 | Mandatory (legally regulated) area |
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As regards accreditation, certification and testing, those areas are considered legally regulated, in which regulations
are laid down in laws.
These are accreditations performed on the basis of notification procedures as well as accreditations, certifications,
tests and procedures described with similar terms and included in non-harmonised laws.
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| Voluntary (legally non-regulated) area |
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As regards accreditation, certification and testing, also those areas are considered legally non-regulated in which
EC-regulations or national regulations do not exist and all activities are regulated by contract on a voluntary basis.
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| Notified body |
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Neutral body, the competence of which to perform conformity assessment procedures according to EC-Directives is confirmed
by the national government and notified to the European Commission and the Member States for specific testing, certification
or inspection tasks on the basis of EC-Directives
(If the notified bodies are able to demonstrate the conformity with criteria set out in EN 45000/EN ISO/IEC 17000 standards
series, e. g. by accreditation, it is then assumed that they also fulfil the criteria of the Directive.)
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| Assessment modules |
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Elements of an assessment procedure to accredit testing laboratories, certification or inspection bodies
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| Assessor |
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Person who has technical knowledge in specific technical fields (e. g. in the field of Quality Management) and who carries
out some or all functions related to laboratory assessment
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| Lead assessor |
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Assessor who takes the overall responsibility for the assessment, coordinates the assessment, leads the assessment team
and who has - in addition to his technical knowledge - sufficient experience in accreditation requirements and techniques
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| Technical expert |
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Person who has special technical knowledge and who is included in the assessment - additionally to the assessors - after
instruction as well as with a clearly defined task
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| Assessors of certification bodies for products |
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(Additional criteria for the assessment of non-accredited laboratories):
"Assessors who carry out the assessment of non-accredited laboratories by order of a certification body shall have
entire relevant knowledge of assessment technique at least on the basis of the training module B."
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