?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Balancing+and+integrating+basic+values+in+the+development+of+organic+regulations+and+standards%3A+proposal+for+a+procedure+using+case+studies+of+conflicting+areas&rft.creator=Padel%2C+Susanne&rft.creator=R%C3%83%C2%B6cklinsberg%2C+Helena&rft.creator=Verhoog%2C+Henk&rft.creator=Fjelsted+Alr%C3%83%C2%B8e%2C+Hugo&rft.creator=de+Wit%2C+Jan&rft.creator=Kjeldsen%2C+Chris&rft.creator=Schmid%2C+Otto&rft.subject=+Regulation&rft.subject=+Values%2C+standards+and+certification&rft.description=The+basic+aim+of+the+report+is+to+develop+a+procedure+for+the+integration+of+the+ethical+value+base+of+organic+farming+into+standards+and+regulations.+For+this+it+is+necessary+to+identify+the+core+ethical+value+of+organic+production%2C+consider+their+coherence+and+relate+them+to+existing+practice+of+organic+food+and+farming.+Ethical+values+are+per+se+in+need+of+interpretation.+It+is+therefore+also+necessary+to+consider+the+process+of+decision-making%2C+when+aiming+to+achieve+a+coherent+integration+of+such+values+in+the+structure+of+a+standard+or+regulation.%0D%0A%0D%0AIn+line+with+the+European+Action+Plan+for+organic+food+and+farming+from+2004+the+Project+EEC+2092%2F91+(Organic)+Revision+supports+the+idea+that+delegating+a+larger+role+to+values+and+basic+principles+will+help+to+harmonise+the+rules%2C+provide+room+for+flexibility+in+implementation+and+to+simplify+the+European+Regulation+for+organic+production.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt+is+important+to+include+basic+values+in+standards+and+regulations%2C+because+organic+farming+is+value+based+and+all+actors%2Fstakeholders+have+value+expectations%2C+including+consumers+who+the+regulation+wants+to+protect.+Standards+and+regulations+form+the+basis+of+a+virtual+contract+between+the+consumer+and+the+producers.+By+following+the+practices+set+out+in+the+standards%2C+producers+give+a+promise+to+the+consumer+to+deliver+on+additional+ethical+values%2C+beyond+the+legal+minimum+standards+for+conventional+agriculture+and+food.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+growing+and+globalised+organic+market+and+the+involvement+of+large+companies+have+resulted+in+renewed+interest+in+the+values+and+principles+of+organic+farming.+There+has+been+concern+that+the+organic+food+and+farming+sector+is+becoming+more+conventionalised%2C+and+has+lost+touch+with+its+basic+values.+Thus+it+will+no+longer+function+effectively+as+a+real+alternative+to+general+agriculture+for+consumers%2C+producers+and+also+for+policy+makers.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+report+analyses+what+core+ethical+value+are+associated+with+organic+agriculture+and+should+therefore+be+considered+for+inclusion+in+a+regulation.+This+value+base+is+contrasted+with+the+existing+Regulation+(EEC)+2092%2F91+and+with+examples+of+current+practice+of+organic+agriculture+in+Europe.+The+implications+of+including+ethical+values+in+the+structure+of+a+regulation+for+decisionmaking+are+considered.+Following+on+from+the+European+Action+Plan+a+process+of+total+revision+of+the+EU+regulation+on+organic+production+is+underway.+A+new+European+Regulation+for+organic+production+was+adopted+by+the+European+Council+of+Ministers+in+June+2006+and+will+come+into+force+in+Jan+2009.+The+text+of+the+near+final+proposal+from+December+2006+has+been+considered%0D%0Ain+several+sections+of+the+report.+The+report+finishes+with+some+conclusions+and+recommendations+for+the+EU+Commission+and+other+standard+setting+bodies+regarding+the+choice+and+roles+of+values+in+organic+standard%2C+the+rules+for+decision-making+processes+in+relation+to+integrating+values%2C+and+regarding+the+ongoing+revision+of+the+organic+regulation+in+Europe.&rft.date=2007-03&rft.type=Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F10940%2F1%2FD_2_3_Integrating_values_final_2007.pdf&rft.identifier=Padel%2C+Susanne%3B+R%C3%83%C2%B6cklinsberg%2C+Helena%3B+Verhoog%2C+Henk%3B+Fjelsted+Alr%C3%83%C2%B8e%2C+Hugo%3B+de+Wit%2C+Jan%3B+Kjeldsen%2C+Chris+and+Schmid%2C+Otto+(2007)+Balancing+and+integrating+basic+values+in+the+development+of+organic+regulations+and+standards%3A+proposal+for+a+procedure+using+case+studies+of+conflicting+areas.+EEC+2092%2F91+(0rganic+Revision+Project+Report)%2C+D+2.3.&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F10940%2F