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GLOBALGAP Board
Sector
committees
GLOBALGAP
secretariat
CBC
Figure 6.2
The GLOBALGAP governance structure.
related activities of the organisation. The sector committees (SCs) are also elected
by the retailer and supplier members, and are established to develop and maintain
the standards. These SCs work with a core group of retail and supplier members
who have technical expertise in the particular field of the standard and make deci-
sions about the content of the control points and the compliance criteria making up
the standards.
The Certification Body Committee (CBC) members are elected by their peers,
i.e. certification bodies who are GLOBALGAP members. The main function of
the CBC is to harmonise the interpretation of the compliance criteria set by the
SC and to provide this information back into the SCs who are the owners of the
various standards. All the above-mentioned committees are elected for a period of
3 years and the terms of reference document for each committee is available on the
GLOBALGAP website (www.globalgap.org).
6.2.2
Process of standard development
GLOBALGAP Standards are submitted to a revision process every 3 years. The
consultation process takes place within GLOBALGAP members - retailers, food
service, suppliers and associates - and within non-members willing to participate
in this process or as invited experts. Participation up to now has also included
NGOs working in specific sectors that have an interaction with the GLOBALGAP
certification areas. New standard development within GLOBALGAP takes place at
the request of its members. Technical standard input is provided in the same way
as the consultation process mentioned above. Trialling of any new versions of the
standards on farms forms part of the standard development process before their
final adoption and launch. New modules to be incorporated into the GLOBALGAP
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