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Evaluation and assessment of Uruguayan Forest Certification scheme against the requirements of the PEFC Council 4. The chain of custody (utilizes requirements of PEFC Annex 4) and logo use (utilizes requirements of PEFC Annex 5) arrangements for the UFCS conform to PEFC requirements (refer to Sections 6 and 7). 5. For certification and accreditation arrangements used by the UFCS: a. Competencies required for certification bodies conform to PEFCC requirements. (Refer to Section 8.1.1) b. Competencies required of auditors conform to PEFCC requirements (Refer to Section 8.1.2). c. Accreditation arrangements do not conform to PEFCC requirements. Currently there is no explicit requirement for the accreditation symbol of OUA, the Uruguayan organisation with authority to accredit certification bodies in the UFCS, to appear on accredited certificates from certification bodies (refer to Section 8.3). d. PEFC notification of certification bodies do not conform to PEFCC requirements. Current UFCS documentation does not include all notification requirements of PEFCC. (Refer to Section 8.4) www.itsglobal.net Page 8
Evaluation and assessment of Uruguayan Forest Certification scheme against the requirements of the PEFC Council 1. Introduction In a letter dated 8 January 2010, the President and Vice President of PEFC Uruguay submitted an application to PEFCC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Council) for the conformity assessment of the Uruguayan Forest Certification Scheme (UFCS). On 14 April 2010 the PEFCC appointed ITS Global to undertake an independent conformity assessment of the UFCS against the requirements of PEFCC. Scope of Assessment The conformity assessment of the UFCS was undertaken consistent with PEFCC minimum requirements for national and sub-national schemes as detailed in PEFCC Technical Document, Annex 7. Following a summary of the development and evolution of the UFCS (Chapter 2) the report assesses the conformity of UFCS against the framework relevant to: • Standard setting process (Chapter 3); • Implementation levels and organisation arrangement of the certification scheme (Chapter 4); • Forest management standard (Chapter 5); • Chain of custody standard (Chapter 6); • Implementation of the PEFC logo usage rights (Chapter 7); • Certification and accreditation arrangements (Chapter 8). The report also includes: • Evaluation of the comments received from stakeholders resulting from the public consultation period (Annex 1); • Intelligence and insight gained from a Field Visit and meeting with stakeholders who have been involved in the development and/or use of the UFCS (Annex 2); • PEFCC Minimum Requirements Checklist (Annex 3); and • Evaluation of the comments from the Panel of Experts (which are provided in Annex 4 of the • report) Assessment Process and Methodology for Report Evidence and assessments detailed in the report are generated by benchmarking PEFCC’s requirements against the standards, processes and accountabilities detailed in the UFCS’s application documentation together with documentation and records reviewed during Field Visit. The following conformance definitions were applied in assessing the conformity of the UFCS with requirements of PEFCC: • Conforms – the criteria and requirements of the UFCS are assessed as equivalent to PEFCC requirements; • Partly conforms – the criteria and requirement of the UFCS are assessed as being, in principle, equivalent to PEFCC requirements but with minor inconsistencies or gaps when compared to PEFCC requirements; • Does not conform – the criteria and requirement in the UFCS are assessed as having substantial differences to the PEFCC requirements; • Not applicable (NA). www.itsglobal.net Page 9
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