<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; BACKGROUND: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" 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>The EU Commission has started the evaluation of the applications presented by EU Control Bodies to be included in the list of the Control Authorities authorized to operate following art. 10 and 11 of EC Reg. 1235/08 (equivalency regime). The Commission has received a number of requests, and a final list will be presented by 2011, following the Head of EC “Organic Farming” Unit M. J.F. Hulot comments at the “InterBio/Ifoam" event in Rome (IV European Organic Conference)<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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