Situation 

Sometimes an organization is GRS certified but not RCS certified and needs to sell products as RCS certified. This includes cases where the organization is selling to an RCS certified brand and wants the organization to apply labels, as well as cases where products are identified as ineligible for GRS but eligible for RCS. Since the criteria of the RCS are all evaluated during a GRS audit, this is low risk.

Interpretation 

RCS certification is separate from GRS certification. The certification body shall only issue RCS transaction certificates to organizations (sellers) who are RCS certified. Products which carry RCS on-product claims shall not be included on a GRS transaction certificate.

When an organization is GRS certified and wishes to become RCS certified, the certification body may issue an RCS scope certificate for the same scope (facilities, process, categories, etc) without conducting any additional auditing. In this case, the RCS scope certificate shall be issued with the same expiry date (scValidUntil) as the corresponding GRS scope certificate. RCS may be added as a standard to a multi-standard scope certificate which includes GRS (see ASR-104-V3.1 A5.6.3).

The certification body may issue RCS transaction certificates for shipments prior to the issue date of the RCS scope certificate, provided that:

a. The RCS scope certificate is issued before the RCS transaction certificate isissued; and

b. The organization was GRS certified at the time of the shipment

但是，当组织获得 GRS 认证并希望获发RCS证书时，认证机构可以针对同一范围（工厂设施、制程工序、类别等）颁发 RCS范围证书（SC），而无需进行任何额外的审核。

在这种情况下，RCS范围证书的有效期应与相应的GRS范围证书保持一致。RCS可以作为标准之一添加至涵盖GRS标准的多标准范围证书中 (请参阅 ASR-104-V3.1 A5.6.3)

a. RCS交易证书（TC）是在RCS范围证书（SC）后颁发的；且