o If supply chain partners agree to modify the farm’s status to deforestation-free based on Tony’s Open Chain ground-truthing evidence: the farm will be reintegrated to Tony’s Open Chain supply chain. o If supply chain partners disagree to modify the farm’s status: Tony’s Open Chain will explore whether re-mapping of the farm is feasible— based on causes of the non-compliance status—to ensure that farmers are not unfairly excluded. ▪ In the case that a farm is remapped and the newly mapped plot is considered deforestation-free, the farm will be reintegrated into Tony’s Open Chain’s supply chain and can deliver cocoa in the following cocoa season . ▪ In the case that remapping is not done, the farm remains excluded from the supply chain. If a farm is deemed to be deforestation-free because the deforestation alert was due to a technical error (including an error in the mapping) ▪ The farm and farmer will benefit from the following remediation: reintegration of the farm and farmer in the Tony’s Open Chain register. ▪ If the technical error was caused by Tony’s Open Chain, and the farmer was not allowed to deliver during the main or mid-crop cocoa seasons, the farmer will receive monetary compensation of EUR 100 to support him/her in hiring labour services or accomplishing other farm-related needs.
IV. Reintegration protocol
The Tony’s Open Chain reintegration protocol applies in the following cases:
1. A ground-truthing process resulted in convincing evidence that a farm was erroneously flagged for deforestation during the deforestation risk analysis procedure and should be reintegrated into the supply chain. 2. The farm was non-compliant, but the farmer achieved the objective of his/her remediation plan, the farm was remapped, and it is considered EUDR compliant by deforestation risk analysis.
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