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  „The FLO is headquartered in Germany. Any organization using the “fair trade certified” label is under the umbrella of the FLO. The FLO owns this mark and all users pay a royalty to use it.“

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CoffeeGeek - Coffee: General Discussion, Fair Trade article - FYI

  „Germany's Fair Labeling Organization (FLO), which certifies all fair-trade coffee in the world, charges farmers $2,431 to certify plus an annual base of $607 for recertification and $.02 per 2.2 pounds of coffee sold under the fair-trade label.$.02 per kilo, not pound. He failed to mention the base recertification fees.“

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Tea & Coffee 02/02 - Working to Help Coffee’s Children (Cont)

  „Fair Trade and other Direct Trade initiatives: According to the Fair Trade Labeling Organization (FLO) in Bonn, Germany, the criteria required for fair trade certification were created taking into account relevant ILO conventions concerning child labor (29, 105 and 138). Under the criteria for coffee, there can be no forced labor, and, because fair trade works with family farms, the children are not working under harmful conditions. Furthermore, the minimum price criteria provide families with a dignified standard of living, eliminating the need for children to work for wages.“

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Organic News Winter/Spring 1999

  „Fairtrade Labeling Organizations International (FLO) is a worldwide umbrella of fair trade monitoring groups that issue labels to products meeting fair trade criteria. Before the creation of FLO, one of these groups, Transfair International, awarded the license to use the name Transfair to a group in the United States, creating Transfair U.S. This past May, Transfair U.S. received a grant from the Ford Foundation to help implement a consumer education plan. "We hope to have a coordinated national launch in the market by November 1998," says Transfair U.S. Executive Director Paul Rice.“

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Tea & Coffee 11/01 - Trends on German Coffee Market Coffee Shops Gaining Ground

  „While the overall picture of coffee consumption in Germany is not very satisfying at the moment, there are promising new trends in consumption patterns which correspond to the sales increase of non-household packages. This sector grew by 1,000 tons to reach some 55,000 tons. One reason for its growth - if still only a minor one - is the upcoming of ever more coffee shops and espresso bars.“

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Tea & Coffee 11/03 - A Coffee Roaster Museum

  „Probat is located in an industrial site on the outskirts of Emmerich, close to the Rhine, which marks the frontier between northern Germany and Holland. A wing of the office building houses the Museum of Coffee Technology, displaying a wide range of historical roasters that were built in Germany and other countries. Some were used for many decades by leading coffeehouses and trading companies around the world.“

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