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.