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Accreditation of conformity assessment bodies in the European Union
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- Date of last review:
- 29/09/2023
- Initial creation date:
- 01/01/1001
- Summary code:
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- 09.03.02.00 Product safety rules
- 19.05.01.00 Industry sectors
- 24.03.01.00 Free movement of goods – general rules
- 09.03.02.00 Product safety rules
- EUROVOC descriptor:
- Directory code:
- Summarised document(s):
- Author:
- Publications Office of the European Union
- Responsible entity(ies):
- Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
Accreditation of conformity assessment bodies in the European Union
SUMMARY OF:
WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE REGULATION?
- It lays common rules for accreditation of conformity assessment bodies in the European Union (EU).
- It also establishes the general principles for CE marking1.
KEY POINTS
National accreditation bodies
- EU Member States must:
- appoint a single not-for-profit national accreditation organisation;
- ensure the organisation has sufficient financing and staff to carry out its duties;
- monitor the organisation to ensure it fulfils the requirements set;
- communicate the relevant details to the European Commission, which draws up a publicly available list of the various national organisations.
- National accreditation bodies must:
- determine whether individual conformity assessment organisations2 are competent to do their work and monitor their performance;
- restrict, suspend or withdraw the accreditation certificates of assessment organisations that become unable to carry out their duties;
- be objective and impartial with efficient management and appropriate internal controls in place;
- agree to peer evaluation;
- inform other national accreditation bodies of their conformity assessment activities;
- make information on their work publicly available.
- The association European co-operation for Accreditation manages the peer evaluations to ensure the quality of the services the national accreditation bodies provide.
- CE marking may only be attached to a product by a manufacturer or someone mandated to operate on their behalf, provided it satisfies all the conformity standards.
- Amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 removes the articles in Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 that previously dealt with market surveillance aspects (see summary).
FROM WHEN DOES THE REGULATION APPLY?
It has applied since .
BACKGROUND
- Accreditation is part of an overall system that includes conformity assessment and market surveillance.
- For more information, see:
- Accreditation of conformity assessment bodies (European Commission).
KEY TERMS
- CE marking. A marking manufacturers use to indicate the item meets EU legal conformity standards.
- Conformity assessment body. A body that performs activities such as calibration, testing, certification and inspection.
MAIN DOCUMENT
Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 339/93 (OJ L 218, , pp. 30–47).
Successive amendments to Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 have been incorporated in the original text. This consolidated version is of documentary value only.
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