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

In Part B ‘Pesticides’, point 1. ‘Products for plant protection’ is amended as follows:

  1. (1)

    Table II ‘Microorganisms used for biological pest control’, is replaced by the following:

    ‘II. Microorganisms used for biological pest and disease control
    NameDescription, compositional requirements, conditions for use
    Microorganisms (bacteria, viruses and fungi)Only strains not genetically modified in the meaning of Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Councilf1.
    IIa Substances produced by microorganisms
    NameDescription, compositional requirements, conditions for use
    Spinosad

    Insecticide;

    Only if produced by strains not genetically modified in the meaning of Directive 2001/18/EC.

    Only when measures are taken to minimise the risk to key parasitoids and to minimise the risk of development of resistance.

    Need recognised by the inspection body or inspection authority.

  2. (2)

    Table IV ‘Other substances from traditional use in organic farming’ is amended as follows:

    1. (a)

      The entry concerning copper, under the column entitled ‘Name’, is replaced by the following:

      ‘Copper in the form of copper hydroxide, copper oxychloride, (tribasic) copper sulphate, cuprous oxide, copper octanoate’

    2. (b)

      The entry concerning ‘ethylene’ is replaced by the following:

      NameDescription, compositional requirements, conditions for use
      ‘(*) Ethylene

      Degreening of bananas, kiwis and kakis; degreening of citrus fruit only as part of a strategy for the prevention of fruit fly damage in citrus; flower induction of pineapple; sprouting inhibition in potatoes and onions.

      Need recognised by the inspection body or inspection authority.’

  3. (3)

    In Table V ‘Other substances’, the following entry is added:

    NameDescription, compositional requirements, conditions for use
    ‘Potassium bicarbonateFungicide.’

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f1

OJ L 106, 17.4.2001, p. 1.’