Dear Members, FSC is pleased to announce the publication of the following three revised normative Chain of Custody (COC) documents: 1. Chain of Custody Certification of Multiple Sites (FSC-STD-40-003 V2-0)2. Accreditation Standard for Chain of Custody Evaluations (FSC-STD-20-011 V2-0)3. Development of National Group Chain of Custody Eligibility Criteria (FSC-PRO-40-003 V1-1) 1. Chain of Custody Certification of Multiple Sites (FSC-STD-40-003 V2-0)The FSC-STD-40-003 standard provides the requirements for the COC certification of multiple sites (e.g. two or more sites or enterprises under the same certificate scope). The revised standard merges the FSC policy for group certification (FSC-POL-40-002) and the FSC standard for multi-site certification (FSC-STD-40-003) into a single document, contributing to the reduction of the number of COC normative documents. We recommend attention to the terminology used in the document, since certification of multiple sites is not the same as “multi-site”. Multi-site and Group are sub-categories of certification with multiple sites. Summary of main changes:- The new standard clarifies that, under certain conditions, single COC certificates can also include more than one site.- The multi-site eligibility criteria was improved in order to avoid separate legal entities without centrally administered and controlled management system to access multi-site certification.- Improved requirements on the competence and qualification of Certificate Managers and Central Office’s auditors.- The revised standard provides clear rules on the size and increase on the number of Participating Sites in the scope of the certificate.- Each Participating Site will be required to use a sub-code on sales documents of FSC certified products. Specific guidance on this will be provided by FSC in the coming weeks.
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