For which production scope do I have to register my company?
Below, you will find an overview of the production scopes that are assigned to the stage Wholesale/Logistics Fruit, Vegetables, Potatoes:
Wholesaler having direct (physical) contact with the goods
- First-Line merchant (81)
First-Line merchant of goods are all companies which purchase goods directly from producers and thereby register the goods on the market for the first time. - Trading partner (82)
A trading partner of goods is any company which operates in the market between the first-line merchant and food retail and therefore procures its goods exclusively from upstream companies. If the company purchases some of its goods directly from growers, it is considered a first-line merchant.
Agencies:
- exclusively carry out trading and marketing activities
- No direct (physical) contact with the goods
- Owner of the purchased goods or buyer of the goods in order to further commercialization
- First-Line merchant (801)
First-Line merchant of goods are all companies which purchase goods directly from producers and thereby register the goods on the market for the first time. - Trading partner (802)
A trading partner of goods is any company which operates in the market between the first-line merchant and food retail and therefore procures its goods exclusively from upstream companies. If the company purchases some of its goods directly from growers, it is considered a first-line merchant.
- First-Line merchant (801)
Service provider (82)
- engaged in activities within the meaning of the wholesale trade (e.g. storage, sorting, packing)
- Do NOT become owner of the goods
Logistics companies (84)
- Service provider activities: road transport, short-term storage for the purpose of transshipment of the goods during delivery, long-term storage, order picking, rough/healthy sorting
- Do NOT become owner of the goods
Broker (-)
- Only assume a mediating function between suppliers and recipients.
- Neither owner nor holder of the goods
- No issuing of invoices for fruit, vegetables and potatoes
- NO QS-PARTICIPATION