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Approved EUREPGAP CB Requirements

(See also Annex 5 of EUREPGAP General Regulations for the relevant scope)

1.1	CB Approval by EUREPGAP:
1.1.1	CBs must have sent an Application Form and had it approved by EUREPGAP.
1.1.2	The EUREPGAP Certification, Licence Agreement and Privacy Statement must have been signed.
1.1.3	CBs must have applied to an Accreditation Body for EN 45011 or ISO 65 with EUREPGAP Scope within 28 calendar days of signing the EUREPGAP Certification and Licence Agreement, if they are not already accredited to the scope of EUREPGAP.
1.1.4	The Accreditation Body to which the CB applies must be part of either the European Accreditation (EA) multilateral agreement (MLA) on Product Certification, or members of International Accreditation Forum (IAF) which have been subject to a peer evaluation in the product certification field and have a positive recommendation in its report.
1.1.5	CBs must have obtained Accreditation within the set timeframe, which is set currently at 6 months after the date of application. This period can be extended for an additional time span if justified reasons that are acceptable to EUREPGAP are given by the CB explaining the delay.
1.1.6	Once Accreditation has been obtained, the CB must send a copy of the Accreditation certificate to EUREPGAP, stating clearly the extent of the accreditation scope(s).
1.1.7	CB must have sent a qualified inspector or auditor of the EUREPGAP scheme evaluation team to the annual compulsory EUREPGAP CB Workshop.
1.1.8	Registration fee must have been paid. There is a period of 60 days grace to pay the CB registration fee to EUREPGAP.
1.1.9	In order to grant a certificate with EUREPGAP Logo, the CB must be accredited to EN 45011 or ISO 65 with EUREPGAP Scope.
Farmers receive their EUREPGAP approval through independant verification from a Certification Body approved by EUREPGAP: The Scheme documents are:
1.	EUREPGAP General Regulations which sets out the rules by which the standard will be administered.
2.	EUREPGAP Control Points and Compliance Criteria (CPCC) is the standard with which the farmer must comply, and which gives specific details on how the farmer complies with each of the scheme requirements.
3.	EUREPGAP Checklist which form the basis of the farmer external audit and which the farmer must use to fulfil the annual internal audit requirement.