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Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 of 5 September 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
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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).
All the substances listed in this Annex have to comply at least with the conditions for use as specified in the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (1) . More restrictive conditions for use for organic production are specified in the second column of each table.
Name | Description, compositional requirement, conditions for use |
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Allium sativum (Garlic extract) | |
Azadirachtin extracted from Azadirachta indica (Neem tree) | |
Beeswax | Only as pruning agent/wound protectant |
COS-OGA | |
Hydrolysed proteins excluding gelatine | |
Laminarin | Kelp shall be either grown organically in accordance with Article 6d or harvested in a sustainable way in accordance with Article 6c |
Maltodextrin | |
Pheromones | Only in traps and dispensers. |
Plant oils | All uses authorised, except herbicide . |
Pyrethrins | Only from plant origin |
Quassia extracted from Quassia amara | Only as insecticide, repellent |
Repellents by smell of animal or plant origin/sheep fat | Only on non-edible parts of the crop and where crop material is not ingested by sheep or goats |
Salix spp. Cortex (a.k.a. willow bark) | |
Terpenes (eugenol, geraniol and thymol) |
a Obtained from sustainable fisheries or organic aquaculture. | |
b Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market ( OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1 ). | |
Basic substances based on food (including: Lecithins, sucrose, fructose, vinegar, whey, chitosan hydrochloride a , and Equisetum arvense etc.) | Only those basic substances as defined by Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 b which are food as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and have plant or animal origin Substances not to be used as herbicides |
Name | Description, compositional requirement, conditions for use |
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Micro-organisms | Not from GMO origin |
Spinosad | |
Cerevisane |
Name | Description, compositional requirement, conditions or restrictions to use |
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Aluminium silicate (Kaolin) | |
Calcium hydroxide | When used as fungicide, only in fruit trees, including nurseries, to control Nectria galligena |
Carbon dioxide | |
Copper compounds in the form of: copper hydroxide, copper oxychloride, copper oxide, Bordeaux mixture, and tribasic copper sulphate | |
Diammonium phosphate | Only as attractant in traps |
Ethylene | |
Fatty acids | All uses authorised, except herbicide |
Ferric phosphate (iron (III) orthophosphate) | Preparations to be surface-spread between cultivated plants |
Hydrogen peroxide | |
Kieselgur (diatomaceous earth) | |
Lime sulphur (calcium polysulphide) | |
Paraffin oil | |
Potassium and sodium hydrogen carbonate (a.k.a. potassium /sodium bicarbonate) | |
Pyrethroids (only deltamethrin or lambda-cyhalothrin) | Only in traps with specific attractants; only against Bactrocera oleae and Ceratitis capitata Wied |
Quartz sand | |
Sodium chloride | All uses authorised, except herbicide |
Sulphur | ] |
[F1Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 of 25 May 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of approved active substances ( OJ L 153, 11.6.2011, p. 1 ).]
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).
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