Intellectual Property Law

[w]here used, the logo must be accompanied by an indication of the place where the agricultural raw materials were farmed, stating that raw materials originate from 'EU Agriculture', 'non-EU Agriculture' or 'EU/non-EU Agriculture'. If all raw materials have been farmed in only one country, the name of this specific country, in or outside the EU, can be indicated instead. National, region, or private labels will be allowed to appear on packaging alongside the common EU logo. Under the EU?s new regulations, products can only be labelled as organic if:

? At least 95 per cent of the product's ingredients of agricultural origin have been organically produced;
? The product complies with the rules of the official inspection scheme;
? The product has come directly from the producer or preparer in a sealed package;
? The product bears the name of the producer, the preparer or vendor and the name or code of the inspection body
? The product does not contain GMOs

The new EU rules also set out conditions for organic aquaculture production of fish, shellfish and seaweed. These specify that biodiversity should be respected, and do not allow the use of induced spawning by artificial hormones.