SAPREF is proud to have passed its first re-certification audit of its ISO environmental management system, taking the company into its second three year certification period. The audit was conducted in November by the Det Norske Veritas (DNV) certification body, which is accredited by Dutch and UK accreditation authorities. DNV identified no "major findings" that would indicate SAPREF did not meet the ISO requirements. It is very significant that SAPREF has undergone four external audits by International auditors from Norway, UK and the Netherlands and these have never found any system non-conformities. In the re-certification audit one "minor finding" was found, which related to an Air Pollution Prevention Act certificate for our refinery processes which had not yet been received from the authorities. Formal certification was received in February 2004.