TITLE II

RULES ON PRODUCTION, PRESERVATION, PROCESSING, PACKAGING, TRANSPORT AND STORAGE OF ORGANIC PRODUCTS
CHAPTER 2

Livestock production
Section 2

Livestock housing and husbandry practices

Specific housing conditions and husbandry practices for mammals
Article 11
1
Livestock housing shall have smooth, but not slippery floors. At least half of the indoor surface area as specified in Annex III shall be solid, that is, not of slatted or of grid construction.
2
The housing shall be provided with a comfortable, clean and dry laying/rest area of sufficient size, consisting of a solid construction which is not slatted. Ample dry bedding strewn with litter material shall be provided in the rest area. The litter shall comprise straw or other suitable natural material. The litter may be improved and enriched with any mineral product listed in Annex I.
3
Notwithstanding Article 3 of Council Directive 2008/119/EC the housing of calves in individual boxes shall be forbidden after the age of one week.
4
Notwithstanding Article 3(8) of Council Directive 2008/120/EC sows shall be kept in groups, except in the last stages of pregnancy and during the suckling period.
5
Piglets shall not be kept on flat decks or in piglet cages.
6
Exercise areas shall permit dunging and rooting by porcine animals. For the purposes of rooting different substrates can be used.
Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1842 of 14 October 2016 amending Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 as regards the electronic certificate of inspection for imported organic products and certain other elements, and Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 as regards the requirements for preserved or processed organic products and the transmission of information (Text with EEA relevance).
Words in Art. 11(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Organic Production and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/693), regs. 1(2), 3(5)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Word in Art. 11(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Organic Production and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/693), regs. 1(2), 3(5)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)