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EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Brussels, 28.9.2026 COM(2026) 508 final

REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND

THE COUNCIL

on the availability on the Union market of organic plant reproductive material, organic

animals and organic protein feed in accordance with Article 53(7) of Regulation (EU)

2018/848

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1. Introduction

This report explores the availability on the EU market of organic plant reproductive material,

organic animals, including pullets, and organic protein feed intended for the nutrition of poultry

and porcine animals. It is adopted in accordance with Article 53(7) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848

on organic production and labelling of organic products (the ‘Organic Regulation)1, which

applies since the 1st of January 2022.

The co-legislators requested this report in view of the phasing out of the derogations concerning

the use of non-organic plant reproductive material, non-organically reared poultry, non-organic

livestock for breeding purposes, as well as non-organic protein feed for poultry and porcine

animals. The Commission was asked to “consider the availability of such material in organic

form on the market in the Union, on the basis of the data on the availability of organic material

collected through the database and systems set up by Member States,” five years after the date of

application of the Organic Regulation. The report should address the availability of these

materials and the causes for the possibly limited access of organic operators to such material.

In drawing up this report, the Commission considered data collected in accordance with Article

26 of the Organic Regulation and information on derogations and authorisations referred to in

Article 53(6) as follows:

(a) information provided in the database on plant reproductive material referred to in Article

26(1) and in the data collection systems on animals referred to in Article 26(2) and, if relevant,

in the data collection systems referred to in Article 26(3) on pullets;

(b) information on the derogations granted on plant reproductive material in accordance with

point 1.8.5 of Part I of Annex II and points 1.3.4.3 and 1.3.4.4 of Part II of Annex II; and

(c) information on the availability on the Union market of organic protein feed for poultry and

porcine animals and on the authorisations to use non-organic protein feed for young pigs and

poultry granted respectively in accordance with points 1.9.3.1(c) and 1.9.4.2(c) of Part II of

Annex II.

In addition, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/4642 introduced requirements on

data reporting from Member States, and templates available via the Organic Farming

Information System (OFIS) were progressively used from 2023 to 2025. However, the

differences in data reported by Member States over the three years hamper the robustness of the

1 Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production

and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 (OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, p.1)

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/848/2025-03-25/oj 2 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/464 of 26 March 2020 laying down certain rules for the

application of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the documents

needed for the retroactive recognition of periods for the purpose of conversion, the production of organic products

and information to be provided by Member States (OJ L 98, 31.3.2020 p. 2) ELI:

http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2020/464/oj

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statistical analysis. The accompanying Commission Staff Working Document (SWD) presents

Member State data for years 2022 to 20243.

2. Organic plant reproductive material

With the view to promote the development of organic breeding, the Organic Regulation

introduced new provisions regarding organic plant reproductive material (‘PRM’) by defining

organic varieties and organic heterogeneous material suitable for organic production. It also put

an end to derogations for use of non-organic PRM (31 December 2036)4.

Having great diversity in PRM is essential for organic farming with the view to secure the

necessary adaptation to varying pressures and conditions while, on the other hand, organic PRM

production is technically more challenging than conventional production due to the limited use

of pesticides and fertilisers (SWD Section I.7).

The scope of the databases to collect information on the availability of organic PRM (existing

under the previous legislative framework governing organic production, in particular

Commission Regulation (EC) 889/2009)5 was extended from seeds and seed potatoes to all types

of vegetative plant propagating material.

Under the Organic Regulation, organic farmers must use organic PRM6. Only where official data

show that operator needs cannot be met by the volumes of organic and in-conversion PRM7

available on the market, national competent authorities (NCAs) may grant derogations for the

use of non-organic PRM under specific conditions. In accordance with point 1.8.5.6. of Part I of

Annex II to the Organic Regulation, NCAs must set up an official list of species, subspecies or

varieties for which organic and in-conversion PRM is available in sufficient quantities (the

‘Category I list’). Where there is a serious lack of organic PRM, instead of individual

derogations, NCAs may grant annual general derogations for a list of species, subspecies or

varieties8.

As information on available organic and in-conversion PRM present on the market triggers the

possibility for farmers to ask for derogations in cases of insufficient supply, a widespread

accessibility to this information is essential.

3 As the deadline to present the report to the European Parliament and the Council is 31 December 2026, the

information sent by Member States by June 2026 is not included. 4 Further information: SWD Section I.7 5 Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 of 5 September 2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation

of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products with regard to

organic production, labelling and control (OJ L 250, 18.9.2008, pp. 1)

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2008/889/oj 6 Points 1.8.1 and 1.8.3. of Part I to Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 7 Article 10(4) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 provides for in-conversion PRM to be placed on the market as such

when a conversion period of at least 12 months has been complied with. 8 Point 1.8.5.7. of Part I of Annex II to the Organic Regulation.

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Unfortunately, dedicated research9 and information collated shows little progress on this domain:

17 Member States have some type of interactive databases in place, with functions to explore

availability of PRM for specific crops, while the rest opted for static tables (SWD Section I.8).

Due to the recent regulatory changes, Member States adapted their previous systems to allow

operators to make information on their productions of organic or in-conversion PRM10 public on

a voluntary basis. National databases are essential to promote the use of organic and in

conversion PRM and to support the electronic processing of derogations and should be fully

functional11.

2.1. Analyses of national data reported in compliance with Article 53(6) of Regulation

(EU) 2018/848

An overview of national data on availability of PRM, as well as individual and general

derogations, is provided in the SWD, broken down for main crop groups12. Results are broken

down per individual Member State and, in some cases, have also been grouped together into 4

main geographical areas13.

2.1.1. Availability of organic and in-conversion plant reproductive material

Most Member States reported only qualitative information, listing species and varieties for which

organic and in-conversion PRM had been included in their national databases. Only 4 Member

States reported every year quantitative data for a wide number of crop species (SWD Section

I.1.1).

Operators may use the systems on a voluntary basis14 but several Member States indicated that

some suppliers consider quantitative data commercially sensitive.

9 The State of organic seed in EU -https://www.liveseed.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/FNL-FNL-Web-

Interactive-NOV19-Booklet2-LIVESEED_web.pdf 10 FIBL OrganicXseeds database which has been operative for over 10 years, has been recently further extended to

include all forms of PRM and various new functionalities and it is now used by eight Member States. Within the

Liveseed project, a European Router Database has also been developed, to permit suppliers and operators to offer

and search for organic PRM across all Member States, as well as the UK, Iceland and Switzerland - EU Organic

Seed Database - LIVESEEDING 11 Extract From Solfanelli, F.; Ozturk, E.; Dudinskaya, E.C.; Mandolesi, S.; Orsini, S.; Messmer, M.; Naspetti, S.;

Schaefer, F.; Winter, E.; Zanoli, R. Estimating Supply and Demand of Organic Seeds in Europe Using Survey

Data and MI Techniques. Sustainability 2022, 14, 10761. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141710761 : “The results from

the functionality of the organic seed database analysis and a recent survey conducted among organic farmers in

the EU and Switzerland confirm the general expectation that organic seed use is higher in the countries where

there is a well-functioning organic seed database with a well-developed seed sector”. 12 Cereals, Wheat species, Vegetables, Leguminosae dries pulses, Oilseeds, Industrial crops, Aromatic herbs and

spices, Fruit, Grape, Olive, Ornamentals, Fodder species and their mixtures (SWD Section I.3 and I.4.2) 13 Central EU Member States: BE, CZ, DE, FR, LU, NL, AT- Eastern EU Member States: BG, LT, HU, PL, RO,

SK- Northern EU Member States: DK, EE, IE, LV, FI, SE – Southern EU Member States: EL, ES, HR, IT, CY,

MT, PT, SI 14 From a recent Liveseeding Survey only 49% out of 140 organic producer respondents offer organic seeds via the

national databases in EU - Insights into the opportunities and bottlenecks in organic seed and plant breeding sector

- 13 February 2023 : LiveSeeding_Presentation-Template

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For certain species, organic PRM may be self-produced or acquired through direct arrangements

between farmers and suppliers: indeed, farm-saved seeds represent for certain crops (cereals) a

high percentage15.

Some analyses of varieties per crop group are available (SWD Section I.1.3), providing an

indicator of the use of the databases. 12 Member States reported exhaustive data for fresh

vegetables, cereals and wheat, whereas 11 reported only a small number of crops and varieties

and 5 reported just one year or none.

An indicator of the improving availability of organic and in-conversion PRM is the existence of

the official “Category I list”, which may also be used by Member States to end derogations, in

line with the development of market supply. Only 12 Member States have established a

“Category I list”, with the number of crops ranging from 1 to 90, consisting mainly of cereals

(wheat) and fodder (SWD Section I.2).

2.1.2. Derogations under point 1.8.5. of Part I of Annex II to Regulation (EU)

2018/848

NCAs may issue derogations to allow the use of non-organic PRM for organic production on an

individual basis or on a general basis16.

Individual derogations may be issued in compliance with conditions set under point 1.8.5.1. of

Annex II Part I to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 only in the following cases:

(a) where no variety of the species that the operator wants to obtain is registered in the database

referred to in Article 26(1) or the systems referred to in Article 26(2);

(b) where no operator who markets plant reproductive material, is able to deliver the relevant

organic or in-conversion plant reproductive material or plant reproductive material authorised

in accordance with point 1.8.6 in time for sowing or planting in situations where the user has

ordered the plant reproductive material in reasonable time to allow the preparation and supply

of organic or in-conversion plant reproductive material or of plant reproductive material

authorised in accordance with point 1.8.6;

(c) where the variety that the operator wants to obtain is not registered as organic or in-

conversion plant reproductive material or as plant reproductive material authorised in

accordance with point 1.8.6 in the database referred to in Article 26(1) or the systems referred to

Article 26(2) and the operator is able to demonstrate that none of the registered alternatives of

the same species are appropriate in particular to the agronomic and pedo-climatic conditions

and necessary technological properties for the production to be obtained;

15Estimating Supply and Demand of Organic Seeds in Europe Using Survey Data and MI Techniques -Sustainability

2022, 14, 10761. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141710761 16 Derogations must be issued in compliance with requirements set under points 1.8.5.1 to 1.8.5.7. of Part I to Annex

II to Regulation (EU) 2018/848.

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(d) where it is justified for use in research, test in small-scale field trials, for variety

conservation purposes of for product innovation and agreed by the competent authorities of the

Member State concerned.

Most Member States reported data for the situation described in paragraph (c) above (SWD

Section I.4.1). In several other Member States17 the situation described in paragraph (a) above is

predominant, which indicates a total absence of organic or in-conversion PRM.

Individual derogations show a broad geographical variability, with the majority issued for fresh

vegetables, cereals and fodder species (SWD Sections I.4 and I.6).

On general derogations, 15 Member States provided quantitative information (but not all for

three years) and 6 Member States indicated that they do not apply the general derogation scheme

at all18. 5 Member States19 provided no information on general derogations.

On this basis, a tentative evaluation of quantitative data was made for cereals and wheat,

showing an increase in the use of general derogations (SWD Section I.5).

SWD Section I.3 shows that general derogations may concern hundreds of species in some

Member States (when ornamentals are included) while in others they are limited to a few dozen

species (mainly fodder, cereals, vegetables, vine and fruit crops).

3. Organic animals, including pullets

Organic livestock must be born or hatched and raised on organic production units20.

However, organic production of livestock suffers from a lack of organically reared animals to

start or renew herds or flocks. The Organic Regulation provides for a new system of derogations

built on the information collected by Member States on the availability of organic animals.

The system also allows operators marketing organic animals to make information on their stocks

publicly available on a voluntary basis, free of charge, together with their names and contact

details21.

Where the data collected show that the demand of organic animals cannot be met, NCAs may

authorise the introduction of non-organic animals into an organic production unit until 31

December 2036, subject to strict conditions22.

In the case of pullets, setting up such a system is voluntary for Member States23 and the NCAs

may authorise non-organically reared poultry to be brought into an organic poultry production

17 BG, CY, CZ, HR, HU, IE, LV, LT, PL, PT, SK, RO 18 BG, CY, HR, MT, PL, SI 19 IE, EL, CZ, HU, RO 20 Point 1.3.1 of part II of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 21 Animals’ derogation may be provided in accordance with point 1.3.4.4 of Part II of Annex II to Regulation (EU)

2018/848 22 Points 1.3.4.4.1 to 1.3.4.4.4. of Part II of Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 23 Article 26(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848

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unit, provided that the pullets used to produce eggs and meat are less than 3 days old, where a

flock is constituted for the first time, or is renewed or reconstituted.

This report analyses the availability in the EU of organic animals including pullets, as well as the

derogations granted to introduce non-organic animals, based on the information from the

Member States.

3.1. Analysis of the information received from Member States on the availability of

organic animals

Setting up systems on the availability of organic animals has been mandatory for Member States

only since 1 January 2022. From 2023 to 2025, the number of Member States with operational

systems for organic animals increased. This report presents the state of play for the systems in

place up to June 2025 when 25 Member States sent links to their databases (SWD Section II.1).

These are available at https://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/ofis_public/national-databases.html.

Because the use of the system is not obligatory for suppliers of organic animals, data sent by

Member States are highly variable, often incomplete, and therefore this report cannot present

consolidated figures at EU level.

3.2. Analysis of the information received from Member States on the availability of

organic pullets

The collection of information on the availability of organic pullets by Member States is optional.

To date, Member States did not set up such systems to collect information explaining that most

organic operators pre-order the pullets they need directly from the market.

3.3. Analysis of the information received from Member States on the derogations

granted to introduce non-organic animals

All Member States sent data for the three years. However, for several Member States they were

either incomplete or inconsistent from one year to another. The quality of data improved from

2023 to 2025 but still cannot be aggregated for the 27 Member States.

A qualitative analysis shows that derogations to introduce non-organic animals were granted in

most Member States for bovine, equine, ovine, caprine, and porcine animals (SWD Section II.3).

3.4. Analysis of the information received from Member States on the derogations

granted to introduce non-organic pullets

Most Member States submitted information which is incomplete or did not submit data. A

qualitative analysis for non-organic pullets shows that several Member States were using the

derogations in 2022 and ceased to report data for 2023 and 2024 (SWD Section II.4).

According to the information received from the European Rural Poultry Association (ERPA) the

situation for the supply of organic pullets is under pressure. Most parental breeding facilities

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focus on conventional production and only marginally on organic production, where (i) housing

requirements imply large-scale investment and (ii) access to open-air areas increases animal

health risks for parentals. The production of slow-growing strains of poultry would be

particularly affected if the derogations to introduce non-organic pullets were ended.

4. Organic protein feed

4.1 Introduction

Organic animals must be fed with organic or in conversion feed that meets their nutritional needs

and comes primarily from the farms where the animals are kept or others in the region24.

There is a strong competition for organic protein feed because the use of synthetic amino acids is

prohibited in organic production25. Young pigs and poultry have certain specific amino acids

needs in their diets, mainly for growth and welfare purposes, that may not be met by existing

organic protein sources26.

The lack of sufficient organic supply has been an issue since the previous regulatory framework

governing the organic production of pigs and poultry27. Hence, when farmers are unable to

obtain the necessary protein feed from organic production and the NCA has confirmed that

organic protein feed is not available in sufficient quantity, the use of non-organic protein feed

produced or prepared without chemical solvents and providing specific protein compounds is

authorised with a maximum percentage of 5% per period of 12 months for piglets of up to 35 kg

and young poultry. These authorisations can be granted until 31 December 202628.

Member States provided information on the availability of organic protein feed for poultry and

porcine animals on the EU market as well as information on the authorisations granted in

accordance with points 1.9.3.1 (c) and 1.9.4.2(c) of Part II of Annex II to Regulation (EU)

2018/848.

This report analyses the availability of organic protein feed in the EU and the authorisations

granted to use up to 5% of non-organic protein feed for young porcine animals and young

poultry, based on that information29.

4.2 Analysis of the information received from Member States on the availability of

organic protein feed for pigs and for poultry

SWD Sections III.3 and III.4 provide a summary of the information received on the availability

of organic protein feed for pigs and poultry.

24 Point 1.4.1 (a) and (b) of part II of Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 25 Point 1.4.1(f) of part II of Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 26 Recent advances in protein and amino acid nutritional dynamics in relation to performance, health, welfare, and

cost of production - ScienceDirect 27 Article 43 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 28 Point 1.9.3.1 (c ) and 1.9.4.2 (c ) of part II of Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 29 Article 53(4) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848

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Although the quality of the data improved between 2022 and 2024, a significant number of

Member States did not report figures on the quantities of organic feed material used as source of

specific proteins placed on the national market for pigs or poultry in 2024.

In 2024, only 11 and 13 Member States provided quantitative data on the organic feed material

used as sources of specific proteins placed on their national market for pigs and poultry

respectively. Several Member States carried out surveys among their feed operators to collect

this data.

SWD Section III.2 provides the list of types of organic and non- organic protein feed used to

feed pigs and poultry.

SWD Section II.5. provides an overview on what is considered as a “young poultry” in different

Member States.

The Commission performed a qualitative analysis of the data which showed the following:

- The sources of both organic and non-organic protein feed used for young pigs and poultry are

very similar and both species are competing for the same resources.

- Member States grant general and not individual authorisations to use non-organic protein

feed for porcine animals and do not appear to have a precise knowledge of the number of pig

farms benefiting from the authorisations (most of them did not provide an estimation of the

number of certified organic pig producers with piglets ≤35 kg).

- Member States grant general, not individual, authorisations for the use of non-organic protein

feed for young poultry and have different understandings of what the term young poultry

means.

- Most organic certified pig and poultry farms are using authorisations.

5. Conclusions

Over the last few years, the information submitted by Member States on the topics in this report

has improved. However, on the basis of the information made available, it is not possible to draw

definitive conclusions on the level of supply of the organic materials considered in this report,

the use of general and individual derogations granted by Member States and, more importantly,

the evolution of the situation towards a better supplied market on these critical inputs.

Member States have set up systems where operators marketing organic or in-conversion PRM or

organic animals can, on a voluntary basis, make detailed information on their products public, in

accordance with Article 26 of the Organic Regulation. Although helpful, these systems are not

always fully operational and their use by operators remains limited.

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5.1 Organic plant reproductive material

Despite certain improvements on the availability of PRM for cereals (wheat), and to a lesser

extent fodder species, the supply of organic and in-conversion PRM is still insufficient to cover

the demand for thousands of species and their varieties. This raises a serious concern in view of

the increase in land farmed organically (from 16.9 million hectares in 2022 to 18.1 Million

hectares in 202430) and the broad number of species concerned, as confirmed by recent

research31: “as shown in the previous project LIVESEED, the organic seed supply, including

organic farm saved seed, is covering on average less than 50% of the organic farm area with

great differences between crops and countries (Solfanelli et al. 2021. 2022)” as well as32: “The

overall picture of the current use of seed in organic farming […] clearly shows that the demand

for organic seed vastly exceeds the supply, particularly in the southern and eastern European

regions.”

Against this background, derogations continue to be needed even if, for some species, 12

Member States could stay away from derogations through the “Category I list”.

Considering the data currently available, a comprehensive study of supply and demand for

organic PRM may be needed, together with an analysis on the implementation of derogations.

This could help in identifying best practices, with a view to phasing out derogations by 2036.

The study could also identify possible consequences of a complete phase out of general and

individual derogations, focusing on crops such as cereals and wheat species with higher

availability of organic and in-conversion PRM.

5.2 Organic animals

On organic animals, data are recent (starting in 2022) and still insufficient to provide a reliable

overview on the availability of organic animals. In the case of pullets, no Member State set up a

system advertising the availability of organic pullets at national level.

The analysis of the data sent by the Member States shows that organic operators still need to

introduce non-organic animals or pullets to continue organic livestock production. For the sake

of simplification, a delegated act to make the systems to collect information on the availability of

organic pullets compulsory, and to condition the granting of derogations to the presence of such

a system, does not appear appropriate33.

30 Organic in Europe - Browse latest production and market data 31 Liveseeding 2025: Updated and improved roadmap/decision tree to reach 100% organic seed 32 Solfanelli, F.; Ozturk, E.; Dudinskaya, E.C.; Mandolesi, S.; Orsini, S.; Messmer, M.; Naspetti, S.; Schaefer, F.;

Winter, E.; Zanoli, R. Estimating Supply and Demand of Organic Seeds in Europe Using Survey Data and MI

Techniques. Sustainability 2022, 14, 10761. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141710761 33 Article 53(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 : “From 1 January 2027 , the Commission shall be empowered to

adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 54 amending point (b) of Article 26(2) to extend the scope of the

information system referred to in Article 26(2) to pullets and point 1.3.4.3 of Part II of Annex II to base the

derogations concerning pullets on the data collected in accordance with this system.”

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Considering the recent downward trends in organic livestock and poultry production (except

sheep)34, maintaining the use of derogations for organic livestock and pullets till 31 December

2036 appears appropriate.

5.3 Organic protein feed for pigs and poultry

Finally, Member States provided information on the availability of organic protein feed for pigs

and poultry and the authorisations granted to feed up to 5% of non-organic protein feed to piglets

up to 35 kg and young poultry.

Data are available from 2022 to 2024 but remain incomplete, hampering the presentation of a

quantitative overview on the availability of organic protein feed in the EU.

The lack of suitable organic protein feed for pigs and poultry is a structural issue in the organic

sector that still requires several years to be resolved. The qualitative analysis of the data shows

that many organic pigs and poultry producers still benefit from the authorisations to include a

small percentage of non-organic protein feed in the diets of their young animals.

The main stakeholders of the organic sector35 concur on the current lack of availability of

organic protein feed for pigs and poultry on the EU market and on the need to extend the existing

derogations.

On this basis and taking into account the obligation to meet the nutritional needs in amino acids

of organic young pigs and poultry to ensure their growth and welfare, the Commission intends to

adopt a delegated act extending for 10 more years (i.e. until 31 December 2036) the possibility

for the NCAs to authorise the use of up to 5% of non-organic protein feed to piglets up to 35 kg

and to young poultry.

34 Section II.2 of Staff Working Document 35 FEFAC, EUWEP,ERPA, Copa-Cogeca, IFOAM Organics Europe

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COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT

Accompanying the document

Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the

availability on the Union market of organic plant reproductive material, organic

animals and organic protein feed in accordance with Article 53(7) of Regulation (EU)

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Contents PART I Plant reproductive material ............................................................................................................. 2

1. Analyses of national reports concerning the availability of organic/in-conversion plant reproductive material (PRM) and derogations for use of non-organic PRM .................................................................... 3

1.1. OVERVIEW OF MEMBER STATES (MS) REPORTING DATA ON AVAILABILITY OF ORGANIC AND IN-

CONVERSION PLANT REPRODUCTIVE MATERIAL ..................................................................................... 3

1.2. OVERVIEW OF MEMBER STATES REPORTING DATA ON INDIVIDUAL AND GENERAL DEROGATIONS FOR USE OF

NON-ORGANIC PLANT REPRODUCTIVE MATERIAL ......................................................................................... 4

1.3. OVERVIEW NATIONAL DATA ON AVAILABILITY ............................................................................ 4

1.4. NUMBER OF OPERATORS INTRODUCING DATA ON AVAILABILITY FOR ORGANIC AND IN-

CONVERSION PRM IN THE NATIONAL DATABASES AND SYSTEMS .......................................................... 18

2. Provisions point 1.8.5.6 of Part I of Annex II to Reg.(EU) 2018/848 (Category I list : no derogable crops) 19

3. Provisions point 1.8.5.7 of Part I of Annex II to Reg.(EU) 2018/848 (list general derogations) ............. 20

4. Individual derogations ................................................................................................................... 22

4.1 Overview total number of individual derogations per MS per year (all species) - in accordance with provisions of point 1.8.5.1 (a), (b), (c), (d) of Part I of Annex II to regulation (EU) 2018/848. .................... 22

4.2 Individual derogations granted to use non-organic PRM from 2022 to 2024. .................................. 25

5. GENERAL DEROGATIONS ................................................................................................................... 40

6. OVERVIEW OF INDIVIDUAL DEROGATIONS DATA GROUPED BY GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS ................................... 47

6.1. Central Europe ............................................................................................................................. 47

6.2. Eastern Europe ........................................................................................................................... 49

6.3. Northern Europe ......................................................................................................................... 51

6.4. Southern Europe ......................................................................................................................... 52

7. Other relevant information on availability of organic PRM and organic varieties suitable to organic production ............................................................................................................................................ 54

8. LIST OF NATIONAL DATABASES ON ORGANIC and IN-CONVERSION PRM ...................................... 56

PART II Organic animals including pullets .................................................................................................. 57

1. Summary national systems on availability of organic animals ......................................................... 58

2. Situation on overall production of organic animals and animal products ......................................... 58

3. Information received on derogations granted for organic animals ................................................... 60

4. Information received on derogations granted for pullets ................................................................. 61

5. National definitions/guidelines of young poultry for each poultry species and category ................... 62

PART III ORGANIC PROTEIN FEED intended for the nutrition of poultry and porcine animals ........................ 63

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1. (Organic) protein feed supply in the EU .......................................................................................... 63

2. Main organic and non-organic materials used for feed as submitted by Member States in OFIS. Crops used for statistics on area, production on potential crops for protein feed use ........................................ 65

2.1. Crops used for trade analysis ...................................................................................................... 65

2.2 Crops used for production analysis .............................................................................................. 67

3 Information received on protein feed for pigs ................................................................................. 70

4 Information received on protein feed for poultry ............................................................................. 71

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PART I Plant reproductive material

1. Analyses of national reports concerning the availability of organic/in- conversion plant reproductive material (PRM) and derogations for use of non- organic PRM

1.1. OVERVIEW OF MEMBER STATES (MS) REPORTING DATA ON AVAILABILITY OF

ORGANIC AND IN-CONVERSION PLANT REPRODUCTIVE MATERIAL

Data on availability

Member states 2022 Member states 2023

Member states 2024

No data at all EL, CY, MT NL and RO.

EL, MT, CY and NL EL, CY, MT and PL

No quantitative data

BE, DK, DE, IE, HR, LU, PT and FI

DE, IE, FR, HR, LU, PT and SI

DE, FR, HR, LU, NL, PT and SI

Partly / complete quantitative

FR, ES, IT, AT, PT, PL, SI and SE

BE, DK, ES, IT, AT, PL, RO and SE

BE, DK, IE, IT, ES, LT, AT, SK and SE

Limited list of crops

BG, CZ, EE, LV, LT, HU and SK

BG, CZ, EE, LV, LT, HU, PT, SK and FI

BG, CZ, EE, LV, HU, RO, SK and FI

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1.2. OVERVIEW OF MEMBER STATES REPORTING DATA ON INDIVIDUAL AND GENERAL DEROGATIONS

FOR USE OF NON-ORGANIC PLANT REPRODUCTIVE MATERIAL

1.3. OVERVIEW NATIONAL DATA ON AVAILABILITY

The graphs below show the availability of organic/in-conversion PRM varieties in each Member State, by number of varieties available per crop group, from 2022 to 2024.

Crop groups considered in this section:

Cereals (except wheat) barley (Hordeum vulgare), maize (Zea mays), oats (Avena spp.), rye (Secale cereale), triticale (Triticosecale spp.), rice (Oryza spp), Sorghum spp. Pennisetum glaucum, Chenopodium quinoa, Fagopyrum esculentum

Wheat Triticum spp.

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Vegetables

broccoli (Brassica oleracea italica), cauliflower (Brassica oleracea botrytis), greenkale (B. oleracea convar. Acephala) - kohlrabi (B.oleracea var gongylodes) -pakchoi (brassica rapa chinensis) – bruxelles sprouts (B.oleracea var gemmifera) - Cabbage (Brassica oleracea convar. Capitata)- Kale (Brassica oleracea convar. capitata var. sabauda) -potatoes (Solanum tuberosum), tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) aubergine (S. melongena) pepper (Capsicum annum) -zucchini (Cucurbita pepo) cucumber (Cucumis sativus), melons (Cucumis melo), pumpkins (Cucurbita spp.), watermelon (Citrullus lanatus), carrots (Daucus carota), endives (Cichorium endivia), radicchio ( Cichorium intybus ) lettuce (Lactuca sativa), onions/leeks (Allium spp), rucola (Eruca spp), Spinacia oleracea – Raphanus sativus, fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) Apium spp Asparagus, Beta vulgaris, Valeriana officinalis Valerianella spp, Cynara spp, Apium graveolens, Rumex acetosa, Diplotaxis spp, Eruca spp, Raphanus sativus, Abelmoschus esculentus, Sinapis alba, Lepidium spp, Scorzonera spp

Leguminosae dried pulses Peas (Pisum sativum) - lentils (Lens culinaris) -chickpeas( Cicer arietinum) Beans (Phaseolus spp) - Lupinus spp – Lathyrus cicero – Dolichos lablab - soybeans (Glycine max) - Vigna spp - Hedysarum coronarium

Oilseeds sunflower (Helianthus annuus), rape-seed (Brassica napus) - flax (Linum usitatissimum) soyabeans (Glycine maxima)

Industrial crops Hops (Humulus lupulus), Sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris var saccharifera) Hemp (Cannabis sativa)

Aromatic herbs and spices basilicum ( O.basilicum ) parsley (Petroselinum crispum) Cumin (Carum carvi) Salvia spp Anethum spp Anthriscus spp Coriandrum spp Melissa officinalis Pimpinella anisum , Origanum vulgare , Rosmarinus spp ,Satureja spp ,Thymus spp ,Matricaria spp, Nasturtium spp ,Crocus spp , Lavanda spp, Menta spp, Levisticum officinale, Agastache spp, Malva spp, Zanthoxylum piperitum , Lavandula spp.

Fruit

Apple (Malus domestica), Peer (Pyrus communis) - Prunus spp – Citrus spp- Strawberry (Fragaria spp) - Vaccinium spp -Rubus spp -Ribes spp – Ficus carica – Actinidia spp – Arbutus spp- Crataegus azaeruolus – Sorbus spp -Morus spp -Physalis spp -Amelanchier spp- Asimina triloba -Chaenomeles spp -Cydonia spp

Vitis spp for wine and table grapes Vitis spp

Olives Olea europea

Ornamentals Abies spp , Acer spp, Agrostemma spp, Angelica spp, Anthyllis spp, Phacelia spp, Leycesteria spp, Centaurea spp ,Buddleya spp ,Borago spp, Barbarea spp ,Calendula spp Cameline spp, Caragana spp Cornus spp, Cosmtemun spp ,Dianthus spp , Zinnia spp , Lavatera spp, Zanthoxylum spp, Hedysarum spp, Callistephus chinensis. Indigofera heterantha, Elaeagnus multiflora, Gleditsia triacanthos, Anthemis tinctoria, Cleome spp Nigella spp Portulaca spp Tropaeleum spp Lenthiscum spp

Fodder species

Trifolium spp, Vicia spp, Medicago spp Pisum spp, Lotus spp, Lolium spp, Poa spp, Festuca spp, Dactlylis spp, Panicum spp - Fodder mixtures

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Austria

Wheat species: Triticum aestivum subsp. aestivum and spelta , Triticum monococcum, Triticum turgidum subsp. Durum

Belgium

Wheat species: Triticum aestivum, Triticum monococcum, Triticum spelta

11 11 16

1417

628

2096

385 280 266 548 486 412

0 0 00 0 04 4 566 60 59 252 265 271

0 0 00 0 0

1209

752 695

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

2022 2023 2023

OVERVIEW AVAIL ABILITY OF ORGANIC/IN - CONVERSION PRM - AUSTRIA 2022 - 2024

NU M BER OF VA R I ET I ES P E R CROP S GROU P

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Olives Ornamentals Wheat

2 21 2

142 193

41 82

219

57

272 313

250

164

40 0 00 0 09 81

64 36 10 0 012 17 319 77

16 0

100

200

300

400

2022 2023 2024

OVERVIEW AVAIL ABILITY OF ORGANIC/IN - CONVERSION PRM - BELGIUM 2022 - 2024

NU MBER O F VARIET IES PER CRO PS GRO U P

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Olives Ornamentals Wheat

7

Bulgaria

Wheat species: Triticum aestivum

Croatia

Wheat species: Triticum aestivum, Triticum spelta

0 0 00 0 10 0 0

23 21

00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 0 2 2

0 0

5

10

15

20

25

2022 2023 2024

OVERVIEW AVAIL ABILITY OF ORGANIC/IN - CONVERSION PRM - BULGARIA 2022-2024

NU MBER O F VARIET IES PER CRO PS GRO U P

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Olives Ornamentals Wheat

13 10 11 5

10 7

21

44 38

27

56 53

2 7 9

0 0 00 0 0

13

2 53 3 30 0 0 4 4 30 2 2

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

2022 2023 2024

OVERVIEW AVAIL ABILITY OF ORGANIC/IN - CONVERSION PRM - CROATIA 2022-2024

NU MBER O F VARIET IES PER CRO PS GRO U P

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Olives Ornamentals Wheat

8

Cyprus

Cyprus did not provide any data

Czechia

Wheat species: Triticum aestivum, spelta and turgidum

Denmark

Wheat species: Triticum aestivum L., T.spelta , T.monococcum

3 2 2

33

20 20

26

37

1817 18 15

0 0 00 0 00 0 0

24

7 4

1 1 00 0 00 0 0

34 33 30

0 5

10 15 20 25 30 35 40

2022 2023 2024

OVERVIEW AVAIL ABILITY OF ORGANIC/IN - CONVERSION PRM-CZECH REPUBLIC

2022-2024 NU MBER O F VARIET IES PER CRO PS GRO U P

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder Fresh vegetables

Fruit Grape Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses

Oilseeds Olives Ornamentals Wheat

357 69 111

275 101 117

520 217 227

1358

414

918

485 195 1260 0 023 6 6

302 88 140115 22 480 0 0

169 13 48117 23 26

0

500

1000

1500

2022 2023 2024

OVERVIEW AVAIL ABILITY OF ORGANIC/IN - CONVERSION PRM - DENMARK 2022-2024

NU MBER O F VARIET IES PER CRO PS GRO U P

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder Fresh vegetables

Fruit Grape Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses

Oilseeds Olives Ornamentals Wheat

9

Estonia

Wheat species: Triticum aestivum, T. spelta

Finland

Wheat species: Triticum aestivum and Triticum spelta

0 0 0

29

10 6

11

5 7

15

1 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 4

00 0 00 0 00 1 1

23

7 6

0 5

10 15 20 25 30 35

2022 2023 2024

OVERVIEW AVAIL ABILITY OF ORGANIC/IN - CONVERSION PRM - ESTONIA 2022-2024

NU MBER O F VARIET IES PER CRO PS GRO U P

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh Vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Olives Ornamentals Wheat

1 0 0

27 17

11

36 46

31

3 1 1

69

4 10

0 0 00 0 0 7 8 7

0 1 00 0 00 0 1 13 12

5

0

20

40

60

80

2022 2023 2024

OVERVIEW AVAIL ABILITY OF ORGANIC/IN - CONVERSION PRM - FINL AND 2022-2024

NU MBER O F VARIET IES PER CRO PS GRO U P

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Olives Ornamentals Wheat

10

France

Wheat species : Triticum spelta, dicoccum, durum, aestivum

Germany

Wheat species: Triticum spelta, aestivum, dicoccum, monococcum, durum

18 63 73

225 293

361

52 136

327 244

817 752

0 127

307

0 18 304 8 90 5 12997 90 94

0 0 030 11 15 102 75 107

0

200

400

600

800

1000

2022 2023 2024

OVERVIEW AVAIL ABILITY OF ORGANIC/IN- CONVERSION PRM - FRANCE 2022-2024

NU MBER O F VARIET IES PER CRO PS GRO U P

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh Vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Olives Ornamentals Wheat

157 51 110

847

267 319

1345

548 698

1099

656

981

429

1351

563

1 5 58 5 8 271 154 164194

68 780 0 033 19 57

461

138 131

0

500

1000

1500

2022 2023 2024

OVERVIEW AVAIL ABILITY OF ORGANIC/IN - CONVERSION PRM - GERMANY 2022-2024

NU MBER O F VARIET IES PER CRO PS GRO U P

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Olives Ornamentals Wheat

11

Greece

Greece did not provide any data.

Hungary

Wheat species: Triticum aestivum L. subsp. Aestivum and Triticum aestivum L. subsp. Spelta (L.) Thell.

Ireland

Wheat species: Triticum dicoccum, Triticum aestivum L., Triticum aestivum (indigo), Triticum spelta, Triticum monococcum

0 0 00 0 21 0 0

19 25

6 0 0 00 0 00 0 02 2 00 1 20 0 00 0 0

16 21

5

0

10

20

30

2022 2023 2024

OVERVIEW AVAIL ABILITY OF ORGANIC/IN - CONVERSION PRM - HUNGARY 2022-2024

NUMBER OF VARIET IES PER CROPS GROUP

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Olives Ornamentals Wheat

2 12 1126 71

2934

150

67

215 195 243

21

86 54

0 1 10 11 0 47 32 116 12 150 1 15 9 209 13 6

0

100

200

300

2022 2023 2024

OVERVIEW AVAIL ABILITY OF ORGANIC/IN - CONVERSION PRM - IREL AND 2022 - 2024

NU M BER OF VA R I ET I ES P ER CROP S GROU P

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Olives Ornamentals Wheat

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Italy

Wheat species: Triticum dicoccum, triticum monococcum, triticum durum, triticum aestivum, triticum spelta

Latvia

Wheat species: Triticum turgidum L. subsp. durum (Desf.) , Triticum aestivum L.

30 34 2013

132 139

29 54 49

278

620

472

164 141

292

88 156

212

9 0 1317 24 261 6 4 54 78 113

6 6 429 73

28 0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

2022 2023 2024

OVERVIEW AVAIL ABILITY OF ORGANIC/IN - CONVERSION PRM - ITALY 2022 - 2024

NU M BER OF VA R I ET I ES P ER CROP S GRO U P

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Olives Ornamentals Wheat

2 0 0

47

5 5

58

3 2

46

1 6

30

0 00 0 04 21

2 26 0 00 0 00 0 0

25

4 4 0

20

40

60

80

2022 2023 2024

OVERVIEW AVAIL ABILITY OF ORGANIC/IN - CONVERSION PRM - L ATVIA 2022-2024 NU MBER O F VARIET IES PER CRO PS GRO U P

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Olives Ornamentals Wheat

13

Lithuania

Wheat species: Triticum aestivum L. emend. Fiori et Paol. And Triticum spelta

Luxembourg

Wheat species: Triticum aestivum, triticum spelta

1 0

13

9

13 15

1 00 00 00 0

2

5

2 2 0 0

2 2

8 9

0 2 4 6 8

10 12 14 16

2023 2024

OVERVIEW AVAIL ABILITY OF ORGANIC/IN - CONVERSION PRM - LITHUANIA 2022-2024

NU MBER O F VARIET IES PER CRO PS GRO U P

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Olives Ornamentals Wheat

0 0 1

11

23

16 19

29

20

5 5 5 0 0 10 0 10 0 1

4 5 4 1 1 10 0 11 1 1

5 6 4

0 5

10 15 20 25 30 35

2022 2023 2024

OVERVIEW AVAIL ABILITY OF ORGANIC/IN - CONVERSION PRM - LUXEMBOURG 2022 - 2024

NU M BER OF VA R I ET I ES P E R CROP S GROU P

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Olives Ornamentals Wheat

14

Malta

Malta did not provide any data.

Netherlands

Wheat species: Triticum aestivum, triticum spelta, triticum monococcum, t.dicoccum, turgidum

Poland

Wheat species: Triticum sphaerococcum Percival, Triticum turgidum L. subsp. durum (Desf.) van Slageren and Triticum aestivum

46 102 97

484

192

1 1 23 16 0 43 17

0 100 200 300 400 500 600

2024

OVERVIEW AVAIL ABILITY OF ORGANIC/IN - CONVERSION PRM - NETHERL ANDS 2024

NU M BER OF VA R I ET I ES P ER CROP S GROU P

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Olives Ornamentals Wheat

35 8715

712

12 508

261

1806

31 1380 3715 264

23 308

3 1080 09 124 153 0

1000

2000

2022 2023

OVERVIEW AVAIL ABILITY OF ORGANIC/IN - CONVERSION PRM - POL AND 2022 - 2023

NU M BER OF VA R I ET I ES P ER CROP S GROU P

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Olives Ornamentals Wheat

15

Portugal

Wheat : n/a

Romania

Wheat species: Triticum aestivum

59 63 59 9 9 9

43 43 43

567 503

600

0 0 00 0 00 0 0 75 75 75

2 2 20 0 019 22 10 0 0 0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

2022 2023 2024

OVERVIEW AVAIL ABILITY OF ORGANIC/IN - CONVERSION PRM - PORTUGAL 2022 - 2024

NU M BER OF VA R I ET I ES P ER CROP S GROU P

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Olives Ornamentals Wheat

12 12

1 00 0

48 39

0 00 00 0 4 7

0 00 00 00 3

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

2023 2024

OVERVIEW AVAIL ABILITY OF ORGANIC/IN - CONVERSION PRM - ROMANIA 2023 - 2024

NU M BER OF VA R I ET I ES P ER CROP S GROU P

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Olives Ornamentals Wheat

16

Slovakia

Wheat species: Triticum aestivum and Triticum spelta

Slovenia

Wheat species: Triticum spelta, triticum turgidum, triticum aestivum

0 0 0

3

9

6

2 2 1

2 2

00 0 00 0 00 0 00

3

1 0 0 00 0 00 0 0

9 9

6

0

2

4

6

8

10

2022 2023 2024

OVERVIEW AVAIL ABILITY OF ORGANIC/IN - CONVERSION PRM - SLOVAKIA 2022 - 2024

NU M BER OF VA R I E T I E S P ER CROP S GROU P

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Olives Ornamentals Wheat

73 77 6624 23 2014 13 15

888 821

676

164 138 183

0 0 00 0 056 53 525 4 40 0 012 12 106 4 4 0

200

400

600

800

1000

2022 2023 2024

OVERVIEW AVAIL ABILITY OF ORGANIC/IN - CONVERSION PRM - SLOVENIA 2022 - 2024

N U M BE R OF VA R I ET I ES P ER CROP S GROU P

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Olives Ornamentals Wheat

17

Spain

Wheat species Triticum aestivum, triticum durum

Sweden

Wheat species Triticum aestivum L.

9 25 215 12 815 47 1

653

518

42 0 0 00 0 00 0 0

57 53 41 1 00 0 010 1 111 8 3

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700

2022 2023 2024

OVERVIEW AVAIL ABILITY OF ORGANIC/IN - CONVERSION PRM - SPAIN 2022 - 2024

NU M BER OF VA R I ET I ES P E R CROP S GROU P

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Olives Ornamentals Wheat

49 35 4367 67 6450 91

50

555 548 532

82 65 49 0 0 00 0 0

81 70 386 1 120 0 019 6 1336 31 29

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

2022 2023 2024

OVERVIEW AVAILABILITY OF ORGANIC/IN - CONVERSION PRM - SWEDEN 2022 - 2024

NU M BER OF VA R I ET I ES P ER CROP S GROU P

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Olives Ornamentals Wheat

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1.4. NUMBER OF OPERATORS INTRODUCING DATA ON AVAILABILITY FOR ORGANIC AND

IN-CONVERSION PRM IN THE NATIONAL DATABASES AND SYSTEMS

Below the table is displaying the “Number of operators in organic PRM”, submitted by the Member States in the “DATA ON AVAILABILITY OF ORGANIC AND IN-CONVERSION PRM” file. The empty cells refer to “no data provided by the MS”.

MS 2024 PRM 2023 PRM 2022 PRM Austria 29 29 26 Belgium 12 - 8 Bulgaria - 6 3 Croatia 17 17 30 Cyprus - - - Czechia 38 - - Denmark 47 44 - Estonia 10 14 19 Finland 22 26 - France 80 - - Germany 123 115 - Greece - - - Hungary - 8 6 Ireland 15 - - Italy 148 152 106 Latvia 17 17 17 Lithuania 10 11 17 Luxembourg 2 3 3 Malta - - - Netherlands 55 - - Poland - 17 22 Portugal - - - Romania - - - Slovakia - 4 - Slovenia 13 13 13 Spain 12 34 30 Sweden 28 27 -

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2. Provisions point 1.8.5.6 of Part I of Annex II to Reg.(EU) 2018/848 (Category I list : no derogable crops)

Member State

Number of species listed 2023

Number of species 2024

BE ±30 species > 20 species (mainly vegetables, zea mays, avena strigosa , spelta and triticosecale)

BG No list No list CZ Few fodder species No list DK ± 20 species > 50 species (mainly fodder spp, soya, sunflower,

triticosecale, zea mays, fagopyron esculentum) DE ± 50 species >30 species (mainly fodder spp, avena spp,

triticale, winter wheat, zea mays, fagopyron esculentum, sugar beet, etc)

EE No list No list IE No list No list EL No list 1 specie ( alfa alfae) ES 12 species 9 species (vegetables and fruit)

FR ± 50 species > 50 species (mainly vegetables spp, avena spp,

secale sp, triticale, triticum spelta, aestivum and durum , zea mays, hordeum sp, soya, sunflower, etc…)

HR NO list No list IT 9 species 8 species ( Avena sativa, Medicago sativa ssp

sativa, Triticum dicoccum, T.monococcum, T.durum, T.aestivum, Hordeum vulgare, Trifolium alexandrinum)

CY No list No list LV No list No list LT No list No list LU ± 30 species > 30 species (mainly fodder spp, avena spp,

triticale, winter wheat, zea mays, fagopyron esculentum, sugar beet, etc)

HU No list No list MT No list No list NL ± 60 species > 90 species (most fodder species, vegetables,

ornamentals too, avena spp, fagopyrum esculentum, hordeum spp, secale spp, triticosecale, triticum aestivum and spelta, zea mays)

AT No list No list PL No list No list PT >35 species (mainly fodder and vegetables spp,

avena spp, hordeum spp, winter wheat, zea mays, fagopyron esculentum, oryza spp, secale

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3. Provisions point 1.8.5.7 of Part I of Annex II to Reg.(EU) 2018/848 (list general derogations)

Member State

Number of species 2023 Number of species 2024

BE Hundreds of species Hundreds species (ornamentals, vegetables, fruit, vitis, fodder, herbs, triticum durum and spelta, sorghum spp, secale )

BG NO data NO data CZ Fodder mixtures NO data DK > 120 species (ornamentals, vegetables, fodder,

fungi, fruit, vitis) DE The Länder grant general authorisations for

groups of varieties of certain species. The list of species and groups of varieties with the general approval of the Länder authorities is identical for all Länder. It shall be revised at regular intervals. A list of hundreds of species /varieties is available.

>1100 species (ornamentals, vegetables, fruit, vitis, fodder, herbs, avena sativa (4 cv) , hordeum spp ( 3 cv) , secale ( 2 cv) sorghum spp, T aestivum ( 3 cv) zea mays)

EE Hundreds of species reported under general derogations

Hundreds of species reported under general derogations (hordeum spp, zea mays, avena sativa, secale, sorghum, triticum aestivum , sunflower, fodder, fruit, vegetables , ornamentals, vitis)

IE No data No data EL NO data No data ES 4 species > 70 species ( avena , secale, sorghum, triticale,T

aestivum sunflower, fodder, olea, fruit, vitis , vegetables)

FR Special list for varieties of fodder seed mixtures with a minimum of 70% organic seed - Tree and wine species - PRM from non-organic mother plants

Special list for varieties of fodder seed mixtures with a minimum of 70% organic seed - Tree and wine species - PRM from non-organic mother plants - PRM purchased in DROMs for DROM operators

HR No general derogation applied

spp, sorghum spp, triticosecale triticum aestivum and durum , sunflower , olea, etc)

RO No list No list SI No list No list SK No list No list FI 5 species 12 species ( fodder spp, fruit spp, triticum

aestivum , secale,) SE 3 species 4 species plus sprouts ( T.aestivum, ledpidium,

tulipa and nasturtium)

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IT >1000 species >1000 species (avena strigosa and sorghum spp, ornamentals, fodder, vegetables and herbs, berries and fruit)

CY No general derogation applied No general derogation applied LV > 150 species ( zea mays, fodder, vegetables, fruit) LT >120 species > 150 species (zea mays, fodder, vegetables, fruit) LU Hundreds of species > 800 species(vegetables, fruit, vitis, fodder, avena

sativa , hordeum secale triticale ,T aestivum,etc ) HU No data No data MT No general derogation applied No general derogation applied NL >60 species ( ornamentals, fodder, vegetables, soya,

sunflower, herbs, secale, sorghum bicolor, triticale, zea mays saccharata, vitis, berries, etc. )

AT >60 species >60 species ( fodder spp, oil crops, all vegetables except if listed in dbase - all seedlings except seedlings of species that have a cultivation cycle completed in one growing season from the transplantation of the seedling to the first harvest of product – vegetative plant reproductive material)

PL No general derogation applied No general derogation applied PT No general derogation applied >35 species (vegetables, avena spp, sunflower,

hordeum spp, fodder spp, oryza spp, secale, sorghum spp, triticale , t.aestivum and durum , zea mays , olea, vitis )

RO No data No data SI No general derogation applied SK ±50 species >200 species (fodder, fruit, vitis, herbs,

ornamentals, fagopyrum esculentum, vegetables, zea mays, panicum miliaceum, sorghum )

FI Hundreds of species Hundreds of species (Cereals, oil fibre crops, fodder, vegetables and herbs, berries fruit and woody plants, fungus and ornamentals )

SE General exemptions for several species 15 species (fodder species)

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4. Individual derogations

Operators may apply for individual derogations.

4.1 Overview total number of individual derogations per MS per year (all species) - in accordance with provisions of point 1.8.5.1 (a), (b), (c), (d) of Part I of Annex II to regulation (EU) 2018/848.

1. 2024

MS (a) (b) (c) (d)

Austria 2391 2824 4520 156

Belgium 223 99 2239 331

Bulgaria 1181 0 29 18

Croatia 689 59 370 11

Cyprus 1206 0 0 0

Czechia 1750 0 777 645

Denmark 702 50 1329 775

Estonia 0 0 209 0

Finland 37 8 272 96

France 0 43196 17898 1900

Germany 2554 1031 7800 719

Greece

324110 (all points merged a, b, c, d) not aggregated with others given the outlier value plus not clear whether individual or

general derogations

Hungary 3922 3 1004 0

Ireland 2539 104 366 51

Italy 0 4385 82920 425

Latvia 460 5 48 30

Lithuania 543 0 365 2

Luxembourg 16 0 36 314

Malta NO DATA NO DATA NO DATA NO DATA

23

Netherlands 482 509 1306 69

Poland 2223 33 1434 618

Portugal 469 6 96 19

Romania 5551 53 978 79

Slovakia 168 0 15 0

Slovenia 566 54 1592 29

Spain 8582 634 25381 307

Sweden 192 128 78 1

Total 36446 53181 151062 6595

2023

MS (a) (b) (c) (d)

Austria 2470 3135 4723 75

Belgium 204 78 1467 104

Bulgaria 924 2 59 1

Croatia 652 80 302 0

Cyprus 1257 0 0 0

Czechia 1516 0 489 268

Denmark 1179 27 1250 376

Estonia 0 0 255 0

Finland 31 14 523 46

France 0 37910 27913 1564

Germany 3129 780 8682 1743

Greece 58508 (all points merged a,b,c,d) not aggregated with others, as

not clear whether individual or general derogations

Hungary 4421 16 645 22

Ireland 2337 341 225 26

24

Italy 0 4474 80690 747

Latvia 1312 17 133 28

Lithuania 3298 9 779 122

Luxembourg 11 0 38 300

Malta NO DATA NO DATA NO DATA NO DATA

Netherlands 2446 (all points merged a,b,c,d) aggregated with C as

mainly applied

Poland NO DATA NO DATA NO DATA NO DATA

Portugal 2590 4 147 3

Romania 5606 218 439 64

Slovakia 1957 0 45 8

Slovenia 704 98 1581 78

Spain 8543 650 31841 544

Sweden 39 32 96 0

Total 42180 47885 164768 6119

2022

MS (a) (b) (c) (d)

Austria 2871 3219 4902 121

Belgium 282 111 1736 178

Bulgaria 868 8 127 0

Croatia 697 142 171 1

Cyprus NO DATA NO DATA NO DATA NO DATA

Czechia 1973 0 454 286

Denmark 1442 108 1456 228

Estonia 0 0 267 0

Finland 1059 (of them 585 point c – the rest 474 is aggregated with

a)

25

France 2765 ( all merged a,b,c,d -only fruit and grape species –

aggregated with C as mainly applied)

Germany 4309 1090 9707 1735

Greece NO DATA NO DATA NO DATA NO DATA

Hungary 1048 0 51 0

Ireland 1856 131 751 14

Italy 0 5029 91028 562

Latvia 1506 49 0 10

Lithuania 1449 678 227 1

Luxembourg 35 19 46 211

Malta NO DATA NO DATA NO DATA NO DATA

Netherlands 2582 (all points merged a,b,c,d - aggregated with C as

mainly applied

Poland 2871 57 1971 916

Portugal 829 141 289 3

Romania 5292 96 250 0

Slovakia 1862 0 32 41

Slovenia NO DATA NO DATA NO DATA NO DATA

Spain 6036 609 29173 1158

Sweden 294 270 170 11

Total 35994 11757 148740 5476

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4.2 Individual derogations granted to use non-organic PRM from 2022 to 2024.

Operators may apply for individual derogations. Data on number of individual derogations issued for main crop group and per year have been extracted for each MS as follows.

Crop groups for overview on derogations:

Cereals: Barley (Hordeum vulgare), maize (Zea mays), oat (Avena spp.), rye (Secale cereale), triticale (Triticosecale spp.)

Wheat: Triticum spp

Leguminosae Dried Pulses: Lupins (Lupinus spp.), peas (Pisum sativum), beans (Phaseoulus spp)

Vegetables: broccoli (Brassica oleracea italica), carrots (Daucus carota), cauliflower (Brassica oleracea botrytis), cucumber (Cucumis sativus), endives (Cichorium spp), lettuce (Lactuca sativa), melons (Cucumis melo), onions (Allium cepa, proliferum, fistolosum), pumpkins (Cucurbita spp.), tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum), potato(Solanum tuberosum)

Oilseeds: rape-seed (Brassica napus), sunflower (Helianthus annuus), soybeans (Glycine

max), linseed (Linum usitatissimum)

Industrial crops Sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris var saccharifera) hemp (Cannabis sativa) Hops (Humulus lupulus),

Aromatic herbs: Parsley (Petroselinum crispum), basilicum ( Ocinum basilicum ) Cumin (Carum carvi) Salvia spp Anethum spp

Fruit Apple (Malus domestica), Pear (Pyrus communis) - Prunus spp – Citrus spp

Grape Vitis spp.

Fodder Trifolium spp, Vicia spp, Medicago spp Pisum spp Lotus spp Lolium spp Poa spp Festuca spp Dactlylis spp Panicum spp and fodder mixtures

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Austria

Wheat species: triticum aestivum, triticum durum, triticum monococcum, triticum turgidum

Belgium

Wheat species: triticum aestivum, triticum spelta, triticum durum

75 46 44

1331 1216 1059

4211

6022

5031

2483

710

1962

32 9 803 0 286223 140 108278 265 230

1257 1075 905 400 268 544

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

2022 2023 2024

DATA ON INDIVIDUAL DEROGATIONS TO USE NON ORGANIC PRM - AUSTRIA

2022 - 2024

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Wheat

68 25 25

463

104 252

527 488 494

1028

553

1174

97 324

184 0 0 00 0 080 171 177

31 1 6398 0 188

0

500

1000

1500

2022 2023 2024

DATA ON INDIVIDUAL DEROGATIONS TO USE NON ORGANIC PRM - BELGIUM

2022 - 2024

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Wheat

28

Bulgaria

Wheat species: Triticum aestivum L, Triticum turgidum L. subsp. durum (Desf.) Husn, Triticum monococcum L, Triticum spelta L. subsp. spelta (L.) Thell

Croatia

Wheat species: triticum spelta, triticum aestivum

14 15 25

94 105 115 78

99 96

221 215

294

252

162

234

48 10 48 8 924 39 34

76 74 62 38 39 31

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

2022 2023 2024

DATA ON INDIVIDUAL DEROGATIONS TO USE NON ORGANIC PRM - BULGARIA

2022-2024

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Wheat

6 19 13

84 61

82 102

134 135141 122 130

61

112 111

37 31 30 13 21 1821

84

25

60 68 75

31 24 22

0

50

100

150

2022 2023 2024

DATA ON INDIVIDUAL DEROGATIONS TO USE NON ORGANIC PRM - CROATIA

2022-2024

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Wheat

29

Cyprus

Wheat species: Triticum aestivum, triticum durum

Czechia

Wheat species: Triticum aestivum, Triticum spelta, Triticum durum

18 28 3037 82 71

150 120 109

293

369

305

26 28 1213 16 38 9 14 68

0

88

0 0 0 59

92 68

0

100

200

300

400

2022 2023 2024

DATA ON INDIVIDUAL DEROGATIONS TO USE NON ORGANIC PRM - CYPRUS

2022-2024

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Wheat

60 32 64 172 170

537

174 149

481

782 637

760

92 72 199

9 25 056 53 7193 75

252

75 77 86121 101 251

0

200

400

600

800

1000

2022 2023 2024

DATA ON INDIVIDUAL DEROGATIONS TO USE NON ORGANIC PRM - CZECH REPUBLIC

2022-2024

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Wheat

30

Denmark

Wheat species: Triticum aestivum L. and Triticum monococcum

Estonia

Wheat species: Triticum aestivum

55 69 53

364

89

198

108 99 123

259

444

614

251 256 195

121 44

122 60

11 225 1 2

136

18 113 0 38

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

2022 2023 2024

DATA ON INDIVIDUAL DEROGATIONS TO USE NON ORGANIC PRM - DENMARK

2022-2024

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Wheat

0 0 0

125 128

74 61 64 60

0 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 0

57 44

59

0

50

100

150

2022 2023 2024

DATA ON INDIVIDUAL DEROGATIONS TO USE NON ORGANIC PRM - ESTONIA

2022-2024

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Wheat

31

Finland

Wheat species: Triticum aestivum

France

Wheat species: Triticum aestivum, Triticum monococcum, Triticum durum, Triticum turgidum

0 0

170 196208

7867

45 10 00 00 01 416

49

0

50

100

150

200

250

2023 2024

DATA ON INDIVIDUAL DEROGATIONS TO USE NON ORGANIC PRM - FINLAND

2023-2024

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Wheat

0 395 4830 836 6310

15298

10555

0

17396 16815

2381 1070 321384 1229 1560

2431 2473 0

2677 2370 0

4767 3621

0 27 16 0

5000

10000

15000

20000

2022 2023 2024

DATA ON INDIVIDUAL DEROGATIONS TO USE NON ORGANIC PRM - FRANCE

2022-2024

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Wheat

32

Germany

Wheat species: Triticum aestivum, triticum dicoccum, triticum durum, triticum monococcum, triticum spelta, triticum turgidum, triticum vulgare

Greece

Wheat species: Triticum dicoccum, Triticum aestivum, Triticum durum

525 467 484

1780

560 356 1044 1372

930

7569

6602 6050

1237 805 748544

0 0319 9 9 578 424 253

1134 539 269552 229 189

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

2022 2023 2024

DATA ON INDIVIDUAL DEROGATIONS TO USE NON ORGANIC PRM - GERMANY

2022-2024

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Wheat

1147

13120 16092

9949

57 0 1 3887

1251

8503

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

2023

DATA ON INDIVIDUAL DEROGATIONS TO USE NON ORGANIC PRM - GREECE

2023

Aromatic herbs Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Wheat

33

Hungary

Wheat species: Triticum aestivum, Triticum dicoccum, Triticum durum, Triticum monococcum, Triticum spelta and Triticum turgidum ssp. Dicoccon.

Ireland

Wheat species: Triticum aestivum

0 96 107

234

756 665

205

837 818

93

931

823

45

188 239

21 40 72 4

77 74 120

201 194 134

466 384

80

262 234

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900

1000

2022 2023 2024

DATA ON INDIVIDUAL DEROGATIONS TO USE NON ORGANIC PRM - HUNGARY

2022 - 2024

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Wheat

32 6 1227 23 31

175 163 142

331 229

278

80 132 122

0 6

174

15 12 321 42 3131 33 3315 5 19 0

200

400

2022 2023 2024

DATA ON INDIVIDUAL DEROGATIONS TO USE NON ORGANIC PRM - IRELAND

2022 - 2024

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Wheat

34

Italy

Wheat species: Triticum dicoccum, Triticum monococcum, Triticum durum, Triticum turgidum, Triticum aestivum, Triticum spelta

Latvia

Wheat species: Triticum aestivum and Triticum turgidum L. subsp. durum (Desf.) van Slageren

527 591 543

9040

3401

5870

12140 13956 13410

20978

17962

15569

3983 4328 3380

11028 11852 10639

8 9 0

2650 2455 2328

5723 6607 5559

16197

7994

10969

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

2022 2023 2024

DATA ON INDIVIDUAL DEROGATIONS TO USE NON ORGANIC PRM - ITALY 2022 - 2024

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Wheat

1 1 0 68 73 43

79 76 6678 31 1720 3 00 0 04 4 534 19 1412 6 436 27 20

0

100

2022 2023 2024

DATA ON INDIVIDUAL DEROGATIONS TO USE NON ORGANIC PRM - LATVIA

2022-2024

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dries pulses Oilseeds

Wheat

35

Lithuania

Wheat species: T.astivum, dicoccum, durum and spelta

Luxembourg

Wheat species : Triticum aestivum

25 19 6

510 583

215

787

468 366

63 145

180 0 00 0 01 53 0

287 412

79 1

158 15

433 450

155

0

200

400

600

800

1000

2022 2023 2024

DATA ON INDIVIDUAL DEROGATIONS TO USE NON ORGANIC PRM - LITHUANIA

2022-2024

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Wheat

2 0 0

59 53 53

6

27 28

0

36 28

8 9 5 0 0 02 0 1

42 36 33

20 23 23

49 42

49

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

2022 2023 2024

DATA ON INDIVIDUAL DEROGATIONS TO USE NON ORGANIC PRM - LUXEMBOURG

2022 - 2024

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Wheat

36

Malta

Malta did not provide any data.

Netherlands

Wheat species: Triticum aestivum, triticum dicoccum, triticum spelta

Poland

Wheat species: Triticum aestivum

23 20 3315 12 6142 22 67

517 663

1187

31 27 220 0 032 26 055 79 166

3 1 810 5 5 0

200 400 600 800

1000 1200 1400

2022 2023 2024

DATA ON INDIVIDUAL DEROGATIONS TO USE NON ORGANIC PRM - NETHERLANDS

2022 - 2024

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Wheat

43 28 334

696

158

486 706

1290

89 33 166

3729 66

600

1296

85 104180 150

0

500

1000

1500

2022 2024

DATA ON INDIVIDUAL DEROGATIONS TO USE NON ORGANIC PRM - POLAND

2022; 2024

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Wheat

37

Portugal

Wheat species: Triticum aestivum, triticum durum

Romania

Wheat species: Triticum aestivum, Triticum durum desf., Triticum monococcum and Triticum spelta.

0 0 1

218 230

0

383

721

86 130 125

95 42

163

81

12

81

09 3 6

145

249

24 2 013 18 0 0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

2022 2023 2024

DATA ON INDIVIDUAL DEROGATIONS TO USE NON ORGANIC PRM - PORTUGAL

2022 - 2024

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds Wheat

26 34 28

1265 1324 1671

826 1166

1534

362 489 625 112 74 413 11 519 37 28201 356 195

1610 1677 1549

1014 868 595

0

1000

2000

2022 2023 2024

DATA ON INDIVIDUAL DEROGATIONS TO USE NON ORGANIC PRM - ROMANIA

2022 - 2023

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Wheat

38

Slovakia

Wheat species: Triticum aestivum L., Triticum durum Desf. and Triticum spelta L

Slovenia

Wheat species: Triticum spelta, triticum aestivum

21 6 0

267 247

58

695

820

3376 42 04 4 00 20 016 3 0

131 158

16 107 77

20

158 167

7 0

100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900

2022 2023 2024

DATA ON INDIVIDUAL DEROGATIONS TO USE NON ORGANIC PRM - SLOVAKIA

2022 - 2024

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder Fresh vegetables

Fruit Grape Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses

Oilseeds Wheat

17 10 92 114

430

341

716

620

206 161

96 8386 9479 8075 91 6 11

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

2023 2024

DATA ON INDIVIDUAL DEROGATIONS TO USE NON ORGANIC PRM - SLOVENIA

2023 - 2024

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder Fresh vegetables

Fruit Grape Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses

Oilseeds Wheat

39

Spain

Wheat species: Triticum aestivum, triticum durum, triticum turanicum, triticum monococcum

Sweden

Wheat species: Triticum aestivum

238 285 257 2387

4111 3327 2357

4940 4397

13794 13605 11534

830 808 624537 815 813272 292 3061032 1583 1248432 836 883765 1136 865

0 2000 4000 6000 8000

10000 12000 14000 16000

2022 2023 2024

DATA ON INDIVIDUAL DEROGATIONS TO USE NON ORGANIC PRM - SPAIN

2022-2024

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Wheat

3 2 0

456

49

251

0 3 1

140 86 67

0 0 00 0 00 0 0 48

5 240 0 0 49

1 36

0

100

200

300

400

500

2022 2023 2024

DATA ON INDIVIDUAL DEROGATIONS TO USE NON ORGANIC PRM - SWEDEN

2022-2024

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder Fresh vegetables

Fruit Grape Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses

Oilseeds Wheat

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5. GENERAL DEROGATIONS

The following graphs on cereals and wheat are based on quantitative data expressed in weight from a group of Member States (BE, EE, FIN, DE, LU, PT, ES) who reported every year or for a period of at least two years, for both cereals and wheat species

Belgium

243830

25651 34104

0

50000

100000

150000

200000

250000

300000

2022 2023 2024 Quantity in Kg of the following species: avena spp., hordeum vulgare, secale cereale,

triticosecale spp., zea mays, for a total of 42 (2022), 53 (2023), 63 (2024) varieties.

DATA ON GENERAL DEROGATIONS (CEREALS EXCEPT WHEAT) - BELGIUM

2022-2024

41

Estonia

42

Finland

43

Germany

44

Luxembourg

45

Portugal

46

Spain

47

6. OVERVIEW OF INDIVIDUAL DEROGATIONS DATA GROUPED BY GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS

1. Central Europe: Austria, Belgium, Czechia, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands

2. Eastern Europe: Bulgaria, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia

3. Northern Europe: Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Ireland, Latvia, Sweden

4. Southern Europe: Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain

Graph 1 depicts the total number of individual derogations granted to use non-organic PRM from 2022 to 2024. Graph 2 shows the total number of individual derogations granted to use non-organic PRM from 2022 to 2024, divided per crops groups. Graph 3 reflects the latter in percentage of the total.

6.1. Central Europe

48

2871 9720

46968

66952

7753 2636 5953 8334 13978 3144

0

20000

40000

60000

80000

Total

Total number of individual derogations issued in Central Europe, divided per crops groups

2022-2024

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Wheat

1,71 5,78

27,91

39,78

4,61 1,57 3,54

4,95 8,30

1,87

Total number of individual derogations issued in Central Europe (expressed in %), divided per crops groups

2022-2024

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Wheat

49

6.2. Eastern Europe

12177 13509

16300

0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

12000

14000

16000

18000

2022 2023 2024

Total number of individual derogations issued per year in Eastern Europe

50

483

8903 8521

6542

1499 297 436

4112

6499

4694

0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

Total

Total number of individual derogations issued in Eastern Europe, divided per crops groups

2022-2024

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae Oilseeds

Wheat

1,15

21,20

20,29

15,58 3,57

0,711,04

9,79

15,48

11,18

Total number of individual derogations issued in Eastern Europe (expressed in %), divided per crops

groups 2022-2024

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae Oilseeds

Wheat

51

6.3. Northern Europe

6162

5659

5231

4600

4800

5000

5200

5400

5600

5800

6000

6200

6400

2022 2023 2024

Total number of individual derogations issued per year in Northern Europe

239

2976

6514

3814

1129

302 295 458 741 584

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

Total

Total number of individual derogations issued in Northern Europe, divided per crops groups

2022-2024

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae Oilseeds

Wheat

52

6.4. Southern Europe

1,40 17,45

38,20

22,37

6,62

1,771,73 2,69 4,35 3,42

Total number of individual derogations issued in Northern Europe (expressed in %), divided per

crops groups 2022-2024

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae Oilseeds

Wheat

107102

156388

97625

0

20000

40000

60000

80000

100000

120000

140000

160000

180000

2022 2023 2024

Total number of individual derogations issued per year in Southern Europe

53

3754

42717

70282

107204

15013

36086

205

16114 21788

46987

0

20000

40000

60000

80000

100000

120000

Total

Total number of individual derogations issued in Southern Europe, divided per crops groups

2022-2024

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Wheat

1,04 11,83

19,46

29,69

4,16

9,99

0,32 4,46

6,03

13,01

Total number of individual derogations issued in Southern Europe (expressed in %), divided per crops

groups 2022-2024

Aromatic herbs and spices Cereals (except wheat) Fodder

Fresh vegetables Fruit Grape

Industrial crops Leguminosae dried pulses Oilseeds

Wheat

54

7. Other relevant information on availability of organic PRM and organic varieties suitable to organic production

Organic heterogeneous material, organic varieties and organic plant reproductive material

The organic Regulation has introduced among others new definitions for organic varieties and organic

heterogeneous material suitable for organic production. Organic PRM may be produced using organic

varieties, organic heterogeneous material and also conventional varieties1 when produced in compliance

with provisions of point 1.8.2. of Part I of Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/848.

Beyond this, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/11892 supplementing the organic Regulation on

the production and marketing of PRM of organic heterogeneous material provided detailed rules for the

production and marketing of this new type of heterogeneous organic PRM. It is worth briefly recalling the

importance of genetic heterogeneity which can enhance crop capability to adapt to site-specific conditions

and is “becoming increasingly important in climate change adaptation efforts”3.

Until May 2026 there have been 66 notifications of listed organic heterogeneous material by 11 Member

States (CZ, DK, DE, FR, IT, HU, NL, AT, PL, PT, SI). They concern mainly cereals and horticultural crops

as follows: Zea mays (15),Triticum aestivum (14), Triticum durum (7) Triticale spp (1) , Secale cereale (5),

Allium fistulosum (1), Beta vulgaris spinach beet (1), Capsiuum annum (1), Cucurbita pepo(2), Cucumis

melo (1), Helianthus annuus (2) Phaseolus vulgaris(4) Phaseolus coccineus(1), Lactuca sativa (1), Solanum

melongena (1), Solanum lycopersicum (2), Vicia faba (3), Raphanus sativus (2), Pisum sativum (1)

Hordeum vulgare (1).

In relation to organic varieties, Commission Implementing Directives 2022/16474 and 2022/16485 had been

adopted. They introduce a certain flexibility of implementation of the uniformity standards of the

Distinctness Uniformity Stability (DUS) protocols for organic varieties of barley, maize, rye, wheat, carrot

and kohlrabi. Indeed, not all organic varieties may meet the set DUS criteria, as varieties intended for

organic production are characterised by a high level of genetic and phenotypical diversity between

individual reproductive units, hence the standards for uniformity defined in the existing DUS protocols and

1 However, not GMOs and not derived from GMOs in compliance with Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 2 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1189 of 7 May 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European

Parliament and of the Council as regards the production and marketing of plant reproductive material of organic heterogeneous

material of particular genera or species (OJ L 258, 20.7.2021, pp. 18) ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2021/1189/oj 3 FAO 3 report 2025 biodiversity.pdf 4 Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2022/1647 of 23 September 2022 amending Directive 2003/90/EC as

regards a derogation for organic varieties of agricultural plant species suitable for organic production (OJ L 248,

26.9.2022, pp. 46) ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir_impl/2022/1647/oj 5 Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2022/1648 of 23 September 2022 amending Directive 2003/91/EC as

regards a derogation for organic varieties of vegetable species suitable for organic production(OJ L 248, 26.9.2022,

pp. 52) ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir_impl/2022/1648/oj

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guidelines of the Community Plant Varieties Office (CPVO) and International Union for the Protection of

new Varieties of Plants (UPOV) are not always suitable for organic varieties.

In practice, these Directives offer the possibility to deviate from the existing DUS examination protocols

for the abovementioned species and provide for requirements for value for cultivation and use (VCU)

examination that are more adapted for organic varieties. However, organic operators, when using the

possibility to deviate from uniformity standards cannot anymore protect their varieties by plant variety rights

for which application of the DUS protocols is required without any deviation. In practice therefore breeders

of organic varieties aim to respect, whenever possible, the DUS protocols using the already allowed

flexibility for species set therein.

In particular, depending on the biology of a species, e.g. for open-pollinated species, DUS are not always

an obstacle for organic breeders interested to register their varieties. Despite the derogations provided under

the abovementioned directives, up to know there has been no registration of any variety that meets the

definition of “organic variety suitable for organic production” set under the Organic Regulation. It has been

informally reported by stakeholders that around 150 varieties could have been qualified as organic varieties

This indicated difficulties of the breeders to meet the regulatory definition of “organic varieties” in particular

having an increased genetic and phenotypical diversity between individual reproductive units and proving

their breeding has taken place under “organic conditions”.

On the other side, stakeholders demand having the possibility to deviate from uniformity standards for as

many species as possible and experts insist on the concept “adjusted DUS protocol” not “changed DUS

protocols” as what is demanded is more flexibility for certain defined traits of each species6.

Moreover, it has also been reported that companies used to test conventional varieties under organic VCU

to promote their varieties, but as they are not bred under organic conditions, they cannot be labelled “organic

variety suitable for organic production”. On this subject, stakeholders asked the Commission to explore the

possibility of amending the Organic Regulation to clarify further the organic breeding definition.

Note also that, until 31 December 2030, Member States should report, to the Commission and the other

Member States, by 31 December of each year, on the number of applications and results of the organic DUS

and VCU examinations performed in compliance with the above-mentioned Directives, to ensure the regular

review of those requirements and further assess the need to amend, remove or also apply them to other

species. From the data collated so far: only a few Member States reported to the Commission on the breeding

of organic varieties in particular from the last collation of information at end 2025, and only 2 Member

States reported a total of 8 applications concerning 7 Triticum aestivum varieties and 1 for Hordeum vulgare.

As there are no registered organic varieties yet in the EU, organic seed and other PRM marketed in the

Union is seed/PRM produced under organic conditions but belongs to registered varieties that have not been

bred under organic conditions. Otherwise, also the derogation for using non-organic seed/PRM still applies

until 2036.

6 Policy Brief Liveseeding September 2025: Organic Eprints - Policy brief - Definition of Organic Plant Breeding for

registration of Organic Varieties suitable for organic production

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The Liveseeding Project has published interesting information from a survey on the European organic plant

breeding sector 7 aiming to identify technical, economic and regulatory challenges that organic breeders

face, and to analyse market opportunities and new organic trends. The survey received 140 responses in

total, most of them from countries in Central and Western Europe and Switzerland. The survey shows that

40.7% of respondents plan to increase their investment in the next 3-5 years and 35.7% to more or less

maintain levels of current investment.

“Almost all respondents agree that organic seed production is technically more challenging producing

comparison to conventional seed production in terms of yield losses/volatility, seed borne pests and diseases

and weed contamination, on the contrary, GMO contamination is not considered as an issue in organic

seed production most of the respondents also consider that organic seed production is technically more

challenging in terms of finding farmers willing to multiply the seed. Most important for better support of

the sector development: phasing out the derogations, governmental subsidies, establishing interaction

between policymakers and organic seed producers, less demanding legal framework for SME, less

demanding legal framework for OHM, Organic varieties, local, traditional cultivars and cultivars coming

from participatory and farmers’ plant breeding” 8.

Finally, several research projects under Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe have been or are still acting to

develop organic plant breeding and increase availability of organic varieties suitable to organic production,

among them Liveseeding9 and its precursor Liveseed10. These projects provide comprehensive analyses on

the state of play of organic seed supply as well as recommendations on how to reach 100% organic seed11.

7 Insights into the opportunities and bottlenecks in organic seed and plant breeding sector Liveseeding (13 February

2023) : LiveSeeding_Presentation-Template 8As well, a more recent publication reports that in France and Italy organic land for seed production is growing - Estimating

Supply and Demand of Organic Seeds in Europe Using Survey Data and MI Techniques -Sustainability 2022, 14, 10761.

https://doi.org/10.3390/su141710761 9 Liveseeding is a Horizon Europe project (October 2022-September 2026) involving 37 partners from 16 European countries –

Main objective of the project to foster the growth of the organic sector and transition towards more sustainable local food systems

by delivering high quality organic seeds of diverse cultivars adjusted to organic farming for a wide range of crops Organic seed

and plant breeding to accelerate sustainable and diverse food systems in Europe | LIVESEEDING | Project | Fact Sheet |

HORIZON | CORDIS | European Commission 10 Liveseed was a Horizon2020 Project (2017-2021): Improve performance of organic agriculture by boosting organic seed and plant breeding efforts across Europe | LIVESEED | Project | Fact Sheet | H2020 | CORDIS | European Commission 11 Liveseeding 2025 Updated and improved roadmap/decision tree to reach 100% organic seed

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8. LIST OF NATIONAL DATABASES ON ORGANIC and IN-CONVERSION PRM

MEMBER STATE LINK TO DATABASE

Belgium

https://www.organicxseeds.be/

Bulgaria

https://www.mzh.government.bg/bg/sektori/rastenievadstvo/biologichno-proizvodstvo/

Czechia

https://eagri.cz/public/portal/ukzuz/osivo-a-sadba/ekologicke-osivo/vyjimky-na-pouziti- konvencniho-osiva-v/prehled-eko-osiv

Denmark https://www.organicxseeds.dk/

Germany https://www.organicxseeds.de/

Estonia

https://pta.agri.ee/riiklikud-registrid-ja-andmekogud#mahe

Ireland https://ie.organicxseeds.com/

Greece https://www.minagric.gr/minagric-db-viologiki

Spain https://servicio.mapa.gob.es/ecosidwai/

France https://www.semences-plants-biologiques.org/#/

Croatia

https://poljoprivreda.gov.hr/ekoloska/199

Italy https://www.sian.it/conSpeBio/index.xhtml

Cyprus

http://www.moa.gov.cy/moa/da/da.nsf/All/0603C5B0EA4E332CC225879C0037FC2D?OpenDocumen t

Hungary https://portal.nebih.gov.hu/oko-vetomag

Latvia http://registri.vaad.gov.lv/reg/bio_seklas.aspx

Lithuania https://www.organicxseeds.lt

Luxembourg https://www.organicxseeds.lu/

Malta

https://ruralaffairs.gov.mt/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/availability-on-the-market-of-organic-and-

in-conversion-plant-reproductive-material.pdf

Netherlands https://www.organicxseeds.nl/

Austria

https://www.ages.at/pflanze/saat-und-pflanzgut/biosaatgut-datenbank

Poland https://www.gov.pl/web/piorin/wykaz

Portugal https://sementes.dgadr.pt/

Romania

https://www.madr.ro/agricultura-ecologica/baza-de-date-nationale-conform-prevederilor-omadr-nr-

71-2023.html

Slovenia https://www.gov.si/teme/ekoloska-pridelava/

Slovakia https://www.uksup.sk/databaza-bioosiv

Finland

https://www.ruokavirasto.fi/viljelijat/luomumaatilat/luomukasvit/Luomun- tuotantopanokset/luomulisaysaineistorekisteri/

Sweden https://se.organicxseeds.com

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PART II Organic animals including pullets

1. Summary national systems on availability of organic animals

MEMBER STATE LINK TO DATABASE

Belgium

HTTPS://EASY-AGRI.COM/

BINNENBRENGEN VAN NIET-BIOLOGISCHE DIEREN VOOR FOKDOELEINDEN IN

EEN BIOLOGISCHE PRODUCTIE-EENHEID | LANDBOUW EN ZEEVISSERIJ

Bulgaria

HTTPS://WWW.MZH.GOVERNMENT.BG/BG/SEKTORI/RASTENIEVADSTVO/BIOLOG

ICHNO-PROIZVODSTVO/SPISCI-PO-CHL26-OT-REGLAMENT-ES-2018848/

Czechia HTTPS://EAGRI.CZ/PUBLIC/APP/EAGRIAPP/EKO/INZERATY/PREHLED/

Denmark HTTPS://ORGANICXLIVESTOCK.DK

Germany HTTPS://ORGANICXLIVESTOCK.DE/

Estonia HTTPS://PTA.AGRI.EE/RIIKLIKUD-REGISTRID-JA-ANDMEKOGUD#MAHE

Ireland DATABASE FOR ORGANIC ANIMALS

Greece NONE

Spain HTTPS://SERVICIO.MAPA.GOB.ES/ECOSIDWAI/

France HTTPS://ANIMAUX-BIOLOGIQUES.ORG/ Croatia HTTPS://POLJOPRIVREDA.GOV.HR/EKOLOSKA/199

Italy HTTPS://WWW.SIAN.IT/ZOOTECNICA-PUBB/

Cyprus

HTTP://WWW.MOA.GOV.CY/MOA/DA/DA.NSF/ALL/0603C5B0EA4E332CC225879C003

7FC2D?OPENDOCUMENT

Hungary HTTPS://BIOREG.LDC.GOV.LV/SHOPPING/LIST

Latvia HTTPS://WWW.ORGANICXLIVESTOCK.LT

Lithuania HTTPS://ORGANICXLIVESTOCK.LU/

Luxembourg HTTPS://PORTAL.NEBIH.GOV.HU/OKO-ALLAT-ADATBAZIS

Malta

HTTPS://RURALAFFAIRS.GOV.MT/WP-

CONTENT/UPLOADS/2024/06/AVAILABILITY-ON-THE-MARKET-OF-ORGANIC-

ANIMALS.PDF

Netherlands HTTPS://ORGANICXLIVESTOCK.NL/

Austria

HTTPS://WWW.PIG.AT/ZUCHT/TIERVERKAUF/

HTTPS://WWW.ALMMARKT.COM

Poland HTTPS://WWW.GOV.PL/WEB/IJHARS/REJESTRY-ZWIERZAT

Portugal HTTPS://ANIMALBIO.DGADR.GOV.PT

Romania

HTTPS://WWW.MADR.RO/AGRICULTURA-ECOLOGICA/BAZA-DE-DATE-

NATIONALE-CONFORM-PREVEDERILOR-OMADR-NR-71-2023.HTML

Slovenia HTTPS://WWW.GOV.SI/TEME/EKOLOSKA-PRIDELAVA

Slovakia HTTPS://WWW.UKSUP.SK/POVOLENIA-V-ZIVOCISNEJ-VYROBE

Finland

HTTPS://WWW.RUOKAVIRASTO.FI/TEEMAT/LUOMU/LUOMUMAATILAT/LUOMUE

LAIMET/LUOMUELAINREKISTERI/

Sweden HTTPS://SE.ORGANICXLIVESTOCK.COM

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2. Situation on overall production of organic animals and animal products

The number of live animals reared as organic follows a downward trend for bovine (2% lower from 2021 to 2024)

and swine (15% lower from 2021 to 2024) (includes only data for swine, not fattening pigs and breeding sows).

Poultry (data only available for laying hens for eggs consumption; for broilers, laying hens, live poultry, there are no

available data from 2021 included). For laying hens producing eggs, the number of animals reared as organic dropped

7% from 2021 to 2024 (significantly from 2022 to 2023, followed by a slight increase in 2024). By contrast, organic

sheep rearing followed an upward trend, with a 9% increase in sheep production from 2021 to 2024.

There are no imports of organic live animals.

Meat production in volume also follows a downward trend between 2021 and 2024 (with reductions of 25% for pig

meat, 8% for sheep meat, 16% for poultry and 29% for chicken). Only bovine meat production stayed stable (1%

increase between 2021 and 2024)12.

The production of organic raw milk decreased by 7% in the same period. There are no data on eggs for consumption.

Data show that both live animals and animal products follow a decreasing pattern.

12 Data sources: Eurostat and TRACES for imports.

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3. Information received on derogations granted for organic animals

Number of derogations Total number of animals derogated

Number of operators

uploading information on

availability of organic

animals in the system

2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024

Belgium 430 268 269 4 612 152* 1 033 1 076 25 37 38

Bulgaria 1 3 10 123 4 82

Czechia 39 47 52 834 3 693 5 510

Denmark 8 168 17 627 7 16

Germany 2 064 1 852 1 723 1 247 107* 2 005 851* 5 099 87 335 428

Estonia 77 59 34 40 804 120 127 4 4 4

Ireland 396 846 2 970 5 310 4 631 1 57

Greece 149 113 334 378* 290 531*

Spain 311 392 672 5 782 8 233 7 419 1

France 8 21 38

Croatia 42 32 40 1 165 310 469 2 2

Italy 459 84 1 753 454

Cyprus 6 7 975

Hungary 5 83 1 51 2 99

Latvia 297 229 63 11 387 6,982 789 27

Lithuania 113 140 143 34 326 380 569 72

Luxembourg 39 32 43 52 967 148 76 1 5 7

Malta

Netherlands 128 141 199 474 907* 1 324 1 445 4

Austria 42 1 574 1 584 273 3 265 3 405 40 89

Poland 3 23 25 11 159 94 1

Portugal 207 322 86 31 836 1 389 355

Romania 7 167 560*

Slovenia 484 893 918 4 416 3 411 4 299 10 13

Slovakia 271 313 351 3 582 4 784 4 424 2 2 2

Finland 198 205 153 837 693 21 6 5

Sweden 429 413 390 1,415 1,363 1,261 10 17

Source: OFIS2 Member State reports. * Data reported by the Member States. These numbers are quite high

because it includes derogations for poultry, turkeys or ducks. Only for Germany it is related to pigs.

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4. Information received on derogations granted for pullets

Number of derogations

Total number of animals

derogated

2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024

Belgium 132 446 703

Bulgaria

Czechia

Denmark

Germany 293 885 606

Estonia

Ireland 7,743

Greece 143 113 333 878

Spain

France

Croatia 2 800

Italy

Cyprus 6 7 975

Latvia

Lithuania 7 33 500

Luxembourg 14 52 850

Hungary

Malta

Netherlands 40 473 954

Austria 42 1574 1584 273 3265 3405

Poland

Portugal 15 31 186

Romania 7 167 560

Slovenia 24 2 130

Slovakia

Finland

Sweden

Source: OFIS2 Member States reports.

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5. National definitions/guidelines of young poultry for each poultry species and category

AT - BE - BG – HR – CY – CZ – DK - EE – FI Gallus gallus (young hens) max 30 weeks, Gallus gallus (young broilers) max 12 weeks, Meleagris gallopavo

max 12 weeks. Defined in 6.6: https://www.ruokavirasto.fi/yritykset/oppaat/luomuelain/elaintuotannon-ehdot/#id-

66-kasviperaiset-rehuaineet FR chicken/pullets/guinea fowls under 18 weeks old; turkeys/ducks/geese age under 28 weeks old DE – EL – HU – IE Laying hens in the growth phase up until 30 weeks of age & considered young poultry up to 30 weeks. IT – LV – LT – LU – MT – NL – PL – PT – RO – SK – SI – ES – SE pullets, all fattening Gallus gallus slaughtered as "chicken". Breeding Gallus gallus and layers up to 27 to 30

weeks depending on hybrid (They stop to be "young" when they are fully grown up).

Source: OFIS2 Member States reports.

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PART III ORGANIC PROTEIN FEED intended for the nutrition of poultry and porcine animals

1. (Organic) protein feed supply in the EU13

The EU traditional protein feed supply situation reveals a mix of local and imported sources, with significant

reliance on imports for high-protein feed, especially soybeans and soybean meal predominantly from the

US, Brazil, and Argentina. Imported protein accounts for 23% of the protein used to feed EU livestock14.

The dairy sector is the main user of feed protein. Roughage accounts for 68% of the protein consumed by

dairy cows in the EU13. Dairy ranks second, behind pig sector, in the consumption of protein-rich feed (such

as oilseeds meals). The meat cattle sector relies mainly on roughage for feed (78% of protein consumed).

The picture is different for the pig and poultry sectors. These two sectors account for 64% of protein-rich

feed consumed in the EU. Import dependency and reliance on arable land is higher for these sectors.

In terms of the authorisations to use non-organic protein feed, bovine and sheep are not in principle not

covered while certain limitations apply to pigs (animals up to 35 kgs) and poultry (young animals).

However, Member States can authorise derogations for bovines in catastrophic circumstances. The

Commission is empowered15 to grant derogations on organic rules following a situation qualifying as

catastrophic circumstances deriving from an ‘adverse climatic event’, ‘animal diseases’, an ‘environmental

incident’, a ‘natural disaster’ or a ‘catastrophic event’16.

According to Member States notifications in OFIS, since 2023 there have been several derogations for

organic feed (protein feed thereof) namely in SE, ES, IT, PT, FI, DE, CZ, PL, SK, EE, NO, IE, mainly for

bovine and due to severe drought conditions leading to non-availability of organic feed. Last one was

granted in January 2026 (non-organic feed authorised due to scarcity caused by fires in ES)17.

The EU encourages sustainable practices in protein feed production, promoting grassland optimisation,

protein-rich plant cultivation, and sustainable livestock feeding to reduce dependency on imports and

improve resilience. Policies like CAP support initiatives aimed at strengthening the EU's local feed supply

chain and fostering value chains for EU-produced feeding material, ensuring environmental, economic, and

social sustainability but the EU has still not achieved autonomy in protein feed.

When it comes to organic, the lack of availability of organic protein feed in the EU jeopardises the continuity

of the organic production of bovine, sheep, older organic porcine animals and poultry that are not covered

by the authorisations allowing to feed up to 5 % of non-organic protein feed to young animals.

The basis for this analysis is the organic protein raw materials (Combined Nomenclature Codes) used for

poultry and pigs, as declared by Member States in OFIS. One of the main drawbacks while drafting this

13 Reducing the plan protein deficit of the EU - Agriculture and rural development 14 Oilseeds and protein crops - Agriculture and rural development 15 Article 22 of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 16 Supplementing Commission Delegated Regulation 2020/2146 setting up the exceptional production rules in organic farming

in case of catastrophic circumstances. 17 OFIS 2-adhoc report on Exceptional production rules in catastrophic circumstances

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report is the limited available statistics on organic protein feed and the different products grouping by

source. For production purposes, a range of crops which potentially could be used for protein feed

production has been selected. For imports, data are more precise, given the use of the Commission’s

TRACES tool, which has a dedicated section for trade in organic production.

The comparison between both datasets is not equivalent in terms of products used, but an estimation of the

same kind of products. See breakdown of in Annex V. In the absence of specific data on organics, it is

inferred the crops destinations for conventional production18, where the EU’s conventional cereals are

mostly used for animal feed (nearly two thirds); one third is directed at human consumption, while only 3%

is used for biofuels. Conventional oilseeds are used for food, feed, fuel and industrial purposes. Crushing

the oilseeds provides vegetables oils and meal. Vegetable oil is generally used in the food industry or to

produce biodiesel, while oilseed meals are an important component of animal feed.

Novel sources such as insects 19 , seaweed and microbial proteins have been identified as relevant

alternatives, to diversify feed protein supply and address the EU protein deficit20.

AREA (ha)

In 2019-2024 (2024 is the latest available year for data), the area devoted to organic crops that could

eventually be used for protein feed production increased 44% in absolute terms. However, from 2023 to

2024, the area dropped by 7%. Organic production in volume increased 53% from 2019 to 2024, with a

steady uptrend from 2019 to 2023 and a drop of 17% in 2024.

Source: Eurostat - organic farming statistics-fully converted areas.

18 Cereals - Agriculture and rural development - European Commission 19 EGTOP Final report on insect production for food and feed, 30 April 2025, 195359ad-b3df-490d-9772-961352db4c98_en 20 Albaladejo Román, A. (2023). EU protein strategy (Briefing, PE 751.426). European Parliamentary Research Service.

European Parliament.

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2023/751426/EPRS_BRI(2023)751426_EN.pdf

2,1

2,4

3,4

3,7 3,8

3,6

2,0

2,2

2,4

2,6

2,8

3,0

3,2

3,4

3,6

3,8

4,0

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Organic area for protein feed (million

ha)

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IMPORTS vs PRODUCTION

Source: Eurostat - organic farming statistics

Source: Eurostat data on production and TRACES data on imports

Organic supply mostly relies on EU production (imports accounted for 12% in 2022 and 15% in 2024).

2. Main organic and non-organic materials used for feed as submitted by Member States in OFIS. Crops used for statistics on area, production on potential crops for protein feed use

2.1. Crops used for trade analysis Type of protein feed Feed balance sheet Traces

Potato Protein 3504 00 50 N/a

Potato Protein Concentrate 2303 10 90 N/a

4 058 4 262

6 625 6 774

7 467

6 221

4 000

5 000

6 000

7 000

8 000

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

TOTAL PRODUCTION ORGANIC CROPS for

protein feed (million t)

12% 15% 12% 15%

0,00

1,00

2,00

3,00

4,00

5,00

6,00

7,00

8,00

2021 2022 2023 2024

Imports vs Production Protein feed/Protein crops

(million t and share)

IMPORTS PRODUCTION

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Fish Meal 2301 2000 N/a

Maize 10059000 N/a

Maize gluten 2303 10 19, 2303 10 11,

2303 10 90 N/a

Skimmed Milk 0408 91 20 N/a

Dried Egg Yolks 0408 11 N/a

Dehydrated Egg 0408 91 80 N/a

Rice Protein (incl. flour) 1102 90 50 N/a

Rice Protein (broad range of

products under this code) 3504 00 90 N/a

Sunflower Seed Cake

(> 30% crude protein);

Sunflower Seed Expeller;

Sunflower Meal

2306 30 00 N/a

Sunflower oil 1512 11 91, 1512 11 99,

1512 19 90 N/a

Other oilseed cakes (sesame,

pumpkin, copra, cotton,

groundnut)

2305 50 00, 2306 10 00,

2306 90 90 N/a

Rapeseed 1205 10 90, 1205 90 00 N/a

Rapeseed cake, expeller 2306 41 00, 2306 49 00 N/a

Linseed 1204 00 90 N/a

Palmkern/Linseed cake 2306 60 00, 2306 20 00 N/a

Soybeans toasted 1201 90 00 N/a

Soybean meal feed 1208 10 00 N/a

Soybean expeller 2304 00 00 N/a

Soybean 1201 90 00 N/a

Grain legumes (field beans,

field peas, lupins, soybeans

raw/low protein)

0708 07081000, 07082000, 07089000

Dried leguminous

0713

07131010, 07131090, 07132000, 07133100,

07133200, 07133310, 07133390, 07133400,

07133500, 07133900, 07134000

Leguminous vegetables,

shelled or unshelled, fresh or

chilled)

0708 90 00 N/a

Hemp expeller 2306 90 01 N/a

Grass protein concentrate 2309 90 23099020

Alfalfa (grain) 1209 21 00 N/a

Alfalfa (green, flour) 1214 10 00 N/a

Alfalfa extracts/powder 1302 19 90 N/a

Broad beans (Vicia faba major)

and Horse beans (Vicia faba L.

ssp. Faba)

0713 50 00 07135000, 07136000, 07139000

Peas 0713 10 07131010, 07131090

Barley 1003 10 00 N/a

Wheat (T. durum and T.

aestivum) 10019900 N/a

Wheat Bran 2302 30 90 N/a

Soybean oil 1507 10 90; 1507 90 90 N/a

Whey powder 0404 04041004, 04041014, 04041048

Brewer`s yeast 2303 30 00 N/a

Yeast 2102

21021010, 21021090, 21022011,

21022019, 21022090

Oat 1004 10 00 N/a

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Prairie Meal 2303 10 19 N/a

Hydrolysed porcine protein

(Flours, meals and pellets, of

meat or meat offal; greaves)

2301 10 00 N/a

Common grains Chapter 10 10011100, 10011900, 10019120,

10019190,10019900, 10029000, 10031000,

10039000, 10041000, 10049000, 10051018,

10059000, 10061050, 10062011, 10062013,

10062015, 10062017, 10062092, 10062094,

10062096, 10062098, 10062099, 10063021,

10063023, 10063025, 10063042, 10063044,

10063048, 10063061, 10063063, 10063065,

10063067, 10063092, 10063094, 10063096,

10063098, 10064000, 10079000, 10081000,

10082100, 10082900, 10084000,

10085000,10089000

Processed grains Chapter 11 11010011, 11010015, 11010090, 11021000,

11022010, 11022090, 11029010, 11029030,

11029050, 11029070, 11029090, 11031110,

11031190, 11031310, 11031390, 11031920,

11031940, 11031950, 11031990, 11041210

11041290, 11041910, 11041930, 11041961,

11041969, 11041991, 11041999, 11042240,

11042295, 11042905, 11042908, 11042917,

11042930, 11042951, 11042959, 11042989,

11043010, 11043090, 11051000, 11061000

11062010, 11062090, 11063010, 11063090,

11071011, 11071019, 11071099, 11072000,

11081200, 11081300, 11081400, 11081910,

11081990, 11082000, 11090000

Source: AGRI E4 for EU feed balance, TRACES.

N.B.: In green organic material used; in orange non-organic material used; in blue

material used both in organic and non-organic forms, as reported by Member States in

OFIS2

2.2 Crops used for production analysis Member States Products used in protein feed CN code

Potato Protein 3504 00 50

Potato Protein Concentrate 3504 00 90 (high purity/food grade) 2106 10 20

(food preparations) 2303 10 90 (Feed Grade)

Fish Meal 2301 2000

Maize 10059000

Maize gluten 23031019, 23031011, 230310 90

Skimmed Milk 0402 10 skimmed milk; 0408 91 20 (unfit for human

consumption); 0408 91 80 (for human consumption);

0408 11 (dried egg yolks)

Rice gluten (including flour) 1102 90 50

Rice protein 3504 00 90 (broad range of products under

this code)

Sunflower seed cake (> 30% crude protein),

sunflower seed expeller, sunflower meal 2306 30 00

Sunflower oil 1512 11 91; 1512 11 99; 1512 19 90

Brewer’s yeast 2303 30 00

Soybeans toasted 1201 90 00

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Soybean cake meal feed 1208 10 00

Soybean expeller 2304 00 00

Soybean 1201 90 00

Grain legumes (field beans, field peas, lupins,

soybeans raw/low protein) 07081000, 07082000, 07089000

Mix of legumes, leguminous vegetables, shelled or

unshelled, fresh or chilled) 0708 90 00

Dried leguminous

07131010, 07131090, 07132000, 07133100,

07133200, 07133310, 07133390, 07133400,

07133500, 07133900, 07134000

Broad beans 0713 50 00

Hemp expeller 2306 90 01

Horse beans 0713 50 00

Faba beans 0713 90 00

Grass protein concentrate 2106 90 92, 2106 90 98 as a food preparation not

elsewhere specified, or, if used for feed, as 2309 90

Alfalfa (grain) 1209 21 00

Alfalfa (green, flour) 1214 10 00 (meal) 1302 19 90 (extracts/powder)

Peas, Protein pea 0713 10

Barley 1003 10 00

Wheat (T. durum and T. aestivum) 10019900

Wheat Bran 2302 30 90

Common grains

10011100, 10011900, 10019120, 10019190,

10019900, 10029000, 10031000, 10039000,

10041000, 10049000, 10051018, 10059000,

10061050, 10062011, 10062013, 10062015,

10062017, 10062092, 10062094, 10062096

10062098, 10062099, 10063021,

10063023,10063025, 10063042, 10063044,

10063048, 10063061, 10063063, 10063065,

10063067,10063092, 10063094, 10063096,

10063098, 10064000, 10079000, 10081000,

10082100

10082900, 10084000, 10085000,10089000

Processed grains

11010011, 11010015, 11010090, 11021000,

11022010, 11022090, 11029010, 11029030,

11029050, 11029070, 11029090, 11031110,

11031190, 11031310, 11031390, 11031920,

11031940, 11031950, 11031990, 11041210

11041290, 11041910, 11041930, 11041961,

11041969, 11041991, 11041999, 11042240,

11042295, 11042905, 11042908, 11042917,

11042930, 11042951, 11042959, 11042989,

11043010, 11043090, 11051000, 11061000

11062010, 11062090, 11063010, 11063090,

11071011, 11071019, 11071099, 11072000,

11081200, 11081300, 11081400, 11081910,

11081990, 11082000, 11090000

Soybean oil 1507 10 90; 1507 90 90

Whey powder 04041004, 04041014, 04041048

Dehydrated egg 0408 91 80

Yeast 21021010, 21021090, 21022011,

21022019, 21022090

Oat 1004 10 00

Prairie Meal 2303 10 19

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Hydrolysed porcine protein (flours, meals and

pellets, of meat or meat offal; greaves) 2301 10 00

Starch industry's medium protein products (15%-

30%) 2303 30 10; 2303 10 19; 2306 70 00

Starch industry's high protein products (60%-90%) 2309 90 20

Distiller's Dried Grains with Solubles 2303 30 00

Wet Distiller's Grains 1105 10 00; 1105 10 10

Beet pulp pellets 2303 20; 2303 90 91

Molasses 1703 10 00; 1703 90 00

Source: AGRI E4

N.B.: In green organic material used; in orange non-organic material used; in blue material

used both in organic and non-organic forms as reported by Member States in OFIS2

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3 Information received on protein feed for pigs

Quantity in tons of

organic feed material

used as sources of

specific protein

compounds placed on

the national market for

pigs

Quantity in tons of

main NON-organic

feed material used as

sources of specific

protein compounds

placed on the national

market for pigs

Number of certified

organic pig producers

Number of certified

organic pig producers

with piglets ≤ 35 kg

Estimate number of

certified organic pig

producers with piglets

≤35 kg using the

derogation

2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024

Belgium 2 081 3 023 2 254 49 47 126 75 74 85 55 48 80 55 45

Bulgaria

Czechia 0 0

Denmark 16

444

18

966 340 416 49 44 49 44 49 44

Germany 26 062 23

730

31

630 830 1 010 1 998 2 071 1 789 501 502 428 157 327 356

Estonia 3 3 3 3 3 3

Ireland 24 53 19 19

Greece

Spain 31 2 018 1 062 30 36 34 7 9 6 8

France 230 400 58

000

50

129 0 110 1 163 1 629 870

Croatia 10 7 3 2

Italy 64 726 17

909

12

021 1 822 811 205 289

Cyprus

Latvia 63 63 57 51 51 6 3

Lithuania 2 700 13 4 2 4 138 1 1

Luxembour

g 6 63 223 5 7 13 3

Hungary 4 4 4 16 12 6 11 12 6 3

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Malta

Netherlands 4 800 138

000 200 400 400 198 30 30

Austria 75 641 77

381*

77

381* 879 1 029 1 081

Poland

Portugal 39 39 24

Romania

Slovenia 365 284 228 36 36 29 1 1

Slovakia 4

Finland 1 16 8 10 7

Sweden 617 228 536 43 40 60 46 40 43 28 20 28 15

Source: OFIS2 Member States reports. *Same data submitted for 2023 and 2024 and for poultry.

4 Information received on protein feed for poultry

Member State

Quantity in tons of main organic feed

materials used as sources of specific

protein compounds placed on the

national market for poultry as

referred in catalogue of feed materials

of Commission Regulation (EU) No

68/2013 (tonnes)

Quantity in tons of main NON-organic

feed materials used as sources of

specific protein compounds placed on

the national market for poultry as

referred in catalogue of feed materials

of Commission Regulation (EU) No

68/2013 (tonnes)

Number of certified operators placing

organic feed for poultry on the

national market

Number of certified organic poultry

producers

Estimated number of certified organic

producers of young poultry using the

derogation

2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024

Belgium 6 903 15 821 9 473 1 097 807 7 1 4 261 247 224 12 225 222

Bulgaria

Czechia 11 5 2 1 46

Denmark 24 364 22 035 1 297 1 474 3 3 64 68 64 68

Germany 144 679 141 174 143 813 4 400 4 900 545 448 7 550 6 648 6 185 562 613

Estonia 105 93 82 1

Ireland 78 2 246 246

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Member State

Quantity in tons of main organic feed

materials used as sources of specific

protein compounds placed on the

national market for poultry as

referred in catalogue of feed materials

of Commission Regulation (EU) No

68/2013 (tonnes)

Quantity in tons of main NON-organic

feed materials used as sources of

specific protein compounds placed on

the national market for poultry as

referred in catalogue of feed materials

of Commission Regulation (EU) No

68/2013 (tonnes)

Number of certified operators placing

organic feed for poultry on the

national market

Number of certified organic poultry

producers

Estimated number of certified organic

producers of young poultry using the

derogation

2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024

Greece

Spain 7 900 2 549 178 2 838 12 11 132 188 43 36

France 230 400 438 000 434 000 5 004 25 25 25 4 436 3 572 3 326 180 155

Croatia 1 1 14 15

Cyprus

Hungary 4 7 2 4 24 19 13 9 3 3

Italy 64 726 1 298 407 134 793 583 14 11 9 555 510 162 123

Latvia 435 694 283 208 37 1 1 1 56 56 223

Lithuania 42 870 65 1 1 18 13 20

Luxembourg 425 392 363 11 12 2 2 2 46 29

Malta

Netherlands 27 110 442 950 1 390 1 637 1 637 26 319 71

Austria 75 641 77 381* 77 381* 195 51 50 2 791 2 893 3 161 3002

Poland

Portugal 14 13 16 120 120 87

Romania

Slovenia 1 985 876 826

Slovakia 2 5

Finland 1,000 2,351 230 215 111 3 3 56 40 36 33 18

Sweden 1,223 2,288 1,722 799 881 3 3 2 102 95 93 24 95 63

Source: OFIS2 Member States reports. * Same data submitted for 2023 and 2024 and for pigs

ET ET

EUROOPA KOMISJON

Brüssel, 28.9.2026 COM(2026) 508 final

KOMISJONI ARUANNE EUROOPA PARLAMENDILE JA NÕUKOGULE

mahepõllumajandusliku taimse paljundusmaterjali, mahepõllumajanduslike loomade ja

mahepõllumajandusliku proteiinsööda kättesaadavuse kohta liidu turul kooskõlas

määruse (EL) 2018/848 artikli 53 lõikega 7

{SWD(2026) 284 final}

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1. Sissejuhatus

Käesolevas aruandes uuritakse mahepõllumajandusliku taimse paljundusmaterjali,

mahepõllumajanduslike loomade, sh noorkanade, ning kodulindude ja sigade söötmiseks

kasutatava mahepõllumajandusliku proteiinsööda kättesaadavust ELi turul. Aruanne on vastu

võetud kooskõlas alates 1. jaanuarist 2022 kohaldatava määruse (EL) 2018/848 (mis käsitleb

mahepõllumajanduslikku tootmist ja mahepõllumajanduslike toodete märgistamist) (edaspidi

„mahepõllumajandusmäärus“)1 artikli 53 lõikega 7.

Kaasseadusandjad nõudsid käesolevat aruannet, pidades silmas mittemahepõllumajandusliku

taimse paljundusmaterjali, mittemahepõllumajanduslikult kasvatatud kodulindude,

mittemahepõllumajanduslike aretusloomade ning kodulindude ja sigade

mittemahepõllumajandusliku proteiinsööda kasutamisega seotud erandite järkjärgulist kaotamist.

Komisjonil paluti kaaluda „sellise materjali kättesaadavust liidu turul mahepõllumajanduslikul

kujul“ viie aasta möödumisel mahepõllumajandusmääruse kohaldamise alguskuupäevast,

„tuginedes liikmesriikide loodud andmebaasi ja süsteemide kaudu kogutud andmetele orgaanilise

materjali kättesaadavuse kohta“. Aruandes tuli käsitleda kõnealuse materjali kättesaadavust ja

põhjuseid, miks mahepõllumajanduslikel ettevõtjatel võib olla sellisele materjalile piiratud

juurdepääs.

Komisjon võttis aruande koostamisel arvesse järgmist mahepõllumajandusmääruse artikli 26

kohaselt kogutud teavet ning artikli 53 lõikes 6 osutatud teavet erandite ja lubade kohta:

a) teave, mis sisaldub artikli 26 lõikes 1 osutatud taimse paljundusmaterjali andmebaasis ja

artikli 26 lõikes 2 osutatud mahepõllumajanduslikke loomi käsitlevate andmete kogumise

süsteemides, ning kui see on asjakohane, teave, mis sisaldub artikli 26 lõikes 3 osutatud

noorkanu käsitlevate andmete kogumise süsteemides;

b) teave erandite kohta, mis on tehtud seoses taimse paljundusmaterjaliga kooskõlas II lisa I osa

punktiga 1.8.5 ning II lisa II osa punktidega 1.3.4.3 ja 1.3.4.4, ning

c) teave kodulindude ja sigade mahepõllumajandusliku proteiinsööda kättesaadavuse kohta liidu

turul ning teave lubade kohta, mis on antud kooskõlas II lisa II osa punkti 1.9.3.1 alapunktiga c

ja punkti 1.9.4.2 alapunktiga c mittemahepõllumajandusliku proteiinsööda kasutamiseks

põrsaste ja noorlindude söötmiseks.

Lisaks kehtestati komisjoni rakendusmäärusega (EL) 2020/4642 liikmesriikidele nõuded andmete

esitamise kohta ning aastatel 2023–2025 kasutati järjest enam mahepõllumajanduse

1 Euroopa Parlamendi ja nõukogu 30. mai 2018. aasta määrus (EL) 2018/848, mis käsitleb mahepõllumajanduslikku

tootmist ja mahepõllumajanduslike toodete märgistamist ning millega tunnistatakse kehtetuks nõukogu määrus

(EÜ) nr 834/2007 (ELT L 150, 14.6.2018, lk 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/848/2025-03-25/oj 2 Komisjoni 26. märtsi 2020. aasta rakendusmäärus (EL) 2020/464, millega kehtestatakse Euroopa Parlamendi ja

nõukogu määruse (EL) 2018/848 teatavad rakenduseeskirjad seoses üleminekuaegade tagasiulatuvaks

tunnustamiseks vajalike dokumentidega, mahepõllumajanduslike toodete tootmisega ja liikmesriikide esitatava

teabega (ELT L 98, 31.3.2020, lk 2) ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2020/464/oj

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teabesüsteemi (OFIS) kaudu kättesaadavaid vorme. Paraku vähendavad statistilise analüüsi

usaldusväärsust liikmesriikide poolt kolme aasta jooksul esitatud andmetes esinevad erinevused.

Liikmesriikide andmed aastate 2022–2024 kohta on esitatud aruandele lisatud komisjoni talituste

töödokumendis3.

2. Mahepõllumajanduslik taimne paljundusmaterjal

Mahepõllumajandusliku aretustegevuse edendamiseks kehtestati mahepõllumajandusmäärusega

uued sätted mahepõllumajandusliku taimse paljundusmaterjali kohta, määratledes

mahepõllumajanduslikuks tootmiseks sobivad mahepõllumajanduslikud sordid ja

mahepõllumajandusliku heterogeense materjali. Samuti nähti sellega ette

mittemahepõllumajandusliku taimse paljundusmaterjali kasutamist võimaldavate erandite

kehtivuse lõpp (31. detsember 2036)4.

Taimse paljundusmaterjali suur mitmekesisus on mahepõllumajandusliku tootmise jaoks väga

oluline, et tagada vajalik kohanemine erinevate survetegurite ja tingimustega, samas on taimse

paljundusmaterjali mahepõllumajanduslik tootmine pestitsiidide ja väetiste piiratud kasutamise

tõttu tehniliselt keerulisem kui tavatootmine (komisjoni talituste töödokumendi I jao punkt 7).

Andmebaase, mida kasutatakse selleks, et koguda teavet mahepõllumajandusliku taimse

paljundusmaterjali kättesaadavuse kohta (mis olid olemas eelmise mahepõllumajanduslikku

tootmist reguleeriva õigusraamistiku, eelkõige komisjoni määruse (EÜ) nr 889/20095 alusel) on

laiendatud, et hõlmata lisaks seemnetele ja seemnekartulile muud liiki taimne paljundusmaterjal.

Mahepõllumajandusmääruse kohaselt peavad mahetootjad kasutama mahepõllumajanduslikku

taimset paljundusmaterjali6. Riiklik pädev asutus võib teha konkreetsetel tingimustel erandi

mittemahepõllumajandusliku taimse paljundusmaterjali kasutamiseks vaid juhul, kui ametlikud

andmed näitavad, et turul kättesaadavate mahepõllumajandusliku ja üleminekuaja taimse

paljundusmaterjali7 kogustega ei ole võimalik ettevõtja vajadusi rahuldada.

Mahepõllumajandusmääruse II lisa I osa punkti 1.8.5.6 kohaselt peavad riiklikud pädevad

asutused koostama ametliku loendi liikidest, alamliikidest või sortidest, mille jaoks

mahepõllumajanduslik ja üleminekuaja taimne paljundusmaterjal on kättesaadav piisavas

koguses (edaspidi „I kategooria loend“). Kui mahepõllumajandusliku taimse paljundusmaterjali

puudus on suur, võivad riiklikud pädevad asutused individuaalsete erandite asemel kehtestada

liikide, alamliikide või sortide loendi suhtes üldise aastase erandi8.

3 Kuna Euroopa Parlamendile ja nõukogule aruande esitamise tähtaeg on 31. detsember 2026, ei ole aruandes

arvesse võetud teavet, mille liikmesriigid saatsid 2026. aasta juuniks. 4 Lisateavet leiab komisjoni talituste töödokumendi I jao punktist 7. 5 Komisjoni 5. septembri 2008. aasta määrus (EÜ) nr 889/2008, millega kehtestatakse nõukogu määruse

(EÜ) nr 834/2007 (mahepõllumajandusliku tootmise ning mahepõllumajanduslike toodete märgistamise kohta)

üksikasjalikud rakenduseeskirjad seoses mahepõllumajandusliku tootmise, märgistamise ja kontrolliga

(ELT L 250, 18.9.2008, lk 1) ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2008/889/oj 6 Mahepõllumajandusmääruse II lisa I osa punktid 1.8.1 ja 1.8.3. 7 Mahepõllumajandusmääruse artikli 10 lõikes 4 on sätestatud, et taimne paljundusmaterjal lastakse turule

üleminekuaja taimse paljundusmaterjalina, kui üleminekuaeg on kestnud vähemalt 12 kuud. 8 Mahepõllumajandusmääruse II lisa I osa punkt 1.8.5.7.

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Kuna teave turul oleva mahepõllumajandusliku ja üleminekuaja taimse paljundusmaterjali kohta

annab põllumajandustootjatele võimaluse taotleda ebapiisava pakkumise korral erandeid, on

väga oluline, et see teave oleks laialdaselt kättesaadav.

Kahjuks näitavad sihtotstarbelised uuringud9 ja kogutud teave, et selles valdkonnas on tehtud

vähe edusamme: 17 liikmesriigil on olemas mingisugune interaktiivne andmebaas, mis

võimaldab uurida taimse paljundusmaterjali kättesaadavust konkreetsete põllukultuuride jaoks,

ülejäänud liikmesriigid on eelistanud staatilisi tabeleid (komisjoni talituste töödokumendi I jao

punkt 8). Hiljutiste regulatiivsete muudatuste tõttu on liikmesriigid kohandanud oma varasemaid

süsteeme, et võimaldada ettevõtjatel vabatahtlikult avaldada teave oma mahepõllumajandusliku

või üleminekuaja taimse paljundusmaterjali toodangu kohta10. Riiklikud andmebaasid on

olulised, et edendada mahepõllumajandusliku ja üleminekuaja taimse paljundusmaterjali

kasutamist ning toetada erandite elektroonilist haldamist, ning need peaksid olema täielikult

toimivad11.

2.1. Mahepõllumajandusmääruse artikli 53 lõike 6 kohaselt esitatud liikmesriikide

andmete analüüs

Ülevaade liikmesriikide andmetest taimse paljundusmaterjali kättesaadavuse kohta ning

individuaalsetest ja üldistest eranditest on esitatud peamiste põllukultuurirühmade12 kaupa

komisjoni talituste töödokumendis. Tulemused on esitatud liikmesriikide kaupa, mõnel juhul ka

koondatuna nelja peamise geograafilise piirkonna kohta13.

2.1.1. Mahepõllumajandusliku ja üleminekuaja taimse paljundusmaterjali

kättesaadavus

9 „The State of organic seed in Europe“ (Mahepõllumajanduslike seemnete olukord Euroopas),

https://www.liveseed.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/FNL-FNL-Web-Interactive-NOV19-Booklet2-

LIVESEED_web.pdf. 10 Mahepõllumajanduse uurimisinstituudi (FIBL) andmebaasi organicXseeds, mis on olnud kasutusel üle kümne

aasta, laiendati hiljuti veelgi, et hõlmata kõik taimse paljundusmaterjali vormid ja mitmesugused uued funktsioonid, ning seda kasutavad nüüd kaheksa liikmesriiki. Projekti LIVESEED raames on loodud Euroopa

ruuteri andmebaas, mis võimaldab tarnijatel ja ettevõtjatel pakkuda ja otsida mahepõllumajanduslikku taimset

paljundusmaterjali kõigis liikmesriikides ning Ühendkuningriigis, Islandil ja Šveitsis (ELi mahepõllumajanduslike

seemnete andmebaas LiveSeeding). 11 Solfanelli, F., Ozturk, E., Dudinskaya, E.C., Mandolesi, S., Orsini, S., Messmer, M., Naspetti, S., Schaefer, F.,

Winter, E., Zanoli, R., „Estimating Supply and Demand of Organic Seeds in Europe Using Survey Data and MI

Techniques“ (Mahepõllumajanduslike seemnete pakkumise ja nõudluse hindamine Euroopas, kasutades

uuringuandmeid ja motiveeriva intervjueerimise võtteid), Sustainability 2022, 14, 10761,

https://doi.org/10.3390/su141710761: „Mahepõllumajanduslike seemnete andmebaasi funktsionaalsuse analüüsi

ning ELi ja Šveitsi mahetootjate seas hiljuti läbi viidud uuringu tulemused kinnitavad üldist ootust, et

mahepõllumajanduslikke seemneid kasutatakse rohkem riikides, kus on hästi toimiv mahepõllumajanduslike

seemnete andmebaas ja hästi arenenud seemnesektor“.12 Teraviljad, nisuliigid, köögiviljad, kuivatatud kaunviljad, õliseemned, tehnilised kultuurid, maitsetaimed ja

vürtsid, puuviljad, viinamarjad, oliivid, dekoratiivtaimed, söödakultuurid ja nende segud (komisjoni talituste

töödokumendi I jao punktid 3 ja 4.2). 13 ELi keskosa: BE, CZ, DE, FR, LU, NL, AT; ELi idaosa: BG, LT, HU, PL, RO, SK; ELi põhjaosa: DK, EE, IE,

LV, FI, SE; ELi lõunaosa: GR, ES, HR, IT, CY, MT, PT, SI.

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Enamik liikmesriike esitas ainult kvalitatiivset teavet, loetledes liigid ja sordid, mille

mahepõllumajandusliku ja üleminekuaja taimse paljundusmaterjali kohta leiab teavet nende

riiklikes andmebaasides. Vaid neli liikmesriiki esitasid igal aastal mitme põllukultuuriliigi kohta

kvantitatiivseid andmeid (komisjoni talituste töödokumendi I jao punkt 1.1).

Ettevõtjad kasutavad süsteeme vabatahtlikkuse alusel,14 kuid mitu liikmesriiki märkis, et mõni

tarnija peab kvantitatiivseid andmeid tundlikuks äriteabeks.

Teatavate liikide mahepõllumajanduslikku taimset paljundusmaterjali toodetakse ise või

hangitakse see põllumajandustootjate ja tarnijate vaheliste otsekokkulepete alusel – teatavate

põllukultuuride (teraviljade) puhul on põllumajandusettevõttes kasvatatud seemnetel suur

osakaal15.

Kättesaadavad on mõned analüüsid, kus vaadeldakse sorte põllukultuurirühmade kaupa

(komisjoni talituste töödokumendi I jao punkt 1.3) ja kust saab teavet andmebaaside kasutamise

kohta. 12 liikmesriiki esitasid ammendavad andmed värskete köögiviljade, teraviljade ja nisu

kohta, 11 liikmesriiki esitasid andmed vaid väikese arvu põllukultuuride ja sortide kohta ning

viis liikmesriiki esitasid andmed vaid ühe aasta kohta või ei esitanud neid üldse.

Üks märk mahepõllumajandusliku ja üleminekuaja taimse paljundusmaterjali kättesaadavuse

paranemisest on see, kui on olemas ametlik I kategooria loend, mida liikmesriigid võivad

kasutada ka erandite kaotamiseks vastavalt pakkumise arengule turul. I kategooria loendi on

koostanud vaid 12 liikmesriiki. Need loendid hõlmavad 1–90 kultuuri, peamiselt teravilju (nisu)

ja sööta (komisjoni talituste töödokumendi I jao punkt 2).

2.1.2. Mahepõllumajandusmääruse II lisa I osa punkti 1.8.5 kohased erandid

Riiklikud pädevad asutused võivad teha individuaalselt või üldistel alustel erandeid, et lubada

kasutada mahepõllumajanduslikus tootmises mittemahepõllumajanduslikku taimset

paljundusmaterjali16.

Individuaalse erandi võib teha kooskõlas mahepõllumajandusmääruse II lisa I osa punktis 1.8.5.1

sätestatud tingimustega üksnes järgmistel juhtudel:

a) kui artikli 26 lõikes 1 osutatud andmebaasis või artikli 26 lõikes 2 osutatud süsteemis ei ole

registreeritud ühtegi sorti liigist, mida ettevõtja soovib omandada;

b) kui ükski taimset paljundusmaterjali turustav ettevõtja ei saa pakkuda asjaomast

mahepõllumajanduslikku või üleminekuaja taimset paljundusmaterjali või kooskõlas

punktiga 1.8.6 lubatud taimset paljundusmaterjali õigeaegselt külvamiseks või istutamiseks

14 13. veebruaril 2023 avaldatud projekti LiveSeeding ettekandes „Insights on the opportunities and bottlenecks in

organic seed and plant breeding sector“ (Ülevaade mahepõllumajanduslike seemnete ja mahepõllumajandusliku sordiaretuse sektori võimalustest ja kitsaskohtadest) on välja toodud, et hiljutises LiveSeedingu uuringus osalenud 140 mahetootjast vaid 49 % pakub mahepõllumajanduslikke seemneid ELis riiklike andmebaaside kaudu.

15 „Estimating Supply and Demand of Organic Seeds in Europe Using Survey Data and MI Techniques“,

Sustainability, 2022, 14, 10761. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141710761 16 Erand tuleb teha kooskõlas mahepõllumajandusmääruse II lisa I osa punktides 1.8.5.1–1.8.5.7 sätestatud nõuetega.

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olukorras, kus kasutaja on tellinud taimse paljundusmaterjali piisavalt aegsasti, et võimaldada

mahepõllumajandusliku või üleminekuaja taimse paljundusmaterjali või kooskõlas

punktiga 1.8.6 lubatud taimse paljundusmaterjali ettevalmistamist ja tarnimist;

c) kui sort, mida ettevõtja soovib omandada, ei ole registreeritud artikli 26 lõikes 1 osutatud

andmebaasis või artikli 26 lõikes 2 osutatud süsteemis mahepõllumajandusliku või üleminekuaja

taimse paljundusmaterjalina või kooskõlas punktiga 1.8.6 lubatud taimse paljundusmaterjalina

ning ettevõtja suudab tõendada, et ükski sama liigi registreeritud alternatiivsort ei ole sobiv

eelkõige tootmiseks vajalike agronoomiliste, mullastiku- ja kliimatingimuste ning tehnoloogiliste

omaduste tõttu;

d) kui see on õigustatud kasutamiseks teadusuuringutes, väikesemahulistes välikatsetes,

sordikaitse eesmärgil või tooteuuenduseks ning asjaomase liikmesriigi pädevad asutused on

selleks nõusoleku andnud.

Enamik liikmesriike esitas andmed eespool punktis c kirjeldatud olukorra kohta (komisjoni

talituste töödokumendi I jao punkt 4.1). Mitmes liikmesriigis17 on kõige sagedasem eespool

punktis a kirjeldatud olukord, mis osutab mahepõllumajandusliku või üleminekuaja taimse

paljundusmaterjali täielikule puudumisele.

Individuaalsete erandite puhul esineb suuri geograafilisi erinevusi. Enamik neist on tehtud seoses

värskete köögiviljade, teraviljade ja söödaliikidega (komisjoni talituste töödokumendi I jao

punktid 4 ja 6).

15 liikmesriiki esitasid üldisi erandeid käsitlevat kvantitatiivset teavet (kuid mitte kõigi kolme

aasta kohta) ja kuus liikmesriiki18 märkisid, et nad ei kohalda üldse üldiseid erandeid. Viis

liikmesriiki19 ei esitanud üldiste erandite kohta mingit teavet.

Selle põhjal tehti teravilju ja nisu käsitlevate kvantitatiivsete andmete esialgne hindamine, mis

näitas üldiste erandite kasutamise suurenemist (komisjoni talituste töödokumendi I jao punkt 5).

Komisjoni talituste töödokumendi I jao punktist 3 on näha, et mõnes liikmesriigis võivad üldised

erandid hõlmata sadu liike (kui neid kohaldatakse dekoratiivtaimede suhtes), samas kui teistes

puudutavad need vaid paari tosinat liiki (peamiselt sööt, teraviljad, köögiviljad, viinapuud ja

puuviljakultuurid).

3. Mahepõllumajanduslikud loomad, sealhulgas noorkanad

Mahepõllumajanduslikud kariloomad peavad olema sündinud või koorunud ja kasvanud

mahepõllumajanduslikes tootmisüksustes20.

Paraku on mahepõllumajandusliku loomakasvatuse puhul probleemiks see, et karja

moodustamiseks või uuendamiseks ei ole piisavalt mahepõllumajanduslikult kasvatatud loomi.

17 BG, CY, CZ, HR, HU, IE, LV, LT, PL, PT, SK, RO. 18 BG, CY, HR, MT, PL, SI. 19 IE, GR, CZ, HU, RO. 20 Mahepõllumajandusmääruse I lisa II osa punkt 1.3.1.

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Mahepõllumajandusmäärusega on ette nähtud uus erandite süsteem, mis põhineb teabel, mille

liikmesriigid on kogunud mahepõllumajanduslike loomade kättesaadavuse kohta.

Süsteem võimaldab mahepõllumajanduslikke loomi turustavatel ettevõtjatel teha vabatahtlikult

avalikult kättesaadavaks tasuta teabe oma varude kohta koos oma nime ja kontaktandmetega21.

Kui kogutud andmetest on näha, et nõudlust mahepõllumajanduslike loomade järele ei ole

võimalik rahuldada, võib riiklik pädev asutus rangetel tingimustel anda loa tuua kuni

31. detsembrini 2036 mahepõllumajanduslikku tootmisüksusesse mittemahepõllumajanduslikke

loomi22.

Noorkanade puhul on sellise süsteemi loomine liikmesriikidele vabatahtlik23. Riiklik pädev

asutus võib anda loa tuua linnukarja esmakordsel moodustamisel, uuendamisel või taastamisel

mahepõllumajanduslikku linnukasvatusüksusesse mittemahepõllumajanduslikult kasvatatud

kodulinde, tingimusel et munade ja liha tootmiseks mõeldud noorkanad on alla kolme päeva

vanused.

Käesolevas aruandes analüüsitakse mahepõllumajanduslike loomade, sealhulgas noorkanade

kättesaadavust ELis ning mittemahepõllumajanduslike loomade tootmisüksusesse toomiseks

tehtud erandeid, tuginedes liikmesriikidelt saadud teabele.

3.1. Liikmesriikidelt mahepõllumajanduslike loomade kättesaadavuse kohta saadud

teabe analüüs

Mahepõllumajanduslike loomade kättesaadavust kajastavate süsteemide loomine on olnud

liikmesriikidele kohustuslik alles alates 1. jaanuarist 2022. Aastatel 2023–2025 nende

liikmesriikide arv, kellel on toimivad süsteemid mahepõllumajanduslike loomade jaoks,

suurenes. Käesolevas aruandes antakse ülevaade olemasolevate süsteemide olukorrast kuni

2025. aasta juunini, mil 25 liikmesriiki saatsid lingid oma andmebaasidele (komisjoni talituste

töödokumendi I jao punkt 1). Need leiab aadressilt

https://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/ofis_public/national-databases.html.

Kuna mahepõllumajanduslike loomade tarnijad ei ole kohustatud kõnealuseid süsteeme

kasutama, on liikmesriikide saadetud andmed väga erinevad ja sageli mittetäielikud, mistõttu ei

saa käesolevas aruandes esitada konsolideeritud andmeid ELi tasandil.

3.2. Liikmesriikidelt mahepõllumajanduslike noorkanade kättesaadavuse kohta saadud

teabe analüüs

Teabe kogumine mahepõllumajanduslike noorkanade kättesaadavuse kohta on liikmesriikide

jaoks vabatahtlik. Seni ei ole liikmesriigid sellise teabe kogumiseks süsteeme loonud, kuna

liikmesriikide sõnul tellib enamik mahepõllumajandustootjaid vajalikud noorkanad otse turult.

21 Loomade suhtes võib teha erandi vastavalt mahepõllumajandusmääruse II lisa II osa punktile 1.3.4.4. 22 Mahepõllumajandusmääruse II lisa II osa punktid 1.3.4.4.1–1.3.4.4.4. 23 Mahepõllumajandusmääruse artikli 26 lõige 3.

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3.3. Liikmesriikidelt mittemahepõllumajanduslike loomade tootmisüksusesse toomiseks

tehtud erandite kohta saadud teabe analüüs

Kõik liikmesriigid saatsid andmed kolme aasta kohta. Paraku olid mitme liikmesriigi andmed kas

ebatäielikud või aastate lõikes ebajärjekindlad. Andmete kvaliteet aastatel 2023–2025 paranes,

kuid 27 liikmesriigi andmeid ei saa siiski koondada.

Kvalitatiivne analüüs näitab, et erandeid mittemahepõllumajanduslike veiste, hobuslaste,

lammaste, kitsede ja sigade tootmisüksusesse toomiseks tehti enamikus liikmesriikides

(komisjoni talituste töödokumendi II jao punkt 3).

3.4. Liikmesriikidelt mittemahepõllumajanduslike noorkanade tootmisüksusesse

toomiseks tehtud erandite kohta saadud teabe analüüs

Enamik liikmesriike esitas teabe, mis on ebatäielik, või ei esitanud andmeid.

Mittemahepõllumajanduslike noorkanade puhul tehtud kvalitatiivne analüüs näitab, et mitu

liikmesriiki kasutas 2022. aastal erandeid ning jättis 2023. ja 2024. aasta andmed esitamata

(komisjoni talituste töödokumendi II jao punkt 4).

Euroopa kodulinnukasvatajate ühenduselt saadud teabe kohaselt on mahepõllumajanduslike

noorkanade pakkumine surve all. Enamik vanemlindude kasvatajaid keskendub tavapärasele

tootmisele ja tegeleb vaid vähesel määral mahepõllumajandusliku tootmisega, kus i) lindude

pidamise nõuded eeldavad suuremahulisi investeeringuid ja ii) juurdepääs vabaõhualadele

suurendab vanemlindude jaoks terviseriske. Mittemahepõllumajanduslike noorkanade

tootmisüksusesse toomiseks tehtavate erandite kaotamine mõjutaks eelkõige aeglase kasvuga

liinide kodulindude tootmist.

4. Mahepõllumajanduslik proteiinsööt

4.1 Sissejuhatus

Mahepõllumajanduslikke loomi tuleb sööta mahepõllumajandusliku või üleminekuaja söödaga,

mis vastab nende toitainevajadustele ja on saadud peamiselt sellest põllumajandusettevõttest, kus

loomi peetakse, või teistest sama piirkonna põllumajandusettevõtetest24.

Mahepõllumajandusliku proteiinsööda puhul valitseb suur konkurents, sest

mahepõllumajanduslikus tootmises on keelatud kasutada sünteetilisi aminohappeid25. Põrsad ja

noorlinnud vajavad oma söödas teatavaid aminohappeid (peamiselt kasvamiseks ja heaolu

huvides), mida olemasolevad mahepõllumajanduslikud valguallikad ei pruugi anda26.

24 Mahepõllumajandusmääruse II lisa II osa punkti 1.4.1 alapunktid a ja b. 25 Mahepõllumajandusmääruse II lisa II osa punkt 1.4.1 alapunkt f. 26 „Recent advances in protein and amino acid nutritional dynamics in relation to performance, health, welfare, and

cost of production“ (Hiljutine areng proteiini ja aminohapete kasutamisel söödas tulemuslikkuse, tervise, heaolu ja tootmiskulude vaatenurgast), ScienceDirect.

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Piisava mahepõllumajandusliku pakkumise puudumine on olnud probleem alates eelmisest

sigade ja kodulindude mahepõllumajanduslikku tootmist reguleerivast õigusraamistikust27.

Seetõttu, kui põllumajandustootjatel ei ole võimalik hankida vajalikku proteiinsööta

mahepõllumajanduslikust tootmisest ja riiklik pädev asutus on kinnitanud, et

mahepõllumajanduslik proteiinsööt ei ole piisavas koguses kättesaadav, antakse luba kasutada

kuni 35 kg kaaluvate põrsaste või noorlindude söötmisel mittemahepõllumajanduslikku

proteiinsööta, tingimusel et see on toodetud või valmistatud ilma keemiliste lahustiteta, seda

antakse ainult spetsiifiliste proteiinisegudena ja selle osakaal 12kuulisel ajavahemikul ei ületa

kõnealuste loomade puhul 5 %. Neid lube võib anda kuni 31. detsembrini 202628.

Liikmesriigid esitasid teabe kodulindude ja sigade mahepõllumajandusliku proteiinsööda

kättesaadavuse kohta ELi turul ning teabe mahepõllumajandusmääruse II lisa II osa

punkti 1.9.3.1 alapunkti c ja punkti 1.9.4.2 alapunkti c kohaselt antud lubade kohta.

Käesolevas aruandes analüüsitakse sellele teabele tuginedes mahepõllumajandusliku

proteiinsööda kättesaadavust ELis ning lube, mis võimaldavad kasutada põrsaste ja noorlindude

söötmisel kuni 5 % ulatuses mittemahepõllumajanduslikku proteiinsööta29.

4.2 Liikmesriikidelt sigade ja kodulindude mahepõllumajandusliku proteiinsööda

kättesaadavuse kohta saadud teabe analüüs

Komisjoni talituste töödokumendi III jao punktides 3 ja 4 on esitatud kokkuvõte sigade ja

kodulindude mahepõllumajandusliku proteiinsööda kättesaadavuse kohta saadud teabest.

Kuigi andmete kvaliteet aastatel 2022–2024 paranes, ei esitanud märkimisväärne arv liikmesriike

2024. aastal sigade või kodulindude puhul andmeid selliste oma turule lastud

mahepõllumajanduslike söödamaterjalide koguste kohta, mida kasutati konkreetsete valkude

allikana.

2024. aastal esitasid vaid 11 ja 13 liikmesriiki kvantitatiivseid andmeid mahepõllumajanduslike

söödamaterjalide kohta, mida kasutati vastavalt sigade ja kodulindude jaoks mõeldud ning nende

riikide turule viidud söötades konkreetsete valkude allikana. Mitu liikmesriiki korraldas nende

andmete kogumiseks oma söödakäitlejate seas uuringuid.

Komisjoni talituste töödokumendi III jao punktis 2 on esitatud sigade ja kodulindude söötmiseks

kasutatava mahepõllumajandusliku ja mittemahepõllumajandusliku proteiinsööda liikide loetelu.

Komisjoni talituste töödokumendi III jao punktis 5 antakse ülevaade sellest, keda käsitatakse eri

liikmesriikides noorlindudena.

Komisjon tegi andmete kvalitatiivse analüüsi, mis näitas järgmist:

- põrsaste ja noorlindude mahepõllumajandusliku ja mittemahepõllumajandusliku

proteiinsööda allikad on väga sarnased ning mõlema puhul konkureeritakse samade

ressursside pärast.

27 Komisjoni määruse (EL) 889/2008 artikkel 43. 28 Mahepõllumajandusmääruse II lisa II osa punkti 1.9.3.1. alapunkt c ja punkti 1.9.4.2 alapunkt c. 29 Mahepõllumajandusmääruse artikli 53 lõige 4.

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- Liikmesriigid annavad üldisi, mitte individuaalseid lube mittemahepõllumajandusliku

proteiinsööda kasutamiseks sigade söötmisel ning tundub, et nad ei tea täpselt neid lube

kasutavate seakasvatusettevõtete arvu (enamik liikmesriike ei esitanud hinnangut kuni 35 kg

kaaluvaid põrsaid kasvatavate sertifitseeritud mahepõllumajanduslike seakasvatajate arvu

kohta).

- Liikmesriigid annavad üldisi, mitte individuaalseid lube mittemahepõllumajandusliku

proteiinsööda kasutamiseks noorlindude söötmisel ning neil on erinev arusaam sellest, mida

tähendab mõiste „noorlind“.

- Enamik sertifitseeritud mahepõllumajanduslikke sea- ja linnukasvatusettevõtteid kasutab

neid lube.

5. Kokkuvõte

Viimastel aastatel on teave, mida liikmesriigid esitavad käesolevas aruandes käsitletud teemadel,

paranenud. Kättesaadavaks tehtud teabe põhjal ei ole siiski võimalik teha lõplikke järeldusi

aruandes vaadeldud mahepõllumajanduslike materjalide pakkumise taseme, liikmesriikide tehtud

üldiste ja individuaalsete erandite kasutamise ning, mis veelgi olulisem, nende kriitilise

tähtsusega sisenditega paremini varustatud turu poole liikumise kohta.

Liikmesriigid on loonud kooskõlas mahepõllumajandusmääruse artikliga 26 süsteemid, kus

mahepõllumajanduslikku või üleminekuaja taimset paljundusmaterjali või

mahepõllumajanduslikke loomi turustavad ettevõtjad saavad vabatahtlikult avaldada

üksikasjaliku teabe oma toodete kohta. Kuigi need süsteemid on kasulikud, ei toimi need alati

täielikult ja ettevõtjad kasutavad neid endiselt vähe.

5.1. Mahepõllumajanduslik taimne paljundusmaterjal

Ehkki taimse paljundusmaterjali kättesaadavus teravilja (nisu) ja vähemal määral söödaliikide

puhul on mõnevõrra paranenud, ei ole mahepõllumajandusliku ja üleminekuaja taimse

paljundusmaterjali pakkumine ikka veel piisav, et rahuldada nõudlust tuhandete liikide ja nende

sortide järele. See tekitab tõsist muret, võttes arvesse mahepõllumajanduslikult haritava maa-ala

suurenemist (16,9 miljonilt hektarilt 2022. aastal 18,1 miljonile hektarile 2024. aastal30) ja

asjaomaste liikide suurt arvu, mida kinnitavad hiljutised uuringud:31: „nagu näitas eelmine

LIVESEEDi projekt, jagub mahepõllumajanduslikke seemneid, sealhulgas

30 Organic in Europe – Browse latest production and market data 31 LiveSeeding 2025: „Updated and improved roadmap/decision tree to reach 100% organic seed“ (Ajakohastatud ja täiustatud tegevuskava 100% mahepõllumajanduslike seemnete kasutamiseni jõudmiseks).

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mahepõllumajandusettevõtetes endis kasvatatud seemneid keskmiselt vähem kui 50 %-le

mahepõllumajanduslikust põllumajandusmaast, kusjuures põllukultuuride ja riikide vahel on

suuri erinevusi (Solfanelli et al., 2021,2022)“. Lisaks: „Üldpilt seemnete praegusest

kasutamisest mahepõllumajanduses [---] näitab selgelt, et nõudlus mahepõllumajanduslike

seemnete järele ületab oluliselt pakkumist, eelkõige Lõuna- ja Ida-Euroopa piirkondades“32.

Seda arvestades on jätkuvalt vajalikud erandid, isegi kui mõne liigi puhul saaksid 12 liikmesriiki

I kategooria loendi abil eranditest loobuda.

Võttes arvesse praegu kättesaadavaid andmeid, võib olla vajalik põhjalik uuring

mahepõllumajandusliku taimse paljundusmaterjali pakkumise ja nõudluse kohta koos erandite

rakendamise analüüsiga. Need võivad aidata kindlaks teha parimad tavad, et 2036. aastaks järk-

järgult lõpetada erandite kohaldamine. Samuti võiks uuringu raames välja selgitada üldiste ja

individuaalsete erandite järkjärgulise täieliku kaotamise võimalikud tagajärjed, keskendudes

sellistele põllukultuuridele nagu teraviljad ja nisuliigid, mille puhul on mahepõllumajanduslik ja

üleminekuaja taimne paljundusmaterjal paremini kättesaadav.

5.2. Mahepõllumajanduslikud loomad

Andmed mahepõllumajanduslike loomade kohta on hiljutised (alates 2022. aastast) ja endiselt

ebapiisavad, et anda usaldusväärne ülevaade mahepõllumajanduslike loomade kättesaadavusest.

Ükski liikmesriik ei ole loonud süsteemi, et reklaamida mahepõllumajanduslike noorkanade

kättesaadavust riigi tasandil.

Liikmesriikide saadetud andmete analüüs näitab, et mahepõllumajandusliku loomakasvatuse

jätkamiseks peavad mahepõllumajanduslikud ettevõtjad jätkuvalt tooma tootmisüksusesse

mittemahepõllumajanduslikke loomi või noorkanu. Lihtsuse huvides tundub, et delegeeritud

õigusakt, millega muudetaks mahepõllumajanduslike noorkanade kättesaadavuse kohta teabe

kogumise süsteemid kohustuslikuks ja seataks erandite tegemise tingimuseks sellise süsteemi

olemasolu,33 ei ole asjakohane.

Võttes arvesse mahepõllumajandusliku loomakasvatuse (v.a lambad) ja mahepõllumajandusliku

kodulinnukasvatuse hiljutist kahanemist,34 näib asjakohane säilitada erandite kasutamine

mahepõllumajanduslike loomade ja noorkanade puhul kuni 31. detsembrini 2036.

5.3. Sigade ja kodulindude orgaaniline proteiinsööt

32 Solfanelli, F., Ozturk, E., Dudinskaya, E.C., Mandolesi, S., Orsini, S., Messmer, M., Naspetti, S., Schaefer, F.,

Winter, E., Zanoli, R., „Estimating Supply and Demand of Organic Seeds in Europe Using Survey Data and MI

Techniques“, Sustainability 2022, 14, 10761. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141710761 33 Mahepõllumajandusmääruse artikli 53 lõige 3: „Alates 1. jaanuarist 2027 on komisjonil õigus võtta kooskõlas

artikliga 54 vastu delegeeritud õigusakte, millega muudetakse artikli 26 lõike 2 punkti b, et laiendada artikli 26

lõikes 2 osutatud teabesüsteemi kohaldamisala noorkanadele, ning II lisa II osa punkti 1.3.4.3, et võtta noorkanu

käsitlevate erandite tegemisel aluseks kõnealuse süsteemi kohaselt kogutud andmed“. 34 Komisjoni talituste töödokumendi II jao punkt 2.

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Liikmesriigid esitasid teavet sigade ja kodulindude mahepõllumajandusliku proteiinsööda

kättesaadavuse kohta ning lubade kohta, mis võimaldavad kasutada kuni 35 kg kaaluvate

põrsaste ja noorlindude söötmisel kuni 5 % ulatuses mittemahepõllumajanduslikku proteiinsööta.

2022.–2024. aasta andmed on olemas, kuid need on endiselt ebatäielikud, mis takistab

kvantitatiivse ülevaate esitamist mahepõllumajandusliku proteiinsööda kättesaadavuse kohta

ELis.

Sigadele ja kodulindudele sobiva mahepõllumajandusliku proteiinsööda nappus on

mahepõllumajandussektoris struktuurne probleem, mille lahendamiseks kulub veel aastaid.

Andmete kvalitatiivne analüüs näitab, et paljud mahepõllumajanduslikud sea- ja

kodulinnukasvatajad kasutavad endiselt luba lisada noorloomade sööta väikeses koguses

mittemahepõllumajanduslikku proteiinsööta.

Mahepõllumajandussektori peamised sidusrühmad35 on ühel meelel, et sigade ja kodulindude

mahepõllumajanduslikku proteiinsööta ELi turul napib ning et olemasolevaid erandeid on vaja

pikendada.

Selle põhjal ja võttes arvesse kohustust rahuldada mahepõllumajanduslike põrsaste ja

noorlindude vajadus saada aminohappeid, et tagada nende kasv ja heaolu, kavatseb komisjon

võtta vastu delegeeritud õigusakti, millega pikendatakse veel kümne aasta võrra (st kuni

31. detsembrini 2036) riiklike pädevate asutuste võimalust lubada kasutada kuni 35 kg kaaluvate

põrsaste ja noorlindude söötmisel kuni 5 % ulatuses mittemahepõllumajanduslikku proteiinsööta.

35 FEFAC, EUWEP,ERPA, Copa-Cogeca, IFOAM Organics Europe.