[F1 TITLE II U.K. RULES ON PRODUCTION, PRESERVATION, PROCESSING, PACKAGING, TRANSPORT AND STORAGE OF ORGANIC PRODUCTS]

[F2 CHAPTER 2a U.K. Aquaculture animal production

Section 6 U.K. Specific rules for molluscs

Article 25o U.K. Sourcing of seed

1. Provided that there is no significant damage to the environment and if permitted by local legislation, wild seed from outside the boundaries of the production unit can be used in the case of bivalve shellfish provided it comes from:

(a) settlement beds which are unlikely to survive winter weather or are surplus to requirements, or

(b) natural settlement of shellfish seed on collectors.

Records shall be kept of how, where and when wild seed was collected to allow traceability back to the collection area.

F3 ...

2. For the cupped oyster, Crassostrea gigas , preference shall be given to stock which is selectively bred to reduce spawning in the wild.]

Textual Amendments

F3 Words in Art. 25o(1) 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(14); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Textual Amendments

F2 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 710/2009 of 5 August 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, as regards laying down detailed rules on organic aquaculture animal and seaweed production.

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1842 of 14 October 2016 amending Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 as regards the electronic certificate of inspection for imported organic products and certain other elements, and Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 as regards the requirements for preserved or processed organic products and the transmission of information (Text with EEA relevance).