ISCC · Certification body change
How to change ISCC certification bodies for a UCO fuel supply chain
Move your next ISCC audit to BM Certification with Mason Ali coordinating the handover, quotation and audit planning for your UCO fuel supply chain.
Planning to move your next ISCC audit to BM Certification? Contact Mason Ali, BM Certification’s ISCC representative for Australia and New Zealand. Mason will be your point of contact for the change and coordinate the scope review, quotation, audit records and scheduling with BM Certification. Start by sending your current certificate, expiry date and any changes to your sites or activities. Verify Mason’s BM Certification listing · Discuss your ISCC recertification
How the handover works
You can choose another recognised certification body for recertification. Mason will explain what information BM Certification needs and guide you through requesting the change in the ISCC HUB. BM Certification checks and accepts the request when the applicable conditions are met. ISCC must be informed before the recertification audit. ISCC’s guidance on changing certification bodies
For ISCC EU, ISCC provides the relevant previous audit documents to the incoming certification body. Both bodies cooperate on questions about the audit history. The current certificate stays with its issuing body until it expires, is terminated or is withdrawn. Check any notice terms, outstanding fees and unresolved findings as part of the handover. When appointed, BM Certification conducts the recertification audit and handles independent review, the certification decision and certificate issuance. ISCC EU System Document 103, section 6
Confirm the scheme and scope you need
List each site and say what it does with used cooking oil (UCO). Collection, trading, storage and processing can raise different scope questions. State whether your customer uses the oil for FAME biodiesel, HVO renewable diesel or HEFA sustainable aviation fuel, and ask the customer which market and sustainability claim the shipment must support. Check the relevant material list and ask the proposed body to confirm the scope it can assess.
For fuel supply chains, compare the market requirements against the relevant scheme. ISCC EU covers eligible fuels for markets under the applicable recognition, including road and aviation uses. ISCC CORSIA addresses the sustainability, traceability and life cycle assessment criteria for CORSIA-eligible aviation fuels. A customer seeking HEFA feedstock should specify the scheme it requires. ISCC EU scheme · ISCC CORSIA scheme
Prepare a short handover checklist
- Current certificate, scheme, scope, issuing body, expiry date and relevant ISCC HUB registration details.
- Status of previous findings and corrective actions. Let Mason know which audit records you already have so he can coordinate the handover with BM Certification.
- Current and proposed sites, activities, feedstocks and outgoing materials. Flag changes since the last audit, including outsourced storage or a new processing step.
- One traceability sample linking the source, receipt, stock movements and sale. Have the applicable mass balance, declarations and emissions records ready to discuss.
Worked example for a UCO collecting point
A collecting point with an ISCC EU certificate supplies a biodiesel customer and is negotiating a sale into a HEFA supply chain. Its compliance lead asks the new customer which scheme and claims apply, shares the existing scope with the proposed certification body, and identifies which sites and records would be affected. The lead treats recertification and a possible scope addition as separate decisions. Before making a delivery commitment, the lead confirms the audit arrangements, the HUB change and which claims the current certificate supports.
Confirm the change before committing to a date
Mason will coordinate the quotation and proposed audit date once BM Certification has reviewed your scope and certification history. ISCC lists BM Certification SIA for ISCC EU, ISCC PLUS, ISCC CORSIA and ISCC CORSIA PLUS. BM Certification confirms the applicable arrangements for your business. ISCC certification body directory
For a first application, use our ISCC enquiry checklist for sites, activities and feedstocks. For recertification or a change of body, send a short scope summary first and agree a secure way to share the audit records.
General guidance. Use the applicable standard, scheme documents and agreed engagement criteria. Examples are illustrative and do not establish a certification outcome.