National Standard of the Russian Federation GOSTR 57022-2016 Organic production. The procedure of voluntary certification of organic production. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 2017 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Food & nutrition Keyword Ecological production/organic production Certification Registration Business/industry/corporations Geographical area Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract National Standard of the Russian Federation GOSTR 57022-2016 Organic production establishes the procedure of voluntary certification of organic production with a view of establishment of the unified procedure for voluntary certification of organic production. This National Standard is intended for a wide range of potential users, including organic producers and certification experts. This standard establishes the procedure for voluntary certification of organic production: (a) interaction between certification bodies for organic production and applicants; (b) carrying out inspection and evaluation of organic production; (c) making decisions on the certification of organic production; and (d) registration of certificates of conformity of organic production. This standard is intended for use by organic production certification bodies, legal entities, regardless of the legal form, or individual entrepreneurs applying for an organic production conformity certificate or holders of organic production conformity certificates. Works on certification of organic production are carried out in accordance with the legislation on technical regulation by certification bodies of organic production. The process of certification of organic production includes the organization of work, a two-stage primary certification of organic production (preliminary (remote) assessment, verification and assessment of organic production with a visit to the applicant), inspection controls during the validity period of the certificate and recertification of organic production, which must be carried out before expiration of the certificate. Annex 1 contains application form for the performance of certification of organic production. Full text Russian Website allgosts.ru