<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"> </SPAN>to harmonize control and certification systems in the different EU Member States, also following <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </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"> </SPAN>in the Member States <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>as much homogeneous as possible. The SCOF 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>
<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><BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #242816; FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT">Source: Sinab</SPAN><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><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>