Certification and Standard including the session "Reducing Organic Trade Barriers"
Friday, June 20th

Organizer: CCPB – Co-operative Society for the Control of Organic Products.
Coordinator: Fabrizio Piva
Room: Sala Panini
Location: Chamber of Commerce, via Ganaceto 34 - Modena
Language: English
Simultaneous translation available: Italian

Moderator
: Ong Kung Wai

Program

11.15 - 11.30 am

Jean-Francois Hulout and Herman Van Boxem, EU new regulation and implementing rules

11.30 - 11.45 am
United States Department of Agriculture: National Organic Program updates
11.45 - 12.00 amJapan Ministry of Agriculture and Food: JAS updates

12.00 - 12.15 pm
Bertoncello [pdf 10KB], Bellon, Construction and implementation of an organic agriculture legislation: the Brasilian case


12.15 - 12.30 pm
Francesco Santini – SINCERT, Relationship between accreditation and
public recognition as element for fair competition on the markets
12.30 - 13.00 pmDebate

14.30 - 16.00 pm
Reducing Organic Trade Barriers (FAO – IFOAM – UNCTAD International Task Force)

16.30 - 16.45 pm
Cefa - Slow Food - Fair-Trade, Enhancing markets access to fight poverty

16.45 - 17.00 pm
Vitoon GreenNet/ACT CERT ALL, An international model of cbs collaboration


17.00 - 17.10 pm
Wright [pdf 10KB], Imposing organic standards or rekindling local values? Encouraging
local ownership of the organic concept for raisin exports from Kandahar, Afghanistan



17.10 - 17.20 pm
Hanspeter Schmidt [pdf 8KB], Regulation (EC) No. 1991/2006 and Regulation (EC) No. 834/2007: What are the legislative motives for and what are the effects of
the introduction of the new two class system of certification of organic food imports into the European Union?


17.20 - 17.30 pm
Huber B [pdf 14 KB], Regulation (EC) No. 1991/2006 and Regulation (EC) No. 834/2007. – Opportunities and risks of the revised European import regime
17.30 - 18.00 pmDebate

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