1. What is accreditation?
According to the terminology standards: ISO/CEI 17000 § 5.6 – this is an attestation issued by a third party, in relation to a conformity assessment body, constituting formal recognition of the latter's competence to carry out specific conformity assessment activities.
The term "accreditation" now applies only to attestation concerning a conformity assessment body. Conformity assessment standards are the ISO/CEI 170xx series, managed by the ISO-CASCO committee, and ISO 15189.
In Europe, accreditations are issued by national bodies under the terms of European regulation 765:2008, which prohibits competition between accreditation bodies.
1.1 How did the mutual recognition agreements come about?
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Décret n° 69-485 du 28 mai 1969 instituant un Bureau national de métrologie, Art. 2.3 : d'approuver les procédures selon lesquelles les garanties de qualité sont accordées et, le cas échéant, de participer à leur élaboration .
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