Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación

Dirección General de la Industria Alimentaria

Paseo Infanta Isabel, 1

28014 Madrid

The collected statistics for the country cover the following data:

• Certified registered organic operators (referring to their main or secondary activity) (expressed in number of operators)
• Certified registered organic processors who manufacture organic products (as their main or secondary activity) (expressed in number of processors)
• Certified organic crop area (under conversion and fully converted) (expressed in hectares)
• Certified organic crop production from fully converted area (expressed in 1 000 kg)
• Certified organic livestock (expressed in heads of live animals)
• Production of certified organic products of animal origin (expressed in 1 000 kg of carcass weight and in thousand eggs)
• Production of certified organic milk products (Produced on farms or Processed on farms or by dairy enterprises) and Honey and products of bee-keeping (expressed in 1 000 kg of products obtained)
• Certified organic aquaculture sold by producers (expressed in 1 000 kg live weight)

See ESS Agreement on Organic Production Statistics

See Organic farming Metadata

See Organic farming Metadata

See Organic farming Metadata

See Organic farming Metadata

Spain

2012 onwards.

Not applicable.

• Certified registered organic operators (referring to their main or secondary activity) (expressed in number of operators)
• Certified registered organic processors who manufacture organic products (as their main or secondary activity) (expressed in number of processors)
• Certified organic crop area (under conversion and fully converted) (expressed in hectares)
• Certified organic crop production from fully converted area (expressed in 1 000 kg)
• Certified organic livestock (expressed in heads of live animals)
• Production of certified organic products of animal origin (expressed in 1 000 kg of carcass weight and in thousand eggs)
• Production of certified organic milk products (Produced on farms or Processed on farms or by dairy enterprises) and Honey and products of bee-keeping (expressed in 1 000 kg of products obtained)
• Certified organic aquaculture sold by producers (expressed in 1 000 kg live weight)

2022

Real Decreto 2/2020, de 12 de enero, (BOE 13 de enero de 2020) 

Real Decreto 833/2014, de 3 de octubre, por el que se establece y regula el Registro General de Operadores Ecológicos y se crea la Mesa de coordinación de la producción ecológica

Real Decreto 1495/2011, de 24 de octubre, por el que se desarrolla la Ley 37/2007, de 16 de noviembre, sobre reutilización de la información del sector público

not applicable

there is no

there is no

publication on the MAPA website https://www.mapa.gob.es/es/alimentacion/temas/produccion-eco/

once a year

press releases in https://www.mapa.gob.es/es/

publication on the MAPA website https://www.mapa.gob.es/es/alimentacion/temas/produccion-eco/

excel on the MAPA website https://www.mapa.gob.es/es/alimentacion/temas/produccion-eco/

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excel on the MAPA website https://www.mapa.gob.es/es/alimentacion/temas/produccion-eco/

nothing else

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The data are collected by accredited bodies under ISO 17065. They are aggregated by the regional Public Administrations and compiled by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
Out-of-ratio yield checks are performed. Summation checks. Checks of variations of more than 10% with respect to the previous year.

The checks have resulted in data revisions that have accounted for less than 1%.

The users are the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food itself, other administrations, sector associations, universities and students, researchers...

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The main source of error is manual transcription of data.

sampling error is not applicable in your country

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See concepts below.

180 days

180 days

See concepts below.

0

The excel forms submitted by the regional administrations is the same

Not applicable.

10 years

10 years

The data collected by the IFS are not comparable.

In summary, the main differences could be due to the following causes:

- The form of data collection.

- The sources used (The IFS collects data on CAP eligible areas which results in smaller areas).

- The concept of exploitation and thresholds.

- Small differences in the interpretation of some variables (e.g. Permanent grassland) which may have a significant impact on the determination of the aggregate.

-  The reference dates and the date of data collection.

Other statistics do not include separate data for organic production.

Not applicable.

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None

The cost to the Administration is about €7,000 per year.
There is no cost or burden for the respondents as they are obliged to declare the data to their inspection body as stipulated in Regulation 2018/848.

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The data are collected by the control bodies provided for in Regulation 2018/848 that have to certify organic producers. They are aggregated by the regional Public Administrations and collected by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

The data are collected on an ongoing basis by monitoring agencies. Each Regional Administration has a different frequency for collecting data from the control bodies. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food compiles the data once a year.

The competent authorities for organic production in Spain are the Autonomous Communities (Regions). Each Competent Authority collects information from its Control Authority (public body) or Control Bodies authorized by the Competent Authority for organic production. The Control Bodies are companies, accredited under the UNE-EN-ISO/IEC 17065 standard. The Control Bodies and Control Authorities collect data from the operators they certify according to regulation 2018/848 on a continuous basis. According to the regulation the Control Bodies and Control Authorities have to audit the producer at least once a year, in addition to any unannounced inspections they deem appropriate.

In these audits all the operator's resources of production, surface areas, census, installations, production, invoices, accounting, etc. are checked. Certified operators belong to the entire food chain, primary production, processing and marketing.

Out-of-ratio yield checks are performed. Summation checks. Checks of variations of more than 10% with respect to the previous year.

The aggregate calculation procedure is the sum of the excel forms submitted by the regional administrations. The aggregation is automated.

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