Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority

(Ministry of Commerce, Government of India)

December 23, 2009

TRADE NOTICE

REGISTRATION OF CONTRACTS FOR EXPORT OF ORGANIC WHEAT

Vide Notification No 19/2009-2014 dated December 07, 2009, issued by Director General of Foreign Trade, Govt. of India, New Delhi (DGFT) the export of Organic Wheat is allowed subject to the following conditions:

1. Organic Wheat duly certified by Certification Bodies (CB) accredited by APEDA. Currently, there are 18 Accredited Certification Bodies list of which is given in Annexure 1

2. Export shall be allowed only from Customs, EDI ports 3. Export allowed is also subject to registration of contracts with APEDA, New Delhi upto a limit of 5,000 MT per annum

The quantity of organic wheat to be exported shall be monitored on a monthly basis both by the Customs Department as well as by DGCIS, through monthly reports to be sent to the Department of Commerce/DGFT, as well as to the Department of Food & Public Distribution

All other provisions of the Notification no. 33 (RE-2007)/2004-09 dated 8th October, 2007 as amended from time to time, shall remain unchanged, and shall continue to apply.

APEDA accordingly has laid down the following procedure for the Registration of the Contracts and issuance of Registration-cum-Allocation Certificate (RCAC) for the export of Organic Wheat. PROCEDURE Application for Registration of Contracts for

export of Organic Wheat, in the prescribed format as at Annexure I, will have to be sent by post by the exporters to the Cereal Division, Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), 3rd Floor, NCUI Building, 3 Siri Institutional Area, August Kranti Marg (Opp.Asiad Village), New Delhi – 110016

CERTIFICATION It would be mandatory for the exporters to

furnish, along with their application a copy each of the Scope Certificate &Transaction Certificate obtained from one of the Certification Bodies accredited by APEDA under National Programme for Organic Production (as listed in Annexure II) The guidelines issued by APEDA to the Certification Bodies in this respect may also be seen at Annexure III

PROCESSING CHARGES

Processing charges of Rs. 25 per MT of the contracted quantity shall be paid by the applicants. This amount shall be paid by Demand Draft/pay Order drawn in favour of APEDA. All applications for registration of contracts should be accompanied by Demand Draft/Pay Order of requisite amount.

REGISTRATION The applications shall be scrutinized in the office of APEDA and a Registration-Cum-Allocation Certificate (RCAC) shall be issued to the applicants for quantity contracted.

DESPATCH DETAILS

While registering a new contract online exporters are required to provide details of actual shipments made against RCACs issued in past for export of Organic Wheat. RCACs in original with copies of shipping documents are required to be submitted after completion of dispatches against each RCAC

VALIDITY

The RCAC shall be valid for such period as may be specified in the LC/Contract.

AMENDMENT RCAC once issued will not be amended in respect of the particulars of the buyer and FOB price. The validity of an RCAC will be extended, only once, for a maximum period of 45 days.

Asit Tripathy Chairman

Annexure 1 FORMAT FOR APPLICATION FOR ISSUE OF RCAC FOR ORGANIC WHEAT COMPANY NAME APEDA REGN. NO IEC CODE PRODUCT ORGANIC WHEAT

LC/ CONTRACT NO VALIDITY DATE LC FOR QUANTITY LC FOR REMAINING QUANTITY PORT OF ORIGIN DESTINATION PORT IMPORTER’s NAME IMPORTER’s ADDRESS EXPORTER’s CATEGORY IMPORTER’s COUNTRY CERTIFICATE DISPATCHED BY DIRECT

POST/ COURIER QTY APPLIED (MTS) FOB VALUE PER MT (IN US$) PROCESSING FEE PAYMENT @RS 25/- PMT DD NO DATE

TOTAL AMOUNT BANK NAME & BRANCH NAME OF CERTIFICATION BODY FOR ORGANIC CERTIFICATION

Scope Certificate No. and Date: Transaction Certificate No. and Date: (Copy of scope certificate and transaction certificate to be attached)

Signature of Applicant with date: ______________

Annexure II

LIST OF ACCREDITED CERTIFICATION BODIES UNDER NPOP

Sr. No

Name of the Certification

Agency

Contact Person & Address Accreditation No.

Validity of Current

Accreditation

Scope of Accredit-

ation

Certification Mark

1 Bureau VeritasCertification India Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai

Contact Person: Mr. R. K. Sharma Director Address: Marwah Centre, 6th Floor Opp. Ansa Industrial Estate Krishanlal Marwah Marg Off Saki-Vihar Road Andheri (East), Mumbai-400 072 (Maharashtra) Tel. No: 022-66956300, 56956311 Fax No. 022-66956302 / 10 Email: scsinfo@in.bureauveritas.com

NPOP/NAB/ 001

13-03-2010

NPOP

USDA NOP

2 ECOCERT IndiaPvt. Ltd., Aurangabad

Contact Person: Dr. Selvam Daniel Country Representative Address: Sector-3, S-6/3 & 4, Gut No. 102, Hindustan Awas Ltd. Walmi-Waluj Road Nakshatrawadi Aurangabad – 431 002 (Maharashtra) Tel. No: 0240-2377120, 2376949 Fax No.: 0240-2376866 Email: ecocert@sancharnet.in

NPOP/NAB/ 002

22-08-2011 NPOP

USDA NOP

Sr. No

Name of the Certification

Agency

Contact Person & Address Accreditation No.

Validity of Current

Accreditation

Scope of Accredit-

ation

Certification Mark

3 IMO Control Pvt. Ltd.

Contact Person: Mr. Umesh Chandrasekhar Director Address: No. 3627, 1st Floor, 7th Cross, 13th ‘ G ’ Main, H.A.L. 2nd Stage, Bangalore-560 008. Tel. No: +91-80-25285883, 25201546, 25215780 Fax: 0091-80-25272185 Email: imoind@vsnl.com Web: www.imo.ch

NPOP/NAB/ 003

27-09-2010 NPOP

USDA NOP

4 Indian OrganicCertification Agency (INDOCERT)

Contact Person: Mr. Mathew Sebastian Executive Director Address:

Thottumugham P.O. Aluva-683 105,

Cochin (Kerala) Telefax: 0484-2630908-09/2620943 Email: info@indocert.org

NPOP/NAB/ 004

24-10-2008 (Extended till

next NAB meeting)

NPOP

USDA NOP

5 Lacon QualityCertification Pvt. Ltd., Thiruvalla (Kerala)

Contact Person: Mr. Bobby Issac Director Address: Chenathra, Theepany, Thiruvalla - 689 101 (Kerala) Tel. No: 0469 2606447 Fax: 0469 2631902 Email: info@laconindia.com Web: www.laconindia.com

NPOP/NAB/ 006

31-10-2011

NPOP

USDA NOP

Sr. No

Name of the Certification

Agency

Contact Person & Address Accreditation No.

Validity of Current

Accreditation

Scope of Accredit-

ation

Certification Mark

6 Natural OrganicCertification Agency (NOCA), Pune

Contact Person: Mr. Sanjay Deshmukh Chief Executive Officer Address: Row House Banglow No-2 E-10 Bldg. Sun Empire, Survey No. 7, 9 (Part) Vadgaon- Budruk, Sinhgad Road,Pune-411051 Mobile No.: 9822006586/ 9822148609 Tel. No: +91-20-65218063 Fax no: +91-20-25457869 E-mail: nocaindia@gmail.com Web site: www.nocaindia.com

NPOP/NAB/ 007

22-11-2009

NPOP

USDA NOP

7 OneCert Asia Agri Certification Pvt. Ltd., Jaipur

Contact Person: Mr. Sandeep Bhargava Chief Executive Officer Address: Plot No. 8, Pratap Nagar Colony (Near glass factory and Gopalpura bypass), Tonk Road, Jaipur - 302017 (Rajasthan) Telefax No: 0141-2701882 Email: info@onecertasia.in

NPOP/NAB/ 008

26-10-2012

NPOP

USDA NOP

8 SGS India Pvt. Ltd.

Contact Person: Dr. Manish Pande Head – Food Services Address: 250 Udyog Vihar Phase – IV, Gurgaon – 122 015 (Haryana) Tel. No.: +91-124-2399990 Mobile No: +91-9871794640 Fax No.: +91-124-2399764 Email: manish.pande@sgs.com

NPOP/NAB/ 009

01-05-2011 NPOP

USDA NOP

Sr. No

Name of the Certification

Agency

Contact Person & Address Accreditation No.

Validity of Current

Accreditation

Scope of Accredit-

ation

Certification Mark

9 Control UnionCertifications, Mumbai

Contact Person: Mr. Dirk Teichert Managing Director Address: “Summer Ville”, 8th Floor 33rd – 14th Road Junction Off Linking Road, Khar (West) Mumbai – 400052 (Maharasthra) Tel. No.: 022-67255396/97/98/99 Fax: 022-67255394/95 Email: cuc@controlunion.in cucindia@controlunion.com controlunion@vsnl.com

NPOP/NAB/ 0010

28-05-2011

NPOP

USDA NOP

10 UttarakhandState Organic Certification Agency (USOCA)

Contact Person: Dr.B.S Bisht Director Address: 12/II Vasant Vihar Dehradun-248 006, (Uttarakhand) Tel. No.: 0135-2760861 Fax: 0135-2760734 Email: uss_opca@rediffmail.com ua_usoca@yahoo.co.in

NPOP/NAB/ 0011

13-11-2009 NPOP

USDA NOP

11 APOF OrganicCertification Agency (AOCA)

Contact Person : Mr. K. Dorairaj Chief Operating Officer Address: 126, 1st Floor, Govindappa Road, Off D.V.G. Road, Gandhi Bazar, Bangalore-560 004 (Karnataka) India. Tel: +91-80-26677275, +91-80-41203848 Mobile: 09342349255 / 09886019021 Email: aocabangalore@yahoo.co.in Website: www.aoca.in

NPOP/NAB/ 0012

09-01-2010 NPOP

Sr. No

Name of the Certification

Agency

Contact Person & Address Accreditation No.

Validity of Current

Accreditation

Scope of Accredit-

ation

Certification Mark

12 RajasthanOrganic Certification Agency (ROCA)

Contact Person: Mr. Yashpal Mahawat. Director Address: 3rd Floor, Pant Krishi Bhawan, Janpath, Jaipur 302 005 (Rajasthan) Tel. No.: 0141-2227104, Tele Fax: 0141-2227456 Email: rocajpr.cb@gmail.com

NPOP/NAB/ 0013

09-10-2010 NPOP

13 Vedic OrganicCertification Agency

Contact Person: Dr. (Mrs.) M. Usha Managing Director Address: Plot No. 55, Ushodaya Enclave, Mythrinagar, Miyanagar, Hyderabad – 500 050 Mobile No.: 09290450666, Tel. No.: 040-65276784, Fax: 040-23045338 Email: voca_org@yahoo.com; usha_preetham@yahoo.co.in

NPOP/NAB/ 0014

30-09-2011 NPOP

14 ISCOP (IndianSociety for Certification of Organic Products)

Contact Person: Prof: Dr. K. K. Krishnamurthi President Address: Rasi building, 162/163, Ponnaiyarajapuram Coimbatore – 641 001 Tamil Nadu Mob. No.: 094432 43119 Tel. No.: 0422-2544199; 0422-6586060 E-mail: iscop_cbe@yahoo.in profdrkkk@yahoo.com Website: www.iscoporganiccertification.org

NPOP/NAB/ 0015

30-09-2011 NPOP

Sr. No

Name of the Certification

Agency

Contact Person & Address Accreditation No.

Validity of Current

Accreditation

Scope of Accredit-

ation

Certification Mark

15 Food Cert India Pvt. Ltd

Contact person: Mr. Srihari Kotela Director Address: Quality House, H. No. 8- 2- 601/P/6, Road No. 10, Banjara Hills, Panchavati Colony, Hyderabad – 500 034 Tel. No.: +91- 40-23301618, 23301554, 23301582 Fax: +91-40-23301583 Email: foodcert@foodcert.in

NPOP/NAB/ 0016

30-09-2011 NPOP

16 Aditi OrganicCertifications Pvt. Ltd

Contact person: Narayana Upadhyaya Director Address: Aditi Organic Certifications Pvt. Ltd. No. 531/A, Priya Chambers Dr. Rajkumar Road, Rajajinagar, 1st Block, Bangalore - 560010 Tel.: +91-80-32537879 Fax: +91-80-23373083 Mobile: +91-9845064286 Email: aditiorganic@gmail.com Website: www.aditicert,net

NPOP/NAB/ 0017

30-09-2011 NPOP

17 ChhattisgarhCertification Society, India (CGCERT), Raipur

Contact person: Shri A.K. Singh (IFS) Chief Executive Officer Contact address: A-25, VIP Estate, Khamhardih, Shankar Nagar, Raipur-492007, Chhattisgarh (India) Telefax: +91-771-2283249. Email: cgcert@gmail.com

NPOP/NAB/ 0018

15-09-2012 NPOP

Sr. No

Name of the Certification

Agency

Contact Person & Address Accreditation No.

Validity of Current

Accreditation

Scope of Accredit-

ation

Certification Mark

18 Tamil NaduOrganic Certification Department (TNOCD), Coimbatore

Contact person: Shri A. Karmugilan Director (Organic Certification) Contact address: 1424 A, Thadagam Road, Coimbatore-641013, Tamil Nadu (India) Tel.: +91-422-2405080, Fax: +91-422-2457554. Email: tnocd@yahoo.co.in

NPOP/NAB/ 0019

30-09-2012 NPOP

Annexure III

December 22, 2009

To, All Certification Bodies, Accredited by APEDA under the NPOP Subject: Guidelines for Certifications of Organic Non-Basmati Rice and Wheat for Exports

This is to inform you that Govt. of India, vide DGFT Notifications No.19/2009-2014 and No.20/2009-2014 both dated December 07, 2009 has now permitted the export of 5000 MT of Organic Wheat (HS Code - 1001) and 10000 MT Organic Non-Basmati Rice (HS Code - 10061090, 10062000, 10063010, 10063090, 10064000) per annum (a copy of both the DGFT Notifications is enclosed for reference).

As per the procedure, placed on the APEDA website (http://203.196.130.19/apedawebsite/miscellaneous/Trade_Notice_Organic_NBR.pdf and http://203.196.130.19/apedawebsite/miscellaneous/Trade_Notice_Organic_Wheat.pdf), the exporters are required to submit an application to APEDA for issue of registration-cum-allocation-certificate (RCAC). In respect of export of organic wheat and organic non-basmati rice covered by HS codes referred to above, the applications are required to be accompanied by a Transaction Certificate. These documents can be issued by accredited certification bodies authorized for specific markets as per the scope of accreditation. In case of certain markets, in-conversion organic products are not allowed to be imported. Therefore, to verify this aspect the application also needs to be accompanied by the Scope Certificate indicating the organic status of the produce. The exporters have been advised to provide these documents while submitting their application for issue of RCAC.

You are requested to please comply with the requirements stated above. For the sake of convenience, we are enclosing the formats of the scope and transaction certificates for different markets. You are also requested to advise the exporters on the above lines while certifying their products referred to above.

Yours faithfully,

S. Dave Director

Format of Transaction Certification for export to EU Countries

EUROPEAN COMMUNITY – CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION FOR IMPORT OF PRODUCTS FROM ORGANIC PRODUCTION

1. Issuing body or authority (name & address) 2. Council Regulation (EC) No.

834/2007, Article 33(2) or Article 33(3) or Commission Regulation(EC)No 1235/2008, Article19

3. Serial number of the certificate of inspection

4. Reference No. Authorization under Article 19

5. Exporter (name and address)

6. Inspection body or authority (name and address)

8. Country of dispatch

7. Producer or preparer of the product (name and address)

9. Country of destination

10. First consignee in the community (name and address)

11. Name and address of the importer

12. Marks and numbers. Container No (s). Number and kind. Trade name of the products

13. CN codes 14. Declared quantity

15 Declaration of body or authority issuing the certificate referred to in box 1

This is to certify that this certificate has been issued on the basis of the checks required under Article 13 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 and as per Appendix 9 under Section 7 of India’s National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) and that the products designated above have been obtained in accordance with rules of production and inspection of the organic production method as per NPOP which are considered equivalent with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007. Date : Name and Signature of authorized person

16. Declaration of the competent authority of the Membe authorization or its designate. This is to certify that the products designated abov

Community in accordance with the procedure of art

authorization number mentioned in box 4.

Date Name and Signature of the authorized person 17. Verification of the consignment by the relevant aut Member State :----------------- Import registration (type, number, date and office of th Date:………………………. Name and signature of authorized person

a

Logo of issuing

uthority or body

Stamp of issuing authority or body

r State of the European Union who granted the

e have been authorized for marketing in the European

icle 19) of Regulation (EC) no. 1235/2008., under the

Stamp of the competent authority or its designate in the Member State

hority of the Member State.

e customs declaration)……………………………………………

Stamp

18. Declaration of the first consignee This is to certify that the reception of the goods has been carried out in accordance with the provisions of Article 34, of Regulation (EC) No. 889/2008. Name of the company Date Name and signature of the authorized person

Format of Transaction Certificate

for export to Switzerland

SWISS CONFEDERATION CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION FOR THE IMPORT OF PRODUCTS FROM ORGANIC PRODUCTION

1. Issuing certification body or authority of the country of origin (name and address)

2. Import under: Swiss Organic Farming Ordinance, Article 23 (list of

countries) Swiss Organic Farming Ordinance, Article 24

(individual authorisation)

3. Serial number of the certificate of inspection 4. Reference number of individual authorisation under Article 24 of the Organic Farming Ordinance

5. Exporter (name and address) 6. Inspection body or authority (name and address)

8. Country of origin 7. Manufacturer or preparer of the product (name and address)

9. Country of destination Switzerland

10. First consignee in Switzerland (name and address) 11. Importer (name and address)

12. Marks and numbers. Container-No(s).. Number and kind. Trade name of the product

13. Customs tariff number 14. Declared quantity in relevant units (kilograms, litres etc.)

15. Declaration of body or authority referred to in box 1 This is to certify that this certificate has been issued on the basis of the mandatory checks required under Appendix 9 under Section 7 of India’s National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) and that the products designated above have been obtained in accordance with rules of production and inspection of the organic production method as per NPOP which are considered equivalent to the provisions of the Swiss Organic Farming Ordinance Date: Name and signature of authorised person Stamp of issuing body or authority

16. For imports under Article 24 ofauthorisation): declaration of the co

This is to certify that the products desiSwitzerland in accordance with Article authorisation). Date: Stamp and signature of the competent c

Logo of issuing authority or body

the Swiss Organic Farming Ordinance (individual mpetent certification body of the importer.

gnated in box 12 have been authorised for marketing in 24 of the Swiss Organic Farming Ordinance (individual

ertification body

17. Verification of the consignment by the competent authority (border veterinary surgeon) or Swiss certification body

Import registration (number of customs receipt, date of import and customs office of the customs declaration):

Date :

Name and signature of authorised person Stamp

18. Declaration of the first consignee

This is to certify that the reception of the goods has been carried out in accordance with Annnex 1 section B point 3 of the Swiss Organic Farming Ordinance.

Name of the company Date

Name and signature of authorised person

Notes for completing the certificate of inspection Box 1: Authority or body in the third country entered in the list of countries in Annex 4, or authority or body entered in the individual authorisation. This body completes boxes 1-3 and 5-15.

Box 2: This box indicates the legal bases which are relevant for the issue and use of this

certificate; indicate the relevant provision, namely Article 23 (list of countries) or Article 24 (individual authorisation) of the Organic Farming Ordinance.

Box 3: The serial number of the certificate of inspection given by the issuing body or

authority referred to in box 1. Box 4: The authorisation number in case of import under Article 24 (individual authorisation). This box is completed by the issuing body or, when the information is not yet available at the time the issuing body endorses box 15, by the first consignee or the importer.

Box 6: Inspection authority or body for monitoring compliance of the last operation

(production and preparation, including packaging and labelling, as defined in Article 4 of the Organic Farming Ordinance) with the rules of the organic production methods in the country of dispatch.

Box 7: Operator who carried out the last operation (production, preparation, including

packaging and labelling, as defined in Article 4 of the Organic Farming Ordinance) on the consignment in the country of origin mentioned in box 8.

Box 9: Country of destination Switzerland is already printed. Box 10: Name and address of the first consignee of the consignment in Switzerland. The first

consignee shall mean the natural or legal person where the consignment is delivered and where it will be handled for further preparation and/or marketing. The first consignee shall also complete box 18.

Box 11: Name and address of the importer. The importer shall mean the natural or legal person

in Switzerland who presents the consignment to Swiss customs for release, on its own or through a representative (for meat imports), or to its certification body for checking of customs documents.

Box 15: Declaration of body or authority issuing the certificate. The signature and the stamp

must be in a colour different to that of the printing. Box 16: Only for imports under the procedure laid down in Article 24 of the Organic Farming

Ordinance with an underlying valid individual authorisation at the moment of the import.. To be completed by the certification body of the importer on the occasion of the inspection.

Box 17: Shall be completed by the competent certification body or by the Swiss border

veterinary surgeon (in the case of meat imports) either at the verification of the consignment in accordance with Article 16d (1) or before the preparation or splitting operation in the circumstances referred to in Article 16e or f.

Box 18: Shall be filled in by the first consignee at the reception of the products, when he has

carried out the checks provided for in Annex 1 section B point 3 of the Organic Farming Ordinance

Format of Transaction Certificate for export to USA

Logo of Certification Body Accredited under NPOP

CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION FOR IMPORT OF PRODUCTS FROM ORGANIC PRODUCTION

INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

1. Issuing body or authority (name and address)

Name and Address of the CB 2. Serial number of the certificate of inspection

3. Reference No.

4. Exporter (name and address)

5. Inspection body or authority (name and address)

Name and Address of the CB 7. Country of dispatch

INDIA

6. Producer or preparer of the product (name and address)

Country of destination

USA

9. First consignee (name and address)

10. Name and address of the importer

11. Marks and numbers. Container No(s). Number and kind, Trade name of the product

Invoice :

Lot No. : B/L No. : Container No. : Ship :

S.No. Product Name Batch no. Quantity

12. Declaration of body or authority issuing the certificate referred to in box 1. This is to certify that this certificate has been issued on the basis of the checks required under National Organic Program (NOP) of the US and the National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) of India. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Additional Declaration (If appropriate) .........(Name of CB) is Accredited under NPOP of the Govt. of India Accreditation No. : NPOP/NAB/…. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Date: Name of the authorised signatory Stamp of issuing authorised body Designation

Name, address, Phone, fax, etc of the CB

Format of Transaction Certificate for export to countries other than EU, Switzerland and USA

CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION FOR EXPORT OF ORGANIC PRODUCTS FROM INDIA

1. Issuing body or authority (name & address) 2. NPOP Regulation

3. Serial number of the certificate of inspection

4. Reference No. of Notifictaion of DGFT PUBLIC NOTICE NO 72 (RE-2003)/2002-2007 NEW DELHI, DATED THE 21 JULY 2004

5. Exporter (name and address)

6. Inspection body or authority (name and address)

8. Country of dispatch

7. Producer or preparer of the product (name and address)

9. Country of destination

10. First consignee in the community (name and address)

11. Name and address of the importer

12. Marks and numbers. Container No (s). Number and kind. Trade name of the products

13. CN codes 14. Declared quantity

15 Declaration of body or authority issuing the certificate referred to in box 1

This is to certify that this certificate has been issued on the basis of the checks required under Appendix 9 under Section 7 of India’s National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) and that the products designated above have been obtained in accordance with rules of production and inspection of the organic production method as per NPOP. Date : Name and Signature of authorized person Stamp of issuing authority or body

Logo of issuing

authority or body

Format of Scope Certificate for NPOP, EU and Switzerland

Certificate

Accreditation No. under NPOP NPOP/NAB/xxxx

Logo of the CB

Certificate number...............

Company’s Name Company’s Address

This is to certify that the product(s) and areas(s) of the mentioned organisation inspected by ................. are in accordance with requirements of India´s National Programme for Organic Production standards (considered equivalent to Council Regulation (EC) No. 834/2007 and Swiss Organic Farming Ordinance for plant products originating in India For the following process, this Scope of Certification is issued.

This certificate is valid from dd/mm/yy until dd/mm/yy

This certificate is valid for those product(s) and area(s) that are specified in the annexe.

The validity of this certificate solely depends on the continued compliance with the required standards and is subject to annual survelliance inspections.

Authorised by: Organic Certification Manager

Accreditation No. under NPOP NPOP/NAB/xxxx

Logo of the CB

Certification Characteristics

-------------------- A. Physical Address

S. No. Product(s) Organic Status Area (Ha)

Format of Scope Certificate for NPOP and NOP

Certificate Certificate number...............

Company Name Company’s Address

This is to certify that the product(s) and areas(s) of the

mentioned organisation inspected by .........(Name of CB) are in accordance with requirements of

the National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP), India and

the National Organic Program (NOP) technical standards (USA)

For the following process:

Scope of Certification

Effective date of intial certification: dd/mm/yy

For the purposes of NOP, this certificate is valid until the certificate has been surrendered by Company Name or suspended, revoked by .........(Name of CB)

The next inspection is due on or before dd/mm/yy

For the purposes of NPOP, this certificate is valid until dd/mm/yy

This certificate is valid for those product(s) and

area(s) that have been specified in the annexe

{Logo of Certification Body

Accredited under NPOP}

Accreditation No. under NPOP NPOP/NAB/….

File No: ......../......../......../.......

Certification Characteristics..........

The validity of the certificate solely depends on the company’s continued compliance to standard(s), which is subject to annual survelliance inspections,

and on the status of our accreditation by NAB.

Authorised by: Organic Certification Manager

Name, address,Phone, fax, etc of the CB

{Logo of Certification Body Accredited under NPOP} Accreditation No. under NPOP NPOP/NAB/….

File No: ......../......../......../.......