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Euro Veritas Ltd has been accredited by BAR-UK (British Accreditation Registrars, UK) for certification of Management Systems. BAR-UK is a non-government-appointed accreditation body based in London, Great Britain, responsible for providing accreditation of conformity assessment bodies in the fields of certification & inspection; Product Marking Certifications like CE Marking, and Personal Certification Schemes. An accreditation by BAR-UK will demonstrate the competence and independence of Euro Veritas Ltd.
Although ISO does not perform certification, its Committee on Conformity Assessment has produced a number of standards that relate to the certification process. The voluntary criteria contained in these publications are an international consensus on good practice relating to certification. Companies and organizations usually operate their certification activities in accordance with these international standards.
As ISO does not perform certification, Organizations looking to get certified to an ISO standard must contact an independent certification body like Euro Veritas Ltd, which is accreditated by BAR-UK.
Euro Veritas Ltd has implemented a system compliant with the requirements of ISO 17021 for system Certifications and has henceforth been accreditated from BAR-UK. View Accreditation Certificate.
Euro Veritas Ltd has implemented a system compliant with the requirements of ISO 17020 as an Inspection Body and has henceforth been accreditated from BAR-UK. View Accreditation Certificate.
Euro Veritas Ltd has implemented a system compliant with the requirements of ISO 17065 as an Product Certification agency and has henceforth been accreditated from BAR-UK. View Accreditation Certificate.
Euro Veritas Ltd has implemented a system compliant with the requirements of ISO 17024 as a Personnel Certification Body and has henceforth been accreditated from BAR-UK. View Accreditation Certificate.
To achieve conforming products, the accredited certification process is expected to provide confidence that the organization has a quality management system that conforms to the applicable requirements of various Management System Standards. In particular, it is to be expected that Euro Veritas Ltd:
A. has established a quality management system that is suitable for its products and processes, and appropriate for its certification scope.
B. analyzes and understands customer needs and expectations, as well as the relevant statutory and regulatory requirements related to its products.
C. ensures that product characteristics have been specified in order to meet customer and statutory/regulatory requirements.
D. has determined and is managing the processes needed to achieve the expected outcomes (conforming products and enhanced customer satisfaction).
E. has ensured the availability of resources necessary to support the operation and monitoring of these processes.
F. monitors and controls the defined product characteristics.
G. aims to prevent nonconformities, and has systematic improvement processes in place to.
• Correct any nonconformities that do occur (including product nonconformities that are detected after delivery)
• Analyze the cause of nonconformities and take corrective action to avoid their recurrence
• Address customer complaints
H. has implemented an effective internal audit and management review process.
I. is monitoring, measuring and continually improving the effectiveness of its quality management system.
1) It is important to recognize that certification of compliance defines the requirements for an organization’s quality management system, not for its products. Accredited certification to ISO 9001 should provide confidence in the organization’s ability to “consistently provide product that meets customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements”. It does not necessarily ensure that the organization will always achieve 100% product conformity, though this should of course be a permanent goal.
2) Accredited certification does not imply that the organization is providing a superior product, or that the product itself is certified as meeting the requirements of an ISO (or any other) standard or specification.
3) An Accreditated Certificate to some individually developed schemes from BAR-UK does not mean any kind of association with a particular external board.
4) The certified organization shall indemnify Euro Veritas Ltd of any non-compliance issues which might arise due to non-compliance from the certified company, any non-acceptance with any external party etc.
Having scrutinized this entire work and its topic we are able to draw certain conclusions focusing on the main reasons for using services of accredited certification bodies: