Commission Regulation (EC) No 394/2007 of 12 April 2007 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto in agricultural products and foodstuffs
Date: 2007-04-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, animal feedingstuffs, foodstuff, free movement of goods, labelling, organic farming

13.4.2007

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 394/2007

of 12 April 2007

amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural
products and indications referring thereto in 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 of organic production at
farm level as laid down in Annex I to Regulation (EEC)
livestock must be fed on organically
No 2092/91,
produced feedingstuffs. However, a limited part of the
feed formula of
rations may comprise in-conversion
feedingstuffs as defined in Article 4, point 24, of Regu-
lation (EEC) No 2092/91.

Producers in certain Member States are currently facing a
deficiency of organic feed, due to below average harvests
of organic crops, reinforced legal requirements regarding
organic origin of feed and expanding markets for organic
produce.
is
considered appropriate to provide, during a limited

to alleviate that deficiency,

In order

it

period, for an increase of the percentage of in-conversion
feedingstuffs that may be included in the feed ration.

A temporary increase of the allowed percentage of in-
conversion feedingstuffs will also secure future supplies
of organic feed and create incentives for farmers to
convert
to organic farming by improving the market
for in-conversion fodder.

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

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,

(3)

(4)

(5)

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 seventh day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 April 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 198, 22.7.1991, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1997/2006 (OJ L 379, 28.12.2006, p. 1).

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In Part B of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91, point 4.4 is replaced by the following:

ANNEX

‘4.4. Until 31 December 2008, up to 50 % of the feed formula of rations on average may comprise in-conversion
feedingstuffs. When the in-conversion feedingstuffs come from a unit of the holding itself, this percentage
may be increased to 80 %.

As from 1 January 2009, up to 30 % of the feed formula of rations on average may comprise in-conversion
feedingstuffs. When the in-conversion feedingstuffs come from a unit of the holding itself, this percentage
may be increased to 60 %.

These figures shall be expressed as a percentage of the dry matter of feedingstuffs of agricultural origin.’