Appendix B:
Fee Schedule

Accreditation Service Fee Schedule

The CARTV provides accreditation services to bodies that certify agricultural food products and foods subjected to regulations for the following fields of certification:

• FIELD P: Production Methods
• FIELD O: Geographic Origins (DO and PGI)
• FIELD S: Attestations of Specificity

It also provides accreditation services to bodies that certify that agricultural products and foods are compliant with private specification manuals, under voluntary compliance assessment systems.

Type of service	Registration, maintenance and renewal fees	Document assessment fees	On-site audit fees
Registration in accreditation program for first field of certification	$7,000 CAD when the body does not have any accreditation that meets ISO 65 requirements for certification of agricultural products and foods in a certification field that is already included in the CARTV accreditation services.	Costs included in registration fees	Per diem of$550 CAD per auditor for time related to assessment work Hourly rate of$35 CAD for travel time Accommodation and travel costs according to policies in effect
	$4,000 CAD when the body has ISO 65 accreditation that meets certification requirements for agricultural products and foods, issued by an authorized accreditation body, in a certification field that is already included in the CARTV accreditation services.	Costs included in registration fees
Continued accreditation granted	$2,000 CAD annually + variable fees set according to where products are from: a) Québec: fees paid by Québec operators (See Table 1) b) Outside of Québec: 1% of revenues from the certification of products according to specific reference manuals.	Costs included in maintenance fees
Renewal at end of accreditation period	$4,000 CAD	Costs included in renewal fees
* Major extension to accreditation scope *	$2,000 CAD	Costs included in extension fees
** Minor extension to accreditation scope	No fees	Hourly rate of $70 CAD

* Major extension: addition of new accreditation scope to control product within a certification field that is different than those for which the body was already accredited, such as certification based on an additional reference manual for designation of product origins (Field O). The actual accreditation scope only covers certification of products based on a reference manual for products derived from organic production (Field P).

** Minor extension: addition of new accreditation scope to control products within the same field of certification, such as certification based on an additional reference manual for organic production methods (Field P), if the body’s accreditation scope already includes one or more reference manuals for the certification of products derived from organic production methods or geographic regions (Field O), if the scope of the body’s accreditation already includes one or more reference manuals for certification of geographic product origins (DO and PGI).

Other Fees

Type of service	Fees applicable for each service	Document evaluation fees
Accreditation application documents	$100 CAD	Not applicable
Appeal logged with CARTV regarding an adverse decision	$250 CAD	Hourly rate of$70 CAD (refundable if decision is overturned)

Table 1: Factors Used To Determine Fees Paid by Québec Operators

Fees paid by Québec operators are based on the number of sites operated by companies licensed by a given certifier within Québec, according to the following fee schedule that specifies the categories of operation sites:

a)	Maple production	$80 CAD per site
b)	Agricultural production	$80 CAD per site
c)	Artisan workshop processing (five or fewer employees) in a company that does not also carry out any farming activities	$220 CAD per site
d)	Industrial preparation (more than five employees)	$550 CAD per site
e)	Repackaging in facilities not used for retail	$330 CAD per site
f)	Repackaging resulting from brokerage activities	$330 CAD per site
g)	Repackaging conducted in retail outlets	$70 CAD per site

The aforementioned fees apply to all companies licensed by the certifying body, and whose products are subject to a regulation according to which the certifying body has been accredited. They do not apply to companies involved in any of the following situations:

• All their operating sites are in pre-certification
• They only sell services approved by a certifier, and do not sell any products certified under their name
• They produce input approved by a certifier
• They only make products that contain less than 70% organic ingredients approved by the certifier

The aforementioned fees are subject to change during subsequent years with prior notice.