Application Procedures 
Producer who wants to certify their products according to ITU and / or GLOBALGAP ITU Application Formshould forward their information to TURCERT. Once the information is received by the Product Certification Department, a proposal will be prepared for the applicant and submitted to the applicant for approval.

After the producer approves the offer, if the product / production area which he wants to be certified, after the harvest is processing the product, he sends us all the necessary information about the product processing areas and trade marks and countries where the product is traded and the documents that he created about the system for evaluation.

ITU and GLOBALGAP certification can be carried out in parallel. For this reason, the manufacturer may apply to both of these types of certification or apply only to one.

For GLOBALGAP certification, as a condition of GLOBALGAP, the sub-license agreement must be mutually signed between the manufacturer and the certification body. The manufacturer is then given a GLOBALGAP Registration Number. This registration number is entered into the GLOBALGAP database together with the manufacturer's information to ensure traceability of the manufacturer's product.

After all information and documents are received from the applicant in full, it is examined by the TÜRCERT Certification Department and an inspection plan is prepared by taking into account the harvest times of the products to be certified.

Audit Process 
The audits are carried out in accordance with GLOBALGAP Control Points and Compliance Criteria to determine the compliance level of the manufacturer by auditing all control points. The producer, who has reached a sufficient level of conformity, is entitled to obtain İTU / GLOBALGAP certificate unless the amount of residues exceeding the maximum plant protection product residual limits applicable in the countries where the product is marketed.

Producers who are found not to be at a sufficient level of eligibility are given a period of time not exceeding four weeks to remedy their non-conformity. In order for certification to be made, the manufacturer must prove that he has rectified nonconformities by the end of this period.

Issue of Document 
In case there is no obstacle to the issuance of the certificate as a result of the evaluation of the audit results separately by the Certification Department and the Certification Committee, the ITU / GLOBALGAP certificate is issued for the related products valid for 1 year from the date of certification. The manufacturer must be re-inspected annually to maintain the validity of the certificates.