# 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, Article 38a: Aquaculture animal production

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The following conversion periods for aquaculture production units shall apply for the following types of aquaculture facilities including the existing aquaculture animals:
(a) for facilities that cannot be drained, cleaned and disinfected, a conversion period of 24 months;
(b) for facilities that have been drained, or fallowed, a conversion period of 12 months;
(c) for facilities that have been drained, cleaned and disinfected a conversion period of six months;
(d) for open water facilities including those farming bivalve molluscs, a three month conversion period.
2. The competent authority may decide to recognize retroactively as being part of the conversion period any previously documented period in which the facilities were not treated or exposed to products not authorized for organic production.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/889/article/38a (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-889/article-38a
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