Commentaries: Art. 15

The Federal Council shall stipulate:
1. the requirements that must be met by the products and production methods, in particular those that claim to be ecological;
2. monitoring procedures.
Products may only be labelled as organic if the entire farm where they are produced is run organically. The Federal Council may in particular allow exceptions for farms with permanent crops insofar as the integrity of the organic production and its ability to be checked is not compromised.¹
The Federal Council may recognise the guidelines issued by organisations if they include the requirements mentioned under paragraph 1 letter a.
The Federal Council may recognise labelling for foreign products if it is based on equivalent requirements.

Amended by No I of the FA of 22 June 2007, in force since 1 Jan. 2008 (AS 2007 6095;BBl 2006 6337). ↩

Art. 15