Results of Inspections of Accredited Certification Bodies, Laboratories, and Organizations in Russia

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

For the last two months, July and August 2019, RusAccreditation conducted 278 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:

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

• 16 accreditation authorities were suspended (including 1 certification body, 14 test laboratories, and 1 organization ensuring measurement traceability)

• 57 judicial acts were issued to violators

• 17 accreditations of organizations were terminated:

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

• One test laboratory:

«Tsentr Pozharnoy Ekspertizy», LLC - RA.RU.21ПЖ19

• One certification body:

«Pozharnij control “Certification and testing center RIC”», LLC - RA.RU.21АК60

The following 4 accreditation bodies were closed due the non-elimination of the previously issued improvement notice:

• Three test laboratories:

«ROSDIAGNOSTIC» JSC – RA.RU.27ЛФ01

«CPA», LLC – ТРПБ.RU.ПБ21

«МAC», LLC – RA.RU.21НМ03

• One certification body:

«Quantum», LLC – RA.RU.11АЖ17

The following 11 accreditation bodies were closed due to ignoring inconsistencies in the accreditation criteria revealed during the procedure of competence assessment:

• Six test laboratories:

«Vtorchermet», PJSC – RA.RU.21АД68

«Nii Okhrany Truda», LLC – RA.RU.21ОХ01

«Tsentr Okhrany Truda - Tula», LLC – RA.RU.21АД65

«TKC», LLC – RA.RU.21ТК01

«Teplovodokanal» MUE - РОСС RU.0001.22НН20

«SvietoLab», LLC – РОСС RU.0001.22АЛ89

• Two certification bodies:

«“Podol’e” CB», NP – РОСС RU.0001.10АИ21

"Tul'skiy Tssm and C", LLC – RA.RU.10АЕ41

• Three organizations ensuring measurement traceability:

FBU «Ingush Tssm» – RA.RU.311496

«Tekhnopribor NPP», LLC – 080090

«AL’BATROS», ZAO – RA.RU.311600

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 circulation along with the elimination of dishonest participants.

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