6. Accreditation: advantages and disadvantages

6.1 Potential advantages and disadvantages

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6.1.1 For the accredited organization

In regulated fields, accreditation is perceived above all as a prerequisite for the development of any professional activity in the field, and therefore experienced as an additional constraint, a kind of work permit. It is even possible that accredited organizations, when questioned, will reply that they perceive no advantage to accreditation, especially as it is a step that entails an expense, whereas in the past, approval by the public...

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International recognition (EA, ILAC, OIML)

Bibliography

(1) - Agence pour l'énergie nucléaire - Améliorer l'efficacité des autorités de sûreté nucléaire.
(2) - Collège français de métrologie - Métrologie dans l'entreprise – outil de la qualité. - AFNOR (2003).

Websites

Bilateral agreement between EA and SANAS http://www.senat.fr/dossier-legislatif/pjl14-561.html

Document IAF-ILAC A1 http://www.ilac.org/ilaciafjoint.html

List of signatories to the ILAC international...

Norms and Standards

1re– Conformity assessment – Vocabulary and general principles – Conformity assessment – Vocabulary and general principles – http://www.iso.org - ISO CEI 17000 - 11-04
International vocabulary of metrology – Basic and general concepts and associated terms (VIM) – International Vocabulary of Metrology – Fundamental and general concepts and associated terms (VIM) (http://www.bipm.org) - JCGM 200 - 2008
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Regulations

Article L. 115-28 of the French Consumer Code designates the national accreditation body in France.

Décret n° 2010-699 du 25 juin 2010 relatif à l'accréditation des organismes de mesures et de vérifications mentionnés à l'article L. 4722-2 du Code du travail (Decree no. 2010-699 of June 25, 2010 on the accreditation of measurement and verification bodies referred to in article L. 4722-2 of the Labor...