The International Task Force on Harmonization and Equivalence in Organic Agriculture (ITF) developed a guidance document, “Tool for Equivalence of Organic Standards and Technical Regulations” (EquiTool). This guideline aims to facilitate and harmonize assessments of equivalence of organic production and processing standards and technical regulations. The scope of this guideline is limited to the equivalence assessment process. It does not include guidance for preparing and maintaining an equivalence agreement. Such agreements often cover both equivalence of conformity assessment and standards and technical regulations for organic production and processing. Equivalence may also be established in practice without the framework of a formal equivalence agreement.

EquiTool is a public document that can be adopted by governments and private sector organizations at their convenience, without need to request permission for use. Governments and private stakeholders may use all or portions of these guidelines as they see fit for non-commercial publication as a separate document. Reference to the EquiTool is expected for such use.