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• Fairtrade Africa
• Coordinadora Latinoamericana y el Caribe de Comercio Justo (CLAC)
• Network of Asian and Pacific Producers (NAPP)
2.3.4 Labelling Initiatives (LIs)
Labelling Initiatives are national organisations which licence the FAIRTRADE Certification Mark onto consumer products that are
certified by FLO-CERT. They promote Fairtrade in their countries and monitor the development of the Fairtrade market by analysis
and researches. Companies placed in a country where no Fairtrade LI exists can obtain a licence from FLO. Currently, there are 19
Labelling Initiatives, mainly throughout Europe and North America, known as Max Havelaar, TransFair, Fairtrade Foundation and
other national names.
2.4 How is FLO-CERT GmbH setup?
FLO-CERT GmbH is an international certification body offering independent Fairtrade Certification services to clients in more than
70 countries. It is divided into three departments: Operations Department, Technical Services Department, Finances & Central
Services Department.
2.4.1 Legal Status and Headquarters
FLO-CERT offers Fairtrade Certification services to operators within the scope of our certification system. In operating the
certification system, FLO-CERT is completely independent and is not influenced in its decisions by any external organization.
FLO-CERT GmbH is a Limited Company and registered at the District Court in Bonn, Germany with registration number HRB 12937.
Our headquarters are located in Bonn, Germany: Bonner Talweg 177, D-53129. The Chief Executive Officer of the company is
Rüdiger Meyer.
Further offices are located in San José (Costa Rica), Cape Town (South Africa) and Bangalore (India). All of these external offices
are wholly owned subsidiaries of FLO-CERT GmbH.
2.4.2 FLO-CERT funding
FLO-CERT is exclusively funded by the fees it charges to its customers. Some of the fees charged to producer organizations though
are subsidized by Labelling Initiatives in order to support disadvantaged producer organizations as part of the vision and mission of
Fairtrade. Detailed information about the fee system can be retrieved from the FLO-CERT website http://www.flo-cert.net/flocert/35.html
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