Research Institute of Organic AgricultureForschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau
The World of Organic Agriculture:
Regulations and Certification Emerging Trends 2012 • Beate Huber
www.fibl.org
Organic Regulations by Continent (2011)
Country Countries with regulations
Europe 42
America and Carribean 21
Asia and Pacific 24
Africa 1
Total 76
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
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
www.fibl.org
www.fibl.org
Countries with most certifiers
Country 2011 2010 2009
Japan 61 59 59
United States of America 51 57 55
South Korea 33 33 32
Germany 31 32 31
China P.R. 28 27 29
Spain 28 28 28
Canada 23 21 21
India 22 17 16
Brazil 20 20 20
Romania 17 18 2
Italy 13 15 16www.organicstandard.com/directory
The Organic StandardHall 4 Stand 346
www.fibl.org
Bilateral agreements of major markets
7Source: The Global Market for Organic Food & Drink (Organic Monitor)
2011
2012
2010
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
8Quelle:
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 01.07.2012Update of the list expected prior enforcement covering in total 50-60 CB’s
9Quelle:
www.fibl.org
Outlook
Breakthrough for trade between EU and US
And outside the EU/US/CAN?
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