Commission Regulation (EC) No 436/2001 of 2 March 2001 amending Annex II to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs
Date: 2001-03-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, consumer information, foodstuff, labelling, organic farming

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 436/2001

of 2 March 2001

amending Annex II to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural
products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 of 24
June 1991 on organic production of agricultural products and
indications referring thereto on agricultural products and food-
stuffs (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC)
2020/2000 (2), and in particular Article 13, second indent
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

In accordance with the procedure provided for in Article
7(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91, certain Member
States have since 1997 submitted information in view of
amending certain provisions in Annex II.

Composted household waste and composted mixture of
vegetable matter are products which, before the adop-
tion of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91, were in common
use according to the codes of practice on organic
farming followed in the Community. These products are
currently also available after other fermentations than
in particular anaerobic fermentation in
composting,
view of biogas production. The amendments for these
products are urgent in the light of the upcoming agricul-
tural season during which these products could be used,
under the restrictive requirements laid down in Annex I,
part A, to the Regulation, for fertilising purposes. Anae-
robic fermentation in view of biogas production is a
process which in principle is in line with the environ-
ment protection objectives of organic farming.

It is necessary to correct in several languages the name
of the product ‘basic slag’ to cover the same product. It
also appeared that this product was not edited in the
Portuguese version of Commission Regulation (EC) No
2381/94 (3), which established part A of Annex II.
Therefore this omission has to be corrected.

lime from
The experience with the use of industrial
sugar production in organic farming has shown that it is
appropriate to permit
this use to continue after 31
March 2002.

Many preparations of pyrethrins extracted from Chrysan-
themum cinerariaefolium contain piperonylbutoxide as
synergist. Therefore it is appropriate to strengthen the
conditions under which these preparations can be used.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee referred
to in Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91,

(4)

(5)

(6)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 shall be amended in
accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

It shall apply forthwith.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 2 March 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 198, 22.7.1991, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 241, 26.9.2000, p. 39.

(3) OJ L 255, 1.10.1994, p. 84.

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ANNEX

Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 is amended as follows:

1. The part headed ‘A. FERTILISERS AND SOIL CONDITIONERS’

is amended as follows:

(a) In the table the provisions concerning the inclusion of composted household waste are replaced by the following:

Name

Description; compositional requirements; conditions for use

‘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 collec-
tion 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 2002

(*) Limit of determination’

(b) In the table the provisions concerning the inclusion of composted mixture of vegetable matter are replaced by the

following:

Name

Description; compositional requirements; conditions for use

‘Composted or fermented mixture of vegetable matter

Product obtained from mixtures of vegetable matter,
which have been submitted to composting or to anae-
robic fermentation for biogas production

Need recognised by the inspection body or inspection
authority’

(c) In respectively the Danish, German, Greek, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish version of the table the following names are

replaced:

— in Danish: the name ‘Thomasslagger’

is replaced by ‘Jernværksslagger’,

— in German: the name ‘Thomasphosphat’

is replaced by ‘Schlacken der Eisen- und Stahlzubereitung’,

— in Greek: the name ‘Σκωρίες αποφωσφατώσεως (σκωρίες του Θωµά)’ is replaced by ‘Σκωρίες αποφωσφατώσεως’,

— in Dutch: the name ‘Thomasslakkenmeel’

is replaced by ‘Metaalslakken’,

— in Finnish: the name ‘Tuomaskuona’

is replaced by ‘Kuona’,

— in Swedish: the name ‘Basisk slagg (Thomasslag)’

is replaced by ‘Basisk slagg’.

(d) In the Portuguese version of the table the following product is introduced after the product ‘Fosfato de aluminio e

calcio’:

Name

Description; compositional requirements; conditions for use

‘Escorias de desfosforaçao

Necessidade reconhecida pelo organismo de controlo
ou pela autoridade de controlo’

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(e) In the table the provisions concerning the inclusion of industrial lime from sugar production are replaced by the

following:

Name

Description; compositional requirements; conditions for use

‘Industrial

lime from sugar production

Need recognised by the inspection body or inspection
authority’

2. In the part ‘B. PESTICIDES’, the table headed ‘1. Substances of crop or animal origin’

is amended as follows:

The inclusion of ‘Pyrethrins extracted from Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium’

is replaced by the following:

Name

Description; compositional requirements; conditions for use

‘Pyrethrins extracted from Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium

Insecticide

Need recognised by the inspection body or inspection
authority’