Convegno La riforma del sistema di certificazione del biologico tra cambiamenti e attese The reform of the certification system of the organic sector between changes and expectations Bologna, 9 settembre 2013 SANA, 25° Salone Internazionale del Biologico e del Naturale A cura: Jochen Neuendorff Titolo: Good Practices – The AFI-perspective Dr. Jochen Neuendorff The Anti-Fraud Initiative Production Rules The Anti-Fraud Initiative Production Rules for Organic Farming Sometimes complicated and not result-orientated › Difficult to understand › Difficult to interpret › Result: Diverging national and regional interpretations The Anti-Fraud Initiative Complicated Production Rules – the result The Anti-Fraud Initiative Perspective – Production Rules Simple, enforceable EU-Standard for Organic Production Hot topics from the German perspective - Animal welfare - Imports from Third Countries The Anti-Fraud Initiative Inspection and Certification The Anti-Fraud Initiative Inspection and certification Paper-driven and not integrity-orientated › Checklist governance › Complicated and bureaucratic procedures › Authorities, accreditation bodies and control bodies lack own accountability The Anti-Fraud Initiative The future challenge: Better identification of fraudsters Perspective: Inspection and certification › Competent authorities/Accreditation bodies: - Simple administrative procedures (e.g. notifications) - Risk-orientated and co-ordinated surveillance › Operators: - Implementation of a system of Organic Critical Points (OCP) › Authorities and control bodies: Introduction of a risk-orientated inspection system (frequency and type of inspection) › Control bodies: Capacity building for organic inspectors › Organic sector: Internet platforms (certificates, traceability) The Anti-Fraud Initiative GRAZIE PER L’ATTENZIONE THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION CONTATTI CONTACT Dr. Jochen Neuendorff GfRS www.gfrs.de [email protected]