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Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Public Consultation on the FSC Advice Note for the OCP and OCP Update

December 11, 2013


FSC is seeking public consultation on the FSC Advice Note for the Online Claims Platform, which will guide the implementation process. All Certificate Holders (FM and CoC) will be required to participate in this new program, which is scheduled to launch early next year. If you are not familiar yet with the FSC Online Claims Platform, take a moment to visit the FSC claims forum website here to learn more about how the Online Claims Platform works.  

The Draft FSC Advice Note (FSC-ADV-01-010) provides instruction on how the FSC Online Claims Program will be implemented for all FSC certificate holders. The date for conformance to this Advice Note is April 1, 2014 and only a few steps will be required of Certificate Holders in 2014 to help ease the implementation process. The steps will include registering to the Online Claims Platform, verifying the public certificate information is correct (based in info.fsc.org), and connecting to suppliers in 2014. Entering FSC purchases will not be required until 2015. Certified companies will be able to enter test trades starting in December 2014. 

If you would like to provide comments on this draft FSC Advice Note, please do so using the Comment Form and send comments to Emily Crumley at e.crumley at fsc point org

The deadline for comments is December 29, 2013. 

If you would like to test the Online Claims Platform, submit your name, email address, company name, FSC code and industry sector by clicking here