Ifoam EU Group launches Dossier on new Organic Regulation

A Dossier on the regulation 834/2007, which has just entered into force from 1st of January and establishes the new framework for the organic sector in the EU, has been prepared by Ifoam EU and will be presented on 19th of February, from 4 to 4.30 pm, at the Czech stand in Hall 5 at BioFach. In obvious recognition of the importance of this publication, which gives guidance on how to read the new EU law for organic production and labelling, speakers at the launch will be Francis Blake, President Ifoam EU Group, Mariann Fischer Boel, EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, and Mgr. Petr Gandaloviè, Minister of Agriculture of the Czech Republic.
 

The Dossier, printed in at least 50,000 copies, will be available in English and German at BioFach. The English and German versions of the publication can also be downloaded from the Ifoam EU’s website. Versions in French, Polish, Greek and Czech (electronic version only) are under preparation and will be distributed starting from beginning of April. As main representative of the organic sector on the EU scene, the Ifoam EU Group took up the task to make the first EU wide assessment of the regulation and its implications – the result is in the Regulation Dossier. An array of experts in different fields has contributed to this work with their interpretation over the changes that the new Organic Regulation will bring to their fields of work. Ifoam thanks the main sponsors of the Dossier – Ariza and Hipp - for their support. Thanks to them and all the other valued financial contributors to this publication, Ifoam EU Group will be able to distribute it for free.
 
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