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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-673/annex-I",
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  "legislation": "eur/2016/673",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/673 of 29 April 2016 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)",
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  "path": "annex/I",
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  "number": "I",
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  "text": "‘ANNEX II\nPesticides — Products referred to in Article 5(1)\nAll the substances listed in this Annex have to comply at least with the conditions for use as specified in the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011. More restrictive conditions for use for organic production are specified in the second column of each table.\n1.\nSubstances of plant or animal origin\nRegulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1).\nRegulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1).\nName\nDescription, compositional requirement, conditions for use\nAzadirachtin extracted from Azadirachta indica (Neem tree)\nBasic substances\nOnly those basic substances within the meaning of Article 23(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council that are covered by the definition of “foodstuff” in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council and have plant or animal origin.\nSubstances not to be used as herbicides, but only for the control of pests and diseases.\nBeeswax\nOnly as pruning agent/wound protectant.\nHydrolysed proteins excluding gelatine\nLaminarin\nKelp shall be either grown organically in accordance with Article 6d or harvested in a sustainable way in accordance with Article 6c.\nPheromones\nOnly in traps and dispensers.\nPlant oils\nAll uses authorised, except herbicide.\nPyrethrins extracted from Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium\nPyrethroids (only deltamethrin or lambdacyhalothrin)\nOnly in traps with specific attractants; only against Bactrocera oleae and Ceratitis capitata Wied.\nQuassia extracted from Quassia amara\nOnly as insecticide, repellent.\nRepellents by smell of animal or plant origin/sheep fat\nOnly on non-edible parts of the crop and where crop material is not ingested by sheep or goats.\n2.\nMicro-organisms or substances produced by micro-organisms\nName\nDescription, compositional requirement, conditions for use\nMicro-organisms\nNot from GMO origin.\nSpinosad\n3.\nSubstances other than those mentioned in Sections 1 and 2\nName\nDescription, compositional requirement, conditions or restrictions to use\nAluminium silicate (Kaolin)\nCalcium hydroxide\nWhen used as fungicide, only in fruit trees, including nurseries, to control Nectria galligena.\nCarbon dioxide\nCopper compounds in the form of: copper hydroxide, copper oxychloride, copper oxide, Bordeaux mixture, and tribasic copper sulphate\nUp to 6 kg copper per ha per year.\nFor perennial crops, by way of derogation from the first paragraph, Member States may provide that the 6 kg copper limit can be exceeded in a given year provided that the average quantity actually used over a 5-year period consisting of that year and of the 4 preceding years does not exceed 6 kg.\nEthylene\nFatty acids\nAll uses authorised, except herbicide.\nFerric phosphate (iron (III) orthophosphate)\nPreparations to be surface-spread between cultivated plants.’\nKieselgur (diatomaceous earth)\nLime sulphur (calcium polysulphide)\nParaffin oil\nPotassium hydrogen carbonate (aka potassium bicarbonate)\nQuartz sand\nSulphur",
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      "text": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 of 25 May 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of approved active substances (OJ L 153, 11.6.2011, p. 1)."
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      "text": "Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1)."
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      "text": "Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1)."
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