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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91⁽¹⁾, and in particular Article 9(4), the second paragraph of Article 11 Articles 12(3), 14(2), 16(3)(c), 17(2) and 18(5), the second subparagraph of Article 19(3), Articles 21(2), 22(1), 24(3), 25(3), 26, 28(6), 29(3) and 38(a), (b), (c) and (e), and Article 40 thereof,

Whereas:

Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, and in particular Titles III, IV and V thereof, lay down basic requirements with regard to production, labelling and control of organic products in the plant and livestock sector. Detailed rules for the implementation of those requirements should be laid down.
The evolution of new detailed production rules on certain animal species, organic aquaculture, seaweed and yeasts used as food or feed on community level will require more time and therefore should be elaborated in a subsequent procedure. It is therefore appropriate to exclude those products from the scope of this Regulation. However, as regards certain livestock species, aquaculture products and seaweed, the Community rules provided for production, controls and labelling should apply mutatis mutandis to those products, in accordance with Article 42 of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007.
Certain definitions should be laid down in order to avoid ambiguities and to guarantee the uniform application of the organic production rules.
Organic plant production is based on nourishing the plants primarily through the soil ecosystem. Therefore hydroponic cultivation, where plants grow with their roots in an inert medium feed with soluble minerals and nutrients, should not be allowed.
Organic plant production involves varied cultivation practices and limited use of fertilisers and conditioners of low solubility, therefore these practices should be specified. In particular, conditions for the use of certain non-synthetic products should be laid down.
The use of pesticides, which may have detrimental effects on the environment or result in the presence of residues in agricultural products, should be significantly restricted. Preference should be given to the application of preventive measures in pest, disease and weed control. In addition, conditions for the use of certain plant protection products should be laid down.
For the purpose of organic farming, the use of certain plant protection products, fertilisers, soil conditioners, as well as certain non-organic feed materials, feed additives and feed processing aids and certain products used for cleaning and disinfection was allowed under Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91⁽²⁾ under well-defined conditions. For the sake of ensuring the continuity of organic farming the products and substances in question should, in accordance with the provisions laid down in Article 16(3)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, continue to be allowed. Moreover, for the sake of clarity, it is appropriate to list in the Annexes to this Regulation the products and substances which had been allowed under Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91. Other products and substances may be added to these lists in the future under a different legal basis, namely Article 16(1) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007. It is therefore appropriate to identify the distinct status of each category of products and substances by means of a symbol in the list.
The holistic approach of organic farming requires a livestock production related to the land, where the produced manure is used to nourish the crop production. Since livestock farming always implies the management of agricultural land, provision should be made to prohibit landless livestock production. In organic livestock production the choice of breeds should take account of their capacity to adapt to local conditions, their vitality and their resistance to disease and a wide biological diversity should be encouraged.
Under certain circumstances operators may face difficulties in obtaining organic breeding animals from a reduced gene pool, which would hamper the development of the sector. Therefore the possibility of bringing a limited number of non-organic animals onto a farm for breeding purposes should be provided for.
Organic stock farming should ensure that specific behavioural needs of animals are met. In this regard, housing for all species of livestock should satisfy the needs of the animals concerned as regards ventilation, light, space and comfort and sufficient area should accordingly be provided to permit ample freedom of movement for each animal and to develop the animal's natural social behaviour. Specific housing conditions and husbandry practices with regard to certain animals, including bees, should be laid down. These specific housing conditions should serve a high level of animal welfare, which is a priority in organic livestock farming and therefore may go beyond Community welfare standards which apply to farming in general. Organic husbandry practices should prevent poultry from being reared too quickly. Therefore specific provisions to avoid intensive rearing methods should be laid down. In particular poultry shall either be reared until they reach a minimum age or else shall come from slow-growing poultry strains, so that in either case there is no incentive to use intensive rearing methods.
In most cases, livestock should have permanent access to open air areas for grazing, weather conditions permitting, and such open air areas should in principle be organised under an appropriate system of rotation.
In order to avoid environmental pollution of natural resources such as soil and water by nutrients, an upper limit for the use of manure per hectare and for keeping livestock per hectare should be set. This limit should be related to the nitrogen content of the manure.
Mutilations which lead to stress, harm, disease or the suffering of animals should be banned. However, specific operations essential to certain types of production and for the sake of security for animals and human beings may be permitted under restricted conditions.
Livestock should be fed on grass, fodder and feedingstuffs produced in accordance with the rules of organic farming, preferably coming from the own holding, by taking into account their physiological needs. In addition, in order to provide for the basic nutritional requirements of livestock, certain minerals, trace elements and vitamins may need to be used under well-defined conditions.
Since the existing regional differences in the possibility for organic ruminants to obtain the necessary essential vitamins A, D and E through their feed rations, as regards climate and available sources of feed, are expected to persist, the use of such vitamins for ruminants should be allowed.
Animal-health management should mainly be based on prevention of disease. In addition specific cleaning and disinfection measures should be applied.
The preventive use of chemically-synthesised allopathic medicinal products is not permitted in organic farming. However, in the event of a sickness or injury of an animal requiring an immediate treatment, the use of chemically-synthesised allopathic medicinal products should be limited to a strict minimum. Furthermore, in order to guarantee the integrity of organic production for consumers it should be possible to take restrictive measures such as doubling the withdrawal period after use of chemically synthesised allopathic medicinal products.
Specific rules for disease prevention and veterinary treatment in beekeeping should be laid down.
Provision should be made to require operators producing feed or food to take account of appropriate procedures based on a systematic identification of critical processing steps in order to ensure that the produced processed products comply with the organic production rules.
Certain non-organic products and substances are needed in order to ensure the production of certain processed organic food and feed. The harmonization of wine processing rules on Community level will require more time. Therefore the mentioned products should be excluded for wine processing until, in a subsequent procedure, specific rules are laid down.
For the purpose of processing organic food, the use of certain ingredients of non-agricultural origin, certain food processing aid and certain non-organic ingredients of agricultural origin was allowed under Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 under well-defined conditions. For the sake of ensuring the continuity of organic farming the products and substances in question should, in accordance with the provisions laid down in Article 21(2) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, continue to be allowed. Moreover, for the sake of clarity, it is appropriate to list in the Annexes to this Regulation the products and substances which had been allowed under Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91. Other products and substances may be added to these lists in the future under a different legal basis, namely Article 21(2) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007. It is therefore appropriate to identify the distinct status of each category of products and substances by means of a symbol in the list.
Under certain conditions organic products and non-organic products can be collected and transported simultaneously. In order to duly separate organic from non-organic products during handling and to avoid any commingling specific provisions should be laid down.
The conversion to the organic production method requires certain periods of adaptation of all means in use. Depending on the previous farm production, specific time periods for the various production sectors should be laid down.
In accordance with Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, specific conditions for the application of exceptions provided for in that Article should be laid down. It is appropriate to set out such conditions with regard to the non availability of organic animals, feed, beeswax, seeds and seed potatoes and organic ingredients as well as to specific problems related to the livestock management and in the case of catastrophic circumstances.
Geographical and structural differences in agriculture and climatic constraints may hamper the development of organic production in certain regions and therefore call for exceptions for certain practices as regards the characteristics of livestock buildings and installations. Therefore tethering of animals should, under well-defined conditions, be allowed in holdings which, due to their geographical location and structural constraints, in particular with regard to mountainous areas, are of small size, and only where it is not possible to keep the cattle in groups appropriate to their behavioural needs.
For the purpose of ensuring the development of an incipient organic livestock sector, several temporary derogations as regards tethering of animals, housing conditions for animals and stocking densities were granted under Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91. These derogations should, on a transitional basis, be maintained until their expiry date, in order not to disrupt the organic livestock sector.
Considering the importance of pollination of the organic beekeeping sector it should be possible to grant exceptions permitting the parallel production of organic and non-organic beekeeping unit on the same farm.
Under certain circumstances, farmers may experience difficulty in securing supplies of organically reared livestock and organic feedingstuffs and therefore authorisation should be granted for a limited number of non-organically produced farm input to be used in restricted quantities.
Major efforts have been undertaken by producers involved in organic production for the development of the production of organic seeds and vegetative materials in order to establish a broad choice of plant varieties of plant species for which organic seeds and vegetative propagating material is available. However, currently for many species there is still not enough organic seed and vegetative propagating material available and, in those cases, the use of non-organic seed and vegetative propagating material should be allowed.
In order to help operators to find organic seed and seed potatoes, each Member State should ensure that a database is set up that contains the varieties of which organic seed and seed potatoes are available on the market.
The management of adult bovine animals may endanger the keeper and other persons handling the animals. Therefore provision should be made to allow for exceptions to be granted during the final fattening phase of mammals, in particular with regard to bovine animals.
Catastrophic circumstances or widespread animal or plant diseases may have serious effects on the organic production in the regions concerned. Appropriate measures need to be taken to ensure the maintenance of farming or even the reestablishment of farming. Therefore the supply of non-organic animals, or non-organic feed should be made possible for a limited period in the affected areas.
In accordance with Articles 24(3) and 25(3) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, specific criteria as regards the presentation, composition, size and design of the Community logo, as well as the presentation and composition of the code number of the control authority or control body and of the indication of the place where the agricultural product has been farmed should be laid down.
In accordance with Article 26 of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, specific requirements for the labelling of organic feed should be laid down taking into account the varieties and composition of feed and the horizontal labelling provisions applicable to feed.
In addition to the control system based on the Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules⁽³⁾ specific control measures should be laid down. In particular, detailed requirements with regard to all stages of production, preparation and distribution related to organic products.
Notifications of information by the Member States to the Commission must enable it to use the information sent directly and as effectively as possible for the management of statistical information and referential data. To achieve this objective, all information to be made available or to be communicated between the Member States and the Commission should be sent electronically or in digital form.
Exchanges of information and documents between the Commission and the Member States, and the provision and notification of information from the Member States to the Commission are generally carried out electronically or in digital form. In order to improve the way such exchanges of information under organic production rules are dealt with and to extend their use, it is necessary to adapt the existing computer systems or set up new ones. Provision should be made for this to be done by the Commission and implemented after informing the Member States via the Committee on organic production.
The conditions under which information is processed by these computer systems and the form and content of documents which have to be communicated under Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 have to be adjusted frequently in line with changes to the applicable rules or management requirements. Uniform presentation of the documents to be sent in by the Member States is also necessary. To achieve these objectives and to simplify procedures and ensure that the computer systems concerned can be made operational immediately, the form and content of the documents should be laid down on the basis of models or questionnaires, which should be adapted and updated by the Commission after informing the Committee on organic production.
Transitional measures should be laid down, for certain provisions established under Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91, in order not to jeopardize the continuity of the organic production.
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 207/93 of 29 January 1993 defining the content of Annex VI to Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs and laying down detailed rules for implementing the provisions of Article 5(4) thereto⁽⁴⁾ Commission Regulation (EC) No 1452/2003 of 14 August 2003 maintaining the derogation provided for in Article 6(3)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 with regard to certain species of seed and vegetative propagating material and laying down procedural rules and criteria relating to that derogation⁽⁵⁾ and Commission Regulation (EC) No 223/2003 of 5 February 2003 on labelling requirements related to the organic production method for feedingstuffs, compound feedingstuffs and feed materials and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91⁽⁶⁾ should be repealed and replaced by a new Regulation.
Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 is repealed by Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 with effect from 1 January 2009. However, many of its provisions should, with some adaptation, continue to apply and should therefore be adopted in the framework of this Regulation. For the sake of clarity it is appropriate to set out the correlation between those provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 and the provisions of this Regulation.
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the regulatory Committee on organic production,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

TITLE I INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS

Article 1 Subject matter and scope

This Regulation lays down specific rules on organic production, labelling and control in respect of products referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007.

This Regulation shall not apply to:

livestock species other than those referred to in Article 7; and
to aquaculture animals other than those referred to in Article 25a.

However, Title II, Title III and Title IV shall apply mutatis mutandis to such products until detailed production rules for those products are laid down on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007.

Article 2 Definitions

In addition to the definitions laid down in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, the following definitions shall apply for the purposes of this Regulation:

‘non-organic’: means not coming from or not related to a production in accordance to Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 and this Regulation;
‘veterinary medicinal products’: means products as defined in Article 1(2) of Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council⁽⁷⁾ concerning the Community code relating to veterinary medicinal products;
‘importer’: means the natural or legal person within the community who presents a consignment for release for free circulation into the Community, either in person, or through a representative;
‘first consignee’ means the natural or legal person to whom the imported consignment is delivered and who will receive it for further preparation and/or marketing;
‘holding’ means all the production units operated under a single management for the purpose of producing agricultural products;
‘production unit’ means all assets to be used for a production sector such as production premises, land parcels, pasturages, open air areas, livestock buildings, fish ponds, containment systems for seaweed or aquaculture animals, shore or seabed concessions, the premises for the storage of crops, crop products, seaweed products, animal products, raw materials and any other input relevant for this specific production sector;
‘hydroponic production’ means the method of growing plants with their roots in a mineral nutrient solution only or in an inert medium, such as perlite, gravel or mineral wool to which a nutrient solution is added;
‘veterinary treatment’ means all courses of a curative or preventive treatment against one occurrence of a specific disease;
‘in-conversion feedingstuffs’ means feedingstuffs produced during the conversion period to organic production, with the exclusion of those harvested in the 12 months following the beginning of the conversion as referred to in Article 17(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007;
‘closed recirculation aquaculture facility’ means a facility where aquaculture takes place within an enclosed environment on land or on a vessel involving the recirculation of water, and depending on permanent external energy input to stabilize the environment for the aquaculture animals;
‘energy from renewable sources’ means renewable non-fossil energy sources: wind, solar, geothermal, wave, tidal, hydropower, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas and biogases;
‘hatchery’ means a place of breeding, hatching and rearing through the early life stages of aquaculture animals, finfish and shellfish in particular;
‘nursery’ means a place where an intermediate farming system, between the hatchery and grow-out stages is applied. The nursery stage is completed within the first third of the production cycle with the exception of species undergoing a smoltification process;
‘pollution’ in the framework of aquaculture and seaweed production means the direct or indirect introduction into the aquatic environment of substances or energy as defined in Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council⁽⁸⁾ and in Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council⁽⁹⁾, in the waters where they respectively apply;
‘polyculture’ in the framework of aquaculture and seaweed production, means the rearing of two or more species usually from different trophic levels in the same culture unit;
‘production cycle’ in the framework of aquaculture and seaweed production, means the lifespan of an aquaculture animal or seaweed from the earliest life stage to harvesting;
‘locally grown species’ in the framework of aquaculture and seaweed production, means those which are neither alien nor locally absent species under Council Regulation (EC) No 708/2007⁽¹⁰⁾. Those species listed in Annex IV of Regulation (EC) No 708/2007 may be considered as locally grown species.
‘stocking density’ in the framework of aquaculture, means the live weight of animals per cubic metre of water at any time during the grow-out phase and in the case of flatfish and shrimp the weight per square metre of surface;
‘control file’ means all the information and documents transmitted, for the purposes of the control system, to the competent authorities of the Member State or to control authorities and control bodies by an operator subject to the control system as referred to in Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, including all the relevant information and documents relating to that operator or the activities of that operator held by competent authorities, control authorities and control bodies, with the exception of information or documents that have no bearing on the operation of the control system.

TITLE II RULES ON PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, PACKAGING, TRANSPORT AND STORAGE OF ORGANIC PRODUCTS

CHAPTER 1 Plant Production

Article 3 Soil management and fertilisation

Article 4 Prohibition of hydroponic production

Article 5 Pest, disease and weed management

Article 6 Specific rules on mushroom production

CHAPTER 1a Seaweed production

Article 6a Scope

Article 6b Suitability of aquatic medium and sustainable management plan

Article 6c Sustainable harvesting of wild seaweed

Article 6d Seaweed Cultivation

Article 6e Antifouling measures and cleaning of production equipment and facilities

CHAPTER 2 Livestock production

Article 7 Scope

Section 1 Origin of animals

Article 8 Origin of organic animals

Article 9 Origin of non-organic animals

Section 2 Livestock housing and husbandry practices

Article 10 Rules pertaining to housing conditions

Article 11 Specific housing conditions and husbandry practices for mammals

Article 12 Specific housing conditions and husbandry practices for poultry

Article 13 Specific requirements and housing conditions in beekeeping

Article 14 Access to open air areas

Article 15 Stocking density

Article 16 Prohibition of landless livestock production

Article 17 Simultaneous production of organic and non-organic livestock

Article 18 Management of animals

Section 3 Feed

Article 19 Feed from own holding and other sources

Article 20 Feed meeting animals' nutritional requirements

Article 21 In-conversion feed

Article 22 Use of certain products and substances in feed

Section 4 Disease prevention and veterinary treatment

Article 23 Disease prevention

Article 24 Veterinary treatment

Article 25 Specific rules on disease prevention and veterinary treatment in beekeeping

CHAPTER 2a Aquaculture animal production

Section 1 General rules

Article 25a Scope

Article 25b Suitability of aquatic medium and sustainable management plan

Article 25c Simultaneous production of organic and non-organic aquaculture animals

Section 2 Origin of aquaculture animals

Article 25d Origin of organic aquaculture animals

Article 25e Origin and management of non-organic aquaculture animals

Section 3 Aquaculture Husbandry practices

Article 25f General aquaculture husbandry rules

Article 25g Specific rules for aquatic containment systems

Article 25h Management of aquaculture animals

Section 4 Breeding

Article 25i Prohibition of hormones

Section 5 Feed for fish, crustaceans and echinodermes

Article 25j General rules on feeds

Article 25k Specific rules on feeds for carnivorous aquaculture animals

Article 25l Specific rules on feeds for certain aquaculture animals

Article 25la Specific rules on feeds for organic juveniles

Article 25m Products and substances as referred to in Article 15(1)(d)(iii) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007

Section 6 Specific rules for molluscs

Article 25n Growing area

Article 25o Sourcing of seed

Article 25p Management

Article 25q Cultivation rules

Article 25r Specific cultivation rules for oysters

Section 7 Disease prevention and veterinary treatment

Article 25s General rules on disease prevention

Article 25t Veterinary treatments

CHAPTER 3 Processed products

Article 26 Rules for the production of processed feed and food

Article 27 Use of certain products and substances in processing of food

Article 27a

Article 28 Use of certain non-organic ingredients of agricultural origin in processing food

Article 29 Authorisation of non-organic food ingredients of agricultural origin by Member State

Article 29a Specific provisions for seaweed

CHAPTER 3a Specific rules for the making of wine

Article 29b Scope

Article 29c Use of certain products and substances

Article 29d Oenological practices and restrictions

CHAPTER 4 Collection, packaging, transport and storage of products

Article 30 Collection of products and transport to preparation units

Article 31 Packaging and transport of products to other operators or units

Article 32 Special rules for transporting feed to other production/preparation units or storage premises

Article 32a Transport of live fish

Article 33 Reception of products from other units and other operators

Article 34 Special rules for the reception of products from a third country

Article 35 Storage of products

CHAPTER 5 Conversion rules

Article 36 Plant and plant products

Article 36a Seaweed

Article 37 Specific conversion rules for land associated with organic livestock production

Article 38 Livestock and livestock products

Article 38a Aquaculture animal production

CHAPTER 6 Exceptional production rules

Section 1 Exceptional production rules related to climatic, geographical or structural constraints in accordance with Article 22(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007

Article 39 Tethering of animals

Article 40 Parallel production

Article 41 Management of beekeeping units for the purpose of pollination

Section 2 Exceptional production rules related to non-availability of organic farm inputs in accordance with Article 22(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007

Article 42 Use of non-organic animals

Article 43 Use of non-organic protein feed of plant and animal origin for livestock

Article 44 Use of non-organic beeswax

Article 45 Use of seed or vegetative propagating material not obtained by the organic production method

Section 3 Exceptional production rules related to specific management problems in organic livestock in accordance with Article 22(2)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007

Article 46 Specific management problems in organic livestock

Section 3a Exceptional production rules with regard to the use of specific products and substances in the processing in accordance with Article 22(2)(e) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007

Article 46a Addition of non-organic yeast extract

Section 4 Exceptional production rules related to catastrophic circumstances in accordance with Article 22(2)(f) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007

Article 47 Catastrophic circumstances

CHAPTER 7 Seed data base

Article 48 Database

Article 49 Registration

Article 50 Conditions for registration

Article 51 Registered information

Article 52 Access to information

Article 53 Registration fee

Article 54 Annual report

Article 55 Summary report

Article 56 Information upon request

TITLE III LABELLING

CHAPTER 1 Organic production logo of the European Union

Article 57 Organic logo of the EU

Article 58 Conditions for the use of the code number and place of origin

CHAPTER 2 Specific labelling requirements for feed

Article 59 Scope, use of trade marks and sales descriptions

Article 60 Indications on processed feed

Article 61 Conditions for the use of indications on processed feed

CHAPTER 3 Other specific labelling requirements

Article 62 In-conversion products of plant origin

TITLE IV CONTROLS

CHAPTER 1 Minimum control requirements

Article 63 Control arrangements and undertaking by the operator

Article 64 Modification of control arrangements

Article 65 Control visits

Article 66 Documentary accounts

Article 67 Access to facilities

Article 68 Documentary evidence

Article 69 Vendor declaration

CHAPTER 2 Specific control requirements for plants and plant products from farm production or collection

Article 70 Control arrangements

Article 71 Communications

Article 72 Plant production records

Article 73 Several production units run by the same operator

CHAPTER 2a Specific control requirements for seaweed

Article 73a Control arrangements for seaweed

Article 73b Seaweed Production Records

CHAPTER 3 Control requirements for livestock and livestock products produced by animal husbandry

Article 74 Control arrangements

Article 75 Identification of livestock

Article 76 Livestock records

Article 77 Control measures on veterinary medicinal products for livestock

Article 78 Specific control measures on beekeeping

Article 79 Several production units run by the same operator

CHAPTER 3a Specific control requirements for aquaculture animal production

Article 79a Control arrangements for aquaculture animal production

Article 79b Aquaculture animal production records

Article 79c Specific control visits for bivalve molluscs

Article 79d Several production units run by the same operator

CHAPTER 4 Control requirements for units for preparation of plant, seaweed, livestock and aquaculture animal products and foodstuffs composed thereof

Article 80 Control arrangements

CHAPTER 5 Control requirements for imports of organic products from third countries

Article 81 Scope

Article 82 Control arrangements

Article 83 Documentary accounts

Article 84 Information on imported consignments

Article 85 Control visits

CHAPTER 6 Control requirements for units involved in the production, preparation or import of organic products and which have contracted out to third parties in part or in total the actual operations concerned

Article 86 Control arrangements

CHAPTER 7 Control requirements for units preparing feed

Article 87 Scope

Article 88 Control arrangements

Article 89 Documentary accounts

Article 90 Control visits

CHAPTER 8 Infringements and exchange of information

Article 91 Measures in case of suspicion of infringements and irregularities

Article 92 Exchange of information between control authorities, control bodies and competent authorities

Article 92a Exchange of information between different Member States and the Commission

Article 92b Publication of information

CHAPTER 9 Supervision by competent authorities

Article 92c Supervisory activities relating to control bodies

Article 92d Catalogue of measures in case of irregularities and infringements

Article 92e Annual inspection of control bodies

Article 92f Organic data in the multi-annual national control plan and annual report

TITLE V TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION TO THE COMMISSION, TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 1 Transmission of information to the Commission

Article 93 Statistical information

Article 94 Other information

CHAPTER 2 Transitional and final provisions

Article 95 Transitional measures

Article 96 Repeal

Article 97 Entry into force and application

ANNEX IFertilizers, soil conditioners and nutrients referred to in Article 3(1) and Article 6d(2)

ANNEX II

ANNEX IIIMinimum surface areas indoors and outdoors and other characteristics of housing in the different species and types of production referred to in Article 10(4)

ANNEX IVMaximum number of animals per hectare referred to in Article 15 (2)

ANNEX V

ANNEX VI

ANNEX VII

ANNEX VIIICertain products and substances for use in production of processed organic food, yeast and yeast products referred to in Article 27(1)(a) and Article 27a(a)

ANNEX VIIIa

ANNEX IXIngredients of agricultural origin which have not been produced organically referred to in Article 28

ANNEX XSpecies for which organically produced seed or seed potatoes are available in sufficient quantities and for a significant number of varieties in all parts of the Community referred to in Article 45(3)