1. 08 March 2016 Recognised Organisation’s implementation of Article 11 Regulation (EC) No 391/2009 QACE Klaus Grensemann, Chairman Board of Directors Des Gutteridge, Secretary General www.qace.co

2. 08 March 2016  Common awareness of QACE activities  Application of EC Regulation No 391/2009 Article 11 Presentation Objectives

3. 08 March 2016 www.qace.co Part 1  Presentation objectives  Development  How it works  Who Part 2  Assessment  Collective & Individual Recommendations  Relationship with IACS  Commission’s assessment Structure 3

4. 08 March 2016 www.qace.co  Regulation 391 requested set-up of Entity by 17 June 2011  Foundation in London November 2010 by 12 ROs  In operation end February 2011  First observation April 2011 Development after Foundation

5. 08 March 2016  International  Independent from its members  Politically independent  ISO 9001:2008 certified  Funded How it works

6. 08 March 2016 www.qace.co Board of Directors  5 Non-executive fully independent Directors (industry stakeholders and regional representation) Secretariat  Secretary General  Administration Officer  4 Assessors Members  11 RO-Members  1 ex officio President as representative of members Organisation

7. 08 March 2016 EU Regulation (EC) No. 391/2009 Article 11 calls for:  Independent Assessment and Certification of EU RO’s.  Collective Recommendations.  Individual Recommendations.  Regular reporting Requirement

8. 08 March 2016 Part 2 QACE Operations and the QACE Assessment Programme

9. 08 March 2016 www.qace.co QACE Assessments 2014 9

10. 08 March 2016 www.qace.co QACE Assessments 2014-2015 10

11. 08 March 2016 www.qace.co 11 QACE Assessments 2014-2016

12. 08 March 2016 www.qace.co Detail of Assessments in 2015

13. 08 March 2016 www.qace.co

14. 08 March 2016 QACE track record of driving improvements Collective & Individual Recommendations

15. 08 March 2016 1.Trend analysis of audit findings and additional actions. 2.Reporting by Surveyors of Deficiencies relating to Possible Safety Management System Failures (IACS PR17). 3.Fleet Monitoring effectiveness. 4.Evaluating Surveyor Activity Monitoring information (IACS PR6). 5.New Construction process auditing. 2015 Collective Recommendations

16. 08 March 2016 1.Auditing of new and major statutory requirements. 2.Review of Surveyor Monitoring procedure (IACS PR6). 3.Lessons learnt from major incidents and casualties. 4.Effective implementation of new procedures. 2016 Collective Recommendations

17. 08 March 2016 RO’s Strengths & Weaknesses including:  Results of assessment visits.  Trend analysis of audit findings.  Port State Control record.  Follow-up of corrective actions. Individual Recommendations

18. 08 March 2016  QACE adopts the IACS Quality System Certification Scheme (QSCS) and annual feedback.  Biannual meetings.  Joint Auditor Training.  Joint annual Audit Focus Areas.  November of each year the IACS End-User Workshop and QACE Annual General Meeting. Relationship with IACS

19. 08 March 2016 www.qace.co The EU Commission’s QACE Assessment Called for: Increased control of the audit and certification process. Business standard certification. Development of QACE requirements.

20. 08 March 2016 Thank you for your attention QACE Entity for the Quality Assessment and Certification of Organisations Recognised by the European Union CIC www.qace.co