Translation of "Comité permanent de l'agriculture biologique " (French → English) :

Committee on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs | Standing Committee on Organic Farming

Standing Committee on Organic Farming

Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry [ Standing Committee on Agriculture and Forestry ]

Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food [ House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food ]

House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development [ Standing Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development ]

Standing Group on Organic Farming

The Regulatory Committee on Organic Farming assists the Commission in defining policies for organic farming.

268. Emphasises Member States' responsibilities in this, as in other domains, and regards the regular meetings of the Standing Committee on Organic Farming (SCOF) as highly valuable in terms of exchange of best practice and information between Member States, the Commission, and third country staff involved in the control systems; notes, nevertheless, the Court of Auditors' comment (point 75) that this body needs to improve its capacity to exchange information on the functioning of the import authorisation regime;

50. Shares the Commission's view that existing initiatives promoting sustainable agriculture that build on multilateral actions (such as the FAO), regional, national and local activities (such as organic and high-natural-value farming, energy-efficient greenhouses, sustainable animal housing, precision agriculture, CO2 neutral agricultural entrepreneurship, biomass and manure fermentation) as well as business activities should be strengthened, and that, in addition, new initiatives and partnerships should be launched under the governance arrangements of the Committee for World Food Security to make the consumption and production of food ...[+++]more sustainable, promote community resilience and decrease hunger;

49. Shares the Commission’s view that existing initiatives promoting sustainable agriculture that build on multilateral actions (such as the FAO), regional, national and local activities (such as organic and high-natural-value farming, energy-efficient greenhouses, sustainable animal housing, precision agriculture, CO2 neutral agricultural entrepreneurship, biomass and manure fermentation) as well as business activities should be strengthened, and that, in addition, new initiatives and partnerships should be launched under the governance arrangements of the Committee for World Food Security to make the consumption and production of food ...[+++]more sustainable, promote community resilience and decrease hunger;