Regional Law No. 34-ZRT “On the development of organic production.” Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Tatarstan Document type Legislation Date 2021 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Food & nutrition Keyword Ecological production/organic production Agricultural commodities Processing/handling Transport/storage Consumer protection Food quality control/food safety Packaging/labelling Geographical area Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Entry into force notes This Regional Law enters into force 30 days after the date of its official publication. Abstract This Regional Law regulates certain issues in the field of manufacturing of organic products, and also determines the powers of the regional bodies of state power in the field of manufacturing of organic products. It does not apply to issues related to production, storage, transportation and sale of perfumery and cosmetics, medicines, seeds of forest plants, wildlife products and fish products (excluding aquaculture products). Organic producers shall be intended legal and physical persons who carry out production, storage, labelling, transportation and sale of organic products and are included in the unified state register of organic producers. The main directions of the regional state policy in the field of organic production are: (a) development of organic agriculture; (b) increasing the competitiveness of agricultural commodities, produced in the regional territory; (c) providing the population with high-quality and safe foodstuffs; and (d) state support for organic producers. In the transition to organic agriculture and organic production, a transitional period is established during which implementation of the rules of organic agriculture and organic production is ensured, as established by the national, interstate and international standards in the field of organic production acting in the Russian Federation. It is not allowed to place the label of organic products on packaging, consumer, transport packaging of agricultural commodities, raw materials and foodstuffs produced during the transition period. Full text Russian Website publication.pravo.gov.ru