Results of inspections of the accredited certification bodies, laboratories, and organizations in Ru

The Russian Accreditation Authority (Federal Service for Accreditation—RusAccreditation) has inspected the activities of Russian certification bodies, organizations, and testing laboratories for possible violations.

During September 2018, RusAccreditation conducted 120 inspections.

The inspections were made to:

• Eliminate non-compliance with accreditation criteria

• Assess the implementation of previously issued injunctions

• Reveal possible violations by accredited individuals

As a result of the inspection of certification authorities:

• 12 accreditation authorities received temporary injunctions in order to fix violations

• 9 accreditation authorities were suspended (including 2 certification bodies, 3 test laboratories, and 2 organizations)

• 100 judicial acts were issued to violators

• 7 accreditations of organizations were terminated:

The following 3 accreditation bodies were closed due to inobservance of earlier issued injunctions:

Testing laboratory

«IAC «SVOT-JUG» LLC – RA.RU.518060

Organizations ensuring measurement traceability:

«Metrologicheskaja sluzhba izmerenija tochnosti» LLC – RA.RU.311912

«VIBROBIT» LLC NPP – RA.RU.311266

The following accreditation body was closed due to non-elimination of the reasons as a result of which inspection was not possible:

Certification body «Panorama» LLC – RA.RU.10НА30

The following 3 accreditation bodies were closed due to non-elimination of inconsistencies in the accreditation criteria revealed during the procedure for the confirmation of competence:

Testing laboratory

«VMS» LLC – RA.RU.21РК96

Organizations ensuring measurement traceability:

«Gorodskije kommunalnije sistemi» LLC – RA.RU.311640

Certification body «CERTINFO» – RA.RU.11МЕ06

RusAccreditation together with the Russian supervision authorities will continue to conduct serious work to prevent the flow of potentially hazardous products into the Russian market along with the elimination of dishonest participants.

The information has been prepared by the GMA Consult Group team.

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