Ying Ying Lau from NEN and CRISP project co-ordinator presented standardisation and certification basics at one of the workshops at the CRISP final conference in Brussels 16 March 2017.

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Standardization and certification basics
Ying Ying Lau
Netherlands Standardisation Institute (NEN)

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The basics
Standardisation
Conformity assessment
Certification
Accreditation

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Standardisation
A standard is a formal agreement between parties
on a product, service, process, competence or
system.
 Principles of standards development
• All parties concerned
• On basis of consensus
• Open & transparent process
 Aim
• Facilitating international trade & interoperability
• Self-regulation
• Contributing to health, safety, environment, sustainability
• Supporting legislation

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Standardisation: a joint effort

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The world of standards
EUROPEAN
STANDARDISATION
NATIONAL
STANDARDISATION
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARDISATION

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Types of standards
Informal standards
Formal standards
 National
 European
• European Standard (EN)
• Technical Specification (TS)
• Technical Reports (TR)
• CEN Workshop Agreement (CWA)
 International

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European standards documents
CEN Workshop Agreement (CWA)
 Agreement developed and approved in a CEN
Workshop
 Open to the direct participation of all interested parties
 Fast and flexible development (on average between
10-12 months)
Technical Reports (TR)
 Informative document that provides information on the
technical content of standardization work
 Established by a CEN Technical Body and approved
by the CEN national members (simple majority vote)

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European standards documents
Technical Specification (TS)
 Normative document
• the development of which can be envisaged when various
alternatives that would not gather enough as to allow
agreement on a European Standard (EN),
• need to coexist in anticipation of future harmonization,
• or for providing specifications in experimental circumstances
and/or evolving technologies
 Established by a CEN Technical Body and approved
by the CEN national members (weighted vote)

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European standards documents
European Standard (EN)
 Normative document that provides rules, guidelines or
characteristics for activities or their results, for
common and repeated use.
 Adoption by all CEN national members to national
standards
• Conflicting national standards will need to be withdrawn
Basis of developing EN
 Further development of CWA, TS or national standard
 Proposal for new work item by interested party

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Standards as basis for certification

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Standards for conformity assessment
Standards provide requirements for
 Product, persons, services, systems, processes, etc
 Assessment and inspection methods
Generic approach conformity assessment
 Conformity assessment bodies
 Competencies of auditors/inspectors
 Accreditation bodies

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Certification and accreditation
What is certification?
 Certification is when an independent and competent
third party certifies that a product, service, system,
process or material conforms to specific
requirements.
What is accreditation?
 Accreditation is the procedure by which an
authoritative body gives formal recognition that a
body or person is competent to carry out specific
tasks.

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Levels of Conformity Assessment

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Voluntary and regulatory sector

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