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Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on organic production of agricultural products and 
indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs 
COM(89) 552 final 
(Submitted by the Commission on 6 December 1989) 
(90/C 4/03) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas demand from consumers for 
organically-produced agricultural products and food­
stuffs is increasing; whereas a new market for agri­
cultural products is thus being created; 
Whereas the market price for such products is higher, 
while the way in which they are produced involves less 
intensive use of land; whereas, therefore, in the context 
of the reorientation of the common agricultural policy, 
this type of production may contribute towards the 
attainment of "a better balance between supply of and 
demand for agricultural products, the protection of the 
environment and the conservation of the countryside; 
Whereas, in response to the rising demand, agricultural 
products and foodstuffs are being placed on the market 
with indications stating or implying to purchasers that 
they have been produced organically or without the use 
of synthetic chemicals; 
Whereas some Member States have recently adopted 
rules and inspection arrangements for the use of such 
indications; 
Whereas a framework of Community rules on 
production, labelling and inspection will enable this type 
of production to develop by ensuring conditions of fair 
competition between the producers of products bearing 
such indications and will improve the credibility of such 
products in consumers' eyes; whereas such a framework 
will also prevent the creation of barriers to intra-
Community trade in such products; 
Whereas organic production methods constitute a 
specific form of production at farm level; whereas, 
consequently, it should be provided that, on the labelling 
of processed products, indications referring to organic production methods should relate specifically to the 
ingredients obtained by such methods; 
Whereas, for the implementation of the arrangements 
concerned, provision should be made for flexible 
procedures whereby certain technical details or measures 
may be amended, amplified or further defined in order 
to take account of experience gained; whereas the rules 
covering livestock production should however be 
introduced by means of an amendment to this Regu­
lation; 
Whereas, in the interests of the producers and purchasers 
of products bearing indications referring to organic 
production methods, the minimum principles with which 
producers must comply in order for their products to be 
presented with such indications should be laid down; 
Whereas, as a rule, organic production methods imply a 
renunciation of the use of synthetic chemicals; whereas, 
however, the use of certain synthetic chemicals must not 
be totally ruled out where they are essential for the 
production of a given agricultural product; whereas the 
limits and procedures for authorizing such exceptions 
should be laid down; 
Whereas, moreover, organic farming involves various 
cultivation practices and limited use of non-synthetic 
fertilizers and conditioners of low solubility; whereas 
these practices should be specified and conditions for the 
use of certain non-synthetic products laid down; 
Whereas, the provided procedures permit to complete, if 
this appears necessary, Annex I with more specific 
provisions aiming to avoid the presence of certain 
residues of synthetic chemicals from other sources than 
agriculture (environmental contamination) in the 
products obtained by this production method; 
Whereas, to ensure compliance with the rules on 
production, all stages of production and marketing 
should normally be subject to inspection; 
Whereas all operators producing, preparing, importing 
or marketing products bearing indications referring to 
organic production methods must be subject to certain 
particular inspection arrangements; 
Whereas, in this connection, encouragement should be 
given to initiatives by operators to comply with a system 
of regular inspection of their undertakings and their 
production; whereas if such inspection meets minimum 
Community requirements and is carried out by bodies 
approved and supervised by the Member States, such 
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initiatives should be rewarded by entitlement to use a 
Community indication of inspection on the labelling of 
the products concerned; 
Whereas, after a trial period, the possibility of extending 
the regular inspection arrangements compulsorily to all 
operators engaged in the production and marketing of 
products obtained organically should be reviewed in 
order to arrive to a single control system for all 
operators concerned; 
Whereas products imported from third countries must 
satisfy requirements and be subject to an inspection 
system equivalent to those applicable to Community 
products, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Scope 
Article 1 
This Regulation shall apply to the following products, 
where such products bear or are intended to bear indi­
cations referring to organic production methods: 
(a) unprocessed agricultural crop products; also animals 
and unprocessed animal products, to the extent that 
principles of production and specific inspection rules 
for them are introduced into Annexes I and III; 
(b) products intended for human consumption composed 
essentially of one or more ingredients of plant origin, 
and, in addition, upon adoption of the provisions 
concerning livestock production referred to in (a), 
products intended for human consumption 
containing ingredients of animal origin. 
Article 2 
For the purposes of this Regulation a product shall be 
regarded as bearing indications referring to organic 
production methods where, in the labelling, advertising 
material or commercial documents, such a product or its 
ingredients is described by: 
— the term 'organic' or 'biodynamic', unless such terms 
clearly have no connection with the method of 
production, 
— indications referring to farming without the use of 
synthetic chemical pesticides, soil conditioners or 
fertilizers, 
— other indications suggesting or implying to the 
purchaser that the product or its ingredients have 
been obtained in accordance with the rules of 
production laid down in Articles 6 and 7. Article 3 
This Regulation shall apply without prejudice to other 
Community provisions governing the production, prep­
aration, marketing, labelling and inspection of the 
products specified in Article 1. 
Definitions 
Article 4 
For the purposes of this Regulations: 
1. labelling means any words, particulars, trademarks, 
brand names, pictorial matter or symbols appearing 
on any packaging, document, notice, label, board or 
collar accompanying or referring to a product 
specified in Article 1; 
2. production means the operations involved in 
producing agricultural products in the state in which 
they are normally produced on the farm; 
3. preparation means the operations of processing, 
preserving and packaging of agricultural products; 
4. marketing means holding or displaying for sale, 
offering for sale, selling, delivering or placing on the 
market in any other form; 
5. operator means any natural or legal person who 
produces, prepares or imports from a third country, 
with a view to the subsequent marketing thereof, 
products as referred to in Article 1, or who markets 
such products; 
6. synthetic chemical means a substance with a defined 
chemical structure, which may contain certain 
impurities resulting from the manufacturing process, 
and which: 
— has been obtained by chemical synthesis, with or 
without the intervention of a preparation or a 
preparation of enzymes or micro-organisms, or 
— has been isolated from matter of mineral, 
vegetable or animal origin by chemical processes 
liable to cause one or more specific modifications 
of the chemical composition of the substance, 
giving a chemical composition identical to or 
different from that of the original substance; 
7. ingredients means the substances, including additives, 
used in the preparation of the products specified in 
Article 1 (b) that are still present, albeit in modified 
form, in the final product; 
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8. plant protection products means products as defined in 
Article 2 (1) of Council Directive 79/117/EEC (»); 
9. detergents means substances and preparations, within 
the meaning of Council Directive 73/404/EEC (2), 
which are intended to be used for cleaning certain 
products as referred to in Article 1 (a). 
Labelling 
Article 5 
1. The labelling and advertising of a product specified 
in Article 1 (a) may refer to organic production methods 
only where: 
(a) such indications show clearly that they relate to a 
method of agricultural production; 
(b) the product was produced in accordance with the 
rules laid down in Articles 6 and 7 or imported from 
a third country under the arrangements laid down in 
Article 11; 
(c) the product was produced or imported by an 
operator who has agreed to be subject to the regular 
inspection system referred to in Article 8 and/or has 
followed the notification procedure referred to in 
Article 9. 
2. The labelling and advertising of a product specified 
in Article 1 (b) may refer to organic production methods 
only where: 
(a) such indications show clearly that they relate to a 
method of agricultural production and are linked 
with the mention of the agricultural product in 
question, as obtained on the farm; 
(b) all the ingredients of agricultural origin of the 
product are derived from agricultural products 
obtained in accordance with the rules laid down in 
Articles 6 and 7 or imported from a third country 
under the arrangements laid down in Article 11; 
(c) the product contains no synthetic chemicals as ingre­
dients; 
(d) the product has not been subjected, during prep­
aration, to treatments involving the use of synthetic 
chemicals or ionizing rays; 
(e) it was produced by an operator who has agreed to be 
subject to the regular inspection system referred to in 
Article 8 and/or who has followed the notification 
procedure referred to in Article 9. 
3. Notwithstanding paragraph 2, ingredients not 
satisfying the requirement in paragraph 2 (b) may be 
used in the preparation of certain products as referred to 
in Article 1 (b) where: 
C) OJ No L 33, 8. 2. 1979, p. 36. 
O OJ No L 347, 17. 12. 1973, p. 51. — such ingredients are of agricultural origin and are not 
produced in the Community in accordance with the 
rules laid down in Articles 6 and 7, 
— the ingredients in question do not exceed 5 % of the 
content of the final product, 
— the labelling indications referring to organic 
production methods clearly relate exclusively to those 
ingredients which have been obtained in accordance 
with the rules laid down in Articles 6 and 7 or 
imported from a third country under the 
arrangements laid down in Article 11. 
A limitative list of these ingredients may be determined 
in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 
14. 
Rules of production 
Article 6 
For the production of products as referred to in Article 
1 (a): 
(a) at least the requirements of Annex I and, where 
applicable, detailed rules relating thereto, must be 
respected; 
(b) products composed of or incorporating one or more 
synthetic chemicals may not be used as plant 
protection products, detergents, fertilizers, soil 
conditioners, or animal feedingstuffs. 
Article 7 
1. Notwithstanding Article 6 (b), products containing 
synthetic chemicals listed in Annex II, may be used for 
the purposes specified therein. 
2. Synthetic chemicals may be included in Annex II 
where it is shown: 
(a) that they are essential for the production, at farm 
level, of certain plants, animals or agricultural 
products, in particular because of the unavailability 
of suitable products not containing synthetic 
chemicals; and that 
(b) the manner of their use precludes any contact with 
the soil, plants, farm animals or agricultural 
products. 
3. The following may be specified in Annex II: 
— the conditions of use and compositional requirements 
of certain synthetic chemicals, 
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— particular labelling requirements for products as 
referred to in Article 1 where such products are 
obtained with the aid of certain synthetic chemicals. 
4. The conditions of use and compositional and solu­
bility requirements of certain substances other than 
synthetic chemicals which may be used for the purposes 
referred to in Article 6 (b) may be specified in Annex I. 
5. Where a Member State considers that a substance 
should be added to Annex II, or that amendments should 
be made thereto, it shall ensure that a dossier giving the 
reasons for the inclusion or the amendments is sent 
officially to the other Member States and the 
Commission, which shall inform the Committee referred 
to in Article 14. 
Regular inspection system 
Article 8 
1. The Member States shall designate one or more 
inspection authorities and/or set up an inspection system 
operated by approved private bodies which the operators 
producing or preparing products as referred to in Article 
1 may entrust with the task of setting up the regular 
inspection system referred to in paragraph 2. 
2. The regular inspection system shall comprise at 
least the application of the precautions and inspection 
arrangements specified in Annex III. 
3. For the application of the inspection system 
operated by private bodies, the Member States shall 
designate an authority responsible for the approval and 
supervision of such bodies. 
4. For the approval of a private inspection body, the 
following shall be taken into account: 
(a) the standard inspection procedure to be followed, 
containing a detailed description of the inspection 
arrangements and precautions which the body 
undertakes to impose on operators subject to its 
inspection; 
(b) the penalties which the body intends to apply where 
irregularities are found; 
(c) the availability of appropriate resources in the form 
of qualified staff, administrative and technical 
facilities, inspection experience and reliability; 
(d) the independence of the inspection body vis-a-vis the 
operators subject to its inspection. 
5. After an inspection body has been approved, the 
competent authority shall: 
(a) ensure that, vis-a-vis all the operators subject to its 
inspection, the inspections carried out by the 
inspection body are objective; 
(b) verify the effectiveness of its inspections; (c) take cognizance of any infringements found and 
penalties applied; 
(d) withdraw the approval of the inspection body where 
it fails to satisfy the requirements referred to in (a) 
and (b) or no longer fulfils the criteria indicated in 
paragraph 4. 
6. Approved inspection bodies shall: 
(a) ensure that at least the inspection arrangements and 
precautions specified in Annex III are applied to 
undertakings subject to their inspection; 
(b) give the competent authority, for inspection 
purposes, access to their offices and facilities, 
together with any information and assistance deemed 
necessary be the competent authority for the 
fulfilment of its obligations pursuant to this Regu­
lation; 
(c) send regularly, and at least once a year, a list of 
operators subject to their inspection to the competent 
authority of the Member State. 
7. The inspection authority and the approved 
inspection bodies shall have the right to require 
operators subject to their inspections to use the 
Community mark of inspection provided for in Article 
10, provided that the conditions laid down in that Article 
are met. 
8. Detailed rules concerning the criteria indicated in 
paragraph 4 and the measures listed in paragraph 5 may 
be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down 
in Article 14. 
Other inspection measures 
Article 9 
1. Any operator who produces, prepares or imports 
from a third country products as specified in Article 1 
for the purpose of marketing them shall notify his 
activity to the competent authority of the Member State 
in which the activity is carried out. 
Such notification shall include the information specified 
in Annex IV. 
2. Member States shall designate an authority or body 
for the reception of notifications. 
Member States may provide for the communication of 
any additional information which they consider to be 
necessary for effective supervision of the operators 
concerned. 
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3. Member States shall take the necessary measures 
for the inspection, at least on a sample basis, of 
operators and of products as specified to in Article 1 not 
subject to the regular inspection arrangements referred 
to in Article 8, as regards compliance with this Regu­
lation. 
Precautionary measures similar to those specified in 
Annex III may be laid down in respect of such operators 
in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 
14. 
4. Member States shall publish annually a list of 
operators who have given notification under paragraph 1. 
Indication that products are covered by the regular 
inspection scheme 
Article 10 
1. The Community indication that products are 
covered by the regular inspection scheme, shown in 
Annex V, may appear on the labelling of products as 
specified to in Article 1 only where such products: 
(a) satisfy the requirements of Articles 5, 6, and 7, as 
well as any provisions adopted pursuant to these 
Articles; 
(b) have been subject to the regular inspection 
arrangements referred to in Article 8 (2) throughout 
the production and preparation stages; 
(c) have been produced or prepared by operators whose 
undertakings are subject to inspection by the 
inspection authority or an inspection body as 
referred to in Article 8 (1) and have been awarded 
the right by that authority or body to use the indi­
cation shown in Annex V; 
(d) are packed and transported to the point of retail sale 
in closed packaging; 
(e) carry a label showing the name and any registered 
mark of the inspection body, the name and address 
of the producer or processor, and, where Council 
Directive 79/112/EEC (') applies, the indications 
required thereby. 
2. No claim may be made on the label or advertising 
material that suggests to the purchaser that the indication 
shown in Annex V constitutes a guarantee of superior 
organoleptic, nutritional or salubrious quality. 
3. The inspection authority and inspection bodies 
referred to in Article 8 (1) must: 
(a) ensure that, where an irregularity is found under 
Articles 5, 6, and 7 or the measures referred to in 
Annex III, the indication shown in Annex V is 
(') OJ No L 33, 8. 2. 1979, p. 1. removed from the entire lot or production run affected 
by the irregularity concerned; 
(b) where a manifest infringement, or an infringement 
with prolonged effects, is found, withdraw from the 
operator concerned the right to use the indication 
shown in Annex V for a period to be agreed with the 
competent authority of the Member State. 
4. Rules on withdrawal of the indication shown in 
Annex V where certain infringements of the provisions 
of Articles 5, 6, and 7 and of Annex III are detected may 
be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down 
in Article 14. 
5. Where a Member State finds, in a product coming 
from another Member State and bearing the indication 
shown in Annex V, irregularities in the application of 
this Regulation, it shall inform the Member State which 
approved the inspection body and the Commission 
thereof. 
6. Member States shall take whatever action is 
required to prevent fraudulent use of the indication 
shown in Annex V. 
Imports from third countries 
Article 11 
1. Without prejudice to Article 5, products as 
specified to in Article 1 which are imported from a third 
country may be marketed only where: 
(a) they originate in a third country appearing in a list 
to be drawn up by Commission Decision in 
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 
14, and were produced in a region or a production 
unit, or under the inspection of an inspection body 
specified in the decision concerning the third country 
in question, and 
(b) the competent authority or body in the third country 
has issued a certificate of inspection stating that the 
lot designated in the certificate: 
— was obtained within a system of production 
applying rules equivalent to those laid down in 
Articles 6 and 7, 
— was subject to a system of inspection recognized 
as equivalent in accordance with paragraph 2. 
2. For the purpose of deciding whether, for certain 
products as specified to in Article 1, a third country may, 
at its request, be included in the list referred to in 
paragraph 1 (a), the following shall be taken into 
account: 
(a) the guarantees which the third country can offer, at 
least in respect of production for export to the 
Community, as regards the application of rules equi­
valent to those laid down in Articles 6 and 7; 
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(b) the effectiveness of the inspection measures applied, 
at least in respect of production for export to the 
Community, to ensure compliance with the rules 
referred to in (a). 
On the basis of this information, the regions or 
production units of origin, or the bodies whose 
inspections are deemed to be equivalent, may be 
specified in the Commission Decision. 
3. The certificate referred to in paragraph 1 (b) must: 
(a) accompany the goods, in the original copy, to the 
premises of the first consignee; thereafter the 
importer must keep the certificate at the disposal of 
the inspection authorities for not less than two years; 
(b) be drawn up in accordance with procedures and a 
model to be adopted in accordance with the 
procedure laid down in Article 14. 
Free movement within the community 
Article 12 
Member States may not, on grounds relating to the 
method of production or the presentation of that 
method, prohibit or restrict the marketing of products as 
specified in Article 1 that meet the requirements of this 
Regulation. 
Administrative provisions and implementation 
Article 13 
The following may be adopted in accordance with the 
procedure laid down in Article 14: 
— amendments to Annexes I, II, III and IV, 
— detailed rules for the implementation of the 
provisions of Annexes I and III. 
Article 14 
The Commission shall be assisted by a committee of an 
advisory nature composed of representatives of the 
Member States and chaired by the representative of the 
Commission. 
Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to be 
followed, the representative of the Commission shall 
submit to the committee a draft of the measures to be 
taken. The Committee shall deliver its opinion on the 
draft, within a time limit which the chairman may lay 
down according to the urgency of the matter, if 
necessary by taking a vote. The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes; in 
addition, each Member State shall have the right to ask 
to have its position recorded in the minutes. 
The Commission shall take the utmost account of the 
opinions delivered by the committee. It shall inform the 
committee of the manner in which its opinion has been 
taken into account. 
Article 15 
Before 1 July each year, Member States shall inform the 
Commission of measures taken in the preceding year for 
the implementation of this Regulation, and in particular: 
— a list of operators who have given notification under 
Article 9 (1) and a list of those taking part in the 
inspection scheme referred to Article 8, 
— a list of approved inspection bodies, their legal and 
operational structure, their standard inspection 
procedures, their system of penalties and their mark 
if any, 
— a report on supervision pursuant to Article 8 (5) and 
inspection pursuant to Article 9 (3). 
Article 16 
1. This Regulation shall enter into force on the dav of 
its publication in the Official Journal of the European 
Communities. 
2. Within six months from the entry into force of this 
Regulation, the Member States shall implement Articles 
8 and 9. 
3. Articles 5, 9 (1) and 11 (1) shall apply with effect 
from twelve months after the entry into force of this 
Regulation. 
In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 
14, the date of application of Article 11 (1) may be 
deferred for a specified period for imports from a third 
country where, following a request by the third country 
concerned, the stage reached in examining the matter 
does not permit, a decision regarding the inclusion of the 
country concerned in the list provided for in Article 11 
(1) before the expiry of the period referred to in the first 
subparagraph. 
4. For 12 months following the entry into force of this 
Regulation, the Member States may, by derogation from 
Article 7 (1), authorize the use in their territory of 
products containing substances not listed in Annex II, 
where they deem that the requirements of Article 7 (2) 
are satisfied. They shall inform the Commission and 
other Member States of the substances authorized 
pursuant to this provision. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
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ANNEX I 
PRINCIPLES OF ORGANIC PRODUCTION AT FARM LEVEL 
Plants and plant products 
1. These principles must have been applied on the parcels for at least one calendar year following that of 
the last application of products whose use is not compatible with the provisions of Articles 6 (b) and 7. 
2. The fertility and the biological activity of the soil must be maintained or increased by: 
— cultivation of legumes, green manures or deep-rooting plants in an appropriate multiannual rotation 
programme, and/or 
— incorporation in the soil of composted organic material from holdings producing according to the 
rules of the Regulation. 
Other organic or mineral fertilizers, where their use is compatible with the provisions of Articles 6 (b) 
and 7, may be applied only to the extent required for adequate nutrition of the crop under cultivation. 
3. Pests, diseases and weeds should be controlled by a combination of the following measures: 
— choice of appropriate species and varieties, 
— appropriate rotation programme, 
— mechanical cultivations, 
— protection of natural enemies of pests through provisions favourable to them (e.g. hedges, nesting 
sites), 
— flame weeding. 
Only in cases of immediate threat to the crop may recourse to plant protection products whose use is 
compatible with the provisions of Articles 6 (b) and 7. 
ANNEX II 
Substances referred to in Article 7 (2). 
To be introduced, as appropriate, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 14. 
ANNEX III 
MINIMUM INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS AND PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES UNDER THE 
INSPECTION SCHEME REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 8 
A. Farms producing plants and plant products 
1. Production must take place in a unit the land parcels and production and storage locations of 
which are clearly separate from those of any other unit not producing in accordance with the rules 
laid down in this Regulation; processing and/or packaging workshops may form part of the unit. 
2. All crop production in the production unit must comply with the rules of the regular inspection 
scheme referred to in Article 8. 
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3. When the regular inspection arrangements are first implemented, the producer and inspection body 
must draw up: 
— a full description of the unit, showing the storage and production premises and land parcels 
and, where applicable, premises where certain processing and/or packaging operations take 
place, 
— all the practical measures to be taken at the level of the unit to ensure compliance with this 
Regulation. 
This description and the measures concerned must be contained in an inspection report. 
In addition, the report must specify: 
— the date of the last application on the parcels concerned of products whose use is not 
compatible with Articles 6 (b) and 7, 
— an undertaking by the producer to carry out operations in accordance with Articles 5, 6 and 7. 
4. Each year, before the date indicated by the inspection body, the producer must notify the body of 
its schedule of production of crop products, giving a breakdown by parcel. 
5. Written or documentary accounts must be kept which enable the inspection body to trace the 
origin, nature and quantities of all raw materials bought, and the use of such materials; in addition, 
written or documentary accounts must be kept of the nature, quantities and consignees of all agri­
cultural products sold. 
6. Storage in the unit of products other than those whose use is compatible with Articles 6 (b) and 7 is 
prohibited. 
7. Apart from unannounced inspection visits, the inspection body must make a full physical inspection, 
at least once a year, of the unit. Where the use of products not authorized under this Regulation is 
suspected, samples must be taken in order to test for traces of such products. An inspection report 
must be drawn up after each visit. 
8. The producer must give the inspection body, for inspection purposes, access to the storage and 
production premises and to the parcels of land, as well as to the accounts and relevant supporting 
documents. He must provide the inspection body with any information deemed necessary to the 
purposes of the inspection. 
9. Products as referred to in Article 1 which are not in their final packaging may be transported to 
other units only in appropriate packaging or containers, provided with a label stating, without 
prejudice to any other indications required by law: 
— the name and address of the person responsible for the production or preparation of the 
product, 
— the name of the product, 
— an indication specifying that the product is covered by the regular inspection arrangements. 
10. Where an operator runs several production units: 
(a) all the units producing products as referred to in Article 1 must be subject to the regular 
inspection arrangements; 
(b) units producing crop or crop products not covered by Article 1 must also be subject to the 
regular inspection arrangements as regards the first paragraph of point 3, points 4, 5 and 8 of 
part A of this Annex. Such units may on be used for producing crops of the same species as 
those produced in the unit referred to in point 1. 
B. Processing and packaging units of plant products and foodstuffs composed essentially of plant products 
1. When the regular inspection arrangements are first" implemented, the producer and inspection body 
must draw up: 
— a full description of the unit, showing the facilities used for the processing, packaging and 
storage of agricultural products before and after the operations concerning them, 
— all the practical measures to be taken at the level of the unit to ensure compliance with this 
Regulation. 
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This description and the measures concerned must be contained in an inspection report. 
In addition, the report must include an undertaking by the operator to perform the operations in 
such a way as to comply with Article 5. 
2. Products as referred to in Article 1 from agricultural holdings or processing units not subject to the 
regular inspection arrangements may not be processed, packaged or stored in the unit. 
3. Written accounts must be kept enabling the inspection body to trace: 
— the origin, nature and quantities of agricultural products as referred to in Article 1 which have 
been delivered to the unit, 
— the nature, quantities and consignees of products as referred to in Article 1 which have left the 
unit, 
— any other information, such as the origin, nature and quantities of ingredients, additives and 
manufacturing aids delivered to the unit and the composition of processed products, required by 
the inspection body for the purposes of proper inspection of the operations. 
4. "Where agricultural products not referred to in Article 1 are also processed, packaged or stored in the 
unit concerned: 
— the unit must have separate premises for the storage of products as referred to in Article 1, before 
and after the operations concerning them, 
— operations must be carried out continuously until the complete run has been dealt with, starting 
at the beginning of the day, separately from similar operations performed on products not 
covered by Article 1, 
— operations must be announced in advance, with a deadline agreed with the inspection body, 
— all necessary measures must be taken to ensure identification of lots and to avoid mixtures with 
products not obtained in accordance with the rules laid down in this Regulation. 
5. Apart from unannounced inspection visits, the inspection body must make a full physical inspection, 
at least twice a year, of the unit. Where the use of products not authorized under this Regulation is 
suspected, samples must be taken in order to test for traces of such products. An inspection report 
must be drawn up after each visit. 
6. The operator must give the inspection body, for inspection purposes, access to the storage and 
production premises and to the parcels of land, as well as to the written accounts and relevant 
supporting documents. He must provide the inspection body with any information necessary to the 
purposes of the inspection. 
7. Requirements in respect of transport laid down in point 9 of Part A are applicable. 
ANNEX IV 
Information to be notified as provided in Article 9 (1) 
(a) Name and address of operator; 
(b) location of premises and, where appropriate, parcels (land register data) where operations are carried 
out; 
(c) nature of operations and products; 
(d) undertaking by the operator to carry out the operations in accordance with Articles 5, 6, 7 and/or 11; 
(e) in the case of an agricultural holding, the date on which the producer ceased to apply products whose 
use is not compatible with Article 6 (b) and 7 on the parcels concerned. 
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ANNEX V 
Indication that products are covered by the regular inspection scheme 
The indication that a product is covered by the regular inspection scheme must be shown in the same 
language or languages as those used for the labelling. 
DK: 0kologisk landbrug — EF-kontrolordning 
D: Biologische Agrarwirtschaft — EWG-Kontrollesystem 
EN: Organic farming — EEC control system 
ES: Agricultura Biologica — Sistema de control CEE 
F: Agriculture biologique — Systeme de contrdle CEE 
GR: BioXoyiicn, yewpyict — Luarnua EAiyxou EOK 
IT: Agricoltura biologica — Regime di controllo CEE 
NL: Biologische landbouw — Controlesysteem EEG 
PO: Agricultura biologica — Sistema de controlo CEE