Inventory of Business Licenses

General information
Name of formality	Certificate of Organic Agriculture (for a group)
Type of formality	Certificate
Date of last modification	16.12.2020
Responsible Authorities	Department of Planning and Cooperation
LSIC	A - Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Who should complete this business formality?	Producers and Entrepreneurs with production from planting to harvesting and processing as well as collecting forest products
Qualifications needed by the business to get the formality
Additional Comment	Producers and entrepreneurs are required to have knowledge on Organic Agriculture in order to apply for a certification from the Department of Agriculture directly.

LEGAL FRAMEWORK
Name	Number	Date	Comment
Notice on Fees and Service Charges and Certification of Clean Agriculture	0063/DOA	13.01.2020
Decision on Organic Agriculture Standards	1666/DOA.MOAF	30.12.2005

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FORMALITIES - First time
Name	Type	Comment
Request Letter	Confirmative act
Agreement for Organic Certification	Confirmative act	or a contract for Organic Certificate
Farm Application for Organic Certification	Confirmative act
Grower List	Confirmative act
Map of the farm orf farming groups that has the directions to the groups or their territories	Confirmative act
Drawings of the farm of the group members	Confirmative act
Annual Production Plan (indicate quarter, duration, year, types of plant, and estimated production)	Confirmative act
Manual of a management system within the group	Confirmative act
Rules or regulations and other technical information used in the group	Confirmative act
List of fertilizers, pesticides, agricultural inputs of the production	Confirmative act
Recording form used in the group, gardens, or farms of group members	Confirmative act	Records on planting, fertilizing, harvesting, processing, sales, summary and other forms
Agreement of Group Establishment	Confirmative act
Organizational Chart of the Group	Confirmative act
Documents related to land used	Confirmative act	Land Title or Lease Agreement or Concession Agreement
Other documents that used in the group or draft of form that will be used	Confirmative act

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FORMALITIES - Renew
Name	Type	Comment
Proposal Letter to Renew License	Confirmative act
Annual Production Plan	Confirmative act
Production Recording Forms	Confirmative act
Remark	Confirmative act	If the plan or land is expanded, the new plan should be submitted

 

Mean of presentation
Means of presentation	At the Authority Offices
Address of authority	Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Processing Time (Day(s))	120	There are site inspection and report between 2 parties. After that, the inspector will assess the information and write a report before sending to the committee in order to issue a certificate.

 

RENEWAL INFORMATION
Does the formality have a validity or an expiration date?	YES
How long will the formality be valid for? (in months)	24
What is the process and conditions to get the formality?
What is the process and conditions to renew the formality?	- The DOA will notify the applicant within 120 days before the certificate is expired. - Producers and entrepreneurs will request to renew the certificate within 60 days. - The renewal process is the same with the first time application but it will be easier because there are less required documents.

 

ISSUING FEES
Has application fees?	Service fees	Certificate fees	Application fees	Total fees
YES	0.00	50000.00	20000.00	70000.00
Comments	Pursuant the Notice on the Fee and Service Charges in Review and Certify the Clean Agriculture Standard, No. 0063/DOA, dated 13.01.2020 (the service fee for certification in Lao and English is 50,000/certificate)

 

RENEWAL FEES
Has renewal fees?	Service fees	Certificate fees	Renewal fees	Total renewal fees
YES	0.00	20000.00	0.00	20000.00
Comments	Pursuant the Notice on the Fee and Service Charges in Review and Certify the Clean Agriculture Standard, No. 0063/DOA, dated 13.01.2020 (the service fee for a certification in Lao and English is 50,000/certificate)

   

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
Document Name	Comment
Request Letter
Agreement for Organic Certification	or a contract for Organic Certificate
Farm Application for Organic Certification
Grower List
Map of the farm orf farming groups that has the directions to the groups or their territories
Drawings of the farm of the group members
Annual Production Plan (indicate quarter, duration, year, types of plant, and estimated production)
Manual of a management system within the group
Rules or regulations and other technical information used in the group
List of fertilizers, pesticides, agricultural inputs of the production
Recording form used in the group, gardens, or farms of group members	Records on planting, fertilizing, harvesting, processing, sales, summary and other forms
Agreement of Group Establishment
Organizational Chart of the Group
Documents related to land used	Land Title or Lease Agreement or Concession Agreement
Other documents that used in the group or draft of form that will be used
Proposal Letter to Renew License
Annual Production Plan
Production Recording Forms
Remark	If the plan or land is expanded, the new plan should be submitted

 

STATISTICS (Issue or/and renewed number)
Year	Issued	Renewed
2016
2017