Commission Regulation (EC) No 1294/2005 of 5 August 2005 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs
Date: 2005-08-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, animal feedingstuffs, animal nutrition, foodstuff, free movement of goods, labelling, organic farming

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1294/2005

of 5 August 2005

amending Annex I 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,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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), and in particular the second indent of Article 13
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

According to the principles governing the organic
production at farm level set out in Annex I to Regulation
(EEC) No 2092/91, livestock must be fed on organically
produced feedingstuffs. For a transitional period expiring
on 24 August 2005, farmers are allowed to use a limited
proportion of conventional feedingstuffs where they can
show that organic feedingstuffs are unavailable.

It appears that there will not be a supply of sufficient
quantities to fill the demand for organic feed materials in
the Community after 24 August 2005, especially as
concerns
rich in proteins needed to
sustain production for monogastric animals and, to a
lesser extent, for ruminants.

feed materials

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

It is therefore necessary to provide for an extension of
the transitional period during which the use of conven-
tional feedingstuffs may be authorised.

Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

Considering the urgency of the measure due to the fact
that the provision on the use of conventional feeding-
stuffs expires on 24 August 2005, this Regulation should
enter into force on the day after its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Union.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I
accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

to Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 is amended in

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 25 August 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 5 August 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 198, 22.7.1991, p. 1. Regulation as

(EC) No 2254/2004 (OJ

last amended by
L 385,

Commission Regulation
29.12.2004, p. 20).

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ANNEX

Part B of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 is amended as follows:

Point 4.8 is replaced by the following:

‘By way of derogation from paragraph 4.2, the use of a limited proportion of conventional feedingstuffs of agricultural
origin is authorised where farmers can show to the satisfaction of the inspection body or authority of the Member
State that they are unable to obtain feed exclusively from organic production.

The maximum percentage of conventional feedingstuffs authorised per period of 12 months is:

(a)

for herbivores: 5 % during the period from 25 August 2005 to 31 December 2007;

(b)

for other species:

— 15 % during the period from 25 August 2005 to 31 December 2007,

— 10 % during the period from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2009,

— 5 % during the period from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2011.

These figures shall be calculated annually as a percentage of the dry matter of feedingstuffs from agricultural origin. The
maximum percentage authorised of conventional feedingstuffs in the daily ration, except during the period each year
when the animals are under transhumance, must be 25 % calculated as a percentage of the dry matter.’