European Union (Organic Farming) Regulations 2016.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Organic Farming) Regulations 2016.
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paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations- "authorised officer" means a person—
(a) appointed under Regulation 53,
(b) who immediately before the making of these Regulations was an authorised officer appointed under Regulation 8 of the European Communities (Organic Farming) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 112 of 2004 ), or
(c) who is officer of customs within the meaning of Customs Act 2015 (No. 18 of 2015);
(2) A word or expression that is used in the Council Regulation or in the Commission Regulation and is also used in these Regulations has, in these Regulations, the same meaning as in the Council Regulation or in the Commission Regulation.
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paragraphs: (1) A person who contravenes Article 9 of the Council Regulation, which relates to the prohibition on use of GMOs in organic production, commits an offence.
(2) A person who contravenes Article 69 of the Commission Regulation, which relates to a declaration that a product has not been produced from GMOs, commits an offence.
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paragraphs: A person who contravenes Article 10 of the Council Regulation, which relates to the prohibition on use of ionising radiation in organic production, commits an offence.
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paragraphs: A person who contravenes Article 4 of the Commission Regulation, which relates to the prohibition on hydroponic production, commits an offence.
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paragraphs: A person who contravenes Article 16 of the Commission Regulation, which relates to the prohibition of landless livestock production, commits an offence.
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paragraphs: A person who contravenes Article 11 of the Council Regulation, which relates to separation of organic production into clearly separated units or, in the case of aquaculture, production sites, commits an offence.
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paragraphs: A person who contravenes Article 17 of the Commission Regulation, which relates to the simultaneous production of organic and non-organic livestock, commits an offence.
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paragraphs: A person who contravenes Article 12 of the Council Regulation, which relates to plant production rules, commits an offence.
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paragraphs: A person who contravenes Article 3 of the Commission Regulation, which relates to fertilisation and soil management, commits an offence.
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paragraphs: A person who contravenes Article 5 of the Commission Regulation, which relates to the use of certain products for pest, disease and weed management, commits an offence
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paragraphs: A person who contravenes Article 6 of the Commission Regulation, which relates to mushroom production, commits an offence
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paragraphs: A person who contravenes Article 13 of the Council Regulation or Chapter 1a of Title II or Article 29a of the Commission Regulation, which relates to seaweed production rules, commits an offence.
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paragraphs: A person who contravenes Article 14 of the Council Regulation, which relates to livestock production rules, commits an offence.
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paragraphs: (1) A person who contravenes Article 8, which relates to the origin of organic animals, or Article 9 of the Commission Regulation, which relates to the origin of non-organic animals, commits an offence.
(2) A person who contravenes Article 42 of the Commission Regulation, which relates to the use of non-organic animals, commits an offence.
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paragraphs: A person who contravenes—
(a) Article 10, which relates to housing conditions of animals,
(b) Article 11, which relates to specific housing conditions and husbandry practices for mammals,
(c) Article 12, which relates to specific housing conditions and husbandry practices for poultry,
(d) Article 13, which relates to specific requirements and housing conditions in beekeeping or
(d) Article 18, which relates to management of the animals of the Commission Regulation commits an offence.
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paragraphs: A person who contravenes Article 14 of the Commission Regulation, which relates to access to open air areas by animals, commits an offence.
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paragraphs: A person who contravenes Article 15 of the Commission Regulation, which relates to stocking density, commits an offence.
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paragraphs: A person who contravenes Article 23, which provides for disease prevention measures, of the Commission Regulation commits an offence.
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paragraphs: (1) A person who contravenes Article 24, which relates to veterinary treatment and veterinary medicines, of the Commission Regulation commits an offence.
(2) This Regulation and Regulation 21 are in addition to and not in substitution for the European Communities (Animal Remedies) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 ( S.I. No. 182 of 2009 ).
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paragraphs: (1) A person who contravenes Article 25, which relates to specific rules for disease prevention and veterinary treatment in beekeeping, of the Commission Regulation commits an offence.
(2) A person who contravenes Article 78 of the Commission Regulation, which provides for specific record keeping requirements for organic bee-keeping, commits an offence.
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paragraphs: A person who contravenes Article 41 of the Commission Regulation, which relates to running organic and non-organic beekeeping units on the same holding commits an offence,
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paragraphs: A person who contravenes Article 44 of the Commission Regulation, which relates to the use of non-organic beeswax, commits an offence.
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paragraphs: A person who contravenes Article 15 of the Council Regulation, or Chapter 2a of Title IV, Article 79a, Article 79b or Article 79d of the Commission Regulation, which relates to production rules for aquaculture animals, commits an offence.
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paragraphs: (1) A person who contravenes Article 17 of the Council Regulation, which relates to conversion to organic production, commits an offence.
(2) A person who markets a product as organic if the product has been produced other than in accordance with the conversion rules set out in Chapter 5 of Title II of the Commission Regulation commits an offence.
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paragraphs: A person shall not display for sale a product that is produced in accordance with the Council Regulation and the Commission Regulation and a product that is not produced in accordance with those Regulations in such a manner that the display may confuse a customer as to the production processes of the products.
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paragraphs: (1) A person who contravenes Article 26 of the Commission Regulation, which relates to rules for the production of processed feed and food, commits an offence.
(2) A person who contravenes Article 29.1(a) of the Commission Regulation, which relates to ingredients, commits an offence.
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paragraphs: A person who contravenes Article 18 of the Council Regulation, which relates to general rules on the production of processed feed, commits an offence.
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paragraphs: (1) A person who contravenes Article 19(1) of the Commission Regulation, which relates to the origin of feed for herbivores, commits an offence.
(2) A person who contravenes Article 19(2) of the Commission Regulation, which relates to feed for pigs and poultry, commits an offence.
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paragraphs: A person who contravenes Article 19(3) of the Commission Regulation, which relate to feeding bees, commits an offence.
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paragraphs: A person who contravenes—
(a) Article 20(1), which relates to feeding maternal milk,
(b) Article 20 (2), which relates to rations of herbivores,
(c) Article 20(3), which relates to roughage, fresh or dried fodder, or silage for pigs and poultry,
(d) Article 20 (4), which relates to anaemia, or
(e) Article 20 (5), which relates to fattening practices, of the Commission Regulation commits an offence.
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paragraphs: A person who contravenes Article 21 of the Commission Regulation, which relates to in-conversion feed, commits an offence.
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paragraphs: A person who contravenes Article 22 or Article 43 of the Commission Regulation, which relates to non-organic feed, commits an offence
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paragraphs: A person who contravenes Article 19 of the Council Regulation, which relates to general rules on the production of processed food, commits an offence.
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paragraphs: A person who contravenes Article 27 or Article 28 of the Commission Regulation, which relate to products and substances that may be used in the production of organic food, commits an offence.
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paragraphs: (1) A person who contravenes Article 20 of the Council Regulation, which relates to general rules on the production of organic yeast, commits an offence.
(2) A person who contravenes Article 27a of the Commission Regulation, which relates to substances that may be used in the production, confection and formulation of yeast, commits an offence.
(3) A person who contravenes Article 46a of the Commission Regulation, which relates to use of non-organic yeast extract, commits an offence.
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paragraphs: A person who contravenes Article 46 of the Commission Regulation, which relates to the final fattening of adult bovines, commits an offence.
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paragraphs: A person who contravenes Article 23 of the Council Regulation, which relates to the use of terminology referring to, or implying, organic production, commits an offence.
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paragraphs: A person who contravenes Article 60 or Article 61 of the Commission Regulation, which relates to indications on processed feed, commits an offence.
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paragraphs: A person who contravenes Article 24 or Article 30 of the Council Regulation, which relates to compulsory indications to appear onto labelling and advertising, commits an offence.
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paragraphs: A person who contravenes—
(a) Article 25 of the Council Regulation, which relates to the use of logos, or
(b) Chapter 1 of Title III of the Commission Regulation, which relates to the Community logo commits an offence.
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paragraphs: A person who contravenes Article 59 of the Commission Regulation, which relates to the use of trade marks and sales descriptions, commits an offence.
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paragraphs: A person who contravenes Article 62 of the Commission Regulation, which relates to indications on in-conversion products of plant origin, commits an offence.
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paragraphs: A person who contravenes the following Articles of the Commission Regulation-
(a) Article 30, which relates to the collection of products and transport to preparation units,
(b) Article 31, which relates to the packaging and transport of products to other operators or units,
(c) Article 32, which relates to the transport of feed to other preparation or storage premises,
(d) Article 33, which provides for checking products received from other premises,
(e) Article 34, which provides for procedures for reception of products from third countries,
(f) Article 32a which provides for the transport of fish, or
(g) Article 35, which provides rules for storage of products of the Commission Regulation commits an offence.
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paragraphs: (1) A person who produces, prepares, stores, places on the market, exports or imports from a third country-
(a) live or unprocessed agricultural products,
(b) processed agricultural products for use as food,
(c) feed,
(d) vegetative propagating material or seeds for cultivation, or
(e) yeasts used as feed or food
(2) A notification for the purposes of Article 28(1)(a) of the Council Regulation shall be in a form, contain the information and be made by means (including by electronic communication) as the Minister may determine.
(3) A notification under this Regulation has no effect unless it is accompanied by the fee (if any) set in accordance with Regulation 52.
(4) A person who fails to notify the information required by Article 63 (3) or Article 64 of the Commission Regulation commits an offence.
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paragraphs: (1) A person who contravenes Article 63(1) or (2), Article 66, Article 70, Article 72, Article 74, Article 76, Article 80, Article 86, Article 88 or Article 89 of the Commission Regulation, which relate to records to be maintained by organic operators, commits an offence.
(2) A person who contravenes Article 91(1), which relates to measures to be taken in a case where it is suspected that a product does not conform to organic production rules, of the Commission Regulation commits an offence.
(3) A person who contravenes Article 28(1)(b) of the Council Regulation which relates to adherence to the control system commits an offence.
(4) A person who contravenes Article 92(1) of the Commission Regulation which relates to co-operation with different control bodies commits an offence.
(5) A person who contravenes Article 29.2 of the Council Regulation, which relates to documentary evidence, commits an offence.
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paragraphs: A person who contravenes—
(a) Article 32(1) or Article 33(1) of the Council Regulation,
(b) Chapter 5 of Title IV of the Commission Regulation, which relate to the import of organic products, or
(c) Commission Import Regulation in particular Article 13 in relation to release into free circulation and Article 15 in relation to relabelling non compliant products commits an offence.
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paragraphs: A person who contravenes Article 40 of the Commission Regulation, which relates to parallel production, commits an offence.