Regional Act No. 28 regulating the organic agroindustrial sector.

This Regional Act regulates and encourages the production, transformation, conservation and marketing of organic products in order to: a) protect consumers' health; b) develop processing methods compatible with the protection of the environment; c) support farmers' activities. Article 3 establishes the Regional Commission for the Organic Agroindustrial Sector, which shall formulate proposals intended to implement this Act and to amend, if necessary, national and regional provisions concerning organic farming. Article 5 provides for the regional list which contains the information on organic farming operators. Such list shall be divided into three Sections: a) agricultural producers; b) preparators; c) collectors of spontaneous products. The President of the Region shall recognize by Decree the regional associations of organic operators that meet the requirements laid down in article 6. These associations shall promote technical assistance activities and contribute to the improvement and marketing of the products of their members. Financial resources shall be allocated to the above-mentioned associations by the Region. Private authorized entities shall carry out inspections on the enterprises registered in the list referred to in article 5. They shall as well forward to the Regional Authority of Agriculture a report concerning the activities of the enterprises and providing the information requested by article 8, paragraph 2. Furthermore, the Regional Council shall approve a plan for the development of the organic agroindustrial sector.