Mr. Mark Zieg:

My understanding is that, at the time, the Austrians chose to take the European organic standard, which the organic bodies here would consider to be a lower standard. It is easier to comply with the Austrian standard and therefore the net is wider. Obviously the topography and the nature of agriculture in Austria is also different. There is a lot less intensive farming there so it is also easier to comply from that perspective. Aside from that, if one took organic farmers from Austria and put them into the Irish situation, they would not comply with the schemes here. That is a decision that was made at a national level by the bodies here. The bodies themselves have decided which way to run on this.