The EU agricultural ministers agreed on the new EU regulation on organic farming

Ministers agreed today at the AGRIFISH Council on a general approach on the Commission proposal for a new organic regulation. An IFOAM EU delegation in Luxembourg witnessed a last minute amendment to ensure that organic farmers won't be punished by EU legislation in future for contamination resulting from their conventional neighbours or the environment.

According to the information of the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture (FM), during the more than year-long European Union negotiations, the Ministry of Agriculture regularly negotiated with th representatives of the Hungarian organic sector to ensure to make a legislation that is in accordance with the interests of the sector. (MTI)