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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-889/annex-I",
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  "legislation": "eur/2008/889",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 of 5 September 2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products with regard to organic production, labelling and control",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-889",
  "path": "annex/I",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": "Fertilisers, soil conditioners and nutrients referred to in Article 3(1) and Article 6d(2)",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 of 25 February 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1069/ 2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and implementing Council Directive 97/78/EC as regards certain samples and items exempt from veterinary checks at the border under that Directive ( OJ L 54, 26.2.2011, p. 1 ).\nRegulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 relating to fertilisers ( OJ L 304, 21.11.2003, p. 1 ).\nAuthorisation\nName Compound products or products containing only materials listed hereunder:\nDescription, compositional requirements, conditions for use\nA\nFarmyard manure\nProduct comprising a mixture of animal excrements and vegetable matter (animal bedding).\nFactory farming origin forbidden\nA\nDried farmyard manure and dehydrated poultry manure\nFactory farming origin forbidden\nA\nComposted animal excrements, including poultry manure and composted farmyard manure included\nFactory farming origin forbidden\nA\nLiquid animal excrements\nUse after controlled fermentation and/or appropriate dilution\nFactory farming origin forbidden\nB\nComposted or fermented mixture of household waste\nProduct obtained from source separated household waste, which has been submitted to composting or to anaerobic fermentation for biogas production\nOnly vegetable and animal household waste\nOnly when produced in a closed and monitored collection system...\nMaximum concentrations in mg/kg of dry matter:\ncadmium: 0,7; copper: 70; nickel: 25; lead: 45; zinc: 200; mercury:\n0,4; chromium (total): 70; chromium (VI): not detectable\nA\nPeat\nUse limited to horticulture (market gardening, floriculture, arboriculture, nursery)\nA\nMushroom culture wastes\nThe initial composition of the substrate shall be limited to products of this Annex\nA\nDejecta of worms (vermicompost) and insects\nA\nGuano\nA\nComposted or fermented mixture of vegetable matter\nProduct obtained from mixtures of vegetable matter, which have been submitted to composting or to anaerobic fermentation for biogas production\nB\nBiogas digestate containing animal by-products co-digested with material of plant or animal origin as listed in this Annex\nAnimal by-products (including by-products of wild animals) of category 3 and digestive tract content of category 2 (categories 2 and 3 as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council ) must not be from factory farming origin.\nThe Processes have to be in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.\nNot to be applied to edible parts of the crop\nB\nProducts or by-products of animal origin as below:\nBlood meal\nHoof meal\nHorn meal\nBone meal or degelatinised bone meal\nFish meal\nMeat meal\nFeather, hair and ‘ chiquette ’ meal\nWool\nFur (1)\nHair\nDairy products\nHydrolysed proteins (2)\n(1) Maximum concentration in mg/kg of dry matter of chromium (VI): not detectable\n(2) Not to be applied to edible parts of the crop\nA\nProducts and by-products of plant origin for fertilisers\nExamples: oilseed cake meal, cocoa husks, malt culms\nB\nHydrolysed proteins of plant origin\nA\nSeaweeds and seaweed products\nAs far as directly obtained by:\n(i) physical processes including dehydration, freezing and grinding\n(ii) extraction with water or aqueous acid and/or alkaline solution\n(iii) fermentation\nA\nSawdust and wood chips\nWood not chemically treated after felling\nA\nComposted bark\nWood not chemically treated after felling\nA\nWood ash\nFrom wood not chemically treated after felling\nA\nSoft ground rock phosphate\nProduct as specified in point 7 of Annex IA.2. to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council .\nCadmium content less than or equal to 90 mg/kg of P205\nA\nAluminium-calcium phosphate\nProduct as specified in point 6 of Annex IA.2. to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003,\nCadmium content less than or equal to 90 mg/kg of P205\nUse limited to basic soils (pH > 7,5)\nA\nBasic slag\nProducts as specified in point 1 of Annex IA.2. to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003\nA\nCrude potassium salt or kainit\nProducts as specified in point 1 of Annex IA.3. to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003\nA\nPotassium sulphate, possibly containing magnesium salt\nProduct obtained from crude potassium salt by a physical extraction process, containing possibly also magnesium salts\nA\nStillage and stillage extract\nAmmonium stillage excluded\nA\nCalcium carbonate, for instance: chalk, marl, ground limestone, Breton ameliorant, (maerl), phosphate chalk\nOnly of natural origin\nB\nMollusc waste\nOnly from sustainable fisheries, as defined in Article 4 (1) (7) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 or organic aquaculture\nB\nEgg shells\nFactory farming origin forbidden.\nA\nMagnesium and calcium carbonate\nOnly of natural origin\ne.g. magnesian chalk, ground magnesium, limestone\nA\nMagnesium sulphate (kieserite)\nOnly of natural origin\nA\nCalcium chloride solution\nFoliar treatment of apple trees, after identification of deficit of calcium\nA\nCalcium sulphate (gypsum)\nProducts as specified in point 1 of Annex ID. to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003\nOnly of natural origin\nA, B\nIndustrial lime from sugar production\nBy-product of sugar production from sugar beet and sugar cane\nA\nIndustrial lime from vacuum salt production\nBy-product of the vacuum salt production from brine found in mountains\nA\nElemental sulphur\nProducts as specified in Annex ID.3 to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003\nA\nTrace elements\nInorganic micronutrients listed in part E of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003\nA\nSodium chloride\nA\nStone meal and clays\nB\nLeonardite (Raw organic sediment rich in humic acids)\nOnly if obtained as a by-product of mining activities\nB\nHumic and fulvic acids\nOnly if obtained by inorganic salts/solutions excluding ammonium salts; or obtained from drinking water purification\nB\nXylite\nOnly if obtained as a by-product of mining activities (e.g. by-product of brown coal mining)\nB\nChitin (Polysaccharide obtained from the shell of crustaceans)\nOnly if obtained from sustainable fisheries, as defined in Article 4(1)(7) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 or organic aquaculture\nB\nOrganic rich sediment from fresh water bodies formed under exclusion of oxygen\n(e.g. sapropel)\nOnly organic sediments that are by-products of fresh water body management or extracted from former freshwater areas\nWhen applicable, extraction should be done in a way to cause minimal impact on the aquatic system\nOnly sediments derived from sources free from contaminations of pesticides, persistent organic pollutants and petrol like substances\nMaximum 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): not detectable\nB\nBiochar — pyrolysis product made from a wide variety of organic materials of plant origin and applied as a soil conditioner\nOnly from plant materials, untreated or treated with products included in Annex II.\nMaximum value of 4 mg polycyclic aromatic hydro-carbons (PAHs) per kg dry matter (DM). This value shall be reviewed every second year, taking into account the risk of accumulation due to multiple applications",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2164 of 17 December 2019 amending Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products with regard to organic production, labelling and control (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Annex 1 Table omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Organic Production and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/693), regs. 1(2), 3(55); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 of 25 February 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1069/ 2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and implementing Council Directive 97/78/EC as regards certain samples and items exempt from veterinary checks at the border under that Directive ( OJ L 54, 26.2.2011, p. 1 )."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 relating to fertilisers ( OJ L 304, 21.11.2003, p. 1 )."
    }
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