{"id":1430,"date":"2017-11-07T10:08:21","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T09:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gq-bayern.de\/?page_id=1430"},"modified":"2026-01-20T16:10:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T15:10:22","slug":"structure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gq-bayern.de\/en\/about-gq-bayern\/structure\/","title":{"rendered":"Structure"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Structure<\/h1>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]If your company would like to use the \u2018Gepr\u00fcfte Qualit\u00e4t \u2013 Bayern\u2019 seal to mark your products, please contact a \u2018licensee\u2019. Licensees are permitted to grant you the right to use the seal after the associated testing. Your company will then be known as a \u2018seal user\u2019. The seal and its specifications were developed by the Free State of Bavaria, making the latter the \u2018seal sponsor\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

So how does it all work in detail?<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Seal sponsor<\/h4>\n

The sponsor of the \u2018Gepr\u00fcfte Qualit\u00e4t \u2013 Bayern\u2019 marking is the Free State of Bavaria represented by the Bavarian State Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Forestries. The seal sponsor decides on the awarding of licences and approval of quality and test regulations.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” border_width=”3″ accent_color=”#6cafd3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Licensee<\/h4>\n

Licensees grant the right to use the marking to companies in the European Union that are active in the agriculture, food and food trading industries (seal users). Only companies who have signed a seal usage agreement with a licensee may use the \u2018Gepr\u00fcfte Qualit\u00e4t \u2013 Bayern\u2019 seal.<\/p>\n

Organisations, associations or consortia in the European Union who are active in the agriculture and food industries and can ensure the furnishing of evidence and ensure compliance as prescribed by the seal’s regulations may become licensees of the \u2018Gepr\u00fcfte Qualit\u00e4t \u2013 Bayern\u2019 marking.<\/p>\n

Licensees also coordinate the required monitoring measures with seal users and other programme participants. To do so, they appoint independent certification bodies to monitor companies’ compliance with programme requirements and to ensure they are using the seal properly.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” border_width=”3″ accent_color=”#6cafd3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Seal users<\/h4>\n

Theoretically all companies in member states of the European Union involved in the agriculture, food and food trading industries may use the quality and origin seal to mark their products, provided that:<\/p>\n