<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; BACKGROUND: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class=MsoNormal align=justify><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #242816; FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: IT" lang=EN-US>The EU Commission has started the evaluation of the applications presented by&nbsp;EU Control Bodies to be included in the list of the Control Authorities authorized to operate following art. 10 and 11 of EC Reg. 1235/08 (equivalency regime). The Commission has received a number of requests, and a final list will be presented by 2011, following the Head of EC “Organic Farming” Unit M. J.F. Hulot comments at the “InterBio/Ifoam" event in Rome (IV European Organic Conference)<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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