The following methodological guidelines for accreditation have been updated:
1- MSA-05: Requirements for SNAS assessors and professional experts
2- MSA-06: Responsibility of SNAS and CAB
This methodical guideline defines the scope and the scope specification of accreditation of validation and verification bodies according to EN ISO/IEC 17029: 2019, EN ISO 14065: 2021, obligatory for employees of an accreditation body and applicants for accreditation.
Updating policy SNAS PL-13: SNAS policy on the metrological traceability of measurement results. Effective from 07.11.2025.
Methodical Guideline for Accreditation MSA-L/01: Field and Scope of Accreditation of Laboratories and PT providers.
This regulation stipulates the statute and rules of procedure for SNAS Commissions for Appointment of Assessors (hereinafter only as “Commission” or “KVP”).
SNAS carries out some its cross-border accreditation activities on a basis of subcontract or carries out an accreditation activity on a basis of subcontract which required another accreditation body. Subcontracting is possible to perform only on a basis of the valid Contracting Agreement signed by both accreditation bodies.
This methodical guideline defines the procedure for witness assessment of validation and verification bodies according to EN ISO/IEC 17029: 2019, EN ISO 14065: 2021, obligatory for employees of an accreditation body and applicants for accreditation.
This document determines the SNAS policy for accreditation of validation and verification bodies.
This document determines SNAS policy for issuing certificates by Certification Bodies for Certification of Products in non-accredited regime
This regulation determines the policy and procedure of SNAS when transitioning to the accreditation of proficiency testing providers according to the requirements of the revised ISO/IEC 17043: 2023 standard published in May 2023.
The conformity assessment bodies are calibration, testing and medical laboratories, inspection authorities, proficiency test organizers, certification authorities for certification of products, management systems and persons, environmental verifiers and green-house gas emissions verifiers. The assessors and experts play a decisive role in this area. The effectiveness and trustworthiness of an accreditation body depends on proficiency, professionalism and independence of its assessors and experts and on an effective system for their qualifications improvement, monitoring their performance and proficiency and on their evaluation.
The National Good Laboratory Practice Compliance Monitoring Programme in the Slovak Republic (hereinafter NP GLP) was elaborated on the base of the Act No. 67/2010 Coll. on conditions applicable to the placing on the market of chemical substances and chemical mixtures, amending certain acts (Chemicals Act) and in compliance with the Government Decree No. 320/2010 Coll. in current version adjusting the activities of the test facilities and the activities of inspectors carrying out inspections, audits and verification of compliance with the principles of good laboratory by test facilities through inspections and audits of non-clinical studies on ensuring monitoring of GLP principles.
This document determines SNAS policy on protection and use of SNAS logo, accreditation and combined mark of accredited body.
This document stipulates the statute of and rules of procedure for the SNAS Terminology Commission.
This prescription delineates SNAS policy applied when changes are often occurring within accredited entities/laboratories as for used accredited normative documents laying down testing and calibration methods because of updating or homogenization with European or international standards.
In this MSA I/01, principles for field and scope specification of accreditation as well as type of independence of an inspection body for purposes of accreditation, are delineated according to the Standard ISO/IEC 17020.
A guideline is binding for SNAS, applicants for accreditation and accredited persons.
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