Summary: IFOAM EU Group held a session on ‘A win-win-win partnership: IFOAM EU Group, our financial supporters and the further development of organic food and farming’. The objective of the session was to present the work that the IFOAM EU Group undertakes in Brussels and Europe and to demonstrate the important role that our sponsors have played and will continue to play in our common pursuit of the continued development of the organic sector. Find attached: Invitation and Programme.
Speakers: Christopher Stopes (IFOAM EU Group President), Marco Schlueter (IFOAM EU Grpup Director), Lena Wietheger (IFOAM EU Group Project Coordinator)
10-11: Exporting to the EU
St.
Petersburg Room E
Summary: Presentation
of the new import regime of the EU. Update on the recognition of Third
countries and certification bodies.
Speakers: Camilla Mikkelsen (IFOAM EU Group, Moderator), Beate Huber FiBL (presentation), Herman van Boxem, EU Commission (presentation)
13-14: New EU Regulation for
Organic Wine
Budapest
Room E
Summary: The EU Commission is working on the implementing rules for organic wine processing - thus the rules for wine processing were under preparation at the time of Biofach 2010. This workshop was to answer questions regarding the EU regulation on organic wine; What can change for producers of organic wine, trade and the market, and when can the regulation be expected to come into force.
Speakers: Lena Wietheger, (IFOAM EU Group, Moderator), Christopher Stopes, FOAM EU Group President (presentation), Cristina Micheloni, AIAB (presentation), Maria Fladl, Organic Farming Unit, DG Agri, European Commission (presentation) and Uwe Hofmann, ECO-CONSULT, (presentation).
In collaboration with:
14-16.00: One year New EU
Regulation
Istanbul
Room E
Summary:
The new organic regulation, one year after coming into force influenced all
organic operators. The first year implementation should be discussed, where are
bottlenecks, where was harmonised implementation not possible?
Speakers: Marco Schlueter (IFOAM EU Group Director, Moderator), Jean-Francois Hulot, EU Commission (presentation), Alex Beck, AoeL (presentation), Christopher Stopes (IFOAM EU Group President), and Sabine Eigenschink (AGB).
Friday 19th
10-11: Organic Aquaculture
- Regulation (EC) No 834/2007
Istanbul
Room E
Summary: The first time ever organic aquaculture is regulated in the EU level. What
means the new EU regulation for the organic aquaculture production and market?
How does it change the private sector that has set up private standards but
have now to apply to EU defined standards?
Speakers: Christopher Stopes (IFOAM EU Group President,
Moderator), Maria Fladl, Organic Farming Unit, DG Agri, European
Commission (presentation), Stefan Bergleiter, Naturland (presentation) and
Pino Lembo, ICEA, COISPA (presentation).
In collaboration with:
13-15: How much labelling
needs the EU?
St.
Petersburg Room E
Summary:
The EU is currently discussing different labelling schemes for food on the EU
level: new organic logo, animal welfare, Ecolabel, nutrition label, health
claims, etc. What is the challenge for the organic when food products need
different labels that deliver single benefits instead of a system solution.
Speakers: Marco Schlueter (IFOAM EU Group Director, Moderator), Judit Krommer, Animal
Welfare Unit, DG Sanco, European
Commission (presentation), Jean-FrançoisHulot, Organic
Farming Unit, DG Agri, European
Commission (presentation), Bavo van den Idsert, VBP (presentation) and Thomas Dosch, Bioland.
15-16: Impact of EU
Policies for Organic Processing and Trade
Istanbul
Room E
Summary:
This conference will discuss the impact of EU policies for organic processing
and trade and the improving requirements for additives and flavouring; quality
assurance, visions on organic food processing, labelling of food.
Speakers: Andrzej Szeremeta (IFOAM EU Group, Moderator), Alex Beck, Aoel (presentation), Bavo van den Idsert, VBP (presentation), Cecile Frissur, Synabio (presentation) and Eugenie Mai-The, Synabio (presentation).
16-17: New Challenges, new
CAP?
St.
Petersburg Room E
Summary:
Whilst EU members states implement the decided CAP Health Check the discussion
about the new CAP after 2013 started. What can organic farming contribute to
meet the challenges on climate change, biodiversity loss, sustainable use of
water and energy? What role plays organic in the current discussion?
Speakers: Antje Kölling (FOAM EU Group, Moderator), Thomas Fertl (BioAustria) Alessandro Tryiantafyllidis, AIAB (presentation) and Jochen Dettmer (Agrarsprecher BUND)
Saturday 20th
10-12.00: Certifying
Restaurants and Cateres in Europe
Oslo
Room E
Summary:
An overview of the European market for catering, the regulatory development at
national and private levels and the envisaged integration in the EU regulation
on the area. The EU will provide a report in 2011 on how to proceed with
organic mass catering. Meanwhile there are existing different national
standards.
Speakers: Camilla Mikkelsen (IFOAM EU Group, Moderator), Carola Strassner (A'verdis, and University of Applied Sciences Muenster, Moderator), Sabine Taudes Bio Austria (presentation), Marine Renaudin INAO (presentation), Dorthe Kloppenborg, Organic Denmark (presentation), Francis Blake Soil Association (presentation), Melanie Lukas University of Muenster (presentation).
13-14: TP organics: SRA
for organic Food and Farming
Budapest
Room E
Summary:
TP Organics, the Technology Platform for Organic Food and Farming developed a
strategic research agenda with clear and challenging research priorities,
outlining how the organic food industry and farming can contribute to the
biggest challenges in food production and trade and what research is necessary.
Speakers: Anamarija Slabe (EEB, Moderator), Eduardo Cuoco (IFOAM EU Group (presentation), Otto Schmid TP Steering Committee (presentation), and Urs Niggli, FiBL Director (presentation).
