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Evaluation and assessment of Uruguayan Forest Certification scheme against the requirements of the PEFC Council
for forest management standard. As UFCS uses Annex 4 requirements for chain of custody
certification (this is not a scheme specific CoC standard) the consultants’ response refers only
to forest management standard.
Conforms
12) Does the scheme documentation require that applied certification procedures for chain
of custody certification against Annex 4 shall fulfil or be compatible with the
requirements defined in ISO Guide 65? (Annex 6, 4)
UFCS documentation (refer to SD03, Section 3 and 5(n)) requires certification bodies
undertaking chain of custody certification (to PEFCC Annex 4 requirements) to have quality
systems consistent with requirements of ISO Guide 65 adjusted to the type, range and volume
of work.
Conforms
13) Does the scheme documentation require that applied auditing procedures shall fulfil or
be compatible with the requirements of ISO 19011? (Annex 6, 4)
UFCS documentation (refer to SD03, Section 5(q)) requires certification bodies to “have audit
procedures according to the ISO 19011 requirements”.
Conforms
14) Does the scheme documentation require that the certification body informs the
relevant PEFC NGB about all issued forest management and chain of custody certifications
and changes concerning validity and scope of these certificates? (Annex 6, 4)
UFCS documentation (refer to SD03, Section 5(w)) requires certification bodies to inform PEFC
Uruguay about all certifications and changes to the scope and validity of certification
certificates.
Conforms
15) Does the scheme documentation require that the certification body carries out
controls of PEFC logo usage if the certified entity is a PEFC logo user? (Annex 6, 4)
UFCS documentation (refer to SD03, Section 5(e)) requires certification bodies to “control the
proper use of PEFC logo by the certified entities”.
Conforms
16) Does the scheme documentation require that the maximum period for surveillance
audits not exceed one year? (Annex 6)
UFCS documentation (refer to SD03, Section 5(p)) requires certification bodies to have followup
audits (surveillance audits) not exceeding one year.
Conforms
17) Does a maximum period for assessment audit not exceed five years for both forest
management and chain of custody certifications? (Annex 6, 4)
UFCS documentation (refer to SD03, Section 5(p)) requires certification bodies to have
reassessment audits (renovation audits) for forest management or CoC not exceeding 5 years.
Conforms
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