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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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Indoors area(net area available to animals) | Outdoors area(exercise area, excluding pasturage) | ||
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Live weight minimum (kg) | M2/head | M2/head | |
Breeding and fattening bovine and equidae | up to 100 | 1,5 | 1,1 |
up to 200 | 2,5 | 1,9 | |
up to 350 | 4,0 | 3 | |
over 350 | 5 with a minimum of 1 m2/100 kg | 3,7 with a minimum of 0,75 m2/100 kg | |
Dairy cows | 6 | 4,5 | |
Bulls for breeding | 10 | 30 | |
Sheep and goats | 1,5 sheep/goat | 2,5 | |
0,35 lamb/kid | 0,5 | ||
Farrowing sows with piglets up to 40 days | 7,5 sow | 2,5 | |
Fattening pigs | up to 50 | 0,8 | 0,6 |
up to 85 | 1,1 | 0,8 | |
up to 110 | 1,3 | 1 | |
Piglets | over 40 days and up to 30 kg | 0,6 | 0,4 |
Brood pigs | 2,5 female | 1,9 | |
6 male If pens are used for natural service: 10 m2/boar | 8,0 |
a Only in the case of mobile houses not exceeding 150 m2 floor space. | ||||
Indoors area(net area available to animals) | Outdoors area(m2 of area available in rotation/head) | |||
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No animals/m2 | cm perch/animal | nest | ||
Laying hens | 6 | 18 | 7 laying hens per nest or in case of common nest 120 cm2/bird | 4, provided that the limit of 170 kg of N/ha/year is not exceeded |
Fattening poultry (in fixed housing) | 10 with a maximum of 21 kg liveweight/m2 | 20 (for guinea fowl only) | 4 broilers and guinea fowl 4,5 ducks 10 turkey 15 geese In all the species mentioned above the limit of 170 kg of N/ha/year is not exceeded | |
Fattening poultry in mobile housing | 16a in mobile poultry houses with a maximum of 30 kg liveweight/m2 | 2,5, provided that the limit of 170 kg of N/ha/year is not exceeded |
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