Annex II
United Kingdom
‘ANNEX II
Pesticides — Plant protection products referred to in Article 5(1)
All the substances listed in this Annex have to comply at least with the conditions for use as specified in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011f1. More restrictive conditions for use for organic production are specified in the second column of each table
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Substances of plant or animal origin
Obtained from sustainable fisheries or organic aquaculture
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).
Name Description, compositional requirement, conditions for use Allium sativum (Garlic extract) Azadirachtin extracted from Azadirachta indica (Neem tree) Basic substances (including:. Lecithins, sucrose, fructose, vinegar, whey, chitosan hydrochloridef2, and Equisetum arvense etc.) Only those basic substances as defined by Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009f3 which are food as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and have plant or animal origin
Substances not to be used as herbicides, but only for the control of pests and diseases.
Beeswax Only as pruning agent/wound protectant COS-OGA Hydrolysed proteins excluding gelatine Laminarin Kelp shall be either grown organically in accordance with Article 6d or harvested in a sustainable way in accordance with Article 6c Pheromones Only in traps and dispensers. Plant oils All uses authorised, except herbicide. Pyrethrins extracted from Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium Pyrethroids (only deltamethrin or lambdacyhalothrin) Only in traps with specific attractants; only against Bactrocera oleae and Ceratitis capitata Wied Quassia extracted from Quassia amara Only as Insecticide, repellent Repellents by smell of animal or plant origin/sheep fat Only on non-edible parts of the crop and where crop material is not ingested by sheep or goats Salix spp. Cortex (aka willow bark extract) 2.
Micro-organisms or substances produced by micro-organisms
Name Description, compositional requirement, conditions for use Micro-organisms Not from GMO origin Spinosad 3.
Substances other than those mentioned in Sections 1 and 2
Name Description, compositional requirement, conditions or restrictions to use Aluminium silicate (Kaolin) Calcium hydroxide When used as Fungicide, only in fruit trees, including nurseries, to control Nectria galligena Carbon dioxide Copper compounds in the form of: copper hydroxide, copper oxychloride, copper oxide, Bordeaux mixture, and tribasic copper sulphate Up to 6 kg copper per ha per year.
For perennial crops, Member States may, by derogation from the previous paragraph, 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 four preceding years does not exceed 6 kg.
Diammonium phosphate Only as attractant in traps Ethylene Only indoor uses as plant growth regulator may be authorised. Authorisations shall be limited to professional users. Fatty acids All uses authorised, except herbicide Ferric phosphate (iron (III) orthophosphate) Preparations to be surface-spread between cultivated plants Kieselgur (diatomaceous earth) Lime sulphur (calcium polysulphide) Paraffin oil Potassium and sodium hydrogen carbonate (aka potassium/sodium bicarbonate) Quartz sand Sulphur ’
Annotations
Footnotes
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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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Obtained from sustainable fisheries or organic aquaculture
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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).