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THE NORTHPACT STANDARD

"Approved" means four documents, read against each other.

Not a marketing label. A repeatable documentary check applied to every part before it is listed, and re-checked over time.

1

Certificate of origin

Where the part is manufactured, on paper from the manufacturer.

Catches: relabeled imports.
2

Bill of materials

What is inside the part, down to sourced sub-components.

Catches: the Chinese magnet in the "European" motor.
3

Compliance statement

A declaration against a recognized standard such as NDAA, backed by evidence rather than marketing.

Catches: claims that cannot be evidenced.
4

Chain of custody

The documented path from factory to buyer.

Catches: mystery swaps between factory and delivery.

Documents are read against each other.

Any single document can look clean. Our method is cross-reading: the bill of materials against the certificate of origin, the compliance statement against both, the custody chain against the shipping reality. An inconsistency is flagged and raised with the supplier. An unresolved part is not listed. Cleared parts get a standing record showing the part, the supplier, the documents held, and the date verified. Registered buyers can see it.

Precision about what "approved" means

We verify

That the four documents exist, are consistent with each other, and support the origin claim.
Manufacturer identity and manufacturing location.
A documented factory-to-buyer path.

We do not claim

Laboratory teardown of every unit.
Mineral-level traceability by default. Rare-earth and raw-material provenance is a deeper question, and where a buyer requires it we put it to the supplier and record the answer honestly.
Any government certification.
Parts are approved based on verified supplier documentation.

Built to European expectations

Existing verification regimes are largely American, built around US procurement rules. European buyers deserve a standard aligned with European and allied expectations, independent of any single country's supply politics. That is the standard NorthPact is building, in the open, starting with civilian and commercial components.

THE NORTHPACT STANDARD · V1.0 · 2026

Take the standard with you.

The full verification standard as a one-page document: the four documents, the cross-reading method, and exactly what "approved" does and does not mean. Version-controlled and dated; send it to your compliance lead.

Download the Standard (PDF)

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