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Food & agriculture

EU Organic Regulation

The EU law setting the rules for organic production, labelling and controls, in application since 1 January 2022.

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Definition

The EU Organic Regulation — Regulation (EU) 2018/848 — is the European Union's legislative framework governing organic production, labelling and controls. Published in June 2018 and applicable since 1 January 2022, it replaced Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, which had governed organic farming at EU level since 1991's original rules.

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import regime change, smallholder impacts

Overview

What it means

The regulation tightens production rules (crop rotation, plant reproductive material, authorised substances), strengthens the control system, and shifts third-country trade from 'equivalence' to full 'compliance' with EU rules — with major implications for smallholder groups exporting coffee, cocoa, spices and other organic products, including revised rules for certification as 'groups of operators'.

How it is used

Applied by farmers, processors, certifiers and importers of organic products into the EU; underpins the EU organic logo and the Farm to Fork target of 25% organic farmland by 2030.

Why it matters

It defines what 'organic' legally means in one of the world's largest organic markets, with global supply-chain effects.

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