APPLICATION AND CHANGE

Organic (EU ‘equivalent’, EU ‘compliance’ , USDA-NOP, JAS, EFAPA, FIPA), Input and Bird
Friendly*
APPLICATION FORM
Please complete this application form and return it to your local Control Union Certification
(CUC) office. We will provide you with an offer and discuss the best way in moving
forward towards a certification audit.
INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANT
 This Application form must be completed prior to us making an offer
 Kindly complete the form and sign the client declaration

CLIENT INFORMATION /relation name for financials/

Organisation Name :
Address :
Postcode / Zip code :
City :
Country :
Office Contact No. :
Office Fax no. :
VAT No, if applicable :

PRIMARY CONTACT PERSON INFORMATION (THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE/IN-CHARGE)

Contact’s Name :
Position / title :
Office Direct Line No. :
Mobile No. :
E-mail Address :

GUIDANCE TO APPLICANT
Applying for the first time
ONLY indicate changes if you are already a CUC client

PLEASE INDICATE THE APPLICABLE ORGANIC CERTIFICATION PROGRAM ACCORDING TO

THE OFFICIAL REQUIREMENTS OF1:
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For more information about the standards and requirements and scopes please consult us or visit our website:
http://cucpublications.controlunion.com/

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 European Union Organic regulation EU (EU 834/2007,
889/2008)2
New European Union Organic regulation EU (EU 2018/848
and its secondary Acts)
United States (USDA/NOP)3
United States – Canada Organic Equivalency Arrangement
(USCOEA)4
Japan (JAS)
Korea EFAPA (farm)
Korea FIPA (process)

APPLYING FOR PRIVATE INPUT CERTIFICATION PROGRAM:

Crop protection material EU NOP
Fertilizers and Soil Improvement Materials EU NOP

OTHERS:
Bird Friendly* Number of producers ____

*Under the responsibility of Control Union Peru SAC.

1. Products
PLEASE DESCRIBE BELOW THE PRODUCTS YOU WANT TO HAVE CERTIFIED. IF IT CONCERNS
CHANGES MENTION ALL THE PRODUCTS AND INDICATE WHICH ONE IS CHANGED, ADDED OR
WITHDRAWN.
Please attach filled product
Name of the product Change, add or withdraw
specification form per product

Add more rows if necessary

2. Production units /primary production

PLEASE DESCRIBE BELOW THE ACTIVITIES OF ALL PRODUCTION UNITS.

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CUC is authorised to perform inspection for EU organic in many non-EU countries and in Bulgaria. For a full list please consult us or visit
our website.
3
For USDA NOP application please consider NOP policy 4009 about subcontracted units (Q&A on who needs to be certified): Each
certified operation must have its own organic certificate (certificates can’t be “shared” by multiple operations)
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Compliance with the terms of the U.S. – Canada Organic Equivalency Arrangement (USCOEA) allows a USDA-NOP organic product to be
sold as organic in Canada. For more information about the requirements/limitations please visit the USDA-NOP webpage:
https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/organic-certification/international-trade/Canada

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 IF IT CONCERNS CHANGES MENTION ALL THE UNITS AND INDICATE WHICH ONE IS
CHANGED, ADDED OR WITHDRAWN.
Change
Nr. of farmers Property rights 7
Nr. of /
Name and address Size within the Harvest
‘large add
of unit (Ha) small farm period Leased/
farmers’6 /withd Self owned
group5 Rented
raw

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if necessary
Management
Certified?
8 Responsibility
Subcontracting units (Y/N &
(Applicant/
CB code if
Subcontractor) 9
available)10

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For more information about the standards and requirements and ‘small farm group /internal control system‘ please consult us or visit
our website: http://cucpublications.controlunion.com/

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Large farmers are those whose external certification cost would be less than 2% of their turnover. For more information, please contact
your local CU office.

7
Property rights: According to NOP 4009 a certified operator may produce agricultural products on leased land or process agricultural
products using leased facilities or equipment. Leased units can be included in the certificate, if the applicant is 100% responsible of all the
management of the leased/rented unit during the leasing/renting period.

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Subcontracting units: In case of EU organic certification an operator can contract out any of the activities to a third party in accordance
with 834/2007/EC Article 28 and 889/2008/EC Article 86. For USDA NOP the client can use subcontracting units, but only if it is individually
certified.
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“Management responsibility”: For NOP applicant, this column is not mandatory, while for EU organic applicants it is mandatory to declare
whether the applicant remains responsible for the subcontracted activities. Please fill out “applicant” if you remains responsible for the
activities. Otherwise, please mention “subcontractor” if the subcontractor has an individual certificate and is responsible for the organic
production.

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“Certified”: This column is mandatory for NOP applicant. For EU organic, this column is only mandatory if the subcontracting unit(s) is
managed under the responsibility of the subcontractor.

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 3. Processing units
PLEASE DESCRIBE BELOW ALL NON-PRIMARY ACTIVITIES AND UNITS, INCLUDING ADMINISTRATION
/EXPORT OFFICE.
IF IT CONCERNS CHANGES MENTION ALL THE UNITS AND INDICATE WHICH ONE IS CHANGED, ADDED AS
NEW OR WITHDRAWN.
Processes Change, Activity/ Property rights7
Name and address of
(storage washing, cutting, add or processing
unit Self owned Leased
selection, packing export etc) withdraw period

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if necessary
Management Certified?
Responsibility (Y/N &
Subcontracting units 8
(Applicant/ CB code if
Subcontractor) 9 available) 10

4. Please provide estimated travel time between all units and from the nearest
international airport.
For our orientation please attach a basic overview map where all the units are indicated
thus draft logistics can be estimated.

5. Has the operation/project and any farmers of it ever been registered, inspected or
certified before by another Certification Body (CB)?
IF YES, PLEASE MENTION
The name of the certification body
The previous registration number
with the other certification body
Validity of the certificate
Reason of changing certification
body (CB)
Contact person of the certifier
6. Please note that if the applicant company is seated in an EU member state and its
project is in a non-EU country its valid EU organic certificate must be maintained to
ensure the full chain will be covered11.
7. Along with this signed application form please attach (pdf) copy of the registration at
the Chamber of Commerce of your company.
8. Please send this document both in electronic (word) format and as pdf with the
signature. Thank you.
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For geographical scope and activity of CUC please contact us or visit our website for more information

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 APPLICANT DECLARATION
Undersigned declares to have completed this Application Form truthfully.

Name :

Position :

Signature :

Date :
Based on the above information CUC will draw up a non-obligatory offer for a contract
and send to you.
Control Union Certifications B.V - Head office POST P.O. Box 161 • 8000 AD • Zwolle •
The Netherlands
Tel.: +31-(0)38-426-0100 Fax.: +31-(0)38-423-7040 www.controlunion.com
organic@controlunion.com

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