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Amended by Regulation (EU) 2024/2867 32024R2867 on EUR-Lex (external, EUR-Lex)
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The description of the reference colour in point 1.2 changed from a Pantone and four-colour-process description to a CMYK value, a Pantone number, and an RGB value.
Point 1.3 now also mentions use in a totally inverted white and black negative format alongside the black-and-white option, and rephrases the condition for using non-colour versions.
Point 1.5 changes the wording about using a delimiting outer line from an optional measure that can be used to a measure that shall be used, and it removes the reference to a logo used in colour on a coloured background, referring instead simply to a background that makes the logo difficult to see.
Cited: Annex V, v1 (external, EUR-Lex) · Annex V, v2 (external, EUR-Lex)
v1 is the previous version, v2 this one.
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Previous version, in force 21 February 2023 02018R0848-20230221 → this version, in force 1 December 2024 02018R0848-20241201
ANNEX V
ORGANIC PRODUCTION LOGO OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND CODE NUMBERS
1. Logo
1.1. The organic production logo of the European Union shall comply with the model below:
1.2. The reference colour is green 50/0/100/0 in Pantone is Green Pantone the CMYK process, No 376 in the Pantone colour chart and Green (50 % Cyan + 100 % Yellow), when a four-colour process is used. 169/201/56 in the RGB colour model.
1.3. The organic production logo of the European Union may also be used in black and white as shown, shown below, or in a totally inverted white and black (negative format), but only where it is not practicable to apply it in colour: use the colour model:
1.4. If the background colour of the packaging or label is dark, the symbols may be used in negative format, using the background colour of the packaging or label.
1.5. If a logo is used in colour on a coloured background which makes it difficult to see, see it, a delimiting outer line around the logo can shall be used to improve the contrast with the background colours. background.
1.6. Where there are indications in a single colour on the packaging, the organic production logo of the European Union may be used in the same colour.
1.7. The organic production logo of the European Union shall have a height of at least 9 mm and a width of at least 13,5 mm; the proportion ratio height/width shall always be 1:1,5. Exceptionally, the minimum size may be reduced to a height of 6 mm for very small packages.
1.8. The organic production logo of the European Union may be associated with graphical or textual elements referring to organic production under the condition that they do not modify or change the nature of the organic production logo of the European Union, nor any of the indications defined in accordance with Article 32. When associated to national or private logos using a green colour different from the reference colour provided for in point 1.2, the organic production logo of the European Union may be used in that non-reference colour.
2. Code numbers
The general format of the code numbers shall be as follows:
AB-CDE-999
where:
(a) AB is the ISO code for the country where the controls take place;
(b) CDE is a term, indicated in three letters to be decided by the Commission or each Member State, like bio or öko or org or eko establishing a link with organic production; and
(c) 999 is the reference number, indicated in maximum three digits, to be assigned by:
(i) each Member State’s competent authority to the control authorities or control bodies to which it has delegated control tasks;
(ii) the Commission, to:
the control authorities and control bodies recognised by the Commission pursuant to Article 46,
to the competent authorities of third countries recognised by the Commission pursuant to Article 48.