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ANNEX I  
 
"ANNEX II  
Pesticides — Products referred to in Article 5(1)  
 All the substances listed in this Annex have to comply at least with the conditions for use as specified in the Annex to Comm ission 
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011(*). More restrictive conditions for use for organic production are specified in the second column 
of each table.  
1. Substances of plant or animal origin  
Name  Description, compositional requirement, conditions for use  
Azadirachtin extracted from 
Azadirachta i ndica  (Neem tree)   
Basic substances  Only those basic substances within the meaning of Article 23(1) of 
Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council(**) that are covered by the definition of 'foodstuff' in Article 2 
of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council(***) and have plant or animal origin.  
Substances not to be used as herbicides, but only for the control of pests 
and diseases.  
Beeswax  Only as pruning agent/wound protectant.  
Hydr olysed proteins excluding gelatine   
Laminarin  Kelp shall be either grown organically in accordance with Article 6d or 
harvested in a sustainable way in accordance with Article 6c.  
Pheromones  Only in traps and dispensers.  
Plant oils  All uses authorised, except herbicide.  
Pyrethrins extracted from 
Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium   
Pyrethroids (only deltamethrin or 
lambdacyhalothrin)  Only in traps with specific attractants; only against Bactrocera oleae  
and Ceratitis capitata  Wied.  
Quassia extracted from Quassia amara  Only as insecticide, repellent.  
Repellents by smell of animal or plant 
origin/sheep fat  Only on non -edible parts of the crop and where crop material is not 
ingested by sheep or goats.  
(*)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011  of 25 May 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 
1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of approved active substances (OJ 
L 153, 11.6.2011, p.  1). 
(**)    Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of th e Council of 21 October 2009 concerning 
the placing of plant protection products on the market (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1).  
(***)   Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down 
the general princi ples and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and 
laying down procedures in matters of food safety (OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1).  
2. Micro -organisms or substances produced by micro -organisms  
Name  Description, compositional  requirement, conditions for use  
Micro -organisms  Not from GMO origin.  
Spinosad   2 
 3.  Substances other than those mentioned in Sections 1 and 2  
Name  Description, compositional requirement, conditions or restrictions to 
use 
Aluminium silicate (Kaolin)   
Calcium hydroxide  When used as fungicide, only in fruit trees, including nurseries, to 
control Nectria galligena.  
Carbon dioxide   
Copper compounds in the form of: 
copper hydroxide, copper oxychloride, 
copper oxide, Bordeaux mixture, and 
tribasic copper sulphate  Up to 6 kg copper per ha per year.  
For perennial crops, by way of derogation from the first paragraph, 
Member States may provide that the 6 kg copper limit can be exceeded 
in a given year provided that the average quantity actually used over a 
5-year period consisting of that year and of the four preceding years 
does not exceed 6 kg.  
 
Ethylene   
Fatty acids  All uses authorised, except  herbicide.  
Ferric phosphate (iron (III) 
orthophosphate)  Preparations to be surface -spread between cultivated pla nts. 
Kieselgur (diatomaceous earth)   
Lime sulphur (calcium polysulphide)   
Paraffin oil   
Potassium hydrogen carbonate (aka 
potassium bicarbonate)   
Quartz sand   
Sulphur   
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