Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008Show full title

Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 of 5 September 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

[F1ANNEX II U.K. Pesticides — Plant protection products referred to in Article 5(1)

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All 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 (1) . More restrictive conditions for use for organic production are specified in the second column of each table.

1. Substances of plant or animal origin U.K.

Name Description, compositional requirement, conditions for use
Allium sativum (Garlic extract)
Azadirachtin extracted from Azadirachta indica (Neem tree)
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
Maltodextrin
Pheromones Only in traps and dispensers.
Plant oils All uses authorised, except herbicide .
Pyrethrins Only from plant origin
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 (a.k.a. willow bark)
Terpenes (eugenol, geraniol and thymol)

2. Basic substances U.K.

a

Obtained from sustainable fisheries or organic aquaculture.

b

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 ).

Basic substances based on food (including: Lecithins, sucrose, fructose, vinegar, whey, chitosan hydrochloride a , and Equisetum arvense etc.)

Only those basic substances as defined by Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 b 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

3. Micro-organisms or substances produced by or derived from micro-organisms U.K.

Name Description, compositional requirement, conditions for use
Micro-organisms Not from GMO origin
Spinosad
Cerevisane

4. Substances other than those mentioned in Sections 1, 2 and 3 U.K.

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
Diammonium phosphate Only as attractant in traps
Ethylene
Fatty acids All uses authorised, except herbicide
Ferric phosphate (iron (III) orthophosphate) Preparations to be surface-spread between cultivated plants
Hydrogen peroxide
Kieselgur (diatomaceous earth)
Lime sulphur (calcium polysulphide)
Paraffin oil
Potassium and sodium hydrogen carbonate (a.k.a. potassium /sodium bicarbonate)
Pyrethroids (only deltamethrin or lambda-cyhalothrin) Only in traps with specific attractants; only against Bactrocera oleae and Ceratitis capitata Wied
Quartz sand
Sodium chloride All uses authorised, except herbicide
Sulphur ]
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[F1Commission 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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