The board of Het Comité decided to set up Het Comité MonsterOpslag en Verzendapplicatie (Het Comité Sample Storage and Shipping Application), abbreviated to COMOVA, in collaboration with the Grain Factors: Schutter, Peterson and SGS, .
From 1 February 2013, all samples sealed under standard contracts will be stored in the warehouse of Het Comité, Coenhavenweg 8 in Amsterdam. Under the auspices of Het Comité, the storage and dispatch of samples will be executed by the Grain Factors.
From 1 January 2020 the rates for the services of COMOVA are as follows:
- Storage costs € 8.50 per sample
- Maize samples, according to the GMP + aflatoxin protocol (GMP + BA4; §2.3 Protocol Monitoring Aflatoxin B1 in Maize and by-products from maize) € 5 per set of samples (in total this is for the 4 sets of samples that are taken per inland waterway vessel € 20 per inland waterway vessel).
Sample shipping costs from Het Comité warehouse in Amsterdam:
- Destinations within the UK € 32.00 per sample
- Destinations outside the Netherlands/UK € 28.50 per sample
- Destinations within the Netherlands € 8.00 per sample
The sample storage and sample delivery will, as has always been done in the past, be processed via the Grain Factors.
Grain factors can request a login code for the COMOVA website via www.comova.info> Button Contact.