Accreditation by BAR

Euro Veritas has implemented a system compliant with the requirements of ISO 17020 as an Inspection Body and has henceforth been accreditated from BAR-UK for the following schemes :

Euro Veritas has implemented a system compliant with the requirements of ISO 17024 as a Personnel Certification Body and has henceforth been accreditated from BAR-UK for the following schemes :

Benefits of being accredited to ISO 17021 for various System Standard Certifications:

Euro Veritas can proudly declare that it has fully implemented a Management System in compliance to the requirements of ISO 17021:2011, which further means translates into the following :

Each specified ISO/IEC 17021:2011 requirement is important, but according to the opinion of Euro Veritas management the crucial requirements of this standard are: resource requirements, process requirements and requirements for management system certification bodies. Resource requirements impose competence of management and personnel enabling management system certification. In the old version of the standard, ISO/IEC 17021:2006, most audits were incorporated in this requirement because market conditions called for a more detailed definition and familiarization with criteria for competence, knowledge and skills of a certification body personnel. There was a perceived need on the market for evaluation of the competence of personnel.

The input values should demonstrate the required level of competence (including administrative personnel), in evaluation processes, or even exceed it, for various audits and certification processes, in order to achieve the maximum results in the best possible way and to mutual satisfaction. Also, niceness and behaviour (being ethical, open-minded, tenacious, versatile, observant, diplomatic, collaborative, perceptive, decisive, self-reliant, professional, morally courageous and organized) are the determining factor whether a client will continue to make use of a certification body’s services, to develop confidence (assurance of quality) that a certification body satisfies the quality requirements, and to share his/her positive experience with other potential clients. Going beyond mere satisfaction of requirements means providing assurance in high quality of the services offered by certification body. One of the ways to act preventively is based upon our own as well as on others’ experience. Process requirements make it possible for us to relive that experience and by harmonizing our actions prevent mistakes from recurring. Benefiting from audits (Stage 1 and Stage 2 audit), surveillance activities, recertification, special audits, appeals, complaints, records, possible suspending, withdrawing or reducing the scope and object of audit, a certification body can make corrections (either in case of nonconformities of a client or in its own performances) and afterwards take corrective measures to identify the cause of the nonconformity that has occurred. The certification body would thereby be able to improve its performances, effect improvement and timely notify its client of potential problems/nonconformities. In that manner a high level of contentment of interested parties interests will be reached in the management system certification field.