# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1584 of 22 October 2018 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), Annex I

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

‘ANNEX I
Fertilisers, soil conditioners and nutrients referred to in Article 3(1) and Article 6d(2)
Note:
A authorised under Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 and carried over by Article 16(3)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007
B authorised under Regulation (EC) No 834/2007
Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 (Animal by-products Regulation) (OJ L 300, 14.11.2009, p. 1).
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).
OJ L 304, 21.11.2003, p. 1.
Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59).
Authorisation
NameCompound products or products containing only materials listed hereunder:
Description, compositional requirements, conditions for use
A
Farmyard manure
Product comprising a mixture of animal excrements and vegetable matter (animal bedding).
Factory farming origin forbidden
A
Dried farmyard manure and dehydrated poultry manure
Factory farming origin forbidden
A
Composted animal excrements, including poultry manure and composted farmyard manure included
Factory farming origin forbidden
A
Liquid animal excrements
Use after controlled fermentation and/or appropriate dilution
Factory farming origin forbidden
B
Composted or fermented mixture of household waste
Product obtained from source separated household waste, which has been submitted to composting or to anaerobic fermentation for biogas production
Only vegetable and animal household waste
Only when produced in a closed and monitored collection system, accepted by the Member State
Maximum 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
A
Peat
Use limited to horticulture (market gardening, floriculture, arboriculture, nursery)
A
Mushroom culture wastes
The initial composition of the substrate shall be limited to products of this Annex
A
Dejecta of worms (vermicompost) and insects
A
Guano
A
Composted or fermented mixture of vegetable matter
Product obtained from mixtures of vegetable matter, which have been submitted to composting or to anaerobic fermentation for biogas production
B
Biogas digestate containing animal by-products co-digested with material of plant or animal origin as listed in this Annex
Animal 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.
The Processes have to be in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
Not to be applied to edible parts of the crop
B
Products or by-products of animal origin as below:
Blood meal
Hoof meal
Horn meal
Bone meal or degelatinised bone meal
Fish meal
Meat meal
Feather, hair and “chiquette” meal
Wool
Fur (1)
Hair
Dairy products
Hydrolysed proteins (2)
(1)
Maximum concentration in mg/kg of dry matter of chromium (VI): not detectable
(2)
Not to be applied to edible parts of the crop
A
Products and by-products of plant origin for fertilisers
Examples: oilseed cake meal, cocoa husks, malt culms
B
Hydrolysed proteins of plant origin
A
Seaweeds and seaweed products
As far as directly obtained by:
(i) physical processes including dehydration, freezing and grinding
(ii) extraction with water or aqueous acid and/or alkaline solution
(iii) fermentation
A
Sawdust and wood chips
Wood not chemically treated after felling
A
Composted bark
Wood not chemically treated after felling
A
Wood ash
From wood not chemically treated after felling
A
Soft ground rock phosphate
Product as specified in point 7 of Annex IA.2. to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to fertilisers
Cadmium content less than or equal to 90 mg/kg of P205
A
Aluminium-calcium phosphate
Product as specified in point 6 of Annex IA.2. of Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003,
Cadmium content less than or equal to 90 mg/kg of P205
Use limited to basic soils (pH > 7,5)
A
Basic slag
Products as specified in point 1 of Annex IA.2. of Regulation 2003/2003
A
Crude potassium salt or kainit
Products as specified in point 1 of Annex IA.3. of Regulation 2003/2003
A
Potassium sulphate, possibly containing magnesium salt
Product obtained from crude potassium salt by a physical extraction process, containing possibly also magnesium salts
A
Stillage and stillage extract
Ammonium stillage excluded
A
Calcium carbonate
(chalk, marl, ground limestone, Breton ameliorant, (maerl), phosphate chalk)
Only of natural origin
A
Magnesium and calcium carbonate
Only of natural origin
e.g. magnesian chalk, ground magnesium, limestone
A
Magnesium sulphate (kieserite)
Only of natural origin
A
Calcium chloride solution
Foliar treatment of apple trees, after identification of deficit of calcium
A
Calcium sulphate (gypsum)
Products as specified in point 1 of Annex ID. of Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003
Only of natural origin
A, B
Industrial lime from sugar production
By-product of sugar production from sugar beet and sugar cane
A
Industrial lime from vacuum salt production
By-product of the vacuum salt production from brine found in mountains
A
Elemental sulphur
Products as specified in Annex ID.3 of Regulation 2003/2003
A
Trace elements
Inorganic micronutrients listed in part E of Annex I to Regulation 2003/2003
A
Sodium chloride
Only mined salt
A
Stone meal and clays
B
Leonardite (Raw organic sediment rich in humic acids)
Only if obtained as a by-product of mining activities
B
Xylite
Only if obtained as a by-product of mining activities (e.g. by-product of brown coal mining)
B
Chitin (Polysaccharide obtained from the shell of crustaceans)
Only if obtained from sustainable fisheries, as defined in Article 3(e) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 or organic aquaculture
B
Organic rich sediment from fresh water bodies formed under exclusion of oxygen
(e.g. sapropel)
Only organic sediments that are by-products of fresh water body management or extracted from former freshwater areas
When applicable, extraction should be done in a way to cause minimal impact on the aquatic system
Only sediments derived from sources free from contaminations of pesticides, persistent organic pollutants and petrol like substances
Maximum 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
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