● If you feel you are adversely affected by a noncompliance decision, certification denial, certificate suspension or revocation by CERES you may appeal such decision to the AMS Administrator. 如果CERES暂时撤消或取消认证资格对你产生了不良影响，而且你不服CERES决定，你也可向AMS 管理员提出申诉
● All written communications between parties involved in appeal proceedings must be sent to the recipient's place of business by a delivery service which provides dated return receipts. 双方就有关申诉中提出的诉讼的所有书面交流必须用挂号邮递方式寄给收信人
● All appeals shall be reviewed, heard, and decided by persons not involved with the decision being appealed. 所有的申诉应由涉及申诉决定以外的机构评估、听正和决定
● If the AMS administrator sustains your appeal his final decision “overrules” CERES’ previous decision. 如果AMS官员认可你的上诉，最后他会驳回CERES以前的裁决
● If the AMS administrator denies your appeal a formal administrative proceeding will be initiated to deny, suspend, or revoke the certification如果AMS行政官员否认你的上诉，他们进行新一轮的正式行政诉讼来否认、暂时取消或撤消你的认证资格
● Filing period: An appeal must be filed within the time period provided in the letter of notification or within 30 days from receipt of the notification, whichever occurs later. The appeal will be considered "filed" on the date received by the Administrator. A decision to deny, suspend, or revoke certification will become final and nonappealable unless the decision is appealed in a timely manner. 诉送期间：如果在规定的日期内写正式的书面通知或在30天内收到正式通知，不管后来发生什么，此申诉必须入档。在行政官员收到通知的那天，该上诉就可以被认为是“已存档的“上诉。如果不及时上诉，暂时消取或撤消的裁决会成定局，而且上诉无效。
● Appeals to the Administrator must be filed in writing and addressed to Administrator, USDA-AMS, Room 3071-S, P.O. Box 96456, Washington, DC 20090-6456.
All appeals must include a copy of the adverse decision and a statement of the appellant's reasons for believing that the decision was not proper or made in accordance with NOP regulations, policies, or procedures. 向行政官员的上诉必须书面通知并写上其地址USDA-AMS, Room 3071-S, P.O. Box 96456, Washington, DC 20090-6456。所有的上诉必须包含一行不得裁决的文件并陈述认为裁决不合适或等于NOP规则政策或程序不一致的上诉原因。
9. Temporary variances
In cases of natural disasters, damage caused by drought, wind, flood, excessive moisture, hail, tornado, earthquake, or other business interruption, or in case of practices conducted for research, the Administrator for the Agricultural Marketing Service of the USDA may establish exemptions from requirements concerning soil fertility management, crop rotation, seeds, crop protection, livestock origin, feed, health care and living conditions, organic handling requirements, facility pest management, prevention of commingling. CERES will inform the respective operators as soon as the Administrator notifies us. No temporary variances are possible for prohibited substances and methods, like e.g. synthetic pesticides and fertilizers, sewage sludge, ionizing radiation, GMOs. (§ 205.290)
（偶发事件）临时变数
如果因自然灾害如干旱、狂风、洪水、过度潮湿、冰雹、龙卷风、地震或其它业务上的中断造成的损失，（或者）以及进行研究时造成的损失，VSDA农业市场营销部的管理人员会根据土壤肥沃管理（谷物的轮种，种子种类作物保护，生育种类饲养。保键及生存条件，按有机物经营的要求，杀虫工具及农药）而免除对其所作的要求。行政人员一通知我们，CERES就会通知各经营者。针对临时发生的变数所作的特殊要求，对禁止物及其它方法如：合成杀虫剂、化肥、阴沟污水、离子辐射，转基因（GMOs是不起作用的。. (§ 205.290)
10. Confidentiality保密性
Please be informed, that CERES will handle confidentially all information obtained during the certification process. This is part of our certification contract.
To comply with § 205.504 (b) (5), CERES will publish the names of all NOP-certified operators on its homepage (www.ceres-cert.com). No further details will be published there. This website is also an important source of information for you, in case you want to make sure, that a CERES certificate submitted by one of your organic suppliers, is still valid.
Besides, CERES has to inform the USDA annually about the certified operations.
CERES在认证过程中处理所获的信息将不对外公开，这一点会通知你们。这是我们认证合同中的一部分。
依照§ 205.504 (b) (5)，CERES将在首页公布，所有通过NOP认证的经营者名单（www.cn176.com）。具体细节不再详述。此网站也是你获取信息的重要资源。如果你想确认CERES提供给你某一经过其认证的有机物供应商，此网站也可以提供详细信息。
另外，CERES每年必须通知VSPA有关被认证公司的情况。
请注意：这只是NOP基本要求即（简介）引言，当然经营商还必须了解并满足各种标准的所有要求。
Please be aware that this is only a selection of essential requirements of NOP, meant as an introduction. The operator, of course, has to learn about and meet all requirements of the respective standard.
