# 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 II

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

‘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 540/2011. More restrictive conditions for use for organic production are specified in the second column of each table
1.
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 hydrochloride, and Equisetum arvense etc.)
Only those basic substances as defined by Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 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
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/1584/annex/II (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-1584/annex-II
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.

