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Europe & European UnionThis section informs about European issues related to organic farming. Action Plan for Organic Food and Farming Rural Development and Organic Farming Action Plan on Organic Food and FarmingThe Commission's "European Action Plan for Organic Food
and Farming" was published 10th of June 2004. A milestone list
with links to relevant documents is available at www.organic-europe.net. >> Milestone list Legislation: EU Regulation on organic productionCouncil Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 of 24 June 1991 on organic production was drawn up in 1991. It was recntly revised with Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 200, which will come into force on Janury 1, 2009. >> More Institutions & OrganisationsLinks to insitutions of the European Commission and other institutions of relevance to organic farming at a European level can be found here. Further addresses are available at the Organic Europe address database. . Standards & regulationsThe basic standards for organic production were first issued by the Internatioal Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) in 1980. They have been the basis for numerous sets of private organic standards throught the world, and they have strongly influenced for instance Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic farming and the FAO's Codex Alimentarius Guidelines for organic production. >>More ResearchToday's high political and societal acceptance and interest in organic farming research is reflected in the fact that the organic farming research is substantially funded by the European Union and that the European action plan stresses the importance of organic farming research. At this website the most relevant links and information related to organic farming research are made available. >> More StatisticsData collection and processing in Europe still suffers from a lack of standardization, but basic production data are now available from several sources, and the situation is getting increasingly better. Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, is now making the data collected from the organic inspection bodies available at its homepage and provides extensive reports. The Institute of Rural Sciences at the University of Wales provides historical figures as well as detailed analyses. The Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL makes the latest data (not consolidated) available at this homepage.>>More © Research Institute of Organic
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