Article 1
Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/716 of 9 February 2021 amending Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards organic production rules on sprouted seeds and chicory heads, on feed for certain aquaculture animals and on aquaculture parasite treatments (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/716 of 9 February 2021 amending Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards organic production rules on sprouted seeds and chicory heads, on feed for certain aquaculture animals and on aquaculture parasite treatments (Text with EEA relevance)
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Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union . It shall apply from 1 January 2022.
Supplementary provisions
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
ANNEX Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 is amended as follows: (1) in Part I, point 1.3 is replaced by the following: ‘1.3. By way of derogation from point 1.1, the following shall be allowed: (a) the production of sprouted seeds, which include sprouts, shoots and cress, solely living on the nutritional reserves available in the seeds, by moistening them in clear water, provided that the seeds are organic. The use of growing medium shall be prohibited, except the use of an inert medium intended solely to keep the seeds moist when the components of that inert medium are authorised in compliance with Article 24; (b) the obtaining of chicory heads, including by dipping them in clear water, provided that the plant reproductive material is organic. The use of a growing medium shall be allowed only when its components are authorised in compliance with Article 24.’; (2) Part III is amended as follows: (a) in point 3.1.3.4. the following paragraph is added: ‘In the grow-out phase and in earlier life stages in nurseries and hatcheries, organic cholesterol may be used to supplement the diets of penaeid shrimps and freshwater prawns ( Macrobrachium spp.), in order to secure their quantitative dietary need.’; (b) in point 3.1.4.2. point (e) is replaced by the following: ‘(e) the use of parasite treatments, other than through compulsory control schemes operated by Member States, shall be limited as follows: (i) for salmon, to maximum two courses of treatment per year, or to one course of treatment per year where the production cycle is less than 18 months; (ii) for all species other than salmon, to two courses of treatment per year, or to one course of treatment per year where the production cycle is less than 12 months; (iii) for all species, to no more than four courses of treatment in total, regardless of the length of the production cycle of the species;’.
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