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Changes for System Users and Certification Bodies:

Changes to Registration Application Process

 

1. Up to now, during the registration process, CBs themselves had to adjust details where applicable, and request approval from the Applicants before a registration was passed to ISCC for approval. To provide more flexibility for Applicants to edit their data, CBs can now return the registration to them in edit mode together with comments which will be visible in the “Process History” section.

2. The Delete Site option for registrations during the registration approval process has been renamed to Cancel Registration, requiring the Applicant to provide a cancellation reason and disabling any open tasks for this registration. Cancellations will be documented in the “Process History” section of the registration form. Consequently, the Document Status will appear as Registration Cancelled by Applicant. 

Improved Registration Layout

The registration layout has been enhanced as follows for a more intuitive user experience: 

• The Change Certification Body button is now located in the “Certification Body” section.

• The Update Billing Information is now located in the “Billing Information” section and has been renamed to Edit Billing Information.

• For ISCC EU registrations, a new section “Information Regarding Connected Services” has been introduced. 

  • Information related to National Trade Register ID, UDB, TYC Connect, and the Lead User for UDB is displayed here. 

  • A new Edit Connected Services Information button appears in this section. Edits in this new section will be applied immediately without requiring CB approval. Consequently, the Update NTR ID button has been removed from the registration form. 

• The logic for the “Certification Scope” section has been enhanced as follows: 

  • The question “Is the processing unit the producer of the final biofuel/bioliquid/biomass fuel (i.e., last interface, no further processing required)?” appears only for ISCC EU registrations. 

  • When the question above is answered with a Yes, the question “Shall the final biofuel be supplied into the German Market?” appears.

  • The question “Are you trading final biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels in Germany?” appears only for ISCC EU registrations with the scope of Trader.

  • Kind reminder that this information is indicative for the use of Nabisy.

Changes to Handling of Certificates

• Enhanced Actions on Suspended Certificates

  Up to now, upon a certificate becoming suspended, respective actions for that certificate such as its modification were restricted. With this deployment, the CB is able to execute all certificate tasks, including suspension extensions, modifying details, requesting site information from System Users, changing status. Similarly, System Users are able to initiate site information and edit sourcing contact information for suspended certificates. This enables CBs and System Users to take respective action on the certificate that may be required to lift the suspension.

• New auto-populated Date of Submission Field in Certificate Details:

  A date of submission field has been added to certificate details section on the certificate form under the “General Data” section. This field auto-populates upon certificate submission and is non-editable.

Display of Email Addresses in Process History

The email address for listed System Users, CBs and ISCC will be hidden across all “Process History” sections on the HUB. This change affects only the display to redirect requests via the standard contact processes; existing functionalities remain unchanged.”

Changes for System Users and Certification Bodies

Addition of Billing Information:

• A new “Billing Information” section has been added to the registration form on the ISCC HUB. This information is mandatory and must be kept up to date. For approved registrations, an “Update Billing Information” button appears, allowing System Users to make edits to this section without further CB approval. Changes are reflected in this section immediately upon saving. Previously provided billing information has been uploaded to this section. System Users are expected to check and where applicable, update this billing information in a timely manner to prevent complications during the next invoicing process.
• Similarly, the “Certification Body” profile has been redesigned to incorporate two distinct tabs. The “Certification Body Information” tab encompasses all previously available information. The “Billing Information” tab will be accessible exclusively to Certification Body Administrators, presenting billing-related address and contact person information. For CB Administrators, an “Edit Billing Information” button has been provided to enable modifications within this section. ISCC has uploaded the previously provided billing information for each CB. All CBs are expected to review and where applicable, update their billing information in a timely manner to prevent any complications during the next invoicing process.

Certification scope additions:

• A new scope titled Biomarine Fuel Operator has been added to the “ISCC EU” certification system.
• The current scope Forest Sourcing Area has been added to ISCC EU, ISCC CORSIA, ISCC CORSIA PLUS, and ISCC Japan FIT.
• The scopes eligible for certification under ISCC CORISA PLUS have been updated. If the scopes First Gathering Point, Central Office (Farms), Farms/Plantations, or Forest Sourcing Area are selected under ISCC CORSIA PLUS, additional scopes including Point of Origin, Collecting Point, Trader, Warehouse, Logistics Centre, Trader with Storage, Central Office (Group of Point of Origin), Central Office of Independent Smallholders, and Processing Unit are selectable.t

Changes for System User and Certification Bodies:

• Providing details for contact person 2 in the registration form is now mandatory for newly created registrations or while modifying existing registrations.
• To clarify the functionality, the button currently named “Update geocoordinates” has been renamed to “Generate Geocoordinates”. Note, in addition to clicking this button, the change must still be saved via the „Save“ button at the bottom of the form and follows the approval process by the other party i.e. System User or CB.
• The phrasing of the field regarding “final biofuel producer (last interface)” is renamed to align with the respective question asked during audits: “Is the processing unit the producer of the final biofuel/bioliquid/biomass fuel (i.e. last interface, no further processing required)”. This field greatly impacts data processed for the EU reporting obligation to the European Commission. System Users should ensure this information is accurate and up to date. Where necessary, CBs should always prompt the update of this field according to the results of the audit.
• The phrasing of the field “Potential markets for ISCC PLUS certified material” has been revised to “What is the potential market (end use) for the ISCC PLUS certified raw material?”. Additionally, the list of potential markets has also been updated. This field is now mandatory for all ISCC PLUS registrations.
• Comments are now visible in the ‘my tasks’ overview to provide more insight at first glance for registration submission, registration modification, CB change, and surveillance cancellation tasks. Additionally, the certificate ID will also be visible in this overview.
• For ISCC EU certificates it is now possible to reduce the size of the material annex by covering identical output materials derived from different feedstocks (raw materials) for the same scope in one line. The field ‘raw material’ in material annex will allow several inputs per row.