| Warning!!! : The content of the EC regulation 2092/91 and annexes is changing from time to time. We will try to update the text in our WebPages regularly but but we can't guarantee the absence of errors. For the fully consolidated version, please check the website of the EC! ANNEX II contains the Lists of external Inputs allowed for organic production at Farm level including fertilizers, substances for pest control and feedingstuffsA.
FERTILIZERS
AND SOIL CONDITIONERS
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| Name |
Description, compositional requirements, conditions for use |
| Compound products or products containing only materials listed hereunder: |
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| - Farmyard manure |
Product comprising a mixture of animal excrements and vegetable matter (animal bedding) Need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority Indication of animal species Coming from extensive husbandry and only in the sense of Article 6 (5) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2328/91 (OJ No L 218, 6.8.1991, p. 1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3669/93 (OJ No L 338, 31.12.1993, p. 26) |
| - Dried farmyard manure and dehydrated poultry manure |
Need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority Indication of animal species Coming from extensive husbandry and only in the sense of Article 6 (5) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2328/91 |
| - Composted animal excrements, including poultry manure and composted farmyard manure included |
Need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority Indication of animal species Factory farming origin forbidden |
| - Liquid animal excrements (slurry, urine, etc.) |
Use after controlled fermentation and/or appropriate dilution Need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority Indication of animal species Factory farming origin forbidden |
| Composted or fermented 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 system, accepted by the Member State 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 ): 0 (*) Need recognised by the inspection body or inspection authority Only during a period expiring on 31 March 2006 |
| - Peat |
Use limited to horticulture (market gardening, floriculture, arboriculture, nursery) |
| - Clays (e.g. perlite, vermiculite, etc.) |
|
| - Mushroom culture wastes |
The initial composition of the substrate must be limited to products of the present list |
| - Dejecta of worms (vermicompost) and insects |
|
| - Guano |
Need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority |
| Composted or fermented mixture of vegetable matter
|
Product obtained from mixtures of vegetable matter, which have been submitted to composting or to anaerobic fermentatio for biogas production Need recognised by the inspection body or inspection authority |
| - Products or by-products of animal origin as below: - blood meal - hoof meal - horn meal - bone meal or degelatinized bone meal - fish meal - meat meal - feather, hair and "chiquette" meal - wool - fur - hair - dairy products |
Need recognized by the inspection body or inspection
authority
maximum concentration in mg/kg of dry matter of Chromium (VI): 0 (*) (*) Limit of determination
|
| - Products and by-products of plant origin for fertilizers (for instance, oilseed cake meal, cocoa husks, malt culls, etc.) |
|
| -Seaweed's 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; need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority |
| - Sawdust and wood chips |
Wood not chemically treated after felling |
| - Composted bark |
Wood not chemically treated after felling |
| - Wood Ash |
From wood not chemically treated after felling |
| - Soft ground rock phosphate |
Product as specified by Council Directive 76/116/EEC (OJ No L 24, 30.1.1976,p. 21), as last amended by Directive 89/284/EEC (OJ No L 111, 22.4.1989, p. 34) Cadmium content less than or equal to 90 mg/kg of P205 |
| - Aluminium calcium phosphate |
Product as specified by Directive 76/116/EEC, as last amended by Directive 89/248/EEC; Cadmium content less than or equal to 90 mg/kg of P205 Use limited to basic soils (pH > 7,5) |
| - Basic Slag |
Need recognized by inspection body or inspection authority |
| - Crude potassium salt (for instance: kainit, sylvinite, etc.) |
Need recognized by inspection body or inspection authority |
| -
Potassium sulphate, possibly containing magnesium salt |
Product obtained from crude potassium
salt by a Need recognised by the inspection
body or inspection |
| - Stillage and stillage extract |
Ammonium stillage excluded |
| - Calcium carbonate of natural origin (for instance: chalk, marl, ground limestone, Breton ameliorant, (maërl), phosphate chalk) |
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| - Magnesium and calcium carbonate of natural origin (for instance: magnesian chalk, ground magnesium limestone, etc.) |
Only of natural origin Need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority |
| - Magnesium sulphate (for instance: kieserite) |
|
| - Calcium chloride solution |
Foliar treatment of apple trees, after identification of deficit of calcium Need recognized by inspection body or inspection authority |
| - Calcium sulphate (gypsum) |
Product as specified by Directive 76/116/EEC, as amended by Directive 89/284/EEC Only of natural origin |
| - Industrial lime from sugar production |
Need recognized by the inspection authority or inspection body; |
| - Elemental sulphur |
Product as specified by Directive 76/116/EEC, as amended by Directive 89/284/EEC Need recognized by inspection body or inspection authority |
| - Trace elements |
Trace elements included in Directive 89/530/EEC (OJ No L 281, 30.9.1989, p. 116) Need recognized by inspection body or inspection authority |
| - Sodium chloride |
Only mined salt Need recognized by inspection body or inspection authority |
| - Stone meal |
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1. Products for plant protection.
General conditions applicable for all the products composed or containing the following active substances:
§ use in accordance with provisions of Annex I,
§ only in accordance with the specific provisions of the plant protection product legislation applicable within the Member State where the product is used (where relevant (*)
I. Substances of crop or animal origin
| Name |
Description, compositional requirements, condition for use |
| Azadirachtin extracted from Azadirachta
indica |
Insecticide |
| (*) Beeswax |
Pruning agent |
| Gelatine |
Insecticide |
| (*) Hydrolysed proteins |
Attractant |
| Lecithin |
Fungicide |
| Extract from Nicotiana tabacum |
Insecticide |
| Plant pils (e.g. mint oil, pine oil, caraway oil) |
Insecticide, acaricide, fungicide and sprout inhibitor |
| Pyrethrins extracted from Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium |
Insecticide |
| Quassia extracted from Quassia amara |
Insecticide, repellent |
| Rotenone extracted from Derris spp. and Lonchocarpus spp. and Terphrosia spp. |
Insecticide |
(*) in certain Member States the products marked with (*) are not considered as plant protection products and are not subject to the provisions of the plant protection legislation.
II. Microorganisms used for biological pest control
| Name |
Description, compositional requirements, condition for use |
| Microorganisms (bacteria, viruses and fungi) e.g. Bacillus thuringiensis, Granulose virus etc. |
Only products not genetically modified in the meaning of Directive 90/220/EEC (OJ No L 117, 8.5.1990, P.15) |
III.
Substances to be used in traps and/or dispensers
General conditions:
§ the traps and/or dispensers must prevent the penetration of the substances in the environment and prevent contact of the substances with the crops under cultivation.
§ the traps must be collected after use and disposed of safely
| Name |
Description, compositional requirements, condition for use |
| (*) Diammonium phosphate |
Attractant |
| Metaldehyde |
Molluscicide |
| Pheromones |
Attractant; sexual behaviour disrupter |
| Pyrethroids (only deltamethrin or lambdacyhalothrin) |
Insecticide |
(*) in certain Member States the products marked with (*) are not considered as plant protection products and are not subject to the provisions of the plant protection legislation.
III a. Preparations to be surface-spread between cultivated plants
| Name |
Description, compositional requirements, condition for use |
| Iron (III)orthophosphate |
Molluscicide ’ |
|
Name |
Description, compositional requirements, condition for use |
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‘Copper in the form of copper hydroxide, copper oxychloride, (tribasic) copper sulphate, cuprous oxide
|
Fungicide For perennial crops, Member States may, by derogation to the previous paragraph, provide that the maximum levels apply as follows: —the total maximum quantity used from 23 March 2002 until 31 December 2006 shall not exceed 38 kg copper per ha —from 1 January 2007,the maximum quantity which may be used each year per ha shall be calculated by subtracting the quantities actually used in the 4 preceding years from,respectively,36,34,32 and 30 kg copper for the years 2007,2008,2009 and 2010 and following years Need recognised by the inspection body or inspection authority ’ |
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(*) Ethylene |
Degreening bananas |
|
Fatty acid potassium salt (soft soap) |
Insecticide |
|
(*) Potassium alum (Kalinite) |
Preventions of ripening bananas |
|
Lime sulphur |
Fungicide, insecticide, acaricide |
|
Paraffin oils |
Insecticide, acaricide |
|
Mineral oils |
Insecticide, fungicide |
|
Potassium permanganate |
Fungicide, bactericide |
|
(*) Quarz sand |
Repellent |
|
Sulphur |
Fungicide, acaricide, repellent |
(*) in certain Member States the products
marked with (*) are not considered as plant protection products and are
not subject to the provisions of the plant protection legislation.
2. Products for pest and disease control in livestock buildings and installations:
Products listed in Section 1
Rodenticides
1. Feed materials from plant origin
1.1. Cereals, grains, their products and by-products. The following substances are included in this category:
§ Oats as grains, flakes, middlings, hulls and bran;
§ barley as grains, protein and middlings;
§ rice as grains, rice broken, bran, and germ expeller; millet as grains;
§ rye as grains, middlings, feed and bran;
§ sorghum as grains;
§
wheat as grains, middlings, bran, gluten feed,
gluten and germ;
spelt as grains;
§ triticale as grains;
§ maize as grains, bran, middlings, bran, germ expeller and gluten;
§ malt culms;
§ brewers' grains.
1.2.
Oil seeds, oil fruits, their products and by-products. The following substances
are included in this category:
§ Rape seed, expeller, and hulls;
§ soya bean as bean, toasted, expeller and hulls;
§ sunflower seed as seed and expeller;
§ cotton as seed and seed expeller;
§ linseed as seed and expeller;
§ sesame seed as seed and expeller;
§ palm kernels as expeller;
§ turnip rape seed as expeller and hulls;
§
pumpkin seed as expeller;
olive pulp (from physical extraction of olives).
1.4. Legume seeds, their product and by-products. The following substances are included in this category:
§ Chick peas as seeds;
§ ervil as seeds;
§ chickling vetch as seeds submitted to an appropriate heat treatment;
§ peas as seeds, middlings, and bran;
§ broad beans as seeds, middlings and bran;
§ horse beans as seeds, vetches as seeds and lupin as seeds.
1.4. Tuber roots, their products and by-products. The following substances are included in this category:
§ Sugar beet pulp,
§ dried beet,
§ potato,
§ sweet potato as tuber,
§ manioc as roots,
§ potato pulp (by-product of the extraction of potato starch),
§ potato starch,
§ potato protein and tapioca.
1.5. Other seeds and fruits, their products and by-products. The following
substances are included in this category
§ Carob pods,
§ citrus pulp,
§ apple pomace,
§
tomato pulp,
and grape pulp.
1.6. Forages and roughages. The following substances are included in
this category:
§ Lucerne,
§ lucerne meal,
§ clover,
§ clover meal,
§ grass (obtained from forage plants),
§ grass meal,
§ hay,
§ silage,
§ straw of cereals,
§ and root vegetables for foraging.
1.7. Other plants, their products and by-products. The following substances
are included in this category:
§ Molasses as a binding agent in compound feedingstuffs
§ seaweed meal (obtained by drying and crushing seaweed and washed to reduce iodine content),
§ powders and extracts of plants,
§ plant protein extracts (solely provided to young animals),
§ spices and herbs.
2. Feed materials from animal origin
2.1. Milk and milk products. The following substances are included
in the category:
Raw milks as defined in Article 2 of Directive 92/46/EEC (6), milk powder, skimmed milk, skimmed-milk powder, buttermilk, buttermilk powder, whey, whey powder, whey powder low in sugar, whey protein powder (extracted by physical treatment), casein powder and lactose powder.
2.2. Fish, other marine animals, their products and by-products. The following substances are included in the category:
Fish, fish oil and cod-liver oil not refined; Fish molluscan or crustacean autolysates, hydrolysate and proteolysates obtained by an enzyme action, whether or not in soluble form, solely provided to young animals. Fish meal.
3. Feed materials from mineral origin The following substances are included in this category:
§
Sodium:
unrefined sea salt
coarse rock salt
sodium sulphate
sodium carbonate
sodium bicarbonate
sodium chloride
§
Calcium:
lithotamnion and maerl
Shells of aquatic animals (including cuttlefish bones)
calcium carbonate
calcium lactate
calcium gluconate
§
Phosphorus:
bone dicalcium phosphate precipitate
defluorinated dicalcium phosphate
defluorinated monocalcium phosphate
§
Magnesium:
anhydrous magnesia
magnesium sulphate
magnesium chloride
magnesium carbonate
§
Sulphur:
sodium sulphate
(DIRECTIVE 82/471/EEC) AND PROCESSING AIDS USED IN FEEDINGSTUFFS
1. Feed additives
1.1. Trace elements. The following substances are included in this category:
| E1 |
Iron: |
| E2 |
Iodine: |
| E3 |
Cobalt: |
| E4 |
Copper: |
| E5 |
Manganese: |
| E6 |
Zinc: |
| E7 |
Molybdenum: |
| E8 |
Selenium: |
1.2.
Vitamins, provitamins and chemically
well defined substances having a similar effect. The following substances
are included in this category:
Vitamins authorised under Directive 70/524/EEC (7):
- preferably derived from raw materials occurring naturally in feedingstuffs,
or
- synthetic vitamins identical to natural vitamins only for monogastric
animals.
1.3.
Enzymes. The following substances
are included in this category:
Enzymes authorised under Directive 70/524/EEC.
1.4.
Microorganisms. The following
micro-organisms are included in this category:
micro-organisms authorised under Directive 70/524/EEC.
1.5. Preservatives. The following substances are included in this category:
E 236
Formic acid only for silage
E 260 Acetic acid only for silage
E 270 Lactic acid only for silage
E 280 Propionic acid only for silage
1.6.
Binders, anti-caking agents and coagulants. The
following substances are included in this category
E 551b Colloidal silica
E 551c Kieselgur
E 553 Sepiolite
E 558 Bentonite
E 559 Kaolinitic clays
E 561 Vermiculite
E 599 Perlite
2.
Certain products used in animal nutrition
The following products are included in this category:
- none
3. Processing aids used in feedingstuffs
3.1.
Processing
aids for silage. The following substances are included in this category:
Sea salt, coarse rock salt, enzymes, yeasts, whey, sugar, sugar beet pulp,
cereal flour, molasses and lactic, acetic, formic, and propionic bacteria.
When weather conditions do not
allow for adequate fermentation, the inspection authority or body may
authorise the use of lactic, formic, propionic and acetic acids in the
production of silage.
§ Potassum and sodium soap
§ Water and steam
§ Milk of lime
§ Lime
§ Quicklime
§ Sodium hypochlorite (e.g. as liquid bleach)
§ Caustic soda
§ Caustic potash
§ Hydrogen peroxide
§ Natural essences of plants
§ Citric, peracetic acid, formic, lactic, oxalic and acetic acid
§ Alcohol
§ Nitric acid (dairy equipment)
§ Phosphoric acid (dairy equipment)
§ Formaldehyde
§ Cleaning and disinfection products for teats and milking facilities
§ Sodium carbonate
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