# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 807/2007

of 10 July 2007

amending Annex II to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs

## Preamble

THE COMMISION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 of 24 June 1991 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs [^1] , and in particular the second indent of Article 13 thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** The authorisation to use metaldehyde in organic farming provided for in part B of Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 expired on 31 March 2006.

**(2)** Several Member States have indicated that organic farmers on their territory do not have any viable alternative to the use of metaldehyde for controlling molluscs in certain arable crops.

**(3)** It is therefore considered necessary to reintroduce for a limited period of time the authorisation to use metaldehyde, while awaiting the results of research for new methods to control molluscs and an increased availability of alternative substances.

**(4)** Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 should therefore be amended accordingly.

**(5)** The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up by Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union* .

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 10 July 2007. *For the Commission* Mariann FISCHER BOEL *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 198, 22.7.1991, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1991_198_R_TOC) . Regulation last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 394/2007 ( [OJ L 98, 13.4.2007, p. 3](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2007_098_R_TOC) ).

In Table III (Substances to be used in traps and/or dispensers) in point 1 of Part B (Products for plant protection) of Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91, for the entry ‘Metaldehyde’, the date ‘ 31 March 2006 ’ is replaced by ‘ 31 March 2008 ’.

[^1]: . Regulation last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 394/2007 ().