Requirements traders
The conditions for participating to FFP as trader
- Register with Fair Flowers Fair Plants via internet and sign the conditions fot FFP-participants.
- Only products bought in as FFP products may be sold on as FFP products
- Able to demonstrate which FFP products have been sold to which FFP clients
- Able to demonstrate from which FFP supplier the products concerned have been purchased
- FFP products must be both physically and administratively distinguishable
- If the physical number of the producer is removed, this should be replaced with the trader's own FFP number
- Participating traders must cooperate with checks
Cost per year
€ 250.- per establishment.
General requirements
- The shops recieve a Fair Flowers Fair Plants promotion package to inform consumers.
- In the shops the label is attached to the product.
- The mixing of FFP products with non-FFP products and then
selling these as FFP products is not permitted.
- Checks at the points of sale take place unannounced.
- Checks of intermediate trade take place at least once a year and also if there are doubts concerning the origin of the products at the retailer.
- Participants are listed on the Fair Flowers FAir Plants website, with the possibility of adding relevant company details.
- In cases of non-compliance with the rules, as stated in the conditions, there is a fines system that also includes exclusion from the system.
- Audits can also be carried out by recognised accredited bodies if the FFP requirements are incorporated into an FFP-approved scheme.