Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1450 of 27 June 2022 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of non organic protein feed for the production of organic livestock due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1450of 27 June 2022supplementing Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of non organic protein feed for the production of organic livestock due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine(Text with EEA relevance)THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 1., and in particular Article 22(1), points (b) and (c) thereof,Whereas:(1)Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 is having serious consequences on the supply of organic protein feed to several Member States since Ukraine was one of the main suppliers of such feed for organic porcine animals and poultry in those Member States.(2)The lack of availability of organic protein feed in those Member States threatens the continuity of the organic production of older organic porcine animals and poultry that are not covered by the derogations provided for in points 1.9.3.1(c) and 1.9.4.2(c) of Part II of Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 allowing to feed up to 5 % of non-organic protein feed to young animals.(3)It is therefore appropriate to allow Member States that have recognised this situation as catastrophic circumstances in accordance with Article 1(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2146Commission 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 (OJ L 428, 18.12.2020, p. 5). to derogate temporarily from point 1.4.1(b) of Part II of Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 requiring that organic livestock should be fed with organic or in-conversion feed, by extending the derogations set out in points 1.9.3.1(c) and 1.9.4.2(c) of Part II of Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 to older categories of porcine animals and poultry.(4)For the purpose of transparency and controls, it is necessary that information on the derogations granted is shared in a harmonised way between Member States and the Commission through a computer system.(5)It is necessary to ensure that operators to whom such derogations were granted comply with the conditions of those derogations.(6)For the purpose of controls, operators should keep documentary evidence proving that they were granted those derogations and that they comply with the conditions related thereto.(7)This Regulation should apply retroactively from 24 February 2022, the date of the Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: