The Order on organization of control and certification system, the approval of control bodies
and supervision of their activities in organic farming was approved.
Any operator or group of operators who produce, prepare, distribute or store organic or
converted products, who import such products from a third country or who export such
products to a third country or who place such products on the market, are obliged to submit to
its control and certification activity.
Operators or groups of operators have the obligation to notify their annual activity to the
county or Bucharest agriculture directorates.
The control and certification of ecological production is carried out by the control bodies, and
their approval is made by a commission constituted by order of minister of agriculture and
rural development.
The control bodies headquartered in another Member State may be established in Romania
through a unit whose legal form is accepted by national legislation, and staff involved must
be present at the annual audit carried out at headquarters in Romania.
