Certification means assessing conformity of products, processes, services, persons or management systems following predetermined and verifiable procedures by observing certification rules or requirements of technical regulations or standards.

Certification sector

Certification of management systems

Requirements/Criteria for the competence of CAB

• SIST EN ISO/IEC 17021-1

Additional requirements/Criteria for individual schemes:

• Food safety management systems – SIST-TS ISO/TS 22003
• Energy management systems – ISO 50003

Criteria/provisions for object/field of conformity assessment

• Management system standards (e.g. ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 22000, ISO 27001, ISO 13485 …)

Certification of products

Requirements/Criteria for the competence of CAB

• SIST EN ISO/IEC 17065

Criteria/provisions for object/field of conformity assessment

• Standards or other normative documents (requirements) for products/processes

Certification of persons

Requirements/Criteria for the competence of CAB

• SIST EN ISO/IEC 17024

Criteria/provisions for object/field of conformity assessment

• Standards defining various requirements for competencies of persons

Signatory

In the area of certification, SA is a signatory to the following agreements:

• EA MLA – CS (certification of management systems); CP (certification of products/processes/services) 4-4-2006; and CO (certification of persons) 7-10-2016
• IAF MLA – CS (EMS, QMS) 7-10-2016, CP 3-11-2016

Contact person

Nataša Vesel Tratnik, natasa.vesel-tratnik@slo-akreditacija.si

General guides and documents

In carrying out assessments, SA uses guides and interpretation documents for the requirements for competence of conformity assessment bodies set out in the document D05-10.