1. What are the legal control options and obligations in your field of activity?
Industrial fields are many and varied. Within a single problem, there can be several variations and different obligations linked to it. For example, cars, trains and planes all have the same purpose: to transport people. Despite this, each must meet very different quality criteria. This is due to the difference in technology used, as well as the associated risks. It seems obvious that regulations are more stringent for aircraft than for cars; indeed, the consequences of a malfunction on an aircraft are potentially far more serious than on a car.
There's only one cure for accidents and breakdowns: quality! Quality in personnel, design, maintenance and control, of course.
That's why there are regulations for every type of industrial activity. These rules are called standards and exist at several levels:
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Websites
The site of the metrology office will provide you with useful information on the regulations governing controls and measurements: http://www.industrie.gouv.fr/metro/index_metrologie_.html
The Association française de normalisation (AFNOR) is the official French standards...
Acronyms and abbreviations
ISO: International Organization for Standardization
EN: European Norm
CEN: Comité européen de normalisation ( EuropeanCommittee for Standardization )
NF: French standard
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