Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2146 of 24 September 2020 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards exceptional production rules in organic production (Text with EEA relevance)

Article 1

Recognition of catastrophic circumstances

Article 2

Conditions for derogations

Following the formal decision referred to in Article 1, the competent authorities may, upon identification of the operators affected in the area concerned or upon request from the individual operator concerned, grant the relevant derogations set out in Article 3 and the conditions related thereto, provided that those derogations and conditions apply:

(a) for a limited period and no longer than necessary, and in no case longer than 12 months, to continue or recommence organic production as carried out before the date of application of those derogations;

(b) in relation to specifically affected types of production or, where relevant, land parcels; and

(c) to all relevant organic operators affected in the area concerned or only to the individual operator concerned, as the case may be.

Article 3

Specific derogations from Regulation (EU) 2018/848

The first subparagraph shall apply mutatis mutandis to the production of bees and other insects.

Article 4

Monitoring and reporting

Article 5

Entry into force and application

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2022.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.