Application for approval of an inspection body for organic farming

The Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food is responsible for the approval of your inspection body.

• Submit the completed application together with the required attachments by mail to the BLE.
  • You will receive the application documents from the BLE upon oral or written request.
• The BLE examines the application on the basis of the legal requirements.

Examination and approval may cover individual or all of the following control areas, depending on the inspection body's application:

• Control area A:
  • Agricultural production
  • Agricultural production - beekeeping
  • Agricultural production - seaweed and aquaculture
• control area B: production of processed food
• Control area C: Trade with third countries (import)
• Control area D: subcontracting to third parties
• Control area E: production of animal feed

Prior to approval, the competent body carries out an on-site inspection at the business premises.

After successful completion of the inspection and payment of the fees, your inspection body can commence operations.

Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food
Deichmanns Aue 29
53179 Bonn
Phone: +49 228 9968450
Fax: +49 228 68453101
Internet: www.ble.de

Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food
Deichmanns Aue 29
53179 Bonn
Phone: +49 228 9968450
Fax: +49 228 68453101
Internet: www.ble.de

• accreditation
• quality management
• qualified inspection body personnel in sufficient numbers. The concrete requirements are regulated in the accreditation regulations.
• standard control programme for each control area applied for
• written procedures for, among other things, the implementation of the
  • Control
  • assessment and certification
  • Documentation of control results
  • Sanctioning
  • Risk analysis
  • Sampling and charging
• financial, professional and personal independence
• sufficient insurance cover for all possible damage matters within the scope of the inspection

• Evidence proving that you meet the requirements. You can request the application documents and further information from the BLE.

Costs are incurred. These depend on the processing effort. The maximum fee is currently EUR 9780.00.

You do not have to meet any deadlines.

Application review: maximum 3 months.
The period begins when the documents are complete.

• § 4 Absatz 1 Öko-Landbaugesetz (ÖLG)
• ÖLG-Kontrollstellen-Zulassungsverordnung (ÖLGKontrollStZulV)

Forms: yes

Online procedure possible: no

Written form required: yes

Personal appearance required: no