Performance of Duties.

Article 17.- Registrations. CRT shall only provide services to those persons who have obtained registration from CRT, according to the activity they are engaged in. The CRT may verify the information contained in the Registration Application Forms, but in any case shall follow the guidelines contained in:

a) The Tequilana Weber Agave, Blue Variety species and farming Inspection Procedure, grown and harvested in the Designation of Origin Zone.

b) The Determination Procedure.

c) The Tequila Industry Services Procedure

d).- The Substantiative Inspection Procedure

e) The Permanent Inspection Procedure.

f) The Product Compliance Certification Operating Procedure for the marketing of tequila for domestic consumption or for export

g) Product Compliance Certification Procedure.

h) Sampling Techniques Procedure.

Article 18.- Agreements. Any person who wishes to obtain CRT services shall sign a Service Agreement as established in the template attached hereto as Exhibit“1”. The CRT shall deny services only to those persons who have breached the terms of a previously-signed Agreement, to the associates who have not fulfilled their obligations according to the Bylaws and these Internal Regulations, or to CRT Associates under suspension.

Article 19.- 100% Agave Tequila and Tequila Certification. The CRT may issue Certificates for Products which comply with the Tequila Standard, to those persons who comply and follow the guidelines contained in the Certification Procedures Manual and the Inspection Procedures Manual.

Article 20.- Export. The CRT may issue Certificates for the export of Tequila with respect to those products which have been issued a product Compliance Certificate and additionally comply with and follow the Export Certification Procedure.

Article 21.- Certification Requirements. In order for CRT to issue a Certificate stating that the  Product complies with the Tequila Standard, an Agreement shall be signed under which, among other provisions, the Client and  CRT have agreed upon the control procedures to be applied, in which case CRT shall follow the guidelines contained in the Manuals and Procedures described in this Chapter and, as applicable,  the guidelines contained in the Inspection Procedure Manual.

Article 22.- Tests. The CRT may conduct any test it deems necessary to determine compliance with the tequila Standard in its own laboratories or external laboratories, as established in the Test Laboratory Selection and Assessment Procedure; for the latter case, an Agreement following the terms established in Exhibit “1” shall be signed by the Client.