No L 202/12 Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 7. 97 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1488/97 of 29 July 1997 amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 of 24 June 1991 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs (*), as last amended by Commis- sion Regulation (EC) No 418/96(%), and in particular Article 13 thereof, Whereas, in accordance with Article 7 (1a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91, the conditions provided for in Article 7 (1) of that Regulation do not apply to products which were in common use before the adoption of that Regula- tion according to the codes of practice on organic farming followed in the Community; Whereas several Member States have communicated the relevant information to the Commission with regard to the products which were in common use in organic farming on their territory before 24 June 1991 and are not included in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91; whereas they have also indicated that those products are still authorized in the Member State concerned in agriculture in general; whereas after exam- ination of the requests of the Member States, it has appeared appropriate to include at this stage the product ‘clays’ as additional soil conditioner and the following products as plant protection products: azadirachtin, beeswax, certain copper compounds, ethylene, gelatine, potassium alum, lime sulphur, lecithin, extract from Nico- tiana tabacum, microorganism preparations, mineral oils, potassium permanganate and quartz sand; Whereas in this context certain products (compost house- hold waste, industrial lime from sugar refinery) in tradi- tional use in new Member States (Austria, Finland, Sweden) should also be included; Whereas, moreover, some Member States have requested that certain other fertilizers, plant protection products and other products used in agriculture be included in Annex 1I to Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 in order to permit the use of these products in organic farming; whereas, after examination of those requests, it has been found that the () OJ No L 198, 22. 7. 1991, p. 1. () O] No L 59, 8. 3. 1996, p. 10. requirements of Article 7 (1) of that Regulation are satis- fied for diammonium phosphate, and for certain pyr- ethroids as these products are only accepted when used in traps and for hydrolysed proteins when they are used in traps or in authorized applications in combination with other plant protection products in Section B of Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91; Whereas the inclusion of household compost waste, industrial lime from sugar refinery, extract from Nico- tiana tabacum, copper compounds, mineral oils, meth- aldehyde traps and pyrethroid traps should be limited to a period of five years, pending the results of another exam- ination with a view to further refining the requirements or the possible replacement of those products by other solutions; whereas that reexamination should be started as soon as possible on the basis of further information to be submitted by the Member States interested in maintaining these products; Whereas for certain fertilizers and for all plant protection products, restrictive use conditions and/or compositional ‘requirements need to be established; whereas in particular for copper compounds and for the Nicotiana tabacum extract, it is appropriate that the further restriction of the use conditions to certain crops and for pests be explored as soon as possible and by not later than 30 June 1999; Whereas it has appeared that certain plant protection products in Section B of Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 are not used and therefore could be deleted from that Annex; Whereas certain Member States have requested the addi- tion of certain products in Annex VI to Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 and the inclusion of more restrictive condi- tions of use for certain products of non-agricultural origin already included in that Annex; whereas, after examina- tion, it has been found that those requests satisfy the requirements laid down in Article § (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/91 and of Article 2 of Commission Regu- lation (EEC) No 207/93 (%), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 345/97 (%; Whereas a period of grace should be allowed for the disposal of stocks of products which are deleted or au- thorized only under restrictive conditions; () OJ No L 25, 2. 2. 1993, p. S. () O] No L 58, 27. 2. 1997, p. 38.