<div align="justify">We publish the Note no. 695 of 18 January
2013 on the Standing Committee 'Legislation on Organic Agriculture', held in Brussels on 15 and 16
January 2013.<br>The note highlights the most important topics that were discussed during the
meeting, including discussion on: the proposal for a Regulation on amendments to Reg. (EC) No 889/08
in order to improve the control and supervision system in organic farming; the proposed Regulation
amending Regulation (EC) no. 1235/08 on the regime for imports of organic products from Third
countries; the revision of Annex IX of Regulation (EC) no. 889/2008; the update on the outcomes of
the plenary meeting held by EGTOP on December 4th, 2012; and the update on the development of
relations of mutual equivalence with certain Third countries (Japan and USA). Furthermore, it was
also presented, by the Italian delegation, the request to quickly assess the amendments on Annexes I
and II and on art. 21 of Regulation (EC) no. 889/2008.<br>The Commission took the opportunity to
announce to all present delegations that MS have started the phase of public consultation planned in
the context of the Impact Assessment of Regulation (EC) no. 834/2007, which will end on April 10th,
2013.<br></div><br><a href="http://www.sinab.it/share/img_lib_files/2115_nota_n_695_del_18_gennaio_…; The Note no.
695 of January 18th, 2013 </a>(in Italian)<br><br>Source: Mipaaf<a href="
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