RECORDREFERENCE OUTLINE

Supplier and Customer Qualification Register

Register verifying both ends of every transaction: authorisation confirmed against the issuing register rather than a supplied copy, entitlement checked for the specific product category transacted, a risk assessment capturing commercial red flags as signals rather than opportunities, written agreements, and re-verification on cycle and on trigger. Maps to EU GDP 2013/C 343/01 and MHRA GDP expectations.

What a template is not

A template is a document baseline to adapt inside your own quality system. SPEQ does not approve, validate, or take responsibility for what you issue from it, and using one is not evidence of compliance.

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REGULATIONS MAPPED
2013/C 343/01MHRA GDP
DOCUMENT TYPE
Record
LAST UPDATED
August 2026
PURPOSE

Distribution is where falsified product enters the legitimate supply chain, and it enters through a trading partner nobody actually verified. This register records verification in both directions — that a supplier is entitled to supply, and that a customer is entitled to receive — against the issuing register rather than a copy the counterparty sent. Whether a given counterparty is acceptable is your determination; the register makes the basis for it visible.

What's Inside

Qualification register keyed to the counterparty, with each authorisation verified against the issuing register rather than a supplied copy
Scope of entitlement checked per product category, because holding an authorisation is not entitlement to every transaction
Risk assessment capturing commercial red flags as signals — unexplained urgency, unusual product mix, off-market pricing
Written agreement record with responsibilities allocated and a review date, so the agreement ages visibly rather than silently
Re-verification triggers beyond the scheduled cycle, covering suspension, variation, revocation and change of ownership
Approval decision with the named approver, separating the quality judgement from the commercial relationship it affects
Status history per counterparty, so a lapsed qualification is visible before the next order is placed

How to Use It

1Confirm every authorisation against the issuing register before the first transaction; a copy the counterparty supplied proves only that a document exists
2Check the entitlement category against what you actually trade — an authorisation covering one product class does not cover all of them
3Record commercial red flags here rather than in a sales note, so the signal reaches the person deciding qualification
4Qualify the customer as deliberately as the supplier, because outbound diversion leaves the same trail as inbound falsification
5Re-verify on trigger as well as on cycle — authorisations are suspended, varied and revoked between your annual reviews
6Record the approval decision and its owner, and treat an expired entry as a stop rather than a backlog item
DOCUMENT CONTENTS

The full section structure of this template — every section and sub-section, so you can use it as a baseline for your own site document.

Document Control
Document InformationApproval SignaturesRevision HistoryDistribution List
1Qualification Register
2Scope of Entitlement
3Risk Assessment Beyond the Paper
4Written Agreements
5Re-Verification Triggers
REGULATORY CONTEXT

The EU GDP Guidelines 2013/C 343/01 require a wholesale distributor to qualify both its suppliers and its customers, including verification that each holds the authorisation its role requires, and MHRA GDP sets equivalent expectations for UK licence holders. Neither states how much diligence a given counterparty warrants, what a red flag is worth, or when a relationship should stop — those determinations are yours. The register structure and the trigger list are SPEQ practitioner synthesis.

MAPPED STANDARDS
2013/C 343/01MHRA GDP
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