Guidelines for controls in organic farming

<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 SCOF is discussing the proposals of guidelines <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</SPAN>to harmonize control and certification systems in the different EU Member States, also following <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</SPAN>the application of EU Regulations on agro-food official controls. The document has been introduced to the Standing Committee with the objective to keep organic farming control system <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</SPAN>in the Member States <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</SPAN>as much homogeneous as possible.&nbsp;The SCOF&nbsp;actually intends to clarify the link between the specific Regulation for organic farming and the legislation related to official controls on food and animal feedingstuffs – EC Reg. 882/2004<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><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>
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