Regulation on the Principles and Implementation of Organic Farming.

This Regulation amends some provisions of the previous one. The representative of the controlling and/or certification agencies for Turkey should preferably be an Agricultural Engineer, and these agencies should conform to Turkish Accreditation criteria and to EN 45011. The controlling and/or certification agencies, managers, partners, controllers and employees are not allowed to engage in organic farming commercially. Apprentice controllers neither are allowed to perform single handed controlling nor prepare controlling reports. Controlling courses are organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs once a year when deemed necessary.