Harmonisation via Benchmarking

Owners of Good Agricultural Practice (G.A.P.) standards worldwide can seek to demonstrate equivalence with GLOBALGAP through an independent benchmarking process. Interested parties can submit their first application via  Registered Users and start an independent assessment by Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand (JAS-ANZ) and Deutsches Akkreditierungssystem Prüfwesen GmbH (DAP), the Office of German Accreditation System for Testing.

The GLOBALGAP benchmarking process can be compared to a filter system, which qualifies and harmonises different standards around the globe. Part of the process is a member peer review, whereby members have a six week period to make any objections.

At the end of the approval procedure there is also an independent witness assessment. The farms under assessment must meet the requirements of both the previous and the GLOBALGAP standard. This is guaranteed by parallel audits, which take farm conditions into account.

Standard owners who wish to apply for benchmarking may refer to the Registered Users section.

Overview: 

Please click Fully Approved Standards for a current list of all fully approved Standards 

Here you can find the standards that have completed the entire benchmarking procedure, which is operated by accredited certification bodies (CBs). These standards are fully recognised as GLOBALGAP equivalent. 

Please click Provisisonally Approved Standards for a  current list of provisionally approved standards.

The following list shows standards, which have already completed the benchmarking procedure. All benchmarking documents have undergone the assessment process and have been acknowledged as a GLOBALGAP equivalent. The corresponding benchmarking agreement has already been signed. The only missing link here is the formal accreditation of the responsible Certification Bodies (CBs).

Please click Applicant Standards for a current list of applicant standards.

Here you can find the standards, which have entered into the benchmarking process. The applicant standard owners have signed the benchmarking agreement and have committed themselves to gaining GLOBALGAP recognition.