EU Organic Farming
Über das Zertifikat
 Quelle des Logos | ||
| The official EU regulation for organic farming. | ||
| EU | Aussteller: European Commission | |
| Food |
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| Website | ||
| Zertifizierte Marken/Unternehmen: Noch keine. |
Vorlage:LabelCheckGreenpeaceAT2018 Since 2009 (or 2010), the certificate is issued via accredited national institutions. The EU monitors the compliance of the member states. Each certification body is inspected annually.
Minimum standards for organic products are defined, among them free outlet for live stock, strictly regulated use of antibiotics, prohibited use of chemical-synthetic pesticides and Fertilizers, the use of food additives, or genetically modified ingredients.
In Austria, the label can be certified via agroVet GmbH.
Text specifications
According to the user manual resp. the legal source, the code accompanying the logo is defined as follows:
- AB-CDE-999
- (code number of the certification site)
- AB = ISO country code as specified in Article 58(1)(a) according to ISO 3166
- CDE = three letter term for the organic production method as specified in Article 58(1)(b), such as "öko", "org", "eko", "bio" etc. (defined in Article 23(1) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, see below the full list of terms)
- 999 = reference number with max. 3 digits, as specified in Article 58(1)(c)
The full list of terms (Annex of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007):
- BG: биологичен
- ES: ecológico, biológico
- CS: ekologické, biologické
- DA: økologisk
- DE: ökologisch, biologisch
- ET: mahe, ökoloogiline
- EL: βιολογικό
- EN: organic
- FR: biologique
- GA: orgánach
- HR: ekološki
- IT: biologico
- LV: bioloģisks, ekoloģisks
- LT: ekologiškas
- LU: biologesch
- HU: ökológiai
- MT: organiku
- NL: biologisch
- PL: ekologiczne
- PT: biológico
- RO: ecologic
- SK: ekologické, biologické
- SL: ekološki
- FI: luonnonmukainen
- SV: ekologisk
Example of the organic label (right) (Austria)
Example of the organic label (Austria)
Example of the organic label (Austria)
