SLOVAK NATIONAL ACCREDITATION SERVICE

Actuall Information

05.05.2010
As a result of the decision within the MLA Council SNAS is suspended as an EA MLA signatory in the fields of certification of Management Systems, Products and Persons until October 2010.
More details in this regard we will provide you continuously.

Certification bodies certifying the Quality Management Systems according to ISO 9001, Environmental Management Systems according to ISO 14001 and products accredited by SNAS before 5 November 2009 may continue to use the combined certification mark IAF-MLA-SNAS on certificates issued by them.



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26.01.2010
New Act No 505/2009 Coll. on accreditation of bodies responsible for conformity assessment and on amendment of certain acts was published in the Collection of Laws of the Slovak Republic in Unit 177 on December 8, 2009. Act No 505/2009

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26.11.2009
SNAS, in connection with suspension of its status as a signatory to the EA MLA and IAF MLA in the field of accreditation of certification bodies certifying management systems, products and persons, took measures related to usage of combined certification mark IAF-MLA-SNAS based on the decision of the EA Multilateral Agreements Council (EA MAC). Immediately after taking the above mentioned measure, the SNAS communicated with the EA MAC in writing to discuss the possibility of usage of the above mentioned mark on certificates issued by certification bodies accredited by SNAS before suspension of its status as a signatory to the EA MLA, i. e. before 5 November 2009. It was possible to successfully accomplish the communication by the discussion of the SNAS Director and the EA MAC Chairman during the EA General Assembly Meeting in Bruges held on 25 November 2009 with the following result:

Certification bodies certifying the Quality Management Systems according to ISO 9001, Environmental Management Systems according to ISO 14001 and products accredited by SNAS before 5 November 2009 may continue to use the combined certification mark IAF-MLA-SNAS on certificates issued by them.

We are very sorry for eventually arisen troubles and we are ready to provide you with further information and cooperation when solving them.

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06.11.2009
From November 5, 2009 for a period not exceeding 6 months SNAS is suspended as an signatory to EA MLA in the field of certification of Management systems, Products and Persons.
During this period the certificates issued by CABs for the field of certification of persons, products and management systems are not covered by EA MLA, IAF MLA and must not have references to EA MLA and IAF MLA.
Information concerning the realization of measures to be implemented in activities of certification bodies:
- Certification bodies must not use references to the SNAS signatory status in the above-mentioned fields and must not use the IAF-MLA-SNAS certification combined mark. This measure applies to certificates issued after 5.11.2009 as well as all other documents and promotional materials in accordance with MSA-02.
- After 5. 11. 2009 the certification bodies can only use the SNAS accreditation mark in accordance with MSA-02.
- An above-mentioned measure does not relate to the activities of accredited certification bodies before the suspension of SNAS status as a signatory to EA MLA and IAF MLA.
The certification bodies are obliged to incorporate the requested measures in controlled documentation by 16. 11. 2009 and submit a sample of certificates processed in accordance with the requested measure by 16. 11. 2009.

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Withdrawal and replacement of Methodical Guidelines for Accreditation for certification bodies certifying management systems

Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council

SNAS procedure by assessment of certification bodies certifying quality management systems in accordance with the ISO 9001:2008

Joint IAF-ISO communiqué