SCOF: "green light" to two new Regulations

<div style="text-align: justify;">Two new Regulations will soon
be published in the EU Official Gazette after the last Standing Committee on Organic Farming (hold
in Brussels on 29-31 March) delivered its favourable opinion.<br>The first, submitted to written
procedure, refers to three specific arguments:<br>- the use of the EU organic farming logo: it will
make more explicit the need for the operators to be submitted to the control system;<br>- wine
labelling: the Regulation postpones to 31 July 2012 the possibility to use the wording 'wine from
organic grapes';<br>- inclusion of the 'rosemary extract' among the additives foreseen in Annex
VIII, part A.<br>The second compel the Member States to make available to the public the list of
controlled operators, through its publication on Internet. The lists shall have to include the
information reported in the 'documentary evidence' sheet (Annex XII) released to any operator. In
Italy, the system (SIAN) developed to this purpose finds a further confirmation of its usefulness.
<br></div><br>Source: MiPAAF