What is the reason for the fee adjustment for QS-GAP-certified companies?

QS-GAP certified producers must pay fees to GLOBALG.A.P for registration in the GLOBALG.A.P database and participation in the GLOBALG.A.P system. QS has paid these fees for its scheme participants and borne the full cost. However, as GLOBALG.A.P. has now significantly increased these fees, QS is no longer able to bear them. QS must therefore pass on the fees payable to GLOBALG.A.P to the bundled QS-GAP certified production companies via their coordinators, in line with the principle of causality –QS does not charge any surcharge on top of the GLOBAL.G.A.P. fee.