A key moment for the development of organic farming itself was Slovakia's accession to the EU. It was necessary
to adapt the internal market, which required legislative and organizational changes that would allow the inclusion of
organic farming in the EU. At that time the Act No. 421/2004 Coll. on organic farming was adopted necessarily
amending the Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2092/1991 on organic production of agricultural products and
indications referring there to on agricultural products and foodstuffs. In 2005, the Action plan for the development
of organic agriculture in the Slovak Republic until 2010 was adopted, setting out the objectives and priorities for its
further development . The Action plan, based on the needs of multisectoral framework, provides inter spheres of
government’s priorities for control components and non-governmental organizations active in this field. The global
objective of the Action plan was to increase the efficiency in the sector of agricultural production and the quality of
life of the rural population, which was to be achieved by meeting specific objectives: to empower farming and
increase its competitiveness, support activities with higher added value and expand the organic food market,
improve information base and promote organic farming, better vocational guidance, training and research in organic
farming, complete the institutional framework of organic farming