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Response 2. The Certification is granted by Certification Bodies accredited under NPOP. The list of accredited Certification Bodies along with their contact details and accreditation details are available on APEDA website, www.apeda gov.in under icon NPOP/ Accredited insection & Certification agencies."
Being dissatisfied, the appellant filed a First Appeal dated 24.04.2021. FAA's order, if any, is not available on record.
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CIC/APPEA/A/2021/141548 Information sought:

The CPIO submitted that the RTI Applicant sought the name of traders/companies/organizations who are involved in export of organic cotton in the form of yarn, bales, and textile. The export of organic products such as yarn, bales, and textile are not through NPOP certification. Such products are exported under private certification which is not monitored by APEDA or Ministry of Commerce. The RTI application was received as hard copy at APEDA on 10.08.2021 and response was sent on 07.09.2021.

The CPIO furthermore explained each case in detail by inviting attention of the bench towards their latest written submission, relevant portion of which is summarized below :

In case no. CIC/APPEA/A/2021/141548:
As regards the information about the 15 companies is concerned, the position is - "1. GOTS has intimated APEDA about the certificates issued by various certification Bodies. The matter was examined by APEDA and clarification was sought from the respective Certification Bodies. The certification bodies responded that the certificates were not issued by them.
3. In line with the global requirements and also based on the recognition agreements signed with India by the importing countries such as European Union and Switzerland, APEDA as Secretariat of NPOP and follows ISO 17011. As per ISO, the documents pertaining to the accreditation granted to a Certification Body is confidential. As per ISO 8.1.1, all the information obtained during accreditation process is considered as proprietary information and regarded as confidential.
4. For issuance of scope certificate, the documents are submitted by the operator to the Certification Body. The operator files are maintained by the Certification Bodies, However, as part of surveillance mechanism, the documents are randomly verified by APEDA/Evaluation Committee and if non compliances are identified, disciplinary measures are taken against the Certification Bodies by the National Accreditation Body (NAB).