In Hungary – just like in all other EU member states – the organic regulations of the European Union shall be applied. Our inspection and certification system is also based on these. Since the 1st January 2022 these are as follows: 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 the Commission implementing regulation (EU) 2021/1165 of 15 July 2021 authorising certain products and substances for use in organic production and establishing their lists, as well as twenty other implementing regulations with minor scopes (all listed with hyperlinks at https://www.biokontroll.hu/ellenorzes-es-tanusitas/jogszabalyok on this website). These are complemented by the Hungarian national Decree No. 34/2013 (V.14.) of the Ministry of Rural Development.
In the Basic Standards of Biokontroll Hungária Nonprofit Ltd. the requirements laid down in the regulations are arranged and interpreted according to the farmers’ needs, the Standards clearly describe the production, processing and labelling requirements to our partners. The document can be ordered on payment personally, by telephone, by post or on the address info[kukac]biokontroll.hu by cash on delivery consignment.
We inspect and certify the following activities according to the requirements of the regulations of the European Union:
- Crop production
- Collection of wild growing plants
- Mushroom production
- Bee-keeping
- Animal husbandry, according to our own standards including:
- fish farming in ponds
- game farming in game reserves
- rabbit husbandry
- quail keeping
- Production of processed organic feed
- Wholesale and retail trade
- Food processing (including yeast production)
- Storage
- Import
Biokontroll is an active member of:
- EOCC (European Organic Certifiers Council), the European association of inspection and certification bodies and authorities. This international non-profit organisation was established in 2010 and has 77 members today from several countries of the world. Its aim is to promote the reliability of organic farming inspection and certification. Beside this it is working also to improve EU legislation on organic. EOCC is recognised as important discussion partner and it maintains good relations with the EU institutions. The website of EOCC can be found via the following link: http://eocc.nu/.
- IFOAM Organics Europe (International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements), which is the European umbrella organisation for organic food and farming. For more than 20 years, we have been and continue representing organic in European policymaking and advocating for a transformation of food and farming. Our work is based on the principles of organic agriculture – health, ecology, fairness and care. With almost 200 members in 34 European countries, our work spans the entire organic food chain. The website of IFOAM OE can be found via the following link: https://www.organicseurope.bio//.
