European accreditation
Accreditation is a third-party attestation that a conformity assessment body is competent to carry out specified tasks. It is granted to an organisation, for a named standard, over a defined scope.
It is not a certificate. A certificate is issued by a conformity assessment body to its client. Accreditation is what a body holds; certification is what a body issues.
Conformity assessment bodies that can demonstrate competence for a defined scope. EUROAC does not accredit a person, a product, or an organisation without a standard and scope.
Enquiry, application with standard and scope, assessment, decision, and publication on the public register. Suspension and withdrawal are recorded against the accreditation.
The EUROAC mark may be used only by a body whose accreditation is currently active for the scope in which it is displayed. A suspended or withdrawn body must not use the mark.
