[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR205.401]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
 CHAPTER I--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE \1\ (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, 
       MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (CONTINUED)
 
PART 205--NATIONAL ORGANIC PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart E--Certification
 
Sec. 205.401  Application for certification.

    A person seeking certification of a production or handling operation 
under this subpart must submit an application for certification to a 
certifying agent. The application must include the following 
information:
    (a) An organic production or handling system plan, as required in 
Sec. 205.200;
    (b) The name of the person completing the application; the 
applicant's business name, address, and telephone number; and, when the 
applicant is a corporation, the name, address, and telephone number of 
the person authorized to act on the applicant's behalf;
    (c) The name(s) of any organic certifying agent(s) to which 
application has previously been made; the year(s) of application; the 
outcome of the application(s) submission, including, when available, a 
copy of any notification of

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noncompliance or denial of certification issued to the applicant for 
certification; and a description of the actions taken by the applicant 
to correct the noncompliances noted in the notification of 
noncompliance, including evidence of such correction; and
    (d) Other information necessary to determine compliance with the Act 
and the regulations in this part.