Issuance of the new Policy PL-59: Policy and procedure for assessing the organizers of proficiency tests according to the requirements of ISO/IEC 17043: 2023 

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

Effective from: 20.10.2023

Since 2019, SNAS is a signatory of EA MLA and ILAC MRA in the field of PT providers. In accordance with EA and ILAC policies, SNAS uses accreditation activities to ensure permanent fulfillment of all requirements resulting from the relevant accreditation scheme ISO/IEC 17043. PT providers are currently SNAS accredited in the following areas: testing (food of plant and animal origin, beverages, cosmetics, fuels, water, soil, sludge, construction industry, textiles, chemical products, air in the environment, testing of mechanical quantity measures, sampling of water and building materials) and calibration (calibration of measures of geometric quantities, mechanical quantities, thermal and technical quantities, measures and reference materials physically - chemical quantities, gauges and measurements of electrical quantities, frequency and time, medical devices - audiometers).

The application for the accreditation service is submitted exclusively through the AIS accreditation information system.

Registration in AIS is required before submitting the first application for accreditation. When filling out the application for the accreditation service for the field of competence test providers, it is necessary to insert the completed Annex OA 4.

In the event of a change in accreditation of a formal character according to point 7.1.7 of MSA-04 (e.g. formal adjustment in the area or scope of accreditation, change in normative documents, change in a standard that does not affect the method, incorporation of reported changes to the flexible SA, adjustment of the SA resulting from requirements regulator, modification of the SA, resulting from the requirements of the mandatory documents EA, ILAC, IAF, other modifications that do not affect the relevant determining data, etc.), it is necessary to submit an application on the form TL 607 Application for change of accreditation of a formal character.

Deputy Technical Guarantor: RNDr. Lívia Kijovská, PhD.; mobil: + 421 902 931 600