Organic farming: organic production and labelling of the products

PURPOSE: to align the powers conferred under Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 upon the Commission with Articles 290 (Delegated acts) and 291 (Implementing acts) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council.

LEGAL BASE: first subparagraph of Article 42 and Article 43(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).

IMPACT ASSESSMENT: there was no need for consultation of interested parties or for an impact analysis since the proposal to align Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 with the TFEU is an interinstitutional matter that will concern all Council Regulations. The amendments aiming at simplification of recovery procedures are of limited scope and purely technical nature.

CONTENT: Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products confers competence on the Commission to adopt detailed rules for the application of that Regulation.

The aim of this proposal is to align the Commission implementing powers in Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 to the differentiation between delegated and implementing powers of the Commission introduced by Articles 290 and 291 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).

To this end, the proposal identifies the delegated and implementing powers of the Commission in Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 and establishes the corresponding procedure for adoption of these acts.

In addition, an element of clarification in the field of accreditation is introduced.

BUDGETARY IMPLICATION: this proposal has no implication for the EU budget.