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ii)iii)iv)co-operatives and cottage industries;large farmers, estates and exporters;medium and large sized processors.(2) The components of the fee would cover the following -i) Application feeii) Travel and inspectioniii) Assessment and report preparation (man-day cost)iv) Issue of certificates (Scope Certificate, Product certificate and Transactioncertificate)(3) The Authorised Inspection and Certification Agencies shall, besides thefee prescribed in sub-rule (1) above, collect and deposit with the Directorate ofMarketing and Inspection such charges as may be specified by the CentralGovernment from time to time towards the expenses incurred in connection withthe -(a) grant and periodical renewal of Certificate of Authorisation;(b) issue of duplicate Certificate of Authorisation;(c) training of chemists employed by the Authorised Inspection andcertification Agencies, if any required to be undertaken in the laboratoriesof the Directorate of Marketing and Inspection;(d) measures for enforcing the quality control of scheduled articles markedwith grade designation mark including testing of samples and inspection ofsuch articles; or(e) publicity work carried out to promote the sale of any class of articles.20. Responsibilities of Licensed Operators and Grower Groups.- (1)Any application for grant of a license to be made to the AuthorisedInspection and Certification Agency shall be in Form-3, which shall be processedand license be granted as per provisions of the National Programme for OrganicProduction as published in the said notification.(2) The license to be granted by the Authorised Inspection and CertificationAgency under sub-rule (1) above shall be in Form-4 and the declaration to befiled by the licensed operator shall be in Form-5.(3) The licensed operators and grower groups shall be entitled to use thecertification or grade designation mark as provided under these rules and restrictits use thereof to goods or services, which will meet the norms and standardspecification of the products.(4) The certification mark may be affixed to the products or used on packaging orpromotional material or in the context of advertising activities.(5) In the event of a withdrawal of the right to use the aforesaid mark, thelicense shall be returned to the Authorised Inspection and Certification Agency.12
(6) The right to use the grade designation mark expires at the same time withoutgiving rise to any indemnification claim against the Agricultural Marketing Adviseror Authorised Inspection and Certification Agency.(7) The licensed operators and grower groups shall be entitled to use theaforesaid mark and they shall be answerable for the safety of their productsthemselves.(8) The licensed operators shall furnish proof of holding sufficient product liabilityinsurance in respect thereof, if required by the Authorised Inspection andCertification Agency and no liability, whatsoever, will be accepted by theAuthorised Inspection and Certification Agency or the Agricultural MarketingAdviser in this regard.(9) The product certificate shall be issued to the buyer in Form-6 by thecertifier of the Authorised Inspection and Certification Agency on the request ofthe licensed operators.13
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