<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #dbdbdb 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 6pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.75pt; BORDER-TOP: medium none; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0.75pt; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-element: para-border-div; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #DBDBDB .75pt">
<P style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0.75pt 0cm 6pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BACKGROUND: white; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #DBDBDB .75pt; mso-outline-level: 3; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 6.0pt 0cm" class=MsoNormal align=justify><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #242816; FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: IT" lang=EN-US>Following a request from the Advisory Group for Organic Farming, the Standing Committee for Organic Farming (SCOF), during the last (16 June) meeting in Brussels, opened the discussion about the production of organic chicory<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(witloof chicory). The request is to inform the Committee about the different growing methods adopted in the Member States.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0.75pt 0cm 6pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BACKGROUND: white; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #DBDBDB .75pt; mso-outline-level: 3; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 6.0pt 0cm" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #242816; FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: IT" lang=EN-US>The document is in annex.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0.75pt 0cm 6pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BACKGROUND: white; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #DBDBDB .75pt; mso-outline-level: 3; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 6.0pt 0cm" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #242816; FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: IT" lang=EN-US>Source: Mipaaf</SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: IT" lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P></DIV>