Cabinet Regulation No. 485 of 2009 on Procedure for the Supervision and Control of Organic Farming

The Regulation prescribes the procedure for the supervision and control of organic farming in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91; Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 of 5 September 2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products with regard to organic production, labelling and control; and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 of 8 December 2008 laying down detailed rules for implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 as regards the arrangements for imports of organic products from third countries. More specifically, it provides rules for documents certifying conformity with organic farming; duties and rights of an operator; issue of authorisations for use of ingredients of conventional agriculture foodstuffs in the processing of organic foodstuffs; issuing an authorisation for import of a product from third countries; national deviations; product labelling; assessment of information regarding organic farming seed and vegetative propagating material and inclusion thereof in the state information system for supervision of cultivated plants; issue of authorisations for use of conventional seed (seed mixtures) and vegetative propagating material in organic farming; competence of bodies; and provision of information to the European Commission and European Union member states.