On 24 December 2024, the three organisations EFISC-GTP, GMP+ International and OVOCOM, signed an Agreement with CSA-GTP in order to continue the work towards a long term mutual recognition of 3 years.
The prolongation of this mutual recognition covers the activities of
- Collection, storage and transshipment and trade of unprocessed French cereals, oilseeds and protein crops (grains) intended to be used as feed and:
- Road transport of unprocessed French cereals, oilseed, protein crops (grains) intended to be used as feed, only in combination with trade/collection scope and all transport means are under the scope of the CSA-GTP certificate.
- Excluded from the mutual recognition are the ‘Opération mécaniques simples’ described in the ‘Référentiel de certification CSA-GTP’ (Octobre 2024): Concassage, Décorticage, Dépelliculage, Ecossage, Mondage, Ecalage, Granulation, Aplatissage, Laminage et Extrusion and The module Non OGM
The agreement is valid till 30 June 2025. During the coming months all involved parties still have several exchange moments to finetune the final text, which is aimed to turn into a long term recognition agreement from 1 July 2025 on.