Let me clarify the concept of subcontractors. The members of the committees that establish the standards are volunteers. When I talked about subcontractors, I meant for checking the standards. Audits are conducted in order to check products, to verify management system standards or to evaluate laboratories since some activities are seasonal in nature. So we have a great need for a lot of people for a short time.
We also need experts in major areas or with various specializations. That is when we need subcontractors. We have our own employees for a certain number of tasks. Otherwise, we hire subcontractors, people who must be recognized by us. They must meet standards. We have to evaluate their credentials and their performance according to the criteria on an on-going basis. We have to be sure that they have all the knowledge, the know-how and the people skills they need in order to conduct the evaluations.