About Austria Bio Garantie d.o.o. in Croatia

Austria Bio Garantie d.o.o. is a subsidiary of Austria Bio Garantie GmbH. It was founded in 2010 and is an independent inspection and certification body. We passed all requirements for application as national and European inspection body for Croatia in 2012 and act under the approval of the Croatian Ministry.

Products certified by Austria Bio Garantie d.o.o. are identified by our code number: HR–EKO–07.

Austria Bio Garantie d.o.o. supports farms and processors in the food sector, helping them to develop sustainably and strengthen their market position. We inspect plant production units as well as animal husbandry farms. Additionally we offer inspections for inputs for organic farming (e.g. chalk production) and together with our international network partners we conduct inspections for other quality standards.

The main aim of Austria Bio Garantie d.o.o. is to offer independency, transparency and efficiency of the inspection and certification services. Due to our slim organizational structure and our extended inspection services all our customers profit from the best value for money.

The number of certified operations increased continuously, by the end of 2018 there were more than 390 by our company. Our clients and partners are our priority, and we look forward to welcoming you, too, to Austria Bio Garantie d.o.o.!

Please contact our competent team.

Austria Bio Garantie GmbH (ABG) Headquarters

Austria Bio Garantie GmbH (ABG) is the headquarters of Austria Bio Garantie d.o.o. in Austria. According to the wide range of services and our professional team we are able to offer you independent and serious inspections.

Since 1994 Austria Bio Garantie GmbH is approved from the food authority in all Austrian provinces as organic inspection body and since 1998 accredited according to ISO 17065 (before EN 45011) from the Austrian accreditation body. Through the close collaboration with agroVet GmbH, that is working in the field of conventional agricultural and processing operations, synergies can be used optimally with other quality standards.

With around 12,000 agricultural operations and more than 1,500 companies in the fields of processing, trading and import Austria Bio Garantie is Austria’s leading organic inspection body.

With two national and three international locations ABG cares about their customers in Austria and the neighbouring countries. ABG and their foreign network partners are also working on the international market.

Further information: www.abg.at

Team

ABG colleagues at International Department in Austria:  http://www.abg.at/en/company/Team/

The Mission Statement

Independence

Austria Bio Garantie is not controlled by outside influences. Based on our impartiality, we provide our services neutrally to all applicants, independent of all commercial or political influences.

Our market position is strengthened by a broad range of services and financial autonomy.

Safety

Austria Bio Garantie conducts independent inspections at all levels of the production chain (farmers-processors-traders-import/export) and Austria Bio Garantie makes in the complete inspection chain of organic products sure, that a product is “organic”, when it tells you to be organic. Our inspection makes the difference between “certified organic products” and “pseudo organic products” (conventional products) in terms of declaration and traceability.

Sustainability

By our business and services, ABG contributes a lot to a sustainable cultivation of land ressources, to maintenance of cultural landscape and to a species-appropriate animal husbandry.

Competiveness

Activities of the Austria Bio Garantie support and push forward production methods – which enhance the chance of organic farmers and processors to be successful on the national and international market.

Quality

Quality is a main concern in every respect of Austria Bio Garantie. The high quality demands cover continuous training and further education of our staff, as well as inspections, and customer services.

General Terms and Conditions

The General terms and conditions are valid between Austria Bio Garantie and the clients.
They are integral part of the concluded contract(s).

Current General Terms and Conditions:
You can find the current version of the General Terms and Conditions here (As of 01.03.2020).

Old Versions:
General Terms and conditions until 28.03.2016

General Terms and conditions until 08.10.2018

General Terms and conditions until 29.02.2020

Integral part of the General terms and conditions are:

Fees
Terms of use of the Trademark Logotypes

Accreditation:

Since 1998 Austria Bio Garantie has been accredited as certification body for organic products according to ISO 17065 (former EN 45011). Austria Bio Garantie d.o.o. is covered by this accreditation. The range of accreditation is expanded continuously.
Austria Bio Garantie inspects and may also certify companies´ compliance with following regulations:
Council regulation 834/2007 for organic production and labeling
AustrianCodex Alimentarius (chapter A8)

Link to Documents: http://www.abg.at/en/abg/accreditation

Ministry in Croatia

The appeals service

Austria Bio Garantie sets a high value on transparency of its procedures.
If any lack of clarity regarding our inspection and certification activities occurs, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Our clients have the right to file a protest and appeal against decisions made during inspections, audits and certification. If our services or activities cause any discontent, please inform us in written form. ABG will immediately investigate by a second person.
Please consider that for legal reasons complaints and appeals have to be submitted within 14 days.

Contact: [email protected]