Slovak national accreditation service

Slovak national accreditation service is the public institution and manages its assets on a non-profit basis.

The revision of the SNAS service price list (hereinafter referred to as the "price list") responds to the situation when the inflation rate in Slovakia reaches double-digit values for the second year in a row, which also results in a significant increase in the costs of the accreditation system in the Slovak Republic and the costs of intermediary services. The hourly rate stated in the previous price list was introduced in 2019. From 2019 to 2024, cumulative inflation will reach (according to the current IFP MF SR forecast) almost 35%. Over the same period, the increase in the average wage in the national economy will reach 42%.

The authorities of the Slovak National Accreditation Service dealt with the situation, the supervisory board at its meeting deliberated the principles of determining the amount of payment for the services provided by the Slovak National Accreditation Service and the proposal for a new price list, and it was decided to adjust the price list so that in the next periods balanced economy will be achieved in accordance with the Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Act no. 53/2023 Coll. on the accreditation of conformity assessment bodies. The most significant modification of the price list concerns the change of the hourly rate from € 49 to € 61. Based on this change, the basic rates for accreditation, reaccreditation, surveillance for individual areas of accreditation were recalculated. The annual fee for maintaining accreditation remains unchanged.

Other changes of the price list include:

• Addition of new accreditation schemes:

- Attestation / verification of the fulfilment of notification/authorization requirements in accordance with Act 146/2023 Coll. on air protection and amendments to some laws

- Management system of contractors of special constructions

- Sector-specific schemes in the field of greenhouse gas verifiers

• Changing the method of calculating the payment for the extension of accreditation - according to the time required for assessment
• Harmonization of terminology with the Act on Accreditation
• Other minor amendments (e.g. specification of costs for cross-border accreditation, supplementary assessment of requirements according to a different standard, ...).

This regulation determines the policy and procedure of SNAS when transitioning to the accreditation of proficiency testing providers according to the requirements of the revised ISO/IEC 17043: 2023 standard published in May 2023.

This document delineates the SNAS policy on CAB accreditation for the authorization/ notification purposes.

Updating List of Test Facilities in the Slovak National GLP Compiliance Monitoring Programe (UP TO DATE SEPTEMBER 18th , 2023)

This document stipulates the statues and rules of procedure of Evaluation Commissions established by SNAS.

This methodical guideline regulates the procedure for witness assessment of bodies certifying persons according to ISO/IEC 17024: 2012 and it is obligatory for all employees of the accreditation body and applicants for accreditation.

This document determines the SNAS policy and procedure on the assessment of certification bodies certifying Information security management systems according to the requirements of the standards ISO / IEC 27001-1: 2022 in accordance with IAF document MD 26: 2023, issue 2.

We would like to inform our clients and external collaborators that on April 1, 2023, Ing. Jaroslav Remža, PhD. replaced the previous leader Ing. Gizela Pelechová.

We thank to Ing. Pelechová for her previous work for SNAS in this position and for her contribution and representation of SNAS in Slovakia and abroad. We wish much success in further building the work team and in representing SNAS to Ing. Remža, PhD.

This regulation determines the policy and procedure of SNAS in the transition to the accreditation of laboratories according to the requirements of the reviewed standard ISO 15189: 2022 published in December 2022.