BSCA peer evaluated by EA team
November 20-24, 2017 the National Accreditation System of the Republic of Belarus was
assessed by the EA team to joint an EA bilateral agreement (EA BLA) in the
applied areas of accreditation (Testing, Calibration, Management System Certification,
Personnel Certification, Product Certification).
EA evaluation
team composed of assessors representing accreditation bodies from Turkey,
France, Germany, Denmark, Ukraine, Switzerland, evaluated compliance of the Belarusian
State Centre for Accreditation with the requirements of Regulation (EC) No
765/2008, ISO/IEC 17011:2004 and EA, ILAC, IAF documents.
Besides the office
evaluation which comprised of discussions with BSCA staff, review of BSCA
management system documents, analysis of accredited CAB’s cases, the evaluation
included witnessing of on-site assessments at testing laboratory, calibration laboratory,
persons certification body, products certification body, management systems certification
body.
The team is confident that BSCA will operate according to the
international standards and requirements under the condition of proper closure
of the findings and recommends that BSCA becomes signatory to the EA BLA for:
- Testing laboratories according to ISO/IEC 17025
- Calibration laboratories according to ISO/IEC 17025
- Certification bodies for Persons according to ISO/IEC 17024
- Certification bodies for Products according to ISO/IEC 17065
- Certification bodies for Management systems according to ISO/IEC
17021-1
The EA team expressed sincere gratitude to the
management and staff of BSCA for hospitality, active contribution and fair
cooperation, as well as all the efficient arrangements made for the good
progress of the peer evaluation visit.
