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	Fairtrade International Global · Tier 3 Specialty	Naturland Germany · Tier 2 Trusted	AB (Agriculture Biologique) France · Tier 2 Trusted	Orgánico Argentina Argentina · Tier 1 Gold
What it means	Certifies fair prices and conditions for producers in developing countries — not organic, not environmental. Common on coffee, cocoa, sugar, bananas, tea.	A German farmers' association whose private organic standard is stricter than the EU baseline. Covers food, aquaculture, textiles, and cosmetics. Recognised globally.	France's national organic mark, owned by the Ministry of Agriculture. Sits alongside the EU Leaf on virtually all French organic packaging.	Argentina's national organic mark under SENASA (National Food Safety and Quality Service). Implemented as a label in December 2012 under Law 25.127 (1999).
Scope	Food	Several categories	Food	Food
Established	1997	1982	1985	2012
Inspection	Annual on-site by FLOCERT (independent of Fairtrade International)	Annual on-site by Naturland-accredited inspectors	Annual on-site by French-accredited certifiers	Annual on-site, SENASA-accredited
Residue testing	Not for organic — Fairtrade alone doesn't test residues	Required	Risk-based	Required
Guarantees	Minimum price floors for producer cooperatives. Fairtrade Premium paid into community-development funds. Bans on the worst forms of child and forced labour. Producer organisations must be small-farmer cooperatives or hired-labour plantations meeting standards.	Stricter than EU 2018/848 (lower nitrogen inputs, full-farm conversion, social standards). Annual on-site inspection. Fair-pricing requirements for member farmers.	EU baseline organic (EU 2018/848). Annual on-site inspection by accredited French certifiers (Ecocert, Bureau Veritas, Qualité-France).	Compliance with Argentine Law 25.127. Annual on-site inspection by SENASA-accredited certifier. Recognised as equivalent to EU + USDA organic under bilateral agreements.
Does NOT	Doesn't mean organic — many Fairtrade products are conventionally grown. A separate Fairtrade-Organic dual certification exists.	Membership-based — only farms that join the Naturland association can use the mark.	Same standard as the EU Leaf — AB is the brand consumers recognise, not a stricter rule.	Domestic recognition only — exports use the buyer's national mark (USDA, EU Leaf) under equivalence.

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