Drd. Eng. Maria Magdalena ŞANDRIC

 Certification is the procces in which acreditated Inspection and Certification Bodies, are awarding an official document which atestes that the agrifood products or their control systems are obtained in accordance with methods used in organic farming  Accreditation is the procedure by which an authoritative body gives formal recognition that a body or person is competent to carry out specific tasks.  Inspection and Certification Body is a public or a private person, authorised or acreditated, which has the atribution to check if a product is sold or labeld as an organic product, is obtained, processed, pakaged, imported/exported according to the national rules regarding organic products.  A certificate of conformity is an official document provided on delivery to the buyers that attests a product, process, or service’s compliance with organic standards or technical regulations.

1. Number of Conformity certificate 2. Name, adress, and identification code of the Inspection and Certification Body 3. Name and adress of the organic agent 4. Products identification 5. Legislation Norms 6. Date of awarding 7. Period of validity 8. Signature of the official person who is able to issue the certificate of conformity 9. Stamp of the inspection body.

♣ CONSUMERS ♣ PRODUCERS ♣ MARKET

 Name of the product, especially the organic production method  Name and adress of the producer  Storaging preservation conditions  Validity period  Mention: ’’It is prohibited the storageing of organic agrifood products in the same place with conventional products’’  Mention: “Organic Agriculture Ecorom – RO control system“  Name and logo of the Inspection and certification body  National logo.

Study regarding requests of an Inspection and Certification Body for organic agrifood products; Institutional organization, premises arrangement and body endowment; Elaboration of quality management papers; The analyse of projected system; Body accreditation.

Inspection and certification of vegetable crops: CPSA - A0111 Cereals and technical plants CPSA – A0112 Fruits and vegetables SR EN 45011/2001- General requests for Bodies which applies certification systems for products ACTIVITY DOMAINS

IBACert Technical Manager Technical Expert Inspectors IBA General Manager Appeal Commission Commission for Certification CoCerIBACert Subcontracted Laboratories Quality Manager Responsible Commission for competence evaluation of IBAcert team Evaluation Commission for subcontracted laboratories IBA Administration Council Commission for evaluation of certification requests

CERTIFICATION REQUEST ELABORATION OF FILE OFFICIAL CONTRACT INFORMATIV E PORTFOLIO COMMISSION OF REQUESTS EVALUATION AGENT TM + AGENT INSPEC TION INSPECTORS UNCONCORDANCESCORRECTIVE ACTIONS CONFORMITY PROVISIONAL PAPER REGISTRATION OF AGENTS IN IBACERT REGISTER OF CONTROLED AGENTS REQUEST OF CONFORMITY CERTIFICATE AND PRINTING OF LABELS INSPECTION UNCONCORDANCES CORRECTIVE ACTIONS INSPECTORS CONFORMITY CERTIFICATE CoCertIBACert AGENT REQUEST OF NATIONAL LOGO UTILISATION CoCertIBACert

Certificated agent Mentaining of certification 1 year MARKET CONTROL Reprieve of Certificate Cancellation of Certificate - Raw materials reception, processing, packaging, labeling, storageing and transporting process: - Financial evidence; - Sales Register; -Crops Register; -Raw materials Register; - Register of abuses;

 Validity of certificate is conditioned by the respecting of national and common legislation;  The Conformity Certificate is awarded anually, reevaluation will be done according to new elements which can appear along the year;  Conformity provisional paper can be used by the agents only to inform clients about their organic products. It can be published;  Validity of certificate is one year;  Agents can renounce of this control, in any moment, throught a letter, adress or request.

 IBACert logo must be used only for certified organic products, by the IBACert.  It is prohibited the use of this logo, on an uncertificated products, and this can be punish according to the low.  Agents must identify certificated products from conventional products, on the market place.

CONTACT INSTITUTE OF FOOD BIORESOURCES Drd.eng. ŞANDRIC MARIA MAGDALENA Drd. ecol. CLAUDIA ELENA MOSOIU 6 Dinu Vintila street, 2 nd district, Bucharest Tel/Fax: / Web site: