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    USDA Foreign Agricultural Service

    GAIN Report
    Global Agriculture Information Network
    Template Version 2.09

    Voluntary Report - Public distribution


    Date: 2/26/2008
    GAIN Report Number: PL8006
    PL8006
    Poland
    Organic Products
    Certification and Subsidies to Domestic Production
    2008

    Approved by:
    Eric Wenberg
    AgWarsaw
    Prepared by:
    Natalia Koniuszewska

    Report Highlights:
    Highlights: American and European organic standards are not yet equivalent although they
    achieve the same end result for fulfilling a vision of healthy, nutritious and natural foods.
    Exporters wishing to supply their products to Poland (EU-27) or to the U.S. have to obtain
    additional certification on their products. Due to the small demand for such services, there is
    no Polish certifier accredited by USDA for the National Organic Program. However, Polish
    companies can request the certificate from other EU certifiers and they have local offices. EU
    farmers in Poland receive subsidy payments to become organically certified and organic
    farmers receive supplemental payments for their farms.

    Includes PSD Changes: No


    Includes Trade Matrix: No
    Annual Report
    Warsaw [PL1]
    [PL]
    GAIN Report - PL8006 Page 2 of 3

    Poland produces high quality organic products and sells them locally and in EU markets.
    According to the Agricultural and Food Quality Inspection Service (AFQI), there were 11,887
    organic farms and 207 organic products processors in Poland at the end of 2007, a 30
    percent increase compared with 2006. The Ministry of Agriculture estimates that the number
    of organic farms will double by 2013. Poland subsidizes partially the cost of certification for
    organic standards. For smaller farms the subsidy pays almost all of the certification cost.
    Larger farms get a smaller certification payment as a percentage of the certification cost.

    Subsidy Rates for certification in 2007


    Size of farm Rate per farm in PLN US$1=PLN2.5
    up to 5 hectares 500 200
    5-10 hectares 600 240
    10-20 hectares 650 260
    20-50 hectares 700 280
    50-100 hectares 750 300
    over 100 hectares 800 320

    The actual rates for 2008 will be available in April/May.

    Farmers also get EU subsidies for organic farming depending on the specialization of the farm
    and its certification status:

    EU Subsidies to Organic Farms within PROW 2007-2013 (Rural Development)


    PLN per hectare per year
    under the certification
    with certificate process
    Farms 790 (202.4 euro) 840 (215.2 euro)
    Meadows, pastures 260 (66.6 euro) 330 (84.5 euro)
    Vegetables production 1 300 (333 euro) 1 550 (397 euro)
    Herbs production 1 050 (269 euro) 1 150 (294.6 euro)
    Special production (orchards, berries) 1 540 (394.5 euro) 1 800 (461.1 euro)

    There are 7 private companies accredited by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
    Development to certify organic farms and products in Poland. Polish certificates are valid
    throughout the EU. Only two companies, Ekogwarancja and Bioekspert provide certification
    in accordance with the U.S. National Organic Program (NOP/USDA) as sub-contractors to
    German and Swiss companies accredited by USDA. As there is no great demand for NOP
    certification services in Poland, no Polish company is interested yet in U.S. accreditation. At
    the moment there are 60 companies (farmers and traders) under the U.S. certification
    process. They are suppliers of apples, strawberries, blackberries, nuts, herbs, wheat, and
    oat. There were some exports of Polish organic products to the United States in 2006, but in
    2007 there were no shipments due to prices and organic demand in the EU. But more and
    more exporters are interested in getting into the U.S. market. There are three ways to
    export foreign organic products to the U.S. market: 1) direct certification from a USDA
    accredited certifier; 2) Poland's Ministry of Agriculture (or other government body) becomes
    "recognized" by USDA as the competent authority which then accredits certifiers in Poland, to
    certify organic production in Poland to USDA, NOP standard; or 3) USDA recognizes Poland's
    (or the EU's) organic standard as "equivalent" and product produced in Poland is allowed to

    UNCLASSIFIED USDA Foreign Agricultural Service


    GAIN Report - PL8006 Page 3 of 3

    flow into the U.S. without further certification. A U.S.-EU equivalence agreement has not
    been finished yet.

    A producer who intends to import organic agricultural products into the EU from third
    countries has to apply for authorization to import. A special application form is available at
    the Main Inspectorate of AFQI website, (www.ijhars.gov.pl -> organic farming).

    The Chief Inspector of AFQI provides authorization based on the principles specified in EU
    Council Regulation 2092/91/EEC and Commission Regulation 1788/2001/EC. The
    authorization is issued to the producer as an administrative decision.

    The producer applying for such authorization has to present evidence that the production
    methods and control measures in the country from which the imports are to be realized are
    equivalent to the production principles and control systems specified in Council Regulation
    2092/91/EEC, or organize inspection by an EU approved group.

    Companies certifying Polish products according to USDA/NOP standards:

    EKOGWARANCJA PTRE sp. z o.o.


    ul. Irysowa 12/2
    20-834 Lublin
    tel: +48 (81) 742 68 64, 081 742 83 15, 0695 51 00 01
    fax: +48 (81) 742 83 14
    e-mail: biuro@ekogwarancja.pl
    Web page: http://ekogwarancja.pl

    Bioekspert Sp.z o.o.


    ul. Narbutta 3 A m 1
    02-564 Warszawa
    Ph: (022) 825 10 78
    Ph/fax: (022) 825 18 12
    fax: (022) 499 53 67
    mobile: 0 509 217 354; 0 509 217 364
    email: bioekspert@bioekspert.waw.pl
    Web page: http://bioekspert.waw.pl/pl/

    UNCLASSIFIED USDA Foreign Agricultural Service

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