The Slovak National Accreditation Service (SNAS) has successfully implemented and launched two new accreditation schemes for the certification of management systems in accordance with international standards:
SNAS would like to inform you that the following documents have been updated:
1. Statute SNAS ST-06: SNAS Technical Committee,
2. Statute ST-05: Evaluation Commissions,
3. Statute ST-04: SNAS Acceptacion Commissions .
SNAS is preparing to expand the scope of its accreditation services by introducing two new accreditation schemes for the certification of management systems in accordance with ISO 39001:2012 – Road Traffic Safety Management Systems and ISO 21001:2025 – Educational Organization Management Systems.
SNAS would like to inform you that the documents for certification bodies certifying management systems have been updated:
1. SNAS policy for issuing certificates by Certification Bodies for Management Systems Certification in Non-accredited Regime,
2. Methodical Guideline for Accreditation MSA-CS/01: Scope and scope specification of accreditation of bodies certifying management systems.
3. Methodical Guideline for Accreditation MSA-CS/01: Witnessing Activities For The Accreditation Of Management Systems Certification Bodies (IAF MD 17: 2023).
The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is a European Union instrument aimed at ensuring fair carbon pricing for imports of selected goods into the EU.
Based on the meeting of the Technical Committee for Accreditation of PT Providers (TV-PTP) on 14.11.2025.
The following methodological guidelines for accreditation have been updated:
1- MSA-05: Requirements for SNAS assessors and professional experts
2- MSA-06: Responsibility of SNAS and CAB
This methodical guideline defines the scope and the scope specification of accreditation of validation and verification bodies according to EN ISO/IEC 17029: 2019, EN ISO 14065: 2021, obligatory for employees of an accreditation body and applicants for accreditation.
This Methodical Guideline specifies the SNAS logo, logo EA, ILAC MRA, IAF MLA marks, SNAS accreditation marks, SNAS notification mark, combined ILAC MRA and IAF MLA marks of accredited body, text reference to accreditation (notification) and the status of a MLA/MRA signatory and lays down the principles of their use and legal protection.
Updating policy SNAS PL-13: SNAS policy on the metrological traceability of measurement results. Effective from 07.11.2025.
Methodical Guideline for Accreditation MSA-L/01: Field and Scope of Accreditation of Laboratories and PT providers.
This regulation stipulates the statute and rules of procedure for SNAS Commissions for Appointment of Assessors (hereinafter only as “Commission” or “KVP”).
SNAS carries out some its cross-border accreditation activities on a basis of subcontract or carries out an accreditation activity on a basis of subcontract which required another accreditation body. Subcontracting is possible to perform only on a basis of the valid Contracting Agreement signed by both accreditation bodies.
This methodical guideline defines the procedure for witness assessment of validation and verification bodies according to EN ISO/IEC 17029: 2019, EN ISO 14065: 2021, obligatory for employees of an accreditation body and applicants for accreditation.
This document determines the SNAS policy for accreditation of validation and verification bodies.
This document determines SNAS policy for issuing certificates by Certification Bodies for Certification of Products in non-accredited regime
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.
The conformity assessment bodies are calibration, testing and medical laboratories, inspection authorities, proficiency test organizers, certification authorities for certification of products, management systems and persons, environmental verifiers and green-house gas emissions verifiers. The assessors and experts play a decisive role in this area. The effectiveness and trustworthiness of an accreditation body depends on proficiency, professionalism and independence of its assessors and experts and on an effective system for their qualifications improvement, monitoring their performance and proficiency and on their evaluation.
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