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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
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ANNEX IIIMinimum surface areas indoors and outdoors and other characteristics of housing in the different species and types of production referred to in Article 10(4)
1.Bovines, equidae, ovine, caprine and porcine
| Indoors area(net area available to animals) | Outdoors area(exercise area, excluding pasturage) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Live weight minimum (kg) | M2/head | M2/head | |
| Breeding and fattening bovine and equidae | up to 100 | 1,5 | 1,1 |
| up to 200 | 2,5 | 1,9 | |
| up to 350 | 4,0 | 3 | |
| over 350 | 5 with a minimum of 1 m2/100 kg | 3,7 with a minimum of 0,75 m2/100 kg | |
| Dairy cows | 6 | 4,5 | |
| Bulls for breeding | 10 | 30 | |
| Sheep and goats | 1,5 sheep/goat | 2,5 | |
| 0,35 lamb/kid | 0,5 | ||
| Farrowing sows with piglets up to 40 days | 7,5 sow | 2,5 | |
| Fattening pigs | up to 50 | 0,8 | 0,6 |
| up to 85 | 1,1 | 0,8 | |
| up to 110 | 1,3 | 1 | |
| Piglets | over 40 days and up to 30 kg | 0,6 | 0,4 |
| Brood pigs | 2,5 female | 1,9 | |
| 6 male If pens are used for natural service: 10 m2/boar | 8,0 | ||
2.Poultry
| a Only in the case of mobile houses not exceeding 150 m2 floor space. | ||||
| Indoors area(net area available to animals) | Outdoors area(m2 of area available in rotation/head) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No animals/m2 | cm perch/animal | nest | ||
| Laying hens | 6 | 18 | 7 laying hens per nest or in case of common nest 120 cm2/bird | 4, provided that the limit of 170 kg of N/ha/year is not exceeded |
| Fattening poultry (in fixed housing) | 10 with a maximum of 21 kg liveweight/m2 | 20 (for guinea fowl only) | 4 broilers and guinea fowl 4,5 ducks 10 turkey 15 geese In all the species mentioned above the limit of 170 kg of N/ha/year is not exceeded | |
| Fattening poultry in mobile housing | 16a in mobile poultry houses with a maximum of 30 kg liveweight/m2 | 2,5, provided that the limit of 170 kg of N/ha/year is not exceeded | ||
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