Development Perspectives of Organic Farming in European Union Law

Abstract: Organic farming is defined as a system of agriculture that aims for the most sustainable production of plant and animal products within a farm, based on natural means (both biological and mineral), unprocessed technologically, ensuring lasting soil fertility, animal health, and high biological quality of agricultural products. Currently, the ambition of the European Union, expressed in programmatic documents, is to achieve a significant increase in organic production within the Union. To this end, the EU legislator has reformed the regulations concerning the principles of organic production, placed greater emphasis on financing this sector within the framework of the Common Agricultural Policy, and has also been interested in undertaking actions to strengthen the position of farmers in relation to businesses that are buyers of agricultural products. The aim of this article is to analyze selected basic regulations of EU law in this area and to attempt to evaluate them from the perspective of the potential for the development of organic farming in the European Union.

Key words: organic farming, European Law, common agricultural policy

JEL code: Q