The law sets legal, economic and social bases for organic farming and requirements on the production, processing, certification, marking, transportation, storage and sale of organic products.
A total of 286 out of 383 lawmakers registered in the session hall on Thursday supported the law.
The law regulates relations in the organic farming sphere and applies to all organic products produced in line with the requirements of the law.
The law sets state policy in the organic farming sphere, according to which the state develops competitive and effective agriculture with the help of organic farming, increases exports of organic products, develops the organic products market in the country, and encourages the production of high-quality organic products, as well as environmental protection and the restoration and rational use of natural resources.
According to the law, organic farming may not include the use of chemicals or genetically modified organisms.
According to the law, the basis for state policy in the organic farming sphere is determined by the Verkhovna Rada and the Ukrainian cabinet, and other executive power bodies carries out the policy.
The law says that the central executive power body for agricultural policy supervises organic farming. The law also sets common requirements on the production, processing, storage and sale of organic products.
In addition, the law says that organic farms are to be certified.
The law sets punishments for the violation of the law. Organic farm operators can be excluded from the register of operators and can be deprived of their certificate, or the certificate can be suspended.
