause.

Committee position. The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development proposes to amend the Commission proposal, notably on the EU organic logo, certification exemptions, group rules, third-country equivalence and online controls.

Key points

  1. The EU organic logo may be used on processed products containing organic ingredients imported from recognised equivalent third countries, without the previous 5% limit.
  2. Products from third countries that do not meet the additional requirements in Annex VII should not be imported for processed food production.
  3. Conditions on annual turnover for exempting smaller operators from certification are adapted, with delegated acts to reflect the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices.
  4. Requirements on annual turnover of members of groups of operators are revised, and maximum eligible surface areas are revised upwards.
  5. Recognition of eleven third countries whose organic systems are equivalent is extended to 31 December 2031, with regular Commission reporting to Parliament and the Council.
  6. Products lawfully produced, labelled and placed on the market under current logo rules may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.
  7. Member States may grant temporary exemptions from production rules in catastrophic circumstances, until organic production is re-established.
  8. The Commission should consult on slow-growing poultry breeds, and the definition of plant reproductive material excludes seedlings.
  9. The Commission may set delegated rules on organic plant breeding, including starting materials, transparency, programme conditions and intellectual property rights.
  10. Member States must report contamination cases annually; the Commission must publish best practices by 30 September 2028 and update them at least every four years.
  11. Controls are extended to online interfaces, marketplaces and domain names, including measures to stop continued marketing in cases of serious or repeated non-compliance.
  12. Non-organic protein feed for poultry and porcine animals may be used until 31 December 2036, and the Commission must review the Regulation by 31 December 2030 and every seven years thereafter.

Who is affected

  • Organic operators in the Union, who gain adapted certification exemptions and group rules.
  • Smaller operators, who may be exempted from certification under revised turnover conditions.
  • Third-country operators and the eleven recognised equivalent countries, whose recognition is extended to 31 December 2031.
  • Online sellers of organic products, who face controls on online interfaces and domain names.
  • Livestock and poultry farmers, who gain revised housing, grazing and feed rules.

Figures and deadlines

  • 5% — the previous threshold for imported equivalent ingredients in processed products, removed by the amendments.
  • 31 December 2031 — new date until which equivalence recognition of eleven third countries continues.
  • 31 December 2028 — deadline for the Commission's first publication of best practices on contamination.
  • EUR 25 000 — annual turnover threshold below which operators may be exempted from certification.
  • 2% — certification costs as a share of annual turnover used as an exemption condition.
  • 31 December 2036 — date until which non-organic protein feed may be used for poultry and porcine animals.
  • 31 December 2030 — first review of the Regulation, and every seven years thereafter.
  • 10 hectares, one hectare for greenhouses, 30 hectares for permanent grassland — maximum holdings for group membership.

Legal basis: Article 294(2) and Article 43(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.