17/03/2009

Call for tender for a project on certification schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs

The European Commission has launched a call for tender for a project "Inventory of certification schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs marketed in the EU Member States".

The aim of this project is to put in place an inventory of certification schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs which are marketed in the EU, to describe the main parameters of these schemes and classify them according to a number of criteria.

This inventory will be used in the further development of agricultural product quality policy of the European Commission. Publication on the DG AGRI websites will be considered, together with aggregated information (schemes by country, by sector, etc.). The maximum budget attributed to this project is € 200 000. The deadline for submitting offers expires on 2 June 2009.

The Commission intends to award the contract during the third quarter of 2009, following the evaluation of the offers received. The contractor will have to carry out the study within 10 months from the signature of the contract.

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