Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 stays in livestock production rules Article 14.1c(iii): "other forms of artificial reproduction, such as cloning and embryo transfer, shall not be used;" and in aquaculture animals production rules in Article 15.1c(i): "artificial induction of polyploidy, artificial hybridisation, cloning and production of monosex strains, except by hand sorting, shall not be used;"

"Since 1991, the EU has in place a legislative framework relating to the practice of organic farming. At first the organic Regulation only regulated plant products. Additional provisions for the production of animal products were later introduced.

These rules included animal feed, prevention of illness, veterinary treatment, animal protection, livestock breeding in general and the use of livestock manure.With regard to breeding, the Regulation states that reproduction shall take place using natural methods. However artificial insemination is allowed, but any other form of artificial reproduction, such as cloning and embryo transfer, shall not be used. The use of inducing treatments with hormones or similar substances is forbidden, unless in the form of therapeutic treatment for an individual animal.

The EU framework on organic farming provides for the guarantee that food is obtained from animals bred without the use of any "non-traditional breeding method" such as cloning or embryo transfer." (above text copied form above mentioned Commsison report of 19.10.2010)