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Global Organic
Textiles Standard Accreditation
The IOAS signed an agreement with Global Standard GmbH, the
administrators of the Global Organic Textiles Standard (GOTS), in May 2009
to offer accreditation of certification bodies wishing to certify against
the GOTS standard.
GOTS is the leading set of norms in the field of organic
textile processing and its logo is appearing widely on organic textile
products.
To be approved by the International Working Group on Global
Organic Textiles Standard, certification bodies must undergo a formal
accreditation process. The IOAS is the main cooperating partner to implement
this accreditation.
For further details about GOTS, the processing standards and
the requirements for certification bodies please visit the
GOTS web site.
To apply for GOTS accreditation, the applicant must first
apply to GOTS on an application form obtainable from
GOTS.
After GOTS acceptance
of the application the certification body may then apply to the IOAS using
the standard IOAS application available here.
The standard IOAS fee schedule
applies. However when applying for both GOTS and TE the second application
fee is reduced 50%.
In addition for certification bodies
applying to the IOAS for GOTS accreditation alone (or with other 'limited
scope' accreditations) the annual fee component of the fee schedule is fixed
rather than linked to the turnover of the certification body from organic
programmes. This allowance recognises the limited size of specialist
programmes such as GOTS. Please refer to page 2 of our
fee schedule or contact Jennyfer Karall at
karall@ioas.org
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