Accreditation is an official and independent inspection conducted to confirm that the institution meets the requirements specified in the technical normative-legal acts, the relevant normative document in the field of standardization, as well as that it has the competence to perform conformity assessment work.
Conformity assessment is the determination of compliance of goods, work, service, management systems, production method and natural persons with the requirements specified in the technical regulation and other normative-legal act, as well as in the relevant normative document in the field of standardization.
Conformity assessment activities include testing, calibration, inspection, certification of management systems, individuals, products, processes and services, organization of proficiency tests, production of reference materials, validation and verification.
The document issued at the end of the accreditation process in the field of conformity assessment, that is, the accreditation certificate, is considered a permit document according to the Law “On Licenses and Permits”.
Advantages of accreditation
Accreditation ensures the improvement of the quality of institutions offering conformity assessment services, as well as subjects receiving services from those institutions.
Accreditation in the field of conformity assessment ensures the access to the market of tests with reliable results, accurate measurement and calibration services, inspection services, as well as goods and services of high quality and safety. Industries achieve improved production with more reliable test results and calibration services. Thus, consumers have access to goods and services with stable, reliable quality and safety.
Public and private enterprises prefer accredited institutions based on quality. It is for this reason that the services of accredited institutions have a competitive advantage by being more accepted in the market.
Accreditation requirements
Accreditation requirements for assessment of competence of testing and calibration laboratories
Accreditation requirements for assessing the competence of institutions that perform product (service, work) certification
Accreditation requirements for the assessment of the competence of institutions that carry out the certification of management systems
Accreditation requirements for the assessment of the competence of institutions performing personnel certification
Accreditation requirements for assessing the competence of inspection bodiesй
