{"id":188385,"date":"2026-03-02T11:24:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T10:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ainia.com\/?p=188385"},"modified":"2026-03-02T11:24:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T10:24:26","slug":"new-eu-proposal-on-organic-labelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ainia.com\/en\/ainia-news\/new-eu-proposal-on-organic-labelling\/","title":{"rendered":"New EU proposal on organic labelling"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Proposal for a Regulation COM(2025) 780 final<\/a><\/strong> focuses, among other aspects, on issues relating to the labelling regime for imported organic products.<\/strong> The proposal to update Regulation (EU) 2018\/848 on the production and labelling of organic products<\/a><\/strong> addresses aspects related to production, certification and control, devoting most of the changes to labelling, especially with regard to the use of the European Union organic logo<\/strong> and the terms \u201ceco\u201d, \u201cbio\u201d or \u201corganic\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is a proposal that responds both to the recent case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)<\/strong> and to the need to strengthen consumer confidence<\/strong>, ensure fair competition<\/strong> and avoid disruptions in the international trade of organic products.<\/p>\n

The judgment C-240\/23 (Herbaria Kr\u00e4uterparadies II)<\/a><\/strong> is the legal trigger for this reform, as it concluded that, under the current wording of Regulation (EU) 2018\/848, products imported under the equivalence regime may neither use the EU organic logo nor, in principle, the terms referring to organic production<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This strict interpretation generated significant legal uncertainty<\/strong>, both for operators and for competent authorities, and highlighted the risk of:<\/p>\n