Wool not an agricultural product.

Dear Nick,

It has been brought to our attention by DEFRA that organic wool must not appear on your certification documents as certified to the EC organic regulation (889/2008). This is because wool is not defined as an agricultural product under the scope of the EU regulation.

Following this clarification we will need to remove organic wool from all certification documents that reference the EU regulation 889/2008.

We have contacted the British Wool Marketing Board and made them aware of this change. They have confirmed that they will accept organic wool from sellers that have organic sheep listed on their licence. They will not require you to show organic wool as a separate enterprise.

We will still have our own private standards for the production of organic wool and we can issue you with a separate licence to certify Soil Association organic wool. We would then issue you with certification documents that list organic wool but that does not reference the EU regulation 889/2008. There will be no charge for this licence. Please let me know if you would like us to certify your wool to Soil Association standards.

If you have any questions about this we’d be very happy to discuss this with you. Please call us on 0117 914 2412 or email [email protected].

Kind regards,


Not a big issue but yet another example of the tsunami of nonsense that is generated and we have to deal with using our limited resources instead of concentrating on important matters.
 
I thought I would check it out.
http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/organic/documents/logo/organic_logo-faq_en.pdf specifically excludes the use of the EU organic logo, known as the Euro-leaf, on wool from organic sheep.

What nutter ever came up with the idea that you can use it for organic honey (which assumes that no nectar is available within a 3km radius that is not organic) and soup made from organic vegetables (what is the crieria for deciding the water used in the soup is organic and not treated with any chemicals?) also any organic products imported from outside the EU (presumably exluding wool although it does not say so) if they are not pre-packaged, but deny its use to a genuine organice flock owner?

More EU madness, but The Soil Association should have known about this long ago.
 
I thought I would check it out.
http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/organic/documents/logo/organic_logo-faq_en.pdf specifically excludes the use of the EU organic logo, known as the Euro-leaf, on wool from organic sheep.

What nutter ever came up with the idea that you can use it for organic honey (which assumes that no nectar is available within a 3km radius that is not organic) and soup made from organic vegetables (what is the crieria for deciding the water used in the soup is organic and not treated with any chemicals?) also any organic products imported from outside the EU (presumably exluding wool although it does not say so) if they are not pre-packaged, but deny its use to a genuine organice flock owner?

More EU madness, but The Soil Association should have known about this long ago.

wool is not defined as an agricultural product under the scope of the EU regulation.

All wool not just organic. According to them it has to be treated as waste. It cannot be stored or disposed of on farm.
 

llamedos

New Member
The GOTS mark and standard is for wool and other textiles http://www.imo.ch/logicio/pmws/indexDOM.php?client_id=imo&page_id=gots&lang_iso639=en

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Parliamentary questions
19 July 2012
P-007291/2012
Question for written answer
to the Commission
Rule 117
Mario Mauro (PPE)

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Subject: Legislative interpretation of wool as an agricultural product

Further to a number of problems encountered by Italian farms, it has emerged that there is a conflict between EU regulations in relation to whether or not wool is classified as an agricultural product.

Under Article 1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006, and Annex II to the regulation, wool is defined as an agricultural product, and it is stipulated that the product has protected designation of origin (PDO) and protected geographical indication (PGI) status.

At the same time Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 includes wool in the list of agricultural products which may be protected by a PDO or PGI.

This approach by the EU was confirmed on 19 January 2009 when the Commission, by Protocol EC UK No PDO No 0005-0737, gave PDO status to Shetland wool as an agricultural product, at the proposal of the United Kingdom.

The conflict lies in the fact that wool is also governed by Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002, superseded by Regulation (EC) No1069/2011, which regards it as a waste product; it becomes a technical product — and is therefore no longer an agricultural product — only after it has undergone a process of hygienisation.

Can the Commission therefore answer the following questions:

1. Does it believe there may be a conflict of legislation on the definition of wool?
2. If so, should it not amend the rules to improve legal certainty?
3. Does it consider wool to be an agricultural product and, as such, can it be protected by PDO and PGI certification?

Parliamentary questions
21 August 2012
P-007291/2012
Answer given by Mr Çioloş on behalf of the Commission

Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006(1) does not define wool, but in Annex II of this regulation, wool is classified as an agricultural product. Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009(2) lays down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and repeals Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002. As both Regulations have a different scope, there is no conflict between them.

Considering the above, it is not deemed necessary to amend current rules.

Wool is not included in the list of products in Annex I to the TFEU but belongs to heading 51.01 of the tariff nomenclature ‘Wool, not carded or combed’. This is not inconsistent with respect to the reference to wool as an ‘agricultural product’ in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 in connection with Annex II of that regulation. Article 1(1) refers to ‘agricultural products’ which includes agricultural products that are not in Annex I of the Treaty. As the Honourable Member of the Parliament correctly indicated, the name ‘Shetland wool’ is the first designation referring to a wool product that was registered as a Protected Designation of Origin in January 2009.



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(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs, OJ L 93, 31.3.2006.
(2) Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 (Animal by-products Regulation).
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The answer given is that wool is an agricultural product. I have highlighted a few words that make readable sense. The resto does too - if you are accustomed to reading documents of this nature and take a lot of time and fully concentrate on what is being said - not easy without a lot of practice. A law student with two or three years experience might understand it first time - might. I wonder if MEP did?
 

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