All aquaculture products that shall be sold as “organic” in the European Union (EU) have to fulfil the requirements that are laid down by the EU regulations (EC) N° 834/07 and N° 889/08. This includes products certified acc. to private label organic standards (e.g. Naturland, Bio Suisse, Soil Association, Debio, etc.).

IMO is able to offer combined audits according to the EU Regulations and any of the standards or private label schemes listed on the previous page for all aquaculture products worldwide.
 
Please contact us at aqua@imo.ch for more information.

All organic aquaculture products must be labelled acc. to the new EU Regulation and all products originating from within the EU must also carry the EU organic logo.

Please contact the IMO Group office in Switzerland for clarification regarding the special legal requirements of your country: aqua@imo.ch.

Importing certified organic aquaculture products from a non-member state into the EU requires an import license (marketing authorisation), which must be requested from the relevant national authority. A certificate of inspection must accompany every imported batch of accompany the product.
For more information, please contact: import@imo.ch.

EU REGULATION (EC) N° 834/07
Defines the scope and the basic requirements of the EU Regulation regarding organic agriculture and aquaculture production, processing, export and import activities. EU Regulation N° 834/07 entered into force on the 1st of January 2009.

EU REGULATION (EC) N° 889/08
Defines the Regulations` basic requirements for certification in detail. EU Regulation N° 889/08 entered into force on the 1st of January 2009.
 
Please note that the above regulations substitute the former EU Regulation (EEC) N° 2092/91.

EU REGULATION (EC) N° 710/09
EU Regulation (EC) N° 710/09 amends EU Regulation N° 889/08 laying down detailed rules on organic aquaculture animal and seaweed production. EU Regulation N° 710/09 entered into force three days after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union on the 8th of August 2009.