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

2. www.fibl.org Organic Regulations by Continent (2011) CountryCountries with regulations Europe 42 America and Carribean21 Asia and Pacific24 Africa1 Total76

3. www.fibl.org 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

4. www.fibl.org 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

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6. Countries with most certifiers Country201120102009 Japan6159 United States of America515755 South Korea33 32 Germany313231 China P.R.282729 Spain28 Canada2321 India221716 Brazil20 Romania17182 Italy131516 www.organicstandard.com/directory The Organic Standard Hall 4 Stand 346

7. www.fibl.org Bilateral agreements of major markets 7 Source: The Global Market for Organic Food & Drink (Organic Monitor) 2011 2012 2010

8. www.fibl.org 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 2012 8 Quelle:

9. www.fibl.org New import rules in EU Publication of first list of control bodies (CB) recognized for operations in Third Countries (06.12.11) 30 CB’s approved 3 from EU, 27 others (US, Europe, Asia, Australia, Latin America) Scope of countries: around 60 Coming into force on 01.07.2012 Update of the list expected prior enforcement covering in total 50-60 CB’s 9 Quelle:

10. www.fibl.org Outlook Breakthrough for trade between EU and US And outside the EU/US/CAN?

11. www.fibl.org 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

12. www.fibl.org Thank you very much Further Information: FiBL CH-5070 Frick beate.huber@fibl.org 12 Quelle: