Where an external adviser has provided assistance, training and technical competence shall be demonstrated via official qualifications, specific training courses, etc., unless this person has been employed for that purpose by a competent organization (e.g. official advisory services).
Where the technically responsible person is the producer, experience shall be complemented by technical knowledge (e.g. access to IPM technical literature, specific training course attendance, etc.) and/or the use of tools (software, on-farm detection methods, etc.)."