Textual Amendments
F1Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2164 of 17 December 2019 amending Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products with regard to organic production, labelling and control (Text with EEA relevance).
A: authorised under Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 and carried over by Article 16(3)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 U.K.
B: authorised under Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 U.K.
a Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 of 25 February 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1069/ 2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and implementing Council Directive 97/78/EC as regards certain samples and items exempt from veterinary checks at the border under that Directive ( OJ L 54, 26.2.2011, p. 1 ). | ||
b Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 relating to fertilisers ( OJ L 304, 21.11.2003, p. 1 ). ] | ||
Authorisation | Name Compound products or products containing only materials listed hereunder: | Description, compositional requirements, conditions for use |
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A | Farmyard manure | Product comprising a mixture of animal excrements and vegetable matter (animal bedding). Factory farming origin forbidden |
A | Dried farmyard manure and dehydrated poultry manure | Factory farming origin forbidden |
A | Composted animal excrements, including poultry manure and composted farmyard manure included | Factory farming origin forbidden |
A | Liquid animal excrements | Use after controlled fermentation and/or appropriate dilution Factory farming origin forbidden |
B | Composted or fermented mixture of household waste | Product obtained from source separated household waste, which has been submitted to composting or to anaerobic fermentation for biogas production Only vegetable and animal household waste Only when produced in a closed and monitored collection systemF2... Maximum concentrations in mg/kg of dry matter: cadmium: 0,7; copper: 70; nickel: 25; lead: 45; zinc: 200; mercury: 0,4; chromium (total): 70; chromium (VI): not detectable |
A | Peat | Use limited to horticulture (market gardening, floriculture, arboriculture, nursery) |
A | Mushroom culture wastes | The initial composition of the substrate shall be limited to products of this Annex |
A | Dejecta of worms (vermicompost) and insects | |
A | Guano | |
A | Composted or fermented mixture of vegetable matter | Product obtained from mixtures of vegetable matter, which have been submitted to composting or to anaerobic fermentation for biogas production |
B | Biogas digestate containing animal by-products co-digested with material of plant or animal origin as listed in this Annex | Animal by-products (including by-products of wild animals) of category 3 and digestive tract content of category 2 (categories 2 and 3 as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council a ) must not be from factory farming origin. The Processes have to be in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011. Not to be applied to edible parts of the crop |
B | Products or by-products of animal origin as below:
| (1) Maximum concentration in mg/kg of dry matter of chromium (VI): not detectable (2) Not to be applied to edible parts of the crop |
A | Products and by-products of plant origin for fertilisers | Examples: oilseed cake meal, cocoa husks, malt culms |
B | Hydrolysed proteins of plant origin | |
A | Seaweeds and seaweed products | As far as directly obtained by: (i) physical processes including dehydration, freezing and grinding (ii) extraction with water or aqueous acid and/or alkaline solution (iii) fermentation |
A | Sawdust and wood chips | Wood not chemically treated after felling |
A | Composted bark | Wood not chemically treated after felling |
A | Wood ash | From wood not chemically treated after felling |
A | Soft ground rock phosphate | Product as specified in point 7 of Annex IA.2. to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council b . Cadmium content less than or equal to 90 mg/kg of P205 |
A | Aluminium-calcium phosphate | Product as specified in point 6 of Annex IA.2. to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003, Cadmium content less than or equal to 90 mg/kg of P205 Use limited to basic soils (pH > 7,5) |
A | Basic slag | Products as specified in point 1 of Annex IA.2. to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 |
A | Crude potassium salt or kainit | Products as specified in point 1 of Annex IA.3. to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 |
A | Potassium sulphate, possibly containing magnesium salt | Product obtained from crude potassium salt by a physical extraction process, containing possibly also magnesium salts |
A | Stillage and stillage extract | Ammonium stillage excluded |
A | Calcium carbonate, for instance: chalk, marl, ground limestone, Breton ameliorant, (maerl), phosphate chalk | Only of natural origin |
B | Mollusc waste | Only from sustainable fisheries, as defined in Article 4 (1) (7) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 or organic aquaculture |
B | Egg shells | Factory farming origin forbidden. |
A | Magnesium and calcium carbonate | Only of natural origin e.g. magnesian chalk, ground magnesium, limestone |
A | Magnesium sulphate (kieserite) | Only of natural origin |
A | Calcium chloride solution | Foliar treatment of apple trees, after identification of deficit of calcium |
A | Calcium sulphate (gypsum) | Products as specified in point 1 of Annex ID. to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 Only of natural origin |
A, B | Industrial lime from sugar production | By-product of sugar production from sugar beet and sugar cane |
A | Industrial lime from vacuum salt production | By-product of the vacuum salt production from brine found in mountains |
A | Elemental sulphur | Products as specified in Annex ID.3 to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 |
A | Trace elements | Inorganic micronutrients listed in part E of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 |
A | Sodium chloride | |
A | Stone meal and clays | |
B | Leonardite (Raw organic sediment rich in humic acids) | Only if obtained as a by-product of mining activities |
B | Humic and fulvic acids | Only if obtained by inorganic salts/solutions excluding ammonium salts; or obtained from drinking water purification |
B | Xylite | Only if obtained as a by-product of mining activities (e.g. by-product of brown coal mining) |
B | Chitin (Polysaccharide obtained from the shell of crustaceans) | Only if obtained from sustainable fisheries, as defined in Article 4(1)(7) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 or organic aquaculture |
B | Organic rich sediment from fresh water bodies formed under exclusion of oxygen (e.g. sapropel) | Only organic sediments that are by-products of fresh water body management or extracted from former freshwater areas When applicable, extraction should be done in a way to cause minimal impact on the aquatic system Only sediments derived from sources free from contaminations of pesticides, persistent organic pollutants and petrol like substances Maximum concentrations in mg/kg of dry matter: cadmium: 0,7; copper: 70; nickel: 25; lead: 45; zinc: 200; mercury: 0,4; chromium (total): 70; chromium (VI): not detectable |
B | Biochar — pyrolysis product made from a wide variety of organic materials of plant origin and applied as a soil conditioner | Only from plant materials, untreated or treated with products included in Annex II. Maximum value of 4 mg polycyclic aromatic hydro-carbons (PAHs) per kg dry matter (DM). This value shall be reviewed every second year, taking into account the risk of accumulation due to multiple applications |
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Annex 1 Table omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Organic Production and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/693), regs. 1(2), 3(55); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)