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This is the DESIGNED structure, not a completed legal fact — see `standing` for what each named body currently is.","standing":{"authority":{"name":"Commodex Certification Foundation (Liechtenstein Stiftung)","in_entity_register":true,"register_name":"Commodex Certification Foundation","jurisdiction":"Liechtenstein","regulatory_status":"modeled","incorporated":false,"status":"IN THE GROUP'S PLANNED STRUCTURE, NOT FORMED — the register carries this entity with a modeled regulatory status, and incorporation is a real-world legal act that this system cannot perform and does not record as done"},"audit_bureau":{"name":"Commodex Audit Bureau (Switzerland)","in_entity_register":false,"incorporated":false,"status":"NAMED ON A PUBLIC SURFACE BUT PRESENT IN NO ENTITY REGISTER IN THIS SYSTEM","what_it_is":"a designated function of the certification programme, not a legal body — it describes who performs the audit role, and nothing in this system records it as formed, registered or licensed anywhere"},"why_published":"a certification programme that names its own authority to the public must say what that authority currently is; a name published without its standing is read as an operating legal body"},"recertification":"Annual — a certificate lapses 12 months after issue and is no longer treated as active.","standards":{"CCGC":{"name":"Certified Clean Gold Consortium","version":"v1.0","commodities":["gold","silver","platinum"],"requirements":["Mine-to-vault chain of custody","Independent lab assay (SGS + accredited local lab)","Human-rights protocol sign-off","Tier-S specie custody (Brinks / Malca-Amit)","Sovereign-channel export clearance"],"optional":["Carbon-tagged gold (ESG / EU buyers)"],"recert":"Annual; lot certificate expires 12 months after issue"},"CCMC":{"name":"Clean Certified Minerals Council","version":"v1.0","commodities":["bauxite","copper","lithium","cobalt","graphite","nickel"],"brand_for_bauxite":"CCB (Commodex Certified Bauxite) — applied to 100% of cargoes from first shipment","requirements":["GPS geo-audit to the specific mine site (updated annually)","Third-party workforce audit (labour / safety / environment)","Batch-coded, container-sealed export integrity","AI ESG risk engine (high-risk zone / abnormal tonnage flags)","US Clean Minerals Act + EU CSDDD documentation","OECD five-step due-diligence framework (OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas) applied across the pillars above","RMI alignment: a Conflict/Extended Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT/EMRT) declaration, and a smelter/refiner RMAP conformance status read from RMI's published conformant-facility list — recorded, never inferred"],"due_diligence":"OECD-DDG five-step framework with RMI/RMAP alignment — the block is served by certification.due_diligence_framework(); 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a certificate is refused unless the provenance decision is PROCEED"},{"step":4,"name":"Carry out independent third-party audit of supply-chain due diligence at identified points in the supply chain","in_practice":"an EXTERNAL record: the accredited assessor pool performs the site audit and RMI publishes smelter/refiner conformance — the platform files that record and never stands in for it"},{"step":5,"name":"Report annually on supply-chain due diligence","in_practice":"the public certification registry plus the annual recertification cycle — a lapsed certificate is not treated as Active"}],"alignment":[{"code":"OECD-DDG","name":"OECD Due Diligence Guidance (RBC + Minerals)","requires":"the five-step risk-based due-diligence framework for responsible supply chains.","class":"external_reference"},{"code":"RMI","name":"Responsible Minerals Initiative (reporting templates + assurance programme)","requires":"member due-diligence reporting on the Conflict/Extended Minerals Reporting Templates (CMRT/EMRT) and sourcing from smelters and refiners assessed under the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process, aligned to the OECD five-step guidance (verify against the current template and standard versions).","class":"external_reference"},{"code":"RMAP","name":"RMI Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP)","requires":"independent third-party assessment of a smelter's or refiner's OECD-aligned due-diligence management system; conformance is a status published by RMI on its conformant-facility list, valid for a stated period and subject to re-assessment (verify against the current published list).","class":"external_reference"},{"code":"EU-3TG","name":"EU Conflict Minerals Regulation","requires":"OECD-aligned supply-chain due diligence for 3TG imports.","class":"external_reference"},{"code":"DF-1502","name":"US Dodd-Frank §1502 (conflict minerals)","requires":"conflict-minerals origin inquiry and disclosure.","class":"external_reference"}],"assurance":{"programme":"RMAP","source":"RMI Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP) conformant smelter/refiner list","facility":"","conformant":null,"status":"pending","detail":"READY — pending RMI RMAP list access; RMI publishes conformance and the platform never infers, defaults or auto-passes it","boundary":"a declared basis is a counterparty statement recorded by the platform; conformance is a third-party status published by RMI — the two are never presented as the same thing."},"effective_status":"pending real record","boundary":"the framework, the checklist and the citations are real platform schema; a conformance status is not ours to author. This block reads 'pending real record' — never 'Active' — until a real independent third-party audit record or a published RMI conformance entry exists for the facility. A counterparty's DECLARED basis is recorded as a declaration and is never read as conformance.","advice_boundary":"a documented reference — NOT legal or compliance advice; in-scope parties verify against the instrument as amended and their counsel.","class":"certification_schema","as_of":"2026-09"}}