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ANNEX II contains the Lists of external Inputs allowed for organic production at Farm level including fertilizers, substances for pest control and feedingstuffs

A.  FERTILIZERS AND SOIL CONDITIONERS
General conditions for all the products:
 

§         use only in accordance with provisions of Annex I, 

§         use only in accordance with the provisions of the legislation on placing on the market and use of the products concerned applicable in general agriculture in the Member State where the product is used.
 

Name

Description, compositional requirements, conditions for use

Compound products or products containing only materials listed hereunder:

 

- 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
physical extraction process, and containing possibly
also magnesium salts 

Need recognised by the inspection body or inspection
authority 

- Stillage and stillage extract

Ammonium stillage excluded

- Calcium carbonate of natural origin (for instance: chalk, marl, ground limestone, Breton ameliorant, (maërl), phosphate chalk)

 

- 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

 

 

B. PESTICIDES

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
(Neem tree) 

Insecticide
Need recognised by the inspection body or inspection authority 

(*) Beeswax

Pruning agent

Gelatine 

Insecticide

(*) Hydrolysed proteins

Attractant
only in authorized applications in combination with other appropriate products of this Annex II, part B

Lecithin

Fungicide

Extract from  Nicotiana tabacum
(aqueous solution)

Insecticide
only against aphids in subtropical fruit trees (e.g. oranges, lemons) and tropical crops (e.g. bananas)
used only at the start of the tropical crops
need to be recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority
only during a period expiring 31 March 2002

Plant pils (e.g. mint oil, pine oil, caraway oil)

Insecticide, acaricide, fungicide and sprout inhibitor

Pyrethrins extracted from Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium 

Insecticide
Need recognised by the inspection body or inspection authority 

Quassia extracted from Quassia amara

Insecticide, repellent

Rotenone extracted from Derris spp. and Lonchocarpus spp. and Terphrosia spp.

Insecticide
need to be recognized by the inspecton body or inspection authority

(*) 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
only in traps

Metaldehyde 

Molluscicide
only in traps containing a repellent to higher animal species
only during a period expiring 31 March 2006

Pheromones

Attractant; sexual behaviour disrupter
Only in traps and dispensers 

Pyrethroids  (only deltamethrin or lambdacyhalothrin)

Insecticide
only in traps with specific attractants only against  Batrocera oleae and Ceratitis capitata wied 
need to be recognized by the inspecton body or inspection authority
the restriction on the use of pyrethroids for a period expiring on 31 March 2002 is deleted.

(*) 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 ’

 

IV. Other substances from traditional use in organic farming 

Name

Description, compositional requirements, condition for use

‘Copper in the form of copper hydroxide, copper oxychloride, (tribasic) copper sulphate, cuprous oxide

 

Fungicide
Until 31 December 2005 up to a maximum of 8 kg copper per hectare per year, and from 1 January 2006 up to 6 kg copper per ha per year,without prejudice to a more limited quantity if laid down under the specific terms of the general legislation on plant protection products in the Member State where the product is to be used

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 ’

(*) Ethylene

Degreening bananas

Fatty acid potassium salt (soft soap)

Insecticide

(*) Potassium alum (Kalinite)

Preventions of ripening bananas

Lime sulphur
(Calcium polysulphide) 

Fungicide, insecticide, acaricide
Need recognised by the inspection body or inspection authority 

Paraffin oils

Insecticide, acaricide

Mineral oils

Insecticide, fungicide
only in fruit trees, vines, olive trees and tropical crops (e.g. bananas)
only during a period expiring 31 March 2002 (is deleted)
need to be recognized by the inspecton body or inspection authority

Potassium permanganate

Fungicide, bactericide
only in fruit trees olive trees and vines

(*) 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

C. FEED MATERIALS 

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
 

D. FEED ADDITIVES, CERTAIN SUBSTANCES USED IN ANIMAL NUTRITION 

     (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:
ferrous (II) carbonate
ferrous (II) sulphate monohydrate
ferric (III) oxide

E2

Iodine:
calcium iodate, anhydrous
calcium iodate, hexahydrate
potassium iodide

E3

Cobalt:
cobaltous (II) sulphate monohydrate and/or heptahydrate
basic cobaltous (II) carbonate, monohydrate

E4

Copper:
copper (II) oxide
basic copper (II) carbonate, monohydrate
copper (II) sulphate, pentahydrate

E5

Manganese:
manganose (II) carbonate
manganous oxide and manganic oxide
manganous (II) sulfate, mono- and/or tetrahydrate

E6

Zinc:
zinc carbonate
zinc oxide
zinc sulphate mono- and/or hepta-hydrate

E7

Molybdenum:
ammonium molybdate, natrium molybdate

E8

Selenium:
sodium selenate
sodium selenite.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

E. PRODUCTS AUTHORISED FOR CLEANING AND DISINFECTION OF LIVESTOCK BUILDINGS AND INSTALLATIONS (E.G. EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS) 

§         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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