Download Regulations and Certification Emerging Trends 2016

Research Institute of Organic Agriculture
Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau
The World of Organic Agriculture:
Regulations and Certification
Emerging Trends 2016
Beate Huber, Carolin Möller
Organic Regulations by Continent (2015)
No of Countries with Organic Regulations: 2003 versus 2015
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Countries Drafting Organic Regulation
Russia, Belarus,
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Jamaica,
St Lucia
Algeria, Egypt, Kenya,
Namibia, Senegal
South Africa, Sudan
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Bangladesh, Jordan, Nepal,
Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan
US: 80 approved CBs
Certification Bodies recognized for US NOP certification
48
CBs inside US
32
CBs outside US
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Source: www. Ams.usda.gov; access 10.02.2015
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EU: 54 approved CBs for imports
Certification Bodies recognized for Imports to the EU
approved CBs inside EU
205
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39
approved CBs outside EU
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Source: //ec.europa.eu/agriculture/organic/eu-policy/eu-rules-ontrade/non-eu-trading-partners/index_en.htm; access 11.02.2015
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Trends in regulations:
Bilateral agreements among governments
Based on
Equivalency
Critial points are
usually excluded
(e.g. antibiotics)
US – US - CAN (2009)
US - EU (2012)
US - Japan (2014)
US – Korea (2014)
US – Switzerland (2015)
EU - Switzerland (2002 – trade agreement)
Canada (2011)
US (2012)
Korea (2015)
CAN – US (2009)
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EU (2011)
Switzerland (2012)
Costa Rica (2013)
Japan (2015)
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Trends in regulations:
Bilateral agreements among governments
Agreeements
among few active
players/strong
markets
Ensuring market
access both ways
EU
US
Korea
Japan
Switzerland
Canada
Costa Rica
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Trends in Regulations: EU
Strong efforts to strengthen control system
Ongoing negotiations for revision of EU Regulation
(Trilog)
Imports still an issue of negotiations
Specific guidelines for additional controls for
organic products from
Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Russian
Federation
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Trends in Regulations:
Eastern Europe/Central Asia
EU:
Guidelines for additional controls for imports in EU
Guidelines for additional checks by CB’s in the countries
Withdrawal of recognition of ETKO (CB) due to serious
deficiencies in the checks carried out and a substantial
number of non-conformities
Ukraine: Law adopted but not implemented
civil dialogue on revision
Kasachstan: New legislation adopted on 27.11.2015
Russia: Negotiations on draft ongoing
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Outlook
Revision of EU Regulation most likely completed in
2016
Revised import scheme in EU
(transition period still in negtiation)
Bilateral agreements seeked with relevant export
countries
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Thank you very much!
Beate Huber
[email protected]
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