OEKO-TEX® Income Sources
This document gives an overview of the income source structure of all OEKO-TEX® Services.
The purpose is to create transparency in regard to fulfill our stakeholders’ expectations.

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OEKO-TEX®
International Association for Research and Testing in
the Field of Textile and Leather Ecology
Internationale Gemeinschaft für Forschung und Prüfung
auf Gebiet der Textil- und Lederökologie

OEKO-TEX Service GmbH
Genferstrasse 23, CH-8002 Zurich+41 44 501 26 00
www.oeko-tex.com

1. OEKO-TEX® Standards
The results of the joint research and development of the OEKO-TEX® Testing Institutes are the OEKO-TEX®
Standards. The OEKO-TEX® Standards are publicly available on the internet athttps://www.oeko-tex.com/en/our-standards.

2. OEKO-TEX® Testing Institutes
All institutes and companies with which OEKO-TEX® concludes or has concluded OEKO-TEX® Agreements areOEKO-TEX® Testing Institutes. OEKO-TEX® consists of 17 independent research and testing institutes in the field oftextile and leather ecology in Europe and Japan with contact offices in more than 100 countries.
All our Testing Institutes can be found at: https://www.oeko-tex.com/en/about-us/oeko-tex-worldwide.
The customers are free in their choice of the respective OEKO-TEX® Testing Institute.

3. OEKO-TEX® Services
The OEKO-TEX Service GmbH (OEKO-TEX®) offers companies various certifications and services to have theirproducts tested by independently approved Testing Institutes and to optimise their production conditions and supply
chain with a view to greater sustainability. The focus of its activities is on testing, auditing, certification and licensingin accordance with the OEKO-TEX® Standards.

4. Pricing
The OEKO-TEX® Testing Institutes are entitled to offer the OEKO-TEX® Services. In the provision of theOEKO-TEX® Services the specifications of the OEKO-TEX® documents are compulsory.
The cost of certification includes administrative fees, audit fees and testing fees of the Testing Institutes, as well as
the licence fee of the OEKO-TEX Service GmbH.
Administrative fees are generated by the effort of Testing Institutes to process the application. Audit fees cover thecosts for checking production processes and quality assurance onsite including further expenditures necessary forthe audit. Testing fees are costs that arise to cover testing activities including for example personnel and materialcosts.

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The Institute independently sets the prices for the OEKO-TEX® Services for its customers. OEKO-TEX® determines
the licence fee, which is raised to use the corresponding trademark. The customers are free in their choice of therespective OEKO-TEX® Institute. OEKO-TEX® receives the licence fee from the Institute for each certificate issued
by the Institute.
Invoicing is made monthly. The fees are payable net 30 days without deduction.
Licence Fees
ProductLicence Fee1

OEKO-TEX® ECO-PASSPORT

Min. EUR 950.00

OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100

Min. EUR 950.00

OEKO-TEX® LEATHER STANDARD

Min. EUR 950.00

OEKO-TEX® STeP

Min. EUR 2000.00

OEKO-TEX® DETOX to Zero (Reporting fee)

Min. EUR 950.00

OEKO-TEX® RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS

Min. EUR 2000.00

OEKO-TEX® ORGANIC COTTON

Min. EUR 950.00

5. Active Chemical Products (ACP)OEKO-TEX® assesses ACPs. They must undergo a toxicological assessment by two independent toxicologists.
The toxicological assessment looks at the theoretical toxicity of the product but is not tested in a laboratory.
If an ACP wishes to be OEKO-TEX® certified and to use an OEKO-TEX® trademark, they must undergo
OEKO-TEX® ECO PASSPORT certification.
OEKO-TEX® receives fees for the toxicological testing of ACPs and for their inclusion in the OEKO-TEX® list of
accepted active chemical products.

6. Other Revenues of OEKO-TEX®
OEKO-TEX® does not receive payments from any interest groups and has no other sources of income.
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