Order No. 180/2002 approving the Regulation for the Reconnaissance of the Biological Agriculture Producers and Technicians Organizations. Country/Territory Portugal Document type Regulation Date 2002 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development Keyword Agricultural development Ecological production/organic production Institution Cooperative/producer organization Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe Abstract This Order approves the Regulation for the Recognition of the Biological Agriculture Producers and Technicians Organizations. It is composed of an Annex of 22 articles. This Order establishes the conditions and procedures to acknowledge biological producers and technicians organizations and their production ways which promote a rural sustainable development with competitive agriculture. Full text Portuguese