Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau The World of Organic Agriculture: Regulations and Certification Emerging Trends 2012 Beate Huber

Organic Regulations by Continent (2011) CountryCountries with regulations Europe 42 America and Carribean21 Asia and Pacific24 Africa1 Total76

Organic Regulations by Continent (2011) EU Regulation 834/2007 Inter American Commission on Organic Agr Asia Regional Organic Standards East African Organic Pro- duct Standard

Countries Drafting Regulation Europe: Russia, Ukraine, Bosnia-Herzegovina Asia: Hong Kong, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Syria, Vietnam America and Carribean: Jamaica, St Lucia Africa: Egypt, Morocco, Senegal, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries with most certifiers Country Japan6159 United States of America South Korea33 32 Germany China P.R Spain28 Canada2321 India Brazil20 Romania17182 Italy The Organic Standard Hall 4 Stand 346

Bilateral agreements of major markets 7 Source: The Global Market for Organic Food & Drink (Organic Monitor)

Bilateral Agreement EU/US Mutual recognition that the US Organic Program and the EU system are equivalent Geographical scope: Products grown or imported in US/EU (acceptance of each others imports) Exclusion (complementary certification required that products have not been treated with antibiotics) Apples and pears from US Livestock from EU Not in the scope: Wine Aquaculture It shall apply as from 01. June Quelle:

New import rules in EU Publication of first list of control bodies (CB) recognized for operations in Third Countries ( ) 30 CB’s approved 3 from EU, 27 others (US, Europe, Asia, Australia, Latin America) Scope of countries: around 60 Coming into force on Update of the list expected prior enforcement covering in total CB’s 9 Quelle:

Outlook Breakthrough for trade between EU and US And outside the EU/US/CAN?

Outlook 85 % of the organic farmers are outside EU/US Equivalence agreements are needed all over the world Governments and private standardsetters need to continue cooperation and standards convergence IFOAM provides to facilitate this process

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