A meeting of the Comité national de l'Agriculture biologique will be held on XXXXXXX.

The CNAB is notably responsible for:

• make proposals to the French authorities concerning changes to the regulations;
• give its opinion on the approval of national specifications for products without detailed rules in the European regulation;
• study and propose any measure likely to encourage improvements in the production and quality of products from organic farming;
• give an opinion on any question relating to the organic method of production and processing of products submitted by the ministers responsible for agriculture or consumer affairs.

The CNAB brings together:

• a chairman;
• representatives from the production, processing and trading sectors;
• a member from each of the other INAO national committees and the Conseil des Agréments et Contrôles (CAC), ensuring consistency with the rules inherent in controls and other SIQO;
• representatives from the administrations: Direction générale de la performance économique et environnementale des entreprises, Direction générale de l'alimentation, Direction générale de la concurrence, consommation et répression des fraudes, Commissariat général au développement durable, Direction générale des affaires maritimes, de la pêche et de l'aquaculture, Agence Bio;
• qualified personalities as well as representatives of consumers and environmental protection associations.

This wide-ranging composition ensures the legitimacy of the decisions taken. Where necessary, the positions adopted are relayed to the European level and contribute to the evolution of regulations.

The CNAB bases its expertise on the work of 7 national commissions and numerous working groups, all led by the INAO.