| 9 -10 июня 2009 года в городе Стара Любовня, Республика Словакия, прошел международный симпозиум “AKTIV SNAS 2009”, посвященный 15-летию деятельности SNAS и Международному дню аккредитации. Делегацию Международной школы технического законодательства и управления качеством возглавляет директор – Рамазанова – Стёпкина Е.А.Стёпкина Е. Заседание открыл Директор Словацкой национальной службы аккредитации - Йозеф Обернауэр В своем докладе он подвел итоги работы SNAS за 2008 год и поставил задачи перед сотрудниками на 2009 - 2010 годы. Также перед собравшимися выступили сотрудники и гости “AKTIV SNAS 2009“ | {mosimage} {mosimage} {mosimage} {mosimage} |
International Accreditation Day 2009
Joint message from Daniel Pierre and Thomas Facklam, ILAC and IAF Chairs
{mosimage}We are delighted to announce that the secon' International Accreditation Day will take place o June 9th 2009. This year's theme is 'competence' a core principle of what accreditation delivers Technical and operational competence, as it relate to an organisation's ability to provide the marke with its products and services, is determined b accreditation. The concept of competence i associated with an organisation's ability t demonstrate its integrity and understanding of it procedures and capability to plan, to be proactive and to ensure that its technical and managemer systems are effective in meeting the organisation' objectives and vision. In this way, industry am governments can have greater confidence in thi products and services delivered by accreditee organizations and their clients.
This year's activities will mirror the success c International Accreditation Day 2008, which sa\ major promotional events, seminars for Industr and Regulatory officials, and press campaigns i over 50 countries worldwide. ILAC and IAF ar grateful to the major international specifiers
Regulatory bodies and stakeholders for their continued support of International Accreditation Day, that has added greater value to the activities organised by national accreditation bodies and the conformity assessment body community.
These events have contributed to a greater recognition of accreditation, in particular from national Regulators, who are adopting accreditation as a mechanism to deliver credible solutions that can support or act as an alternative to Legislation. This has been borne out by a recent survey of National Accreditation Bodies which reported 68% acceptance levels of accredited services, an increase of 27% since 2002.
There is growing recognition of both the value of accreditation and the ILAC and IAF multilateral agreements which now operate throughout many economies. For example, a new Regulation in Europe provides a legal framework for the provision of accreditation services within the Community. EA has been tasked to act as the coordinating organisation. In the Asia-Pacific region, APEC has endorsed accreditation, with APLAC and PAC recognised as APEC specialised regional bodies. Accreditation is now used to underpin the conformity assessment component of the APEC agreements. ASEAN, with its ten member states, has included accreditation in the ASEAN sectoral MRA for electrical and electronic equipment as a means of meeting the mandatory requirements of each member and to facilitate the implementation of the ASEAN Free Trade Area. In the Americas, the IAAC has successfully communicated the value of accreditation to Regulators and government entities to ensure that they are increasingly relying on results from accredited laboratories to meet their mandatory requirements in areas as diverse as food safety, environmental protection, toy safety, and the quality of concrete, steel, electrical products and a variety of other products and services.
As we look to the future, the work of ILAC and IAF will seek to build on this recognition from Regulators and industry, continue the development of accreditation frameworks in the developing economies, and to further develop closer co-operation between ILAC and IAF with the aim of strengthening the multilateral mutual international recognition through their respective Arrangement and MLA.
The address of the SNAS Director
on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the Slovak National Accreditation Service
{mosimage}The first 15 years of a person's life are an important stage, during which enormous changes take place. During this period following its birth, the infant becomes an almost mature individual with knowledge learned at school and some experience of life. He or she find themselves on the threshold of adulthood and active service to society.
SNAS has also gone through a similar process in its development. Since 1.1.1994, the originally established Slovak National Accreditation System (SNAS) has gone through several stages, from being an independent department of accreditation within the Office of Standards, Metrology and Testing of the Slovak Republic (UNMS SR), through technical accreditation committees (TVA - SNAS), which provided assessment for the purpose of accreditation in the different fields, to the present form of a subsidised organisation set up by UNMS SR under the name of the Slovak National Accreditation Service (SNAS). This form is also currently undergoing changes with regard to the prepared bill on accreditation.
From the very beginning SNAS has been the only national accreditation body in the Slovak Republic and it provides accreditation for legal and physical entities in practically all fields (testing laboratories, calibration laboratories, certification bodies certifying management systems, products, persons, inspection bodies, EMAS verifiers, attestators, GLP and the fulfilment of authorisation/notification requirements).
In the international field SNAS was one of the founding members of ILAC and it gradually became a full and active member of other international organisations of associated accreditation bodies -EA, IAF and FAB. Apart from this, it is a signatory to multilateral agreements and arrangements of these international organisations (MRA a MLA), which ensures acceptance of the accredited activities of Slovak bodies abroad. SNAS has won international recognition on the basis of its long-term activities and strict observance of the provisions of international standards, regulations and documents. It is an equal partner of accreditation bodies that are signatories of MRA/MLA EA, ILAC and IAF, which has been confirmed by its successive successful evaluations in the different fields of accreditation. Interest in its services has gradually been shown not only by clients from countries within the EU, but also beyond its borders. SNAS has accepted applications and, within the bounds of its possibilities and capacity, performed accreditation beyond the borders of the Slovak Republic in compliance with the principles of cross-frontier accreditation. Last, but not least, SNAS is currently actively participating in international projects aimed at assisting the establishment of accreditation bodies.
We can state that this success and acceptance abroad is the result of the work of our highly professional and qualified team of SNAS employees, including external workers, who have gradually improved their knowledge of accreditation activities through training by experts and lecturers from home and abroad, active participation in the work of EA, ILAC and IAF committees and working groups and also through their own experience in the process of accreditation.
Several SNAS employees have been trained by EA and they are appointed members of EA evaluation teams for peer evaluation.
Naturally, in the life of SNAS there have been problems that have been solved as they arise by adopting effective measures. We are successful in carrying out the tasks required of an accreditation body and maintaining the standard of services provided.
Since 2007 SNAS has had its own trade-union organisation, which has helped to strengthen the team spirit and improve interpersonal relations not only at work, but also in civil defence and sporting events and fitness activities. Working with people is demanding and it is necessary for all employees to work as a team if we are to fulfil the mission of SNAS and carry out its tasks.
SNAS keeps track of developments in the field of accreditation and gradually provides accreditation in new fields of specific activities. It continues to build up its own infrastructure; it is completing the preparation of its own employees and cooperates with the ministries of the Slovak Republic to meet their needs within the framework of their authorisation activities.
Essential to SNAS are the approximately 500 external workers that SNAS is training and who make an important contribution to the process of assessment.
The significance of accreditation in practice is also confirmed by the joint communique of ILAC and IAF from 2008, which established the International Day of Accreditation. June 9th was set as the official date for this worldwide occasion.
The seriousness and importance of accreditation has also recently been confirmed by the approval of Regulation no. 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council, which strengthens the position of the national accreditation bodies in the EU Member States. The Regulation recommends the existence of a single accreditation body within the state, which in the performance of its duties will be considered a body executing public power and using accreditation as an instrument to confirm technical competence of conformity assessment bodies in the regulated sphere.
With regard to the above-mentioned regulation, a draft bill on accreditation is being prepared, which will define the status of the accreditation body - SNAS, its accreditation activities, as well as the change in the legal form of SNAS.
taking over of accredited bodies into the administration of domestic accreditation bodies.
I am glad that after 15 years we can claim that SNAS has all the necessary resources and prerequisites for the fulfilment of such a vision.
In conclusion I should here like to express my sincere thanks to the SNAS staff, to all its clients and well-wishers for their cooperation so far, for the successes achieved and to wish them successful cooperation beneficial to both sides in the future. We shall continue to endeavour to make accreditation an asset - an added value, and for Slovak entrepreneurs the key to overcoming obstacles and barriers to trade within Europe and the rest of the world.
Stara Lubovha 9.6.2009
Jozef Obemauer Director
SNAS Activities in 2008
{mosimage}The Slovak National Accreditation Service, as a state-subsidized organization, is the sole national accreditation body recognized by the Government of the Slovak Republic, with the right to issue accreditation certificates in accordance with Article 22, paragraph 1 and to perform activities under Article 23 of Act No 264/1999 Coll. on technical requirements for products and conformity assessment as amended.
The activities of the Slovak National Accreditation Service play a significant role in the national system of conformity assessment in the process of accreditation of legal and physical persons operating in the regulated and non-regulated areas.
The key tasks
The main tasks of the Slovak National Accreditation Service in 2008 were to provide high-quality accreditation services for everyone who applied, in all the areas of activities where the accreditation is practicable, reasonable, and does not violate any legal regulation.
Accreditation services in twelve areas were provided in 2008:
- Accreditation of calibration laboratories
- Accreditation of testing laboratories
- Accreditation of medical laboratories
- Accreditation of the proficiency testing organizers
- Accreditation of inspection bodies
- Accreditation of certification bodies certifying products
- Accreditation of certification bodies certifying quality management systems
- Accreditation of certification bodies certifying persons
- Accreditation of certification bodies certifying risk management systems
- Accreditation of EMAS verifiers / proficiency certificate for EMAS
- Accreditation of procurement attestators
- Attestation of fulfillment of authorization / notification requirements (A/NR)
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Overview of accreditation services provided in 2006 - 2008
An important task of the Slovak National Accreditation Service in 2008 was to prepare a special law on accreditation in line with the new policies of the European Commission in this field. The law is supposed to address the issue of transformation of the Slovak National Accreditation Service from a state-subsidized organization into the new legal form. With the Law on accreditation, the Slovak Republic would meet the requirements of the Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance related to the marketing of products, approved in July 2008, on the designation of a sole national accreditation body to carry out accreditation on the basis of the powers granted by the State. With the new law, the accreditation procedure will be more thorough, clear and will contain all the legal institutes and aspects that were either not addressed in the current legislation - Act No. 264/1999 Coll., or were addressed only marginally, and which no longer fulfilled requirements for accreditation bodies. It is expected that the law will be passed in 2009.
Among the major tasks of the Slovak Accreditation Service in 2008 was a systematic observance of the policies for the transition or introduction of new versions or new standards that define criteria and requirements for accreditation. The transition period for the introduction of accreditation of medical laboratories according to ISO 15189: 2007 was completed. In the area of accreditation of certification bodies for the certification of management systems, the Slovak National Accreditation Service has successfully completed a two-year transition period for the implementation of the new international standard ISO / IEC 17021: 2006.
Regarding the sectoral accreditation schemes, specifically in the area of management of health and safety at work, the Slovak National Accreditation Service worked out the policy of transition to the new standard OHSAS 18001: 2007. In accordance with this policy, the assessments of this standard were carried out during the transition period, which will expire on July 15, 2009. The new international standard EN ISO 9001:2008 came into force in November 2008. In this context, the Slovak National Accreditation Service started preparations to ensure the assessment of certification bodies, which have been accredited to perform certification according to the previous version of this standard.
Number of valid accreditation certificates and certificates of Good Laboratory Practice in 2006 - 2008
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CIS countries have expressed interest in our work, as evidenced by increasing cooperation with the accreditation bodies in these countries.
The adoption of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products has increased the importance of the accreditation body and the accreditation activities. This is a key legislation of the European Communities, which has strengthened the importance of accreditation in the European context. The new regulation has established a comprehensive framework for accreditation, and it has set out the principles of its implementation and organization within the European Communities.
Economy and the Budget Execution
The Slovak National Accreditation Service is a state-subsidized organization. The operational costs, as well as the acquisition of tangible investment and international cooperation activities are borne solely from its own revenues, with no contribution from the state budget. Exceptions are the annual membership contributions to the international organizations I LAC, IAF and EA, which according to Act No 264/1999 Coll., as amended, are paid on behalf of the Slovak National Accreditation Service by the Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic. The main revenues are receipts for the accreditation services, which is the main activity of the Slovak National Accreditation Service.
Budget year 2008 was, from the point of view of accountancy, very demanding for the Slovak National Accreditation Service. During this period, it was necessary to cope with two significant changes - the transition to accrual accounting and the preparation for the introduction of the new currency - the Euro. In the transition to the Euro, the Slovak National Accreditation Service had to organize dual display of prices according to the fixed exchange rate as of July 1, 2008.
SNAS деятельности в 2008 году
Словацкая национальная служба аккредитации, в качестве субсидии от государства организации, является единственным национальным органом аккредитации признанных в Правительство Словацкой Республики, с правом выдавать аккредитацию
сертификаты в соответствии со статьей 22, пунктом 1 и выполнять деятельность в соответствии со статьей 23 Закона № 264/1999 Coll. по техническому требования к продукции и оценки соответствия с внесенными в него поправками.
Деятельность Словацкая национальная служба аккредитации играть Важную роль в национальной системы оценки соответствия в
Процесс аккредитации юридических и физических лиц, действующих в регулируемых и нерегулируемых областей.
Ключевыми задачами Основными задачами Словацкая национальная служба аккредитации в 2008 году были для обеспечения высокого качества услуг аккредитации для всех, кто применяться, во всех сферах деятельности, где это практически аккредитацию,
разумными, и не нарушает какого-либо правового регулирования. Аккредитация услуг в двенадцати районах были предоставлены в 2008 году:
- аккредитации калибровочных лабораторий
- по аккредитации испытательных лабораторий
- аккредитации медицинских лабораторий
- аккредитации в квалификационных испытаний организаторов
- аккредитации проверяющих органов / Аккредитации органов по сертификации продукции удостоверяющих
- аккредитации органов по сертификации удостоверяющих качество Системы управления
- аккредитации органов по сертификации удостоверяющих человек / Аккредитации органов по сертификации удостоверяющих управления рисками систем / Аккредитация ЕМАС контролеров / квалификационных сертификатов для EMAS
- Аккредитация закупок attestators
- Аттестационная выполнения разрешения / уведомления
- Потребности (A / NR)
Обзор аккредитации услуг, предоставляемых в 2006 - 2008 Важной задачей в Словацкой Национальной службы аккредитации в 2008 году заключалась в подготовке специального закона об аккредитации в соответствии с новыми политикой Европейской комиссии в этой области. Законом допускается рассмотреть вопрос о преобразовании Словацкого национального
Аккредитация службы из субсидируемых государством организации в новое правовой формы. В Законе об аккредитации, Словацкая Республика удовлетворять требованиям Правил (ЕС) № 765/2008 от Европейского Парламента и Совета от 9 июля 2008 года с изложением требования для аккредитации и надзора за рынком, связанных со сбытом продукции, утвержденной в июле 2008 года, о назначении на единственного национального органа по аккредитации для проведения аккредитации на основе в пределах полномочий, предоставленных ей государством. Благодаря новому закону, аккредитация Процедура будет более глубоким, ясным и будет содержать все юридические Институты и аспектах, которые либо не рассматриваются в текущем законодательство - Закон № 264/1999 Coll., или были рассмотрены лишь незначительно, и которые не выполнили требования к аккредитации органов. Это
Ожидается, что закон будет принят в 2009 году.
Среди основных задач, стоящих перед словацкой аккредитации обслуживания в 2008 году был систематическое проведение политики, направленной на переход или введение новых версий или новых стандартов, которые определяют критерии и требования, для аккредитации. В переходный период для введения аккредитация медицинских лабораторий в соответствии с ISO 15189:2007 завершен. В области аккредитации органов по сертификации для сертификация систем управления, Словацкая национальная Аккредитация Служба успешно завершил двухлетний переходный период для осуществления нового международного стандарта ISO / IEC 17021: 2006.
Что касается аккредитации, отраслевых схем, в частности в области менеджмента здоровья и безопасности на работе, Словацкая национальная Аккредитация служба разработала политику перехода к новым стандарта OHSAS 18001: 2007. В соответствии с этой политикой, то оценки этого стандарта были осуществлены в течение переходного периода период, который истекает 15 июля, 2009. В новой международной стандарта EN ISO 9001:2008 вступил в силу в ноябре 2008 года. В этом контексте, Словацкая национальная служба аккредитации начали подготовку обеспечить оценку органов по сертификации, которые были аккредитованных осуществлять сертификацию в соответствии с предыдущей версии настоящего стандарта.
Число действительных аккредитации, сертификаты и сертификаты Хорошо Лабораторная Практика в 2006 - 2008
Страны СНГ проявили интерес к нашей работе, о чем свидетельствует расширение сотрудничества с аккредитацией органов в этих странах. Принятие Постановления (ЕС) № 765/2008 от Европарламента и Совета излагались требования для аккредитации и
надзора за рынком, связанные с маркетингом продукции увеличился важность этого органа по аккредитации и аккредитации
деятельности. Это является одним из ключевых законодательных актов Европейских сообществ, которые усилило значение аккредитации в Европейском контексте. Новое регулирование создало всеобъемлющие рамки для аккредитации, и он изложил принципы своей осуществление и организация в рамках Европейского Сообщества.
Экономика и исполнения бюджета Словацкая национальная служба аккредитации является субсидируется государством
организации. В эксплуатационные расходы, а также на приобретение ощутимых инвестиций и международного сотрудничества, покрываются исключительно за счет своих собственных доходов, без вклада со стороны государства бюджета. Исключениями являются ежегодные членские взносы в международных организаций ИЛАК, МАФ и ЕА, которые в соответствии с Законом №
264/1999 Coll., С внесенными в него поправками, оплачиваются по имени Словацкого национального Аккредитация в службе Министерства экономики Словацкой Республики.
Основные поступления квитанции за аккредитацию услуг, который Основным видом деятельности Словацкой Национальной
Annotation of contributions of SNAS Meeting 2009 participants
Milan Badal
Czech Accreditation Institute
The presentation is divided into four parts. The first part gives brief information on activities of the Czech Accreditation Institute; the second part presents an overview of the tasks required by the new European legislation in the field of accreditation. The third part of the presentation consists of a concise list of new services introduced in 2008 in the Czech accreditation system managed by the Czech Accreditation Institute (CAI) and the fourth part is a list of seminars organised by CAI for accredited bodies in the second half of 2009. Slovak bodies can also participate in these seminars.
Bozena Tusova Slovak Standards Institute (SUTN)
The technical committee TK 22 Quality is a mirror committee to the international ISC7TC 176 and CEN/SS F20 committees. Technical standardisation in the field of quality management systems, as well as standardisation of quality management in the separate sectors falls into its field of competence. Conformity assessment on the national level is within the competence of the TK 107 technical committee, which is a mirror committee to the international ISO/CASCO and CEN/CLC/TC 1 committees, of which SUTN is a member.
The aim of the mirror technical committees is to harmonise work in the relevant fields of technical standardisation with the plan of work on a European and international level. The priority is to include the technical standard on time and offer it for use by REPLACEing it into the system of Slovak Technical Standards (STN).
Josef Kalas
Central Control and Testing Institute for Agriculture in Bratislava
The importance of accreditation and accredited conformity assessment in agriculture has recently risen significantly. Several important factors are involved in this. Firstly, it is the new European legislation concerning food safety, which of course includes agriculture, as an important link in the food chain - a source of foodstuffs and also connecting inputs into agricultural production through fodder, veterinary medicines, genetic modification, fertilisers, irrigation and protective substances. In accordance with the EU regulation, all the official laboratories participating in this field should be accredited according to EN ISO/IEC 17025. Further, it is European legislation in the field of ecological agriculture, which requires accreditation of interested certification bodies according to EN 45011. Voluntary accredited certification of food safety management systems according to ISO 22000 and product certification according to private certification schemes Eurep - GAP, BRC and IFS, supported mainly by the chain stores, are becoming of significant importance. It can be said that thanks to the long-term activities of SNAS and the Ministry of Agriculture, Slovakia has succeeded in meeting all the requirements for verifying the competence of interested organisations arising from the European legislation and is in line with the new trends in the field of the assessment of safety and quality management systems.
prepared documents
Dusan Konicky
Technical Inspection
In the future we can forsee two basic complications for the inspection bodies - the introduction and application of the Guide for Accreditation of Notified Bodies on the national level and revision of the ISO/IEC 17020 standard aiming at strengthening pro-client principles according to ISO 9001 at the expense of impartiality and professional competence of inspection bodies. It is necessary to participate actively in these processes.
Certification of auditors of Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems according to the STN OHSAS 18001: 2008 standard
Lubomir Busfy
Certification Body for Persons, COPO SSK
In a short contribution the participants will be informed about the requirements for training, knowledge and practical experience for the possibilities of certification of persons, auditors of Occupational Health and Saftey Management Systems according to the STN OHSAS 18001:2008 standard in accordance with the EOQ Harmonised Scheme for certification/registration of persons in the scope of accredited activities. At the same time the participants will be informed about the process of certification and the course of the examination.
Our SNAS through the eyes of its clients
Frantisek Drozda
Q-TEST plus Ltd.
Supporting standpoint to the contribution of the SNAS director:
Milestones in the development of accreditation activities in Slovakia
How we created the accreditation service
What the new law on accreditation should be like (expectations)
Proposal for measures to stabilise SNAS in the concept of the state policy for the years
2009 - 2013, following the Regulation (EC) No. 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
{mosimage}Current trends in quality management from the point of view of international organisations for quality
Miroslav Hrnciar
Slovak Society for Quality
The contribution deals with a survey of current trends in the field of quality managements, as declared by leading organisations for quality in the countries of the European Union in comparison with the Slovak Republic.
SNAS and the journal Quality as reliable sources of
information
Ladislav Majchrak
M.A.S.M., Ltd
The contribution deals with management systems from the point of view of accredition and other management systems presented in the professional journal Quality.
TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION IN SECTIONS
{mosimage}Section of Testing, Calibration, Medical and Microbiological Laboratories Moderators: Tibor Czocher,
Maria Bazantova
- Evaluation of the fulfilment of tasks arising from the conclusions to the SNAS Meeting 2008
- Defining the scope of accreditation for testing, calibration and medical laboratories and proficiency testing organizers, presentation of the new version of MSA-L/01 part I
- Presentation of the new and specific stipulations concerning the accreditation process for testing, calibration and medical laboratories and proficiency testing organizers given in the new version of MSA-L/01 part III
- Information on the procedure for reporting changes in the accredited bodies
- Time of fulfilment of accreditation services for SNAS and for applicants for accreditation services
- Current problems concerning the ISO/IEC 17025:2005, ISO 15189:2007 standards and the ILAC-G13: 2007 document
- Discussion, solving of topical suggestions from the plenary session; proposals and suggestions
- Conclusions to the discussion in the section of testing, calibration, medical and microbiological laboratories
Section of Certification Bodies, Inspection Bodies and Verifiers
Moderators: Renata Kut'kova,
Ivan Kovacik
- Evaluation of the fulfilment of tasks arising from the conclusions to the SNAS Meeting 2008
- Accreditation of certification bodies:
- Implementation of ISO/IEC 17021: 2006
- SNAS procedure for the assessment of certification bodies certifying occupational health and safety management systems according to OHSAS 18001: 2007 and quality management systems according to ISO 9001: 2008
- accreditation scopes - NACE Rev.2
- new documents of the international organisations
• Accreditation of EMAS verifiers:
- updated MSA for accreditation of EMAS verifiers
• Accreditation of inspection bodies:
- revised MSA-l/01, parti.
- updated SNAS policy on accreditation of inspection bodies
- most frequent problems in relation to accredited subjects
- Suggestions from participants and discussion
- Conclusions to the discussion in the section of certification bodies, inspection bodies and verifiers
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Moderator: Zdeno Mahrla
- Evaluation of the fulfilment of tasks arising from the conclusions to the SNAS Meeting 2008
- Details of the updated National Programme for the observance of the GLP principles in SR
- Examples of study plans (short-term study, long-term study)
- Example of a final report (short-term, long-term)
- Suggestions from participants and discussion
- Conclusions to the discussion in the section of GLP