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IMPORT INTO SWITZERLAND

Internationally, organic standards vary as to their strictness. In order to ensure that the imported components of Bud products also comply with the strict Bio Suisse requirements, farmers and processors abroad must comply with the Bio Suisse Standards. Compliance is monitored by the Label Commission Import (LCI) Label Commission Import on the basis of the inspection reports issued by the local inspection bodies.

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CERTISYS is a control and certification organization, whose activities are governed accordingly by the public authorities and legislation. CERTISYS is accredited for structure and procedures, in accordance with guide standard ISO 65 (EN 45011), which requires independence, competence and impartiality CERTISYS’s basic task consists in guaranteeing the rigorous respect of the applied standards on products, systems or services.

The issuance of the certificate acts as a security for the consumer or the user. In Organic Farming for instance, this implies the ability, by means of a qualified staff, a local or regional based network and specific tools, to assist a great number of actors of the organic field, aiming at guaranteeing conformity and traceability to the European , American or Japanese standards, according to the market targeted.

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The aim of the International Food Standard is to create a consistent evaluation system for all companies supplying retailer branded food products with uniform formulations, uniform audit procedures and mutual acceptance of audits, which will create a high level of transparency throughout the supply chain.

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International Organization of Standardisation is the world largest standards developing organization. ISO launches the development of new standards in response to sectors and stakeholders that express a clearly established need for them.
ISO 9001:2008 is now firmly established as the globally accepted standard for providing assurance about the quality of goods and services in supplier-customer relations. This standard provides a set of standardized requirements for a quality management system, regardless of what the user organization does, its size, or whether it is in the private, or public sector.

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The goal of European Warehouse keepers Federation is to promote the interests of the warehousekeepers and to unify and improve the quality of warehousing services throughout Europe as well as creating a European level playing field in legislation concerning the warehousing sector.

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The European Cocoa Association is a trade association that groups the major companies involved in the cocoa bean trade and processing, in warehousing and related logistical activities in Europe. Together, ECA Members represent two-thirds of Europe’s cocoa beans grinding, half of Europe's industrial chocolate production and 40 % of the world production of cocoa liquor, butter and powder.

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The task of the Federaal Agentschap voor de veiligheid van de Voedselketen (Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain) is to guarantee the safety of the food chain and the quality of our food to protect the health of humans, animals and plants.
In accordance with the Federal law of 4 February 2000, the Agency is responsible for laying down, implementing and enforcing measures related to the analysis and the management of risks that may affect the health of consumers.

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The Federation of Cocoa Commerce Ltd - a truly international trade organisation for the private sector representing all areas of the cocoa supply chain.
The new internationally focused Federation is now in a leading position to respond to the challenges posed by today's complex cocoa supply chain. The Federation operate to the highest standards of discretion, fairness and integrity in the conduct of the business and in the relationships with members and third parties. The Federation is actively involved with many initiatives to address issues of sustainability, quality standards, transport/warehousing, finance and socio-economic conditions which have an impact upon the cocoa trade and industry.

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Intercontinental Exchange® (NYSE: ICE) operates global commodity and financial products marketplaces, including the world’s leading electronic energy markets and soft commodity exchange.

ICE’s diverse futures and over-the-counter (OTC) markets offer access to contracts based on crude oil and refined products, natural gas, power and emissions, as well as agricultural commodities including cocoa, coffee, cotton, ethanol, orange juice, wood pulp and sugar, in addition to foreign currency and equity index futures and options.

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NYSE Liffe is the global derivatives business of the NYSE Euronext group.
In Europe, NYSE Liffe runs futures and options markets in Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon, London and Paris where every day approximately two trillion euros worth of derivatives business is traded by customers across the world.

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