Organic production shall pursue the following general objectives:
(a)
establish a sustainable management system for agriculture that:
(i)
respects nature's systems and cycles and sustains and enhances the health of soil, water, plants and animals and the balance between them;
(ii)
contributes to a high level of biological diversity;
(iii)
makes responsible use of energy and the natural resources, such as water, soil, organic matter and air;
(iv)
respects high animal welfare standards and in particular meets animals’ species-specific behavioural needs;
(b)
aim at producing products of high quality;
(c)
aim at producing a wide variety of foods and other agricultural products that respond to consumers’ demand for goods produced by the use of processes that do not harm the environment, human health, plant health or animal health and welfare.