Seals and certifications
EUROPEAN official stamp since 2010 . It means that "it comes from organic farming", that is to say that the use of synthetic products, GMOs, recycling of organic materials, crop rotation, biological control is monitored. Extensive farming uses alternative medicines.
https://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/organic/index_es
PEFC (Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification) is an international non-profit association for the eco-sustainable management of forests and generates certifications. In cosmetics, the seal means that everything that is printed (cardboard boxes, brochures, paper bags) follows its quality charter.
Created in 1985 in France, it is a voluntary label that identifies products that come from 100% organic farming or 95% if they are processed. It is kept in France because it is better known than the European stamp. Website of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food:
http://agriculture.gouv.fr/lagriculture-biologique-ab
It is a voluntary seal and means that the laboratory controls the type of plant (indicates the Latin name) and systematically analyzes the organoleptic properties as well as the composition of the essential oil through chromatography (to define the chemotype, abbreviated QT , that is, its main component). Because the composition could vary for the same plant family, depending on the place of collection, etc. This denomination is a guarantor of safety, traceability, efficacy and biochemical stability.
ECOCERT is an independent certification group created in France in 1991. They have created various certifications and seals that manufacturers can apply for and pay for, in the food, cosmetics (ECOCERT Greenlife, COSMOS), textiles (GOTS, OCS), recycling , etc.
PETA is the largest international organization for the defense of animal rights. It has licensed the "Beauty without Bunnies" seal with this design since 2014, to companies that want to certify the absence of tests on live animals, both in raw materials and in finished products.
As far as Spain is concerned, since 2003 Europe has prohibited the marketing of finished products and raw materials tested on live animals in all its countries, through directive 2003/15/CE, extended in 2009 and 2013.
https://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/cosmetics/animal-testing_en