The European Commissioner for Agriculture, Christophe Hansen, said, on 23 September, that he wanted to modernise the Community rules on organic farming, namely Regulation 2018/848 (basic act).
At the European Organic Awards 2025, he stated that he intended to take account of the rulings of the Court of Justice of the EU and to simplify the rules where appropriate (see EUROPE B13716A12). Mr Hansen insisted that there was no question of lowering the standards for organic farming. This is...