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
Dipl. Ing. Matzenberger Hans
Managing Director Austria Bio Garantie
Mobile: +43 (0) 664 4131451
Email: [email protected]
Maier Silvia
Managing Director Austria Bio Garantie
Mobile: +43 (0) 664 5409741
Email: [email protected]
Marko Tarandek bacc.ing.agr.
Technical Site Manager,
Inspector, Certifier
Mobile: +385 (0) 99 306 2488
Email: [email protected]
Tajana Slunjski dipl.ing.agr.
Deputy of technical site Manager,
Inspector, Certifier
Mobile: +385 (0) 99 328 0410
Email: [email protected]
Marko Ilić Buljan mag. ing. agr.
Inspector, Certifier
Mobile: +385 (0) 99 205 6002
Email: [email protected]
Marija Gabrijela Bogović mag. ing. techn. aliment.
Inspector
Phone: +385 (0) 95/3790010
Email: [email protected]
ABG colleagues at International Department in Austria: http://www.abg.at/en/company/Team/
Accreditation
Accreditation means the formal recognition of the technical and organizational competence of an authority to execute a specific service as described in the scope of accreditation.
Austria Bio Garantie d.o.o. is an accredited certification body for certification of products according to the standard ISO 17065 by the Accreditation Agency in the scope described in annex to Accreditation Certificate number 3662. All activities are subjected to supervision by the Croatian Accreditation Authority (HAA).
Accreditation is a confidence building measure which allows authorities, economy and society to judge if inspection or certification bodies fulfill specific tasks with the demanded high reliability.
Accreditation document
Procedure in case of withdrawal or suspension of accreditation
The accredited body, in case of suspension in part or in full or in case of withdrawal of accreditation, must immediately stop using the accreditation symbol or textually refer to the status of the accredited body including the website, in the part of activities for which accreditation is suspended or withdrawn.
In case of suspension in part or in full, or in case of withdrawal of accreditation all documents issued by Austria Bio Garantie d.o.o. with HAA logo are no longer valid with the date of the suspension/withdrawal of accreditation. As part of the QM policy ABG will immediately inform all contracted users.
Link to national Ministry: https://poljoprivreda.gov.hr/
In 2012 Austria Bio Garantie d.o.o. obtained the identification code for inspection and certification bodies HR-EKO-07 from the Croatian Ministry. The Ministry is doing also the annual supervision and is checking the technical as well as human resources capacity for providing inspection and certification services in Croatia.
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:
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]