Cabinet Regulation No. 485 of 2009 on Procedure for the Supervision and Control of Organic Farming Country/Territory Latvia Document type Regulation Date 2009 (2014) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Cultivated plants Keyword Ecological production/organic production Farming Certification Breeders' rights/farmers' rights Authorization/permit International trade Genetic resources Data collection/reporting Agricultural development Intellectual property rights/patents Plant variety Planting material/seeds Packaging/labelling Plant production Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Northern Europe Abstract The Regulation prescribes the procedure for the supervision and control of organic farming in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91; Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 of 5 September 2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products with regard to organic production, labelling and control; and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 of 8 December 2008 laying down detailed rules for implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 as regards the arrangements for imports of organic products from third countries. More specifically, it provides rules for documents certifying conformity with organic farming; duties and rights of an operator; issue of authorisations for use of ingredients of conventional agriculture foodstuffs in the processing of organic foodstuffs; issuing an authorisation for import of a product from third countries; national deviations; product labelling; assessment of information regarding organic farming seed and vegetative propagating material and inclusion thereof in the state information system for supervision of cultivated plants; issue of authorisations for use of conventional seed (seed mixtures) and vegetative propagating material in organic farming; competence of bodies; and provision of information to the European Commission and European Union member states. Full text English Website www.likumi.lv References - Legislation Implements Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1235/2008 laying down detailed rules for implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No. 834/2007 as regards the arrangements for imports of organic products from third countries. Legislation | European Union | 2008 Keyword: Ecological production/organic production, Food quality control/food safety, International trade, Certification, Animal feed/feedstuffs, Planting material/seeds, Plant production Source: FAO, FAOLEX Commission Regulation (EC) No. 889/2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No. 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products with regard to organic production, labelling and control. Legislation | European Union | 2008 Keyword: Aquaculture, Internal trade, International trade, Ecological production/organic production, Animal feed/feedstuffs, Agricultural commodities, Food quality control/food safety, Packaging/labelling, Fraud, Animal production, Drugs, Animal health, Planting material/seeds, Plant production Source: FAO, FAOLEX Law on Agriculture and Rural Development (2004) Legislation | Latvia | 2004 (2007) Keyword: Agricultural development, Agricultural commodities, Credit, Subsidy/incentive, Basic legislation, Rural employment, Youth, Sustainable development, Business/industry/corporations, Tax/levy, Allocation/quota, Internal trade, International trade, Cooperative/producer organization Source: FAO, FAOLEX Council Regulation (EC) No. 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No. 2092/91. Legislation | European Union | 2007 Keyword: Basic legislation, Biodiversity, Ecological production/organic production, Agricultural commodities, Food quality control/food safety, Packaging/labelling, Processing/handling, Inspection, Internal trade, International trade, Fraud, Animal feed/feedstuffs, Animal production, Plant production, Planting material/seeds Source: FAO, FAOLEX