Retained EU Law SI 2007/834 United Kingdom

Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91

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Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Operator7 Manufacturer3 Distributor1 Any Person1

Plus 2 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Operator — also bound by 746 other Acts
Manufacturer — also bound by 502 other Acts
Distributor — also bound by 182 other Acts
Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.art008 General requirements Regulated
  • Comply with organic production rules and implementing regulationsOperator
s.art009 Prohibition on the use of GMOs Regulated
  • Do not use genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in organic productionOperator
s.art011 General farm production rules Regulated
  • Keep organic and non-organic units separate and keep recordsOperator
s.art014 Livestock production rules Regulated
  • Follow organic livestock production rules on origin, husbandry, breeding, feed, health and cleaningAny Person
s.art015 Production rules for aquaculture animals Regulated
  • Comply with organic aquaculture production rulesManufacturer
s.art017 Conversion Regulated
  • Separate organic and conversion products, keep records, and do not market conversion products as organicOperator
s.art024 Compulsory indications Regulated
  • Include compulsory organic labelling details on productsOperator
s.art027 Control system Regulated
  • Annual compliance checks for organic operatorsDistributor
s.art028 Adherence to the control system Regulated
  • Notify the competent authority and join the organic control system before selling organic productsOperator
s.art029 Documentary evidence Regulated
  • Verify the organic certification documents of your suppliersOperator
s.art030 Measures in case of infringements and irregularities Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Control bodies must take enforcement action for organic infringementsStatutory regulator
s.art031 Exchange of information Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Share inspection results with other control bodies and authoritiesStatutory regulator
s.art032 Import of compliant products Regulated
  • Ensure imported organic products meet EU organic rules and have correct documentationManufacturer
s.art033 Import of products providing equivalent guarantees Regulated
  • Keep organic import certificate for at least 2 yearsManufacturer
30 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.art001 Aim and scope
s.art002 Definitions
s.art003 Objectives
s.art004 Overall principles
s.art005 Specific principles applicable to farming
s.art006 Specific principles applicable to processing of organic food
s.art007 Specific principles applicable to processing of organic feed
s.art010 Prohibition on the use of ionising radiation
s.art012 Plant production rules
s.art013 Production rules for seaweed
s.art016 Products and substances used in farming and criteria for their authorisation
s.art018 General rules on the production of processed feed
s.art019 General rules on the production of processed food
s.art020 General rules on the production of organic yeast
s.art021 Criteria for certain products and substances in processing
s.art022 Exceptional production rules
s.art023 Use of terms referring to organic production
s.art025 Organic production logos
s.art026 Specific labelling requirements
s.art034 Free movement of organic products
s.art035 Transmission of information to the Commission
s.art036 Statistical information
s.art037 Committee on organic production
s.art038 Implementing rules
s.art038 Regulations
s.art038 Regulations procedure
s.art039 Repeal of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91
s.art040 Transitional measures
s.art041 Report to the Council
s.art042 Miscellaneous application

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