
The key changes in this new version are:
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Extension of the validity of the derogation to end December 2021 (in alignment with other COVID derogations)
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Permitting Stage II audits (for certificate holders with a ‘medium’ risk assessment) to be done either as surveillance audits, or, where on-site surveillance audits are not possible due to health/travel restrictions, undertake Stage II/surveillance audits as permitted for surveillance audits in DER-2020-001
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Removing the requirement for CBs to do quarterly reporting to FSC of the Certificate holders using the derogation
The full COVID Policy responses can be downloaded here.