License Fees

License fees for licensing India

Importer’s annual fee** between 500 € and 12.000 €
Audit fee* per audit day 250 €
Flight cost*, Economy Class, per auditing unit
(e.g. at prodction sites in Maharashtra, Telangana, Kerala)
Billing of expenses

License fees for licensing China

Importer’s annual fee** between 500 € and 12.000 €
Audit fee* per audit day 550 €
Flight cost*, Economy Class, per auditing unit
(e.g. at prodction sites in states as Hebei, Shandong etc.)
Billing of expenses

Further fees*

for seals, per processing plant / per year
incl. dispatching
40 €
Inspection of the warehouse goods at the importer, per day 500 €
If the seal is misused
(Use without licensing)
Double Importer’s-annual fee

**Graduation table for the importer’s annual fee*:

Year net total import value from India and China, respectively

between 50.000 € and 499.999 € results in a licence fee of:   3.000 €
between 500.000 € and 1.999.999 € results in a licence fee of:   6.000 €
between 2.000.000 € and 9.999.999 € results in a licence fee of:   9.000 €
from 10.000.000 € results in a licence fee of: 12.000 €

(* all charges are net amounts without value added tax)

**Annual license fee / Graduation table for tombstone importers:

Last year’s net total import value from India, China or Vietnam …

up to 99,999 € results in a license fee of:      € 500 plus 1% net value per tombstone sold
between 100.000 € and 499.999 €:   3.000 €
between 500.000 € and 1.999.999 €:   6.000 €
between 2.000.000 € and 9.999.999 €:   9.000 €
from 10.000.000 €: 12.000 €

(* all charges are net amounts without value added tax)

The licence fees are used to cover the costs of the XertifiX office, which is responsible, among other things, for coordinating the audits, reviewing the audit reports, the certification decision, public relations, standard development and acquisition (see also: How we work). XertifiX runs an office with one employee in Hannover, Germany. The employee is paid based on the payment for employees of public service. So far the cost for this office and the employee needs can be covered by the XertifiX licence fees.

The fees for the audits are used to pay for the audit costs (auditor’s payment / travel expenses of the auditor).