Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 (repealed)Show full title

[F1 Part A U.K. [F2 Fertilizers and soil conditioners]

[F3 General conditions for all the products:

Textual Amendments

F3 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1073/2000 of 19 May 2000 amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs.

• use only in accordance with provisions of Annex I,

• use only in accordance with the provisions of the legislation on placing on the market and use of the products concerned applicable in general agriculture in the Member State where the product is used.]

a OJ No L 218, 6. 8. 1991, p. 1 .
b OJ No L 338, 31. 12. 1993, p. 26 .
c [F4 Limit of determination.]
d OJ No L 24, 30. 1. 1976, p. 21 .
e OJ No L 111, 22. 4. 1989, p. 34 .
f OJ No L 281, 30. 9. 1989, p. 116 .]
Name	Description, compositional requirements, conditions for use
Compound products or products containing only materials listed hereunder:
— Farmyard manure	Product comprising a mixture of animal excrements and vegetable matter (animal bedding) Need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority Indication of animal species Coming from extensive husbandry and only in the sense of [X1 Article 6 (5) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2328/91 a , as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3669/93 b
— Dried farmyard manure and dehydrated poultry manure	Need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority Indication of animal species Coming from extensive husbandry and only in the sense of Article 6 (5)] of Regulation (EEC) No 2328/91
— Composted animal excrements, including poultry manure and composted farmyard manure included	Need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority Indication of the animal species Factory farming origin forbidden
— Liquid animal excrements (slurry, urine, etc.)	Use after controlled fermentation and/or appropriate dilution Need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority Indication of animal species Factory farming origin forbidden
[F5 — Composted or fermented 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): 0 c Need recognised by the inspection body or inspection authority Only during a period expiring on [F6 31 March 2006] ]
— Peat	Use limited to horticulture (market gardening, floriculture, arboriculture, nursery)
[F4 — Clays (e.g. perlite, vermiculite, etc.)	]
— Mushroom culture wastes	The initial composition of the substrate must be limited to products of the present list
— Dejecta of worms (vermicompost) and insects
— Guano	Need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority
[F5 — 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 Need recognised by the inspection body or inspection authority]
— Products or by-products of animal origin as below: blood meal hoof meal horn meal bone meal or degelatinized bone meal [F7 . . . . .] fish meal meat meal feather, hair and ‘ chiquette ’ meal wool	Need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority
fur hair dairy products	[F4 Maximum concentration in mg/kg of dry matter of Chromium (VI): 0] c
— Products and by-products of plant origin for fertilizers (for instance, oilseed cake meal, cocoa husks, malt culms, etc.)
[F2 — 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; need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority]
— Sawdust and wood chips	Wood not chemically treated after felling
— Composted bark	Wood not chemically treated after felling
— Wood ash	From wood not chemically treated after felling
— Soft ground rock phosphate	Product as specified by Council Directive 76/116/EEC d , as last amended by Directive 89/284/EEC e Cadmium content less than or equal to 90 mg/kg of P205
— Aluminium calcium phosphate	Product as specified by Directive 76/116/EEC, as last amended by Directive [X1 89/284/EEC] ; Cadmium content less than or equal to 90 mg/kg of P205 Use limited to basic soils (pH > 7,5)
— Basic slag	Need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority
— Crude potassium salt (for instance: kainit, sylvinite, etc.)	Need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority
[F3 — Potassium sulphate, possibly containing magnesium salt	Product obtained from crude potassium salt by a physical extraction process, and containing possibly also magnesium salts Need recognised by the inspection body or inspection authority]
— Stillage and stillage extract	Ammonium stillage excluded
— Calcium carbonate of natural origin (for instance: chalk, marl, ground limestone, Breton ameliorant, (maërl), phosphate chalk)
— Magnesium and calcium carbonate of natural origin (for instance: magnesian chalk, ground magesium limestone, etc.)	Only of natural origin Need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority
— Magnesium sulfate (for instance: kieserite)
— Calcium chloride solution	Foliar treatment of apple trees, after identification of deficit of calcium Need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority
— Calcium sulphate (gypsum)	Product as specified by Directive 76/116/EEC, as amended by Directive 89/284/EEC Only of natural origin
[F5 — Industrial lime from sugar production	Need recognised by the inspection body or inspection authority]
— Elemental sulphur	Product as specified by Directive 76/446/EEC, as amended by Directive 89/284/EEC Need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority
— Trace elements	Trace elements included in Directive 89/530/EEC f Need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority
— Sodium chloride	Only mined salt Need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority
— Stone meal

Editorial Information

X1 Substituted by Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2381/94 of 30 September 1994 amending Annex II to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs (Official Journal of the European Communities No L 255 of 1 October 1994).

Textual Amendments

F4 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/97 of 29 July 1997 amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs.

F5 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 436/2001 of 2 March 2001 amending Annex II to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs.

F6 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 473/2002 of 15 March 2002 amending Annexes I, II and VI to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs, and laying down detailed rules as regards the transmission of information on the use of copper compounds.

F7 Deleted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1073/2000 of 19 May 2000 amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs.

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2381/94 of 30 September 1994 amending Annex II to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs.

F2 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/97 of 29 July 1997 amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs.