Official company name: Biokontroll Hungária Inspection and Certification Nonprofit Ltd.
Short name: Biokontroll Hungária Nonprofit Ltd.
Owner: Hungarian Biokultúra Federation
Established in: 1996.
Legal framework:
Hungarian National regulation: Decree of the Ministry of Rural Development No. 34/2013
EU law: regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products
and its implementing regulations
Authorizations:
- Decision of the Central Agricultural Office (MgSzH) No. 02.4/04154/007/2009 (31st December, 2009.) Official code of registration: HU-ÖKO-01.
- NAH-6-0012/2024 accreditation on product certification by NAH (National Accreditation Authority), continuously from 2002.
Trademark:
The trademark of Biokontroll Hungária Inspection and Certification Nonprofit Ltd. was registered by the Hungarian Patent Office on No. 195 756. Specific contract has to be signed to use the trademark.
Certified operators in 2025:
| Type of business | No of operators |
| Producers | 5336 |
| Bee keepers (of the above) | 285 (of the above) |
| Aquaculture | 5 |
| Processing | 472 |
| Importers | 32 |
| Exporters | 64 |
| 306 | 306 |
| Total | 5792 |
Overview of activities related to the inspection and certification:
- Informing customers: checking if references to HU-ÖKO-01 on product labels are valid and trustful.
- Professional guidance: the Biokontroll Basic Standards, which are available in printed form, may help you with guidance on the complicated system of EU and national organic farming legislation.
- Biokultúra Magazine: our inspected clients receive the Biokultúra Magazine that is published every second month free of charge. Besides our official communications it includes plenty of useful information on organic farming. Information on subscription and the content of previous issues is available under the menu point of this website: Biokultúra újság.
- Expert opinion on policy measures: as members of international organisations active in organic production, we regularly deliver opinion on EU legislative drafts, as well as national drafts on every aspects of organic production, we are involved in the development of several policy action plans such as the National Agri-environmental Programme, Improvement of the Vásárhelyi Plan, the Hungarian Rural Development Plan or the „New Hungary” Rural Development Programme etc., by providing professional guidance and information.
- Members of international organisations: IFOAM, EOCC
- Inspections under international organic standards: EU Bio, BioSuisse, DEMETER, Naturland, BioKreis, Bioland, KRAV
- Pleading: We take no responsibility for any incorrect information found on our webpages resulting from administrational mistakes. We reserve the right to modify content of our pages. We thank you for comments and remarks.
