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19.12.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
343/29
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1364/2013
of 17 December 2013
amending Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of
Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 as regards the use of non-organic aquaculture juveniles
and non-organic seed of bivalve shellfish in organic aquaculture
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
(4) As
organic
juveniles
and
shellfish
seed
are
not
yet
available in sufficient quantities, in order to allow for
continuity, to avoid disruption of organic aquaculture
production in the Union, and to give time to the
market for organic juveniles and shellfish seed to
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
develop further, it is justified, pending the receipt of
Union,
expert advice, to postpone the application of the
percentage of 50 % provided for in Article 25e(3) and
the third subparagraph of 25o(1) of Regulation (EC) No
889/2008 by one year until 31 December 2014.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of
28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic
products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 ( 1 ) and in
particular Article 13(3), Article 15(2) and Article 40 thereof,
(5) Regulation
(EC)
No
889/2008
should
therefore
be
amended accordingly.
Whereas:
(6) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
accordance with the opinion of the regulatory
Committee on organic production,
(1) Regulation
(EC) No 834/2007 establishes basic
requirements for the organic production of seaweed
and aquaculture animals. Detailed rules for the imple
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
mentation of those requirements are laid down in
Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 ( 2 ).
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 is amended as follows:
(2) In
the
period
between
November
2012
and
April
2013
certain Member States submitted requests for revision of
the rules about products, substances and techniques
which can be used in organic aquaculture production.
1. In Article 25e, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
Those requests are to be evaluated by the expert group
for technical advice on organic production set up by
Commission Decision 2009/427/EC ( 3 ); on the basis of
that evaluation, the Commission intends to assess the
need for any revision of those rules in 2014.
‘3. The
maximum
percentage
of
non-organic
aquaculture
juveniles introduced to the farm shall be 80
% by
31 December 2011, 50 % by 31 December 2014 and 0 %
by 31 December 2015.’
(3)
In some of those requests it was stated that there was
insufficient availability of organic juveniles and shellfish
seed on the market to comply with the requirements of
Articles 25e and 25o of Regulation (EC) No 889/2008.
2. In Article 25o(1), the third subparagraph is replaced by the

following:
( 1 ) OJ L 189, 20.7.2007, p. 1.
( 2 ) Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 of 5 September 2008
laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regu
lation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of
‘However, the maximum percentage of seed from non-
organic products with regard to organic production, labelling and
organic bivalve shellfish hatcheries that may be introduced
control (OJ L 250, 18.9.2008, p. 1).
to the organic production units shall be 80
% by
( 3 ) Commission Decision 2009/427/EC of 3 June 2009 establishing the
expert group for technical advice on organic production (OJ L 139,
31 December 2011, 50 % by 31 December 2014 and 0 %
5.6.2009, p. 29).
by 31 December 2015.’

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Official Journal of the European Union
19.12.2013
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal
of the European Union.
It shall apply as from 31 December 2013.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 December 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

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