Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/121 of 17 January 2023 amending and correcting Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1165 authorising certain products and substances for use in organic production and establishing their lists
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Amendments to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1165
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1165 is amended as follows: (1) Annex I is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation; (2) Annex II is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation; (3) Annex III is amended in accordance with Annex III to this Regulation; (4) Annex V is amended in accordance with Annex IV to this Regulation.
Corrections to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1165
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1165 is corrected as follows: (1) point (1) (Technological additives) of Part B of Annex III is corrected as follows: (a) in point (c), the following entry is added: ‘E412 Guar gum’ (b) in point (d), the entry for ‘E 412 Guar gum’ is deleted; (2) in Section A1 (Food additives, including carriers) of Part A in Annex V, the entry for ‘E 553b Talc’ is replaced by the following: E 553b Talc products of plant origin sausages based on meat For sausages based on meat, only surface treatment
Entry into force and application
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union . Article 2(2) shall apply from 5 August 2021.
ANNEX I Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1165 is amended as follows: (1) in point 1 (Basic substances) the following entry is inserted after the entry ‘18C mustard seeds powder *’: ‘19C 14807-96-6 Magnesium hydrogen metasilicate silicate mineral (Talc E553b) food grade in conformity with Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 ( *1 ) (2) in point 2 (Low risk active substances) the following entries are added: ‘16D CAS not allocated ABE-IT 56 (components of lysate of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain DDSF623) not from GMO origin not produced by using growing media of GMO origin’ 20 D 10058-44-3 Ferric pyrophosphate 28 D Aqueous extract from the germinated seeds of sweet Lupinus albus (3) in point 4 (Active substances not included in any of the above categories) the entry for ‘40A Deltamethrin’ is replaced by the following: ‘40A 52918-63-5 Deltamethrin only in traps with specific attractants against Bactrocera oleae , Ceratitis capitata and Rhagoletis completa ’ ( *1 ) Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 of 9 March 2012 laying down specifications for food additives listed in Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( OJ L 83, 22.3.2012, p. 1 ).’;
ANNEX II In the table in Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1165, the following entries are added: ‘Recovered struvite and precipitated phosphate salts products must meet the requirements laid down in Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 animal manure as source material cannot have factory farming origin Sodium nitrate only for algae production on land in closed systems Potassium chloride (muriate of potash) only of natural origin’
ANNEX III Annex III to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1165 is amended as follows: (1) Part A is amended as follows: (a) in point (1), after the entry ‘11.3.1 Dicalcium phosphate’, the following entry is inserted: ‘11.3.2 Monodicalcium phosphate’ (b) in point (1), after the entry ‘11.3.17 Monoammonium phosphate’, the following entries are inserted: ‘11.3.19 Pentasodium triphosphate (STPP) only for pet food 11.3.27 Disodium dihydrogen diphosphate (SAPP) only for pet food’ (c) in point (2), the entries for ‘ex 12.1.5 Yeasts’ and ‘ex 12.1.12 Yeast products’ are replaced by the following: ‘12.1.5 Yeasts when not available from organic production 12.1.12 Yeast products when not available from organic production’ (2) Part B is amended as follows: (a) in point (1)(c) (Emulsifiers, stabilisers, thickeners and gelling agents), the following entries are added: ‘E 407 Carrageenan only for pet food E 410 Locust bean gum (Carob gum) only for pet food obtained only from a roasting process from organic production if available E 414 Acacia (Gum arabic) only for pet food from organic production if available’ E 415 Xanthan gum (b) in point (1)(d) (Binders and anti-caking agents) the following entries are inserted in the order of the numbers of the codes: ‘E 563 Sepiolitic clay 1g599 Illite-montmorillonite-kaolinite’ (c) in point (1), a new point (f) and the following entry are added: ‘(f) substances for reduction of the contamination of feed by mycotoxins ID number or functional group Name Specific conditions and limits 1m558 Bentonite’ (d) point (3)(a) (Vitamins, pro-vitamins and chemically well-defined substances having similar effect) is amended as follows: (i) the following entry is inserted after the entry for ‘ex3a Vitamins and Provitamins’: ‘3a370 Taurine only for cats and dogs not from synthetic origin, if available’ (ii) the entry for ‘3a920 Betaine anhydrous’ is replaced by the following: ‘3a920 Betaine anhydrous only for monogastric animals and fish from organic production; if not available, from natural origin’ (e) in point (4) (Zootechnical additives) the following entry is added: ‘4d7 and 4d8 Ammonium chloride only for cats’
ANNEX IV Part A of Annex V to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1165 is amended as follows: (1) Section A1 (Food additives, including carriers) is amended as follows: (a) the entry for ‘E 418 Gellan gum’ is replaced by the following: ‘E 418 Gellan gum products of plant and animal origin high-acyl form only only from organic production, applicable as of 1 January 2026’ (b) the entry for ‘E 551 – Silicon dioxide’ is replaced by the following: ‘E 551 Silicon dioxide cocoa, herbs and spices in dried powdered form flavourings propolis for cocoa, only for use in automated dispensing machines’ (2) in Section A2 (Processing aids and other products, which may be used for processing of ingredients of agricultural origin from organic production), the entries for hop extract and pine rosin extract are replaced by the following: ‘Hop extract products of plant origin only for antimicrobial purposes from organic production, if available’ ‘Pine rosin extract products of plant origin only for antimicrobial purposes from organic production, if available’
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