A Certification Body, having been duly accredited by an Accreditation Body and by way of signing a contract with Global Standard gGmbH has been permitted to implement the Global Organic Textile Standard over a designated geographical area and for specific scopes of the Standard.
") that this company who was the stated buyer of Raj Agro in a separate fraud investigation case (see ban entry in this table below) had the same address as the company Qingdao Donghengmao (see above) and a similar modus operandi was used. It was further discovered that Company chops (seals / rubber stamps) used on relevant documentation in both cases were the same. It was therefore concluded by the Certification Body that both companies are the same but with differing names. This information was shared with the [GOTS](https://global-standards.org/resources/glossary/gots "The worldwide leading voluntary sustainability standard for the post-harvest textile value chain for certified organic fibres, covering environmental criteria, human rights, social criteria and business conduct.
") Management. The Management deliberated the issue and took a decision that such a determination by the CB was indeed valid and thereafter decided to impose a certification ban on this company for a period of 2 years.