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1. INTRODUCTION
These Terms and Conditions have been structured in accordance with the requirements of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) whose accreditation BM TRADA Certification holds though its TRADA-TRAK Chain of Custody programme.

2. SCOPE
BM TRADA Certification provides assessment and certification of chains-of-custody to confirm that firms, companies or organisations (“Clients”) are operating mechanisms by which sale to the customer of wood products from well-managed sources can be verified. The services of BM TRADA Certification may, at its absolute discretion, be fulfilled by BM TRADA Certification itself by its own employees or by assigning them to a BM TRADA Certification associated organisation.

3. CONFIDENTIALITY
BM TRADA Certification maintains confidentiality at all levels of its organisation concerning information obtained in the course of its business. No information will be disclosed to any third party unless in response to legal process or required by an accreditation body after providing the Client with a copy of such process or requirement.

4. ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
A copy of the organisation chart of BM TRADA Certification, showing the responsibility and reporting structure of the organisation, and documentation identifying the legal status of BM TRADA Certification are available on request.

5. GENERAL CONDITIONS
In order to obtain and retain registration, the Client shall comply with the following procedures and rules:

(a) The client shall make available to BM TRADA Certification all documents, samples or products, drawings, specifications and other information required by BM TRADA Certification to complete the assessment programme and shall appoint a designated person who is authorised to maintain contact with BM TRADA Certification.
(b) BM TRADA Certification, if not satisfied that all registration requirements are met, shall inform the Client of those aspects in which the application has failed;
(c) when the Client can show that remedial action has been taken by it, within the time limit specified by BM TRADA Certification, to meet all the requirements, BM TRADA Certification will arrange, at additional cost to the Client, to repeat only the necessary parts of the assessment;
(d) if the Client fails to take acceptable remedial action within the specified time limit it may be necessary for BM TRADA Certification, at additional cost, to repeat the assessment in full;
(e) Identification of conformity shall refer only to the sites assessed as specified in the Certificate and Assessment Schedule or other attachments that may accompany the Certificate.