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DAkkS
Who we are
Attesting competence,
Assuring quality,
Creating confidence.
What is accreditation?
Reliability through conformity assessment
The demands on the quality of goods and services
are growing steadily in light of the liberalisation of
world trade and the increasing demands of consumers,
companies and governmental authorities. Whether it
concerns environmental protection, food or electrical
industry, public health service or renewable energies –
in these sectors as in many others, objective
verifications by laboratories as well as inspection
and certification bodies play an important role.
These so-called “conformity assessments” ensure
that tested products, certified processes, services
or systems comply with the requirements defined
in the relevant standards, directives and laws.
Confidence through accreditation
Confidence in certificates or test reports, however,
depends substantially upon the competence of the
person or organisation providing the conformity
assessment. Many of these operators prove the quality
of their own work by accreditation. By doing so, they
demonstrate their competence to an independent
accreditation body that their conformity assessments
are technically sound because they meet the statutory
and normative requirements at an internationally
comparable level.
What is the role of DAkkS?
DAkkS (Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle) is the national
accreditation body of the Federal Republic of Germany.
It is legally mandated to carry out accreditations of
conformity assessment bodies.
DAkkS as an independent accreditation body assesses
in about 4500 cases the technical competence of accredited laboratories, inspection and certification bodies,
whose services are needed in all sectors of industry.
Through accreditation DAkkS confirms that these bodies
are competent in conducting their tasks in accordance
with the applicable requirements. In short: DAkkS controls the controllers (certifiers, testing laboratories, etc.).
Hence DAkkS has an important role to play in strengthening the quality infrastructure and underpinning the
German economy.
The accreditation process
Application
Assessment
Accreditation
Surveillance
Who can be accredited?
Accreditation activities of DAkkS
Laboratories
Inspection bodies
Testing and calibration laboratories
DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025
Medical laboratories
DIN EN ISO 15189
DIN EN ISO/IEC 17020
for persons
DIN EN ISO/IEC 17024
Certification bodies
for management systems
DIN EN ISO/IEC 17021
for products
DIN EN 45011 or ISO/IEC Guide 65
Providers of
proficiency tests
DIN EN ISO/IEC 17043
Producers of reference
materials
DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 along with
ISO Guide 34
What are the advantages
of accreditation?
For companies
• Accreditation facilitates companies in selecting
a competent service provider for the reliable
evaluation of their goods and services.
• Accreditation promotes the international mutual
recognition of certificates and test reports.
This transparency provides companies the
access to national and international markets –
or principally allows for this possibility.
For consumers
• Accreditation increases the confidence of
consumers in the quality and safety of products
and services.
For accredited bodies
• Accreditation is an objective confirmation and
approval as evidence of the competence of
conformity assessment activities.
• Accreditation demonstrates the competence
of a conformity assessment body that meets
the relevant international standards. It provides
a market advantage over non-accredited
competitors.
How to recognise an
accredited body?
All bodies accredited by DAkkS can demonstrate
their accredited status by the accreditation certificate issued to them.
In addition, accredited bodies may make reference
to their accredited status by using the DAkkS
accreditation symbol on test reports and certificates.
This is as proof of the high quality of their conformity
assessment services, distinguishing them from those
of non-accredited bodies. The symbol consists of the
protected mark of DAkkS and a distinct registration
number.
A database of all accredited bodies is provided by
DAkkS on its website (www.dakks.de).
D-PL-41922-01-00
About DAkkS
Since 1 January 2010, DAkkS has taken on the role as the
national accreditation body of Germany. DAkkS is entrusted by the Federal Government with its public authority
tasks and is subject to the German administrative
law and operates on a non-profit basis. Shareholders
of DAkkS are the Federal Republic of Germany, the Federal
States (“Länder”) and the industry, represented by the
Federation of German Industry (BDI).
DAkkS has its headquarters in Berlin. Other locations
of DAkkS are Frankfurt am Main and Braunschweig.
DAkkS acts in public interest as the sole provider of
accreditation services in Germany and in accordance
with the Regulation (EC) No. 765/2008 and the Act
on the Accreditation Body (AkkStelleG).
DAkkS is a member of the European co-operation for
Accreditation (EA), the International Accreditation Forum
(IAF), and the International Laboratory Accreditation
Cooperation (ILAC). It is a signatory to the Multilateral
Agreements (MLA) of these organisations.
The mutual recognition of accreditations among the
Member Countries ensures the acceptance of conformity
assessments in Europe and all over the world.
Spittelmarkt 10 | 10117 Berlin | Germany
Phone: +49 30 670591-0
Fax: +49 30 670591-15
Location Braunschweig
Bundesallee 100 | 38116 Braunschweig | Germany
Phone: +49 531 592-1901
Fax: +49 531 592-1905
Location Frankfurt
Gartenstraße 6 | 60594 Frankfurt am Main | Germany
Phone: +49 69 610943-0
Fax: +49 69 610943-90
[email protected]
www.dakks.de
As of August 2012. Editor: Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle GmbH (DAkkS)
Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle GmbH (DAkkS)
(German Accreditation Body)
Who we are
Attesting competence,
Assuring quality,
Creating confidence.
What is accreditation?
Reliability through conformity assessment
The demands on the quality of goods and services
are growing steadily in light of the liberalisation of
world trade and the increasing demands of consumers,
companies and governmental authorities. Whether it
concerns environmental protection, food or electrical
industry, public health service or renewable energies –
in these sectors as in many others, objective
verifications by laboratories as well as inspection
and certification bodies play an important role.
These so-called “conformity assessments” ensure
that tested products, certified processes, services
or systems comply with the requirements defined
in the relevant standards, directives and laws.
Confidence through accreditation
Confidence in certificates or test reports, however,
depends substantially upon the competence of the
person or organisation providing the conformity
assessment. Many of these operators prove the quality
of their own work by accreditation. By doing so, they
demonstrate their competence to an independent
accreditation body that their conformity assessments
are technically sound because they meet the statutory
and normative requirements at an internationally
comparable level.
What is the role of DAkkS?
DAkkS (Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle) is the national
accreditation body of the Federal Republic of Germany.
It is legally mandated to carry out accreditations of
conformity assessment bodies.
DAkkS as an independent accreditation body assesses
in about 4500 cases the technical competence of accredited laboratories, inspection and certification bodies,
whose services are needed in all sectors of industry.
Through accreditation DAkkS confirms that these bodies
are competent in conducting their tasks in accordance
with the applicable requirements. In short: DAkkS controls the controllers (certifiers, testing laboratories, etc.).
Hence DAkkS has an important role to play in strengthening the quality infrastructure and underpinning the
German economy.
The accreditation process
Application
Assessment
Accreditation
Surveillance
Who can be accredited?
Accreditation activities of DAkkS
Laboratories
Inspection bodies
Testing and calibration laboratories
DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025
Medical laboratories
DIN EN ISO 15189
DIN EN ISO/IEC 17020
for persons
DIN EN ISO/IEC 17024
Certification bodies
for management systems
DIN EN ISO/IEC 17021
for products
DIN EN 45011 or ISO/IEC Guide 65
Providers of
proficiency tests
DIN EN ISO/IEC 17043
Producers of reference
materials
DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 along with
ISO Guide 34
What are the advantages
of accreditation?
For companies
• Accreditation facilitates companies in selecting
a competent service provider for the reliable
evaluation of their goods and services.
• Accreditation promotes the international mutual
recognition of certificates and test reports.
This transparency provides companies the
access to national and international markets –
or principally allows for this possibility.
For consumers
• Accreditation increases the confidence of
consumers in the quality and safety of products
and services.
For accredited bodies
• Accreditation is an objective confirmation and
approval as evidence of the competence of
conformity assessment activities.
• Accreditation demonstrates the competence
of a conformity assessment body that meets
the relevant international standards. It provides
a market advantage over non-accredited
competitors.
How to recognise an
accredited body?
All bodies accredited by DAkkS can demonstrate
their accredited status by the accreditation certificate issued to them.
In addition, accredited bodies may make reference
to their accredited status by using the DAkkS
accreditation symbol on test reports and certificates.
This is as proof of the high quality of their conformity
assessment services, distinguishing them from those
of non-accredited bodies. The symbol consists of the
protected mark of DAkkS and a distinct registration
number.
A database of all accredited bodies is provided by
DAkkS on its website (www.dakks.de).
D-PL-41922-01-00
About DAkkS
Since 1 January 2010, DAkkS has taken on the role as the
national accreditation body of Germany. DAkkS is entrusted by the Federal Government with its public authority
tasks and is subject to the German administrative
law and operates on a non-profit basis. Shareholders
of DAkkS are the Federal Republic of Germany, the Federal
States (“Länder”) and the industry, represented by the
Federation of German Industry (BDI).
DAkkS has its headquarters in Berlin. Other locations
of DAkkS are Frankfurt am Main and Braunschweig.
DAkkS acts in public interest as the sole provider of
accreditation services in Germany and in accordance
with the Regulation (EC) No. 765/2008 and the Act
on the Accreditation Body (AkkStelleG).
DAkkS is a member of the European co-operation for
Accreditation (EA), the International Accreditation Forum
(IAF), and the International Laboratory Accreditation
Cooperation (ILAC). It is a signatory to the Multilateral
Agreements (MLA) of these organisations.
The mutual recognition of accreditations among the
Member Countries ensures the acceptance of conformity
assessments in Europe and all over the world.
Spittelmarkt 10 | 10117 Berlin | Germany
Phone: +49 30 670591-0
Fax: +49 30 670591-15
Location Braunschweig
Bundesallee 100 | 38116 Braunschweig | Germany
Phone: +49 531 592-1901
Fax: +49 531 592-1905
Location Frankfurt
Gartenstraße 6 | 60594 Frankfurt am Main | Germany
Phone: +49 69 610943-0
Fax: +49 69 610943-90
[email protected]
www.dakks.de
As of August 2012. Editor: Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle GmbH (DAkkS)
Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle GmbH (DAkkS)
(German Accreditation Body)
