News

1. CERES has obtained accreditation for certification according to the GLOBAL ORGANIC TEXTILE STANDARD (GOTS). For further information, please see the accreditation certificate (unofficial English translation) and Brief introduction to the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) and BEST.
   
   
2. New EU Logo in place since 1 July 2010. For further information, please see Brief Information Organic Labelling.
   
   
   
   
3. New Code Numbers for Organic Third Country Certifiers assigned by EU Commission: CERES has been assigned the code ‘XY-BIO-604’. ‘XY’ stands for the respective country code (e.g. CN for China, UG for Uganda, EC for Ecuador, etc.). For further information, please see Brief Information Organic Labelling.
   
   
4. CERES has obtained accreditation for certification according to the GLOBALGAP standard for Plant Propagation Material (Nurseries). Please see the accreditation certificate (unofficial English translation).
   
   
5. EU-Commission: Agreement on organic wine standard failed. The expert groups have not been able to agree on rules for organic wine production according to the EU-Regulation on organic farming. Therefore, the previous situation remains in place: Wine can only be labeled as "made from organic grapes". For more details, please see Brief Info Organic Wine.