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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9098
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture

Commission suggests clarifying organic farming rules

Brussels, 28/12/2005 (Agence Europe) - On 21 December, the European Commission adopted a draft regulation on organic farming to improve clarity for both consumers and farmers. The new rules will be simpler, and will allow a certain amount of flexibility to take account of regional differences in climate and conditions. Producers of organic food will be able to choose whether or not to use the EU organic logo. If they choose not to, their products must be labelled EU-organic. At least 95...

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