Certification Bodies

Istituto per la Certificazione Etica e Ambientale (ICEA)

Contract Number: 26
Also known as ICEA
Home Country: Italy
Address: Legal & Head Office:
Via Giovanni Brugnoli 15,
Bologna, 40122

Key offices with activities:
ICEA Certification India PVT Ltd. 65/108 First Street, Murugupalayam
Tiruppur 641603, Tamil Nadu. (GOTS & Textile Exchange).
Phone Number: +39 051 272 986
Fax Number: +39 051 232 011
Web Address: icea.bio

Accreditations

COSMOS

COSMOS Standard - Control Manual Accreditation and
Certification Requirements v4.0 (2023)

Accreditation Status: Accredited
First Accredited: 2013
Accreditation renewal date: 31 July 2025

Standards

  • COSMOS-standard - COSMOS Standard Criteria v4.0 (2023)
  • COSMOS-standard - Cosmetics Organic and Natural Standard v3

Categories

  • Certification of organic or natural cosmetic products, raw materials with organic content and base formulas
  • Approval of non-organic raw materials that can be used in certified products, raw materials and base products according to scope 1

Countries or Regions

  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Estonia
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hong Kong
  • Hungary
  • India
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Latvia
  • Lebanon
  • Netherlands
  • Poland
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • San Marino
  • Slovakia
  • South Korea
  • Spain
  • Turkey
  • Ukraine
  • USA

ISO/IEC 17065 EU Programme

ISO/IEC 17065:2012 - Conformity Assessment - Requirements for Bodies Certifying Products, Processes and Services in addition to the Control measures and labelling requirements as set out in Regulation No (EC) 834/2007 and its implementing regulations.
The details shown below are the EU categories and countries recommended by the IOAS for EU recognition.
For the actual status of the EU accreditation and recognised categories and countries please refer to the current regulation (EU) 2021/2325.

Accreditation Status: Recommended
First Accredited: First recommended in 2012
Accreditation renewal date: 31 July 2025

Standards

  • International Accredited Certification Bodies Equivalent European Union Organic Production & Processing Standard for Third Countries

Categories

  • A: Unprocessed plant products
  • B: Live animals or unprocessed animal products
  • D: Processed agricultural products for use as food (excluding wine)

Countries or Regions

  • Albania
  • Armenia
  • Ivory Coast
  • Ecuador
  • Ethiopia
  • Iran
  • Japan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Madagascar
  • Malaysia
  • Mexico
  • Moldova
  • Lebanon
  • Russia
  • Senegal
  • Syria
  • Thailand
  • Turkey
  • Ukraine
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Uruguay
  • Uzbekistan
  • Vietnam

GOTS

Global Organic Textile Standard - Approval Procedure and Requirements for Certification Bodies v3.0 (2022)

Accreditation Status: Accredited
First Accredited: 2011
Accreditation renewal date: 31 July 2025

Standards

  • Global Organic Textile Standard v6.0 (2020)
  • Global Organic Textile Standard v7.0 (2023)

Categories

  • Approval of textile auxiliary agents (chemical inputs) on positive lists
  • Certification of mechanical textile processing and manufacturing operations and their products
  • Certification of wet processing and finishing operations and their products
  • Certification of trading operations and related products

Countries or Regions

  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Bulgaria
  • Cambodia
  • Croatia
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Egypt
  • Ethiopia
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hong Kong
  • Hungary
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Malta
  • Mauritius
  • New Zealand
  • Pakistan
  • Peru
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • Serbia
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • United Kingdom
  • USA
  • Vietnam

ISO/IEC 17065

ISO/IEC 17065:2012 - Conformity Assessment - Requirements for Bodies Certifying Products, Processes and Services.

Accreditation Status: Accredited
First Accredited: 2007
Accreditation renewal date: 31 July 2025

Standard

  • ICEA Technical Specifications for Organic & Natural Cosmetic Products DTR 06

Categories

  • Organic Cosmetics
  • Natural cosmetics

Countries

  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Czech Republic
  • Cyprus
  • Estonia
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hong Kong
  • Italy
  • India
  • Israel
  • Japan
  • Latvia
  • Netherlands
  • Poland
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • San Marino
  • South Korea
  • Spain
  • Turkey
  • Ukraine
  • United Kingdom
  • USA

Standard

  • ICEA Technical Specifications for Eco & Eco Organic Cleaning DTR 07

Categories

  • Organic detergents
  • Natural detergents

Countries

  • Belgium
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Estonia
  • France
  • Greece
  • India
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Latvia
  • Poland
  • Russia
  • Spain
  • South Korea
  • Turkey
  • Ukraine
  • USA

Textile Exchange

Textile Exchange - Accreditation and Certification Procedures for Textile Exchange Standards 2.1 - ASR-101-V2.1 (2020)

Accreditation Status: Accredited
First Accredited: 2011
Accreditation renewal date: 31 July 2025

Standard

  • Textile Exchange - Content Claim Standard 3.1 (2022)

Categories

  • Leather products
  • Plastic products
  • Textile products

Countries

  • Austria
  • Bangladesh
  • Belgium
  • Brazil
  • Bulgaria
  • Cambodia
  • Canada
  • Croatia
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Dominican Republic
  • Egypt
  • El Salvador
  • Estonia
  • Ethiopia
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Guatemala
  • Honduras
  • Hong Kong
  • Hungary
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Ireland
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Malaysia
  • Malta
  • Mauritius
  • Mexico
  • Moldova
  • Mongolia
  • Morocco
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
  • Pakistan
  • Peru
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Spain
  • Sri Lanka
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Taiwan
  • Thailand
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United Kingdom
  • USA
  • Uzbekistan
  • Vietnam

Standard

  • Textile exchange - Organic Content Standard 3.0 (2020)

Categories

  • Textile products

Countries

  • Belgium
  • Bulgaria
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • India
  • Italy
  • New Zealand
  • Pakistan
  • Poland
  • Romania
  • Slovenia
  • Spain
  • Switzerland
  • Turkey

Standard

  • Textile Exchange - Recycled Claim Standard 2.0 (2017)

Categories

  • Leather products
  • Plastic products
  • Textile products

Countries

  • Bangladesh
  • Belgium
  • Brazil
  • Bulgaria
  • Canada
  • Croatia
  • Dominican Republic
  • El Salvador
  • Estonia
  • Germany
  • Guatemala
  • Honduras
  • India
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Latvia
  • Malaysia
  • Mauritius
  • Mexico
  • Moldova
  • Mongolia
  • Morocco
  • Netherlands
  • Pakistan
  • Peru
  • Romania
  • Slovakia
  • Spain
  • Sri Lanka
  • Switzerland
  • Taiwan
  • Thailand
  • Turkey
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Uzbekistan

Standard

  • Textile Exchange - Global Recycled Standard 4.0 (2017) - Including Recycling Sites

Categories

  • Leather products
  • Plastic products
  • Textile products

Countries

  • Austria
  • Bangladesh
  • Belgium
  • Belarus
  • Brazil
  • Bulgaria
  • Cambodia
  • Canada
  • Croatia
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Dominican Republic
  • El Salvador
  • Estonia
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Guatemala
  • Honduras
  • Hong Kong
  • Hungary
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Ireland
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Malaysia
  • Malta
  • Mauritius
  • Mexico
  • Moldova
  • Mongolia
  • Morocco
  • Netherlands
  • Pakistan
  • Peru
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • Serbia
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Spain
  • Sri Lanka
  • Switzerland
  • Taiwan
  • Thailand
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United Kingdom
  • USA
  • Uzbekistan
  • Vietnam

Organic Agriculture

IFOAM, Canada, EU

Textiles

GOTS, Textile Exchange

Organic & Natural Cosmetics

COSMOS, NATRUE

ISO/IEC 17065 Accreditation

GlobalG.A.P.

ISO/IEC 17065 Accreditation

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