On detailed rules for organic plant production and plant products, plant reproductive material, wild plant collection, and mushroom production

Regular notification 2026-02-05
G/SPS/N/ALB/215

Description

This draft Instruction of Minister aims to establish detailed rules for:organic production of plants and plant products, including plant reproductive material;conversion of plant production to organic production;derogations from the rules on organic plant production;organic mushroom production;organic wild plant collection.This draft lays down the general requirements to be applied to organic plant production, prohibitions, and some derogations and detailed rules on conversion, origin of plants including plant reproductive material, use of in-conversion and non-organic plant reproductive material, rules on soil management and fertilization, pest and weed management and products used for cleaning and disinfection.Regarding the derogations from production rules, it is established the procedure on granting the derogations or authorization by control body for operators under their control system, for using the in-conversion or non-organic plant reproductive material. In addition, the detailed rules for specific plants and plant products such as rules on mushroom production and the collection of wild plants are defined.

Keywords

Plant health