Updates on the 2020 RA Program

The certification program is evolving. In addition to the Sustainable Agriculture Standard, new specialized certification solutions focused on critical impact areas such as regenerative agriculture, climate, and livelihoods are being developed. These will be available as optional add-ons for existing Certificate Holders or as standalone options for new partners. For farmers, they will offer greater market access and a way to showcase specialist practices. For companies, they will support stronger reporting and sustainability leadership. The first of these new solutions—the Regenerative Agriculture Standard—will be published in 2025.
To support these exciting new solutions, there are now simplified names and structure of the farm-level requirements. From version 1.4. effective from 1st October 2025 onwards, all standards—whether it’s the Sustainable Agriculture Standard or new ones like the Regenerative Agriculture Standard—will be built on a shared structure:
• Base requirements will apply across all standards. These are the essential practices every certified farm needs to follow.
• Specialized and continuous improvement requirements will reflect the specific focus of each standard. Some of these may apply to more than one standard, but not all.
Regardless of the category, all requirements are mandatory. Previously, farm requirements were grouped into six categories: Core, Mandatory Smart Meters and Mandatory Improvements (level 1 and 2), Self-Selected Smart Meters and Self-Selected Improvements. These have now been simplified into just three categories: Base, Specialized, and Continuous Improvement. This simplification makes the farm requirement categories easier for use, both now and in the future when new standards are introduced.

Checklists for GLOBALG.A.P. integrated farm assurance and GRASP version 2.0 for internal audits can be accessed here

Download the checklist for GLOBALG.A.P. chain of custody download here

Find the Chain of custody rules and control point compliance criteria here and here

Download GRASP rules here

Download GLOBALG.A.P. version 6 rules here

Organic Updated documents

Supporting Regulations.

• • Reg 2020 – 464 – CELEX_02020R0464-20211125_EN_TXT
  • Reg 2021 – 279 – CELEX_32021R0279_EN_TXT 
  • Reg 2021 – 1165 – CELEX_02021R1165-20231115_EN_TXT 
  • Reg 2021 – 1378 – CELEX_02021R1378-20241107_EN_TXT 
  • Reg 2021 – 2119 – CELEX_02021R2119-20221118_EN_TXT 

Delogations

• • Reg 2020 – 2146 -CELEX_02020R2146-20240111_EN_TXT
  • Reg 2020 -1794 – CELEX_02020R1794-20201201_EN_TXT 
  • Reg 2021 – 771 – CELEX_02021R0771-20210511_EN_TXT 
  • Reg 2021 – 1342 – CELEX_02021R1342-20240112_EN_TXT
  • Reg 2021 – 1698 – CELEX_02021R1698-20241202_EN_TXT 
  • Reg 2021 – 2306 – CELEX_02021R2306-20220701_EN_TXT 
  • Reg 2021- 642 – OJ_L_202500452_EN_TXT 
  • Reg 2021 -2306 -CELEX_02021R2306-20241202_EN_TXT 

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