Since 1994, CAECV, Comité de Agricultura Ecológica de la Comunitat Valenciana, is a control authority of organic farming. The code assigned by the EU is ES-ECO-020-CV. CAECV is accredited from March 2012 under the UNE EN ISO 17065 standard. CAECV certifies 2475 operators, of which 2125 are producers (agricultural and livestock), 2 fish farmers, 546 processors, 56 importers, 46 exporters and 269 traders/distributors. Around 96378 hectares are subject to control by CAECV.