Authorisation

Name

Compound products or products containing only materials listed hereunder:

Description, compositional requirements, conditions for use

A

Farmyard manure

Product comprising a mixture of animal excrements and vegetable matter (animal bedding).

Factory farming origin forbidden

A

Dried farmyard manure and dehydrated poultry manure

Factory farming origin forbidden

A

Composted animal excrements, including poultry manure and composted farmyard manure included

Factory farming origin forbidden

A

Liquid animal excrements

Use after controlled fermentation and/or appropriate dilution

Factory farming origin forbidden

B

Composted or fermented mixture of 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): not detectable

A

Peat

Use limited to horticulture (market gardening, floriculture, arboriculture, nursery)

A

Mushroom culture wastes

The initial composition of the substrate shall be limited to products of this Annex

A

Dejecta of worms (vermicompost) and insects

A

Guano

A

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

B

Biogas digestate containing animal by-products co-digested with material of plant or animal origin as listed in this Annex

Animal by-products (including by-products of wild animals) of category 3 and digestive tract content of category 2 (categories 2 and 3 as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council  (1)) must not be from factory farming origin.

The Processes have to be in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

Not to be applied to edible parts of the crop

B

Products or by-products of animal origin as below:

A

Products and by-products of plant origin for fertilisers

Examples: oilseed cake meal, cocoa husks, malt culms

B

Hydrolysed proteins of plant origin

A

Seaweeds and seaweed products

As far as directly obtained by:

A

Sawdust and wood chips

Wood not chemically treated after felling

A

Composted bark

Wood not chemically treated after felling

A

Wood ash

From wood not chemically treated after felling

A

Soft ground rock phosphate

Product as specified in point 7 of Annex IA.2. to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council  (2).

Cadmium content less than or equal to 90 mg/kg of P205

A

Aluminium-calcium phosphate

Product as specified in point 6 of Annex IA.2. to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003,

Cadmium content less than or equal to 90 mg/kg of P205

Use limited to basic soils (pH > 7,5)

A

Basic slag

Products as specified in point 1 of Annex IA.2. to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003

A

Crude potassium salt or kainit

Products as specified in point 1 of Annex IA.3. to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003

A

Potassium sulphate, possibly containing magnesium salt

Product obtained from crude potassium salt by a physical extraction process, containing possibly also magnesium salts

A

Stillage and stillage extract

Ammonium stillage excluded

A

Calcium carbonate, for instance: chalk, marl, ground limestone, Breton ameliorant, (maerl), phosphate chalk

Only of natural origin

B

Mollusc waste

Only from sustainable fisheries, as defined in Article 4 (1) (7) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 or organic aquaculture

B

Egg shells

Factory farming origin forbidden.

A

Magnesium and calcium carbonate

Only of natural origin

e.g. magnesian chalk, ground magnesium, limestone

A

Magnesium sulphate (kieserite)

Only of natural origin

A

Calcium chloride solution

Foliar treatment of apple trees, after identification of deficit of calcium

A

Calcium sulphate (gypsum)

Products as specified in point 1 of Annex ID. to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003

Only of natural origin

A, B

Industrial lime from sugar production

By-product of sugar production from sugar beet and sugar cane

A

Industrial lime from vacuum salt production

By-product of the vacuum salt production from brine found in mountains

A

Elemental sulphur

Products as specified in Annex ID.3 to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003

A

Trace elements

Inorganic micronutrients listed in part E of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003

A

Sodium chloride

A

Stone meal and clays

B

Leonardite (Raw organic sediment rich in humic acids)

Only if obtained as a by-product of mining activities

B

Humic and fulvic acids

Only if obtained by inorganic salts/solutions excluding ammonium salts; or obtained from drinking water purification

B

Xylite

Only if obtained as a by-product of mining activities (e.g. by-product of brown coal mining)

B

Chitin (Polysaccharide obtained from the shell of crustaceans)

Only if obtained from sustainable fisheries, as defined in Article 4(1)(7) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 or organic aquaculture

B

Organic rich sediment from fresh water bodies formed under exclusion of oxygen

(e.g. sapropel)

Only organic sediments that are by-products of fresh water body management or extracted from former freshwater areas

When applicable, extraction should be done in a way to cause minimal impact on the aquatic system

Only sediments derived from sources free from contaminations of pesticides, persistent organic pollutants and petrol like substances

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): not detectable

B

Biochar — pyrolysis product made from a wide variety of organic materials of plant origin and applied as a soil conditioner

Only from plant materials, untreated or treated with products included in Annex II.

Maximum value of 4 mg polycyclic aromatic hydro-carbons (PAHs) per kg dry matter (DM). This value shall be reviewed every second year, taking into account the risk of accumulation due to multiple applications

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)

Basic substances based on food (including: Lecithins, sucrose, fructose, vinegar, whey, chitosan hydrochloride  (2), and Equisetum arvense etc.)

Only those basic substances as defined by Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009  (3) 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

Name

Description, compositional requirement, conditions for use

Micro-organisms

Not from GMO origin

Spinosad

Cerevisane

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

ID numbers or Functional groups

Substance

Description, conditions for use

E 200

Sorbic acid

E 236

Formic acid

E 237

Sodium formate

E 260

Acetic acid

E 270

Lactic acid

E 280

Propionic acid

E 330

Citric acid

ID number or Functional groups

Substance

Description, conditions for use

1b306(i)

Tocopherol extracts from vegetable oils

1b306(ii)

Tocopherol-rich extracts from vegetable oils (delta rich)

ID numbers or Functional groups

Substance

Description, conditions for use

1c322

Lecithins

Only when derived from organic raw material.

Use restricted to aquaculture animal feed.

ID number or Functional groups

Substance

Description, conditions for use

E 412

Guar gum

E 535

Sodium ferrocyanide

Maximum dose rate of 20 mg/kg NaCl calculated as ferrocyanide anion.

E 551b

Colloidal silica

E 551c

Kieselgur (diatomaceous earth, purified)

1m558i

Bentonite

E 559

Kaolinitic clays, free of asbestos

E 560

Natural mixtures of steatites and chlorite

E 561

Vermiculite

E 562

Sepiolite

E 566

Natrolite-Phonolite

1g568

Clinoptilolite of sedimentary origin

E 599

Perlite

ID number or Functional groups

Substance

Description, conditions for use

1k

1k236

Enzymes, micro-organisms

Formic acid,

Use restricted to production of silage when weather conditions do not allow for adequate fermentation.

The use of formic, propionic acid and their sodium salts in the production of silage shall only be permitted when weather conditions do not allow for adequate fermentation

1k237

Sodium formate

1k280

Propionic acid

1k281

Sodium propionate

ID number or Functional groups

Substance

Description, conditions for use

2b

Flavouring compounds

Only extracts from agricultural products.

Castanea sativa Mill.: Chestnut extract

ID number or Functional groups

Substance

Description, conditions for use

3a

Vitamins and provitamins

Derived from agricultural products.

If derived synthetically, only those identical to vitamins derived from agricultural products may be used for monogastric animals and aquaculture animals.

If derived synthetically, only vitamins A, D and E identical to vitamins derived from agricultural products may be used for ruminants; the use is subject to prior authorisation of the Member States based on the assessment of the possibility for organic ruminants to obtain the necessary quantities of the said vitamins through their feed rations.

3a920

Betaine anhydrous

Only for monogastric animals

Only from natural origin and when available from organic origin

ID number or Functional groups

Substance

Description, conditions for use

E1 Iron

3b101

Iron(II) carbonate (siderite)

3b103

Iron(II) sulphate monohydrate

3b104

Iron(II) sulphate heptahydrate

3b201

Potassium iodide

3b202

Calcium iodate, anhydrous

3b203

Coated granulated calcium iodate anhydrous

3b301

Cobalt(II) acetate tetrahydrate

3b302

Cobalt(II) carbonate

3b303

Cobalt(II) carbonate hydroxide (2:3) monohydrate

3b304

Coated granulated cobalt(II) carbonate hydroxide (2:3) monohydrate

3b305

Cobalt(II) sulphate heptahydrate

3b402

Copper(II) carbonate dihydroxy monohydrate

3b404

Copper (II) oxide

3b405

Copper(II) sulphate pentahydrate

3b409

Dicopper chloride trihydroxide (TBCC)

3b502

Manganese (II) oxide

3b503

Manganous sulfate, monohydrate

3b603

Zinc oxide

3b604

Zinc sulphate heptahydrate

3b605

Zinc sulphate monohydrate

3b609

Zinc chloride hydroxide monohydrate (TBZC)

3b701

Sodium molybdate dihydrate

3b801

Sodium selenite

3b810, 3b811, 3b812,

3b813 and 3b817

Selenised yeast inactivated

ID number or Functional groups

Substance

Description, conditions for use

4a, 4b, 4c and 4d

Enzymes and microorganism in the category of “Zootechnical additives”

Code

Name

Preparation of foodstuffs of

Specific conditions and restrictions in addition to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008

plant origin

Animal origin

E 153

Vegetable carbon

X

Ashy goat cheese

Morbier cheese

E 160b*

Annatto, Bixin, Norbixin

X

Red Leicester cheese

Double Gloucester cheese

Cheddar

Mimolette cheese

E 170

Calcium carbonate

X

X

Shall not be used for colouring or calcium enrichment of products

E 220

Sulphur dioxide

X

X(Only for mead)

In fruit wines (wine made from fruits other than grapes, including cider and perry) and mead with and without added sugar: 100 mg/l (Maximum levels available from all sources, expressed as SO2 in mg/l)

E 223

Sodium metabisulphite

X

Crustaceans

E 224

Potassium metabisulphite

X

X (Only for mead)

In fruit wines (wine made from fruits other than grapes, including cider and perry) and mead with and without added sugar: 100 mg/l (Maximum levels available from all sources, expressed as SO2 in mg/l)

E250

Sodium nitrite

X

For meat products. May only be used, if it has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the competent authority that no technological alternative, giving the same guarantees and/or allowing to maintain the specific features of the product, is available. Not in combination with E252. Indicative ingoing amount expressed as NaNO2: 80 mg/kg, maximum residual amount expressed as NaNO2: 50 mg/kg

E252

Potassium nitrate

X

For meat products. May only be used, if it has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the competent authority that no technological alternative, giving the same guarantees and/or allowing to maintain the specific features of the product, is available. Not in combination with E250. Indicative ingoing amount expressed as NaNO3: 80 mg/kg, maximum residual amount expressed as NaNO3: 50 mg/kg

E 270

Lactic acid

X

X

E 290

Carbon dioxide

X

X

E 296

Malic acid

X

E 300

Ascorbic acid

X

X

With regard to foodstuffs of animal origin: Meat products

E 301

Sodium ascorbate

X

With regard to foodstuffs of animal origin: Meat products in connection with nitrates and nitrites

E 306(*)

Tocopherol-rich extract

X

X

Anti-oxidant

E 322(*)

Lecithins

X

X

With regard to foodstuffs of animal origin: Milk products.

Only when derived from organic production. Applicable as of 1 January 2022. Until that date, only when derived from organic raw material.

E 325

Sodium lactate

X

Milk-based and meat products

E 330

Citric acid

X

X

E 331

Sodium citrates

X

X

E 333

Calcium citrates

X

E 334

Tartaric acid (L(+)-)

X

X(Only for mead)

With regard to foodstuffs of animal origin: Mead.

E 335

Sodium tartrates

X

E 336

Potassium tartrates

X

E 341 (i)

Monocalcium phosphate

X

Raising agent for self-raising flour

E 392*

Extracts of Rosemary

X

X

Only when derived from organic production

E 400

Alginic acid

X

X

With regard to foodstuffs of animal origin: milk-based products

E 401

Sodium alginate

X

X

With regard to foodstuffs of animal origin: milk-based products

E 402

Potassium alginate

X

X

With regard to foodstuffs of animal origin: milk-based products

E 406

Agar

X

X

With regard to foodstuffs of animal origin: milk-based products and meat products

E 407

Carrageenan

X

X

With regard to foodstuffs of animal origin: milk-based products

E 410*

Locust bean gum

X

X

Only when derived from organic production. Applicable as of 1 January 2022.

E 412*

Guar gum

X

X

Only when derived from organic production. Applicable as of 1 January 2022.

E 414*

Arabic gum

X

X

Only when derived from organic production. Applicable as of 1 January 2022.

E 415

Xanthan gum

X

X

E 417

Tara gum powder

X

X

Thickener

Only when derived from organic production. Applicable as of 1 January 2022.

E 418

Gellan gum

X

X

High-acyl form only

Only when derived from organic production. Applicable as of 1 January 2022.

E 422

Glycerol

X

X

Only from plant origin

Only when derived from organic production. Applicable as of 1 January 2022.

For plant extracts, flavourings, humectant in gel capsules and as a surface coating of tablets

E 440 (i)*

Pectin

X

X

With regard to foodstuffs of animal origin: milk-based products

E 464

Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose

X

X

Encapsulation material for capsules

E 500

Sodium carbonates

X

X

E 501

Potassium carbonates

X

E 503

Ammonium carbonates

X

E 504

Magnesium carbonates

X

E 509

Calcium chloride

X

Milk coagulation

E 516

Calcium sulphate

X

Carrier

E 524

Sodium hydroxide

X

Surface treatment of “Laugengebäck” and regulation of acidity in organic flavourings

E 551

Silicon dioxide

X

X

For herbs and spices in dried powdered form, flavourings and propolis

E 553b

Talc

X

X

With regard to foodstuffs of animal origin: surface treatment of sausages

E 901

Beeswax

X

As a glazing agent for confectionary only.

Beeswax from organic production

E 903

Carnauba wax

X

As a glazing agent for confectionary

As a mitigating method for mandatory extreme cold treatment of fruit as a quarantine measure against harmful organisms (Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2017/1279) (1)

Only when derived from organic production. Applicable as of 1 January 2022. Until that date, only when derived from organic raw material.

E 938

Argon

X

X

E 939

Helium

X

X

E 941

Nitrogen

X

X

E 948

Oxygen

X

X

E 968

Erythritol

X

X

Only when derived from organic production without using ion exchange technology

Name

Preparation of all foodstuffs of plant origin

Preparation of all foodstuffs of animal origin

Specific conditions and restrictions in addition to Regulation (EU) No 1333/2008

Water

X

X

Drinking water within the meaning of Council Directive 98/83/EC

Calcium chloride

X

Coagulation agent

Calcium carbonate

X

Calcium hydroxide

X

Calcium sulphate

X

Coagulation agent

Magnesium chloride (or nigari)

X

Coagulation agent

Potassium carbonate

X

With regard to foodstuffs of plant origin: drying of grapes

Sodium carbonate

X

X

Lactic acid

X

With regard to foodstuffs of animal origin: for the regulation of the pH of the brine bath in cheese production

L(+)lactic acid from fermentation

X

With regard to foodstuffs of plant origin: for the preparation of plant protein extracts

Citric acid

X

X

Sodium hydroxide

X

With regard to foodstuffs of plant origin: for sugar(s) production; for oil production excluding olive oil production; for the preparation of plant protein extracts

Sulphuric acid

X

X

Gelatine production

Sugar(s) production

Hop extract

X

With regard to foodstuffs of plant origin: only for antimicrobial purposes in production of sugar.

When available from organic production

Pine rosin extract

X

With regard to foodstuffs of plant origin: only for antimicrobial purposes in production of sugar.

When available from organic production

Hydrochloric acid

X

With regard to foodstuffs of animal origin: Gelatine production; for the regulation of the pH of the brine bath in the processing of Gouda-, Edam and Maasdammer cheeses, Boerenkaas, Friese and Leidse Nagelkaas

Ammonium hydroxide

X

With regard to foodstuffs of animal origin: gelatine production

Hydrogen peroxide

X

With regard to foodstuffs of animal origin: gelatine production

Carbon dioxide

X

X

Nitrogen

X

X

Ethanol

X

X

Solvent

Tannic acid

X

Filtration aid

Egg white albumin

X

Casein

X

Gelatin

X

Isinglass

X

Vegetable oils

X

X

Greasing, releasing or anti-foaming agent.

Only when derived from organic production

Silicon dioxide gel or colloidal solution

X

Activated carbon

X

Talc

X

In compliance with the specific purity criteria for food additive E 553b

Bentonite

X

X

With regard to foodstuffs of animal origin: as a sticking agent for mead

Cellulose

X

X

With regard to foodstuffs of animal origin: Gelatine production

Diatomaceous earth

X

X

With regard to foodstuffs of animal origin: Gelatine production

Perlite

X

X

With regard to foodstuffs of animal origin: Gelatine production

Hazelnut shells

X

Rice meal

X

Beeswax

X

Releasing agent.

Beeswax from organic production

Carnauba wax

X

Releasing agent.

Only when derived from organic production.

Applicable as of 1 January 2022. Until that date, only when derived from organic raw material

Acetic acid/vinegar

X

Only when derived from organic production.

For fish processing only. From natural fermentation, Not to be produced by or from GMO

Thiamin hydrochloride

X

X

Only for use in processing of fruit wines, including cider and perry and mead

Diammonium phosphate

X

X

Only for use in processing of fruit wines, including cider and perry and mead

Wood fibre

X

X

The source of timber should be restricted to certified, sustainably harvested wood.

Wood used must not contain toxic components (post-harvest treatment, naturally occurring toxins or toxins from micro-organisms)

Name

Primary yeast

Yeast confections/ formulations

Specific conditions

Calcium chloride

X

Carbon dioxide

X

X

Citric acid

X

For the regulation of the pH in yeast production

Lactic acid

X

For the regulation of the pH in yeast production

Nitrogen

X

X

Oxygen

X

X

Potato starch

X

X

For filtering

Only when derived from organic production

Sodium carbonate

X

X

For the regulation of the pH

Vegetable oils

X

X

Greasing, releasing or anti-foaming agent Only when derived from organic production

Type of treatment in accordance with Annex I A to Regulation (EC) No 606/2009

Name of products or substances

Specific conditions, restrictions within the limits and conditions set out in Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 and Regulation (EC) No 606/2009

Point 1: Use for aeration or oxygenation

Point 3: Centrifuging and filtration

Use only as an inert filtering agent

Point 4: Use in order to create an inert atmosphere and to handle the product shielded from the air

Points 5, 15 and 21: Use

Point 6: Use

Point 7: Use

Point 9: Use

Point 10: Clarification

Point 12: Use for acidification purposes

Point 13: Use for deacidification purposes

Point 14: Addition

Point 17: Use

Point 19: Addition

Point 22: Use for bubbling

Point 23: Addition

Point 24: Addition for wine stabilisation purposes

Point 25: Addition

Point 27: Addition

Point 28: Use

Point 30: Use

Point 31: Use

Point 35: Use

Point 38: Use

Point 39: Use

Point 44: Use

Point 51: Use

Type of treatment in accordance with Annex III, point A(2)(b) to Regulation (EC) No 606/2009

Only for “vino generoso” or “vino generoso de licor”