National Accreditation Agency of Ukraine

NATIONAL ACCREDITATION AGENCY OF UKRAINE Under the provisions of “The Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation between Ukraine and the European Community and its Member States" and given the fact that the European Union is a major partner in trade, in 1994 Ukraine has committed to harmonize its legislation with law of the European Community. Article 51 of the Agreement stipulates that Ukraine should take measures for the gradual implementation of approximation to the European Union in terms of legislation in the field of technical regulations and standards. Pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and to accelerate Ukraine's accession to the World Trade Organization, as well as to improve the quality and competitiveness of Ukrainian products, on May 17, 2001 the Laws of Ukraine "On accreditation of conformity assessment bodies", "On Conformity Assessment" and "On Standardization" were adopted.         The adoption of the Law of Ukraine "On accreditation of conformity assessment bodies" differentiated functions of conformity assessment (certification) and accreditation, which resulted in the formation, in year 2002, of the state organization - National Accreditation Agency of Ukraine, founded by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine.                  NAAU is a public organization that carries out non-profit activity. NAAU is guided by the Constitution and laws of Ukraine, acts of the President of Ukraine and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, orders of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine and Regulation on National Accreditation Agency of Ukraine. In its activities NAAU is a monopoly.

NAAU conducts accreditation in the following scopes: Testing and calibration laboratories –ДСТУ ISO/IEC 17025:2006 Products, processes and services certification bodies – ISO/IEC 17065:2012 Management systems certification bodies – ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015 Persons certification bodies – ISO/IEC 17024:2012 Inspection bodies – ISO/IEC 17020:2012 Medical laboratories – ДСТУ EN ISO 15189:2015 Proficiency testing providers – ISO/IEC 17043:2010

Accreditation process: 1 A CAB submits an application for accreditation or extension of accreditation 2 Review of documents and information enclosed to application 3 Forming assessment team and informing the applicant 4 Review of information and documentation provided 5 Drafting audit plan and informing an applicant 6 Conducting on-site assessment 7 Review of gathered materials, drafting assessment reports 8 Evaluation of accreditation results, provision of recommendations and making a decision on accreditation 6

The main principles of NAAU activity are:   ensuring equal rights and lawful interests of all interested parties; accessibility and impartiality of conducting accreditation activities; transparency of accreditation activity; professional competence of executors of works; voluntary character of accreditation; ensuring participation of bodies of executive power and public organizations on a parity basis; application of requirements harmonized with international and European standards concerning accreditation; observance of public interests; confidentiality of information, obtained during the accreditation process.

The main objectives of NAAU are:   ensuring the unified technical policy in the sphere of conformity assessment; ensuring the confidence of customers to the conformity assessment activity; creating conditions for mutual recognition of the results of accredited bodies' activity on the international level.

Personnel on accreditation Lead assessors on accreditation Assessors on accreditation Experts on accreditation

Accreditation Council Accreditation Council was established in accordance with the requirements of article 7 of the Law of Ukraine “On accreditation of conformity assessment bodied”. The Council in its activity follows the Constitution of Ukraine, the Laws of Ukraine, other normative and legal documents and this Provision on Accreditation Council. The Accreditation Council is an advisory and supervisory body of the National Accreditation Agency of Ukraine. The aim of the Council activity is assurance of impartiality of NAAU actions, representation of the interested parties' interests in questions related to accreditation, and recommendations forming for NAAU.

Main functions of the Accreditation Council are as follows: Development of recommendations concerning the policy in sphere of accreditation and supervision over implementation of the policy. Supervision over conducting accreditation. Providing proposals on candidates for the post of NAAU Chairman. Providing recommendations on the order of conducting accreditation and monitoring, consideration of appeals and determination of amount of payment for accreditation works and monitoring. Approval of qualification requirements, procedure and rules for attestation of accreditation personnel, membership of the Personnel Attestation Commission. Appointment and dismissal of members of the Commission of Appeals. Adoption of the provision on the Commission of Appeals and amendments to it. Preparation of proposals regarding the control over accreditation and NAAU organizational and financial activities. Consideration of the annual report of NAAU activities and providing conclusion to it.

The Accreditation Council consists of three stakeholder parties Central executive power bodies Accredited conformity assessment bodies Research institutions, alliances (unions, associations), business entities, community organizations

Technical Committee on Accreditation The Technical Committee on Accreditation was established in accordance with the article 8 of the Law of Ukraine “On accreditation of Conformity Assessment Bodies”. In its work the Technical committee follows the Law of Ukraine, normative documents on accreditation and the Provision on Technical committee on accreditation. The Committee is not a legal entity. Committee members work on a voluntary basis.

Main functions of the Technical Committee Development of methodical recommendations on accreditation issues. Determination of special requirements and additional criteria for accreditation in relevant spheres, development and submission of proposals to NAAU. Participation in the work of allied technical committees of international and regional organizations.

Organizational Structure of the Technical Committee: Technical Committee Chair Deputy Chair Technical Committee presidium Subcommittees Secretariat 17

The structure of the Technical Committee on Accreditation of the National Accreditation Agency of Ukraine

The Attestation Commission on accreditation personnel The Attestation Commission on accreditation personnel was created in accordance with Article 6 of the Law of Ukraine "On accreditation of conformity assessment bodies." In its activity the Attestation Commission follows the Constitution of Ukraine, acts of President of Ukraine, acts of Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, normative - legal acts which regulate relations in the sphere of accreditation of conformity assessment bodies, the Law of Ukraine "On accreditation of conformity assessment bodies", "Qualifying requirements, procedure and rules for accreditation personnel attestation". The Attestation Commission is a permanent collegial body and works on voluntary basis. The purpose of activity of Attestation Commission is to determine the compliance of accreditation personnel to the document "Qualifying requirements, procedure and rules for accreditation personnel attestation".  

The functions of the Attestation Commission are: Review of applications and documents concerning the attestation of accreditation personnel. Conducting interviews (if necessary) for determination of the specialist's compliance to the Qualifying requirements. Making a decision on attestation or refusal in the attestation of the specialists.

Organizational structure of NAAU

Cooperation with international organizations for accreditation International Accreditation Forum (IAF) International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC)

Cooperation with the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) In 2004 NAAU gained the status of affiliated membership. This status granted the right for NAAU to participate in the General Assemblies and committees, to receive, process and provide comments and suggestions to the draft documents of the organization. In 2013 to fulfill the c.30 “Ensuring signing of agreements on recognition between NAAU and the International Association for Laboratory Accreditation ILAC and the International Accreditation Forum IAF” of the Action Plan on implementation of the Development Strategy of technical regulation systems for the period until 2018, NAAU has developed and the Technical Department of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine has adopted the Plan of NAAU joining the Agreement of International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation on mutual recognition – ILAC MRA. In December 16, 2013 NAAU granted to the ILAC Secretariat the application for ILAC associate membership, which is the precondition of NAAU joining the Agreement of the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation on mutual recognition - ILAC MRA. On September 16, 2014 ILAC Secretariat informed NAAU about granting status of an Associate Member of ILAC, which is a prerequisite for acquiring the status of ILAC MRA signatory - a full member of ILAC. On October 16, 2014 NAAU In Vancouver, Canada at the General Assembly ILAC/IAF signed an agreement to provide NAAU the membership ILAC – Covenant signatories ILAC MRA in the areas of testing and calibration in accordance with the international standard ISO/IEC 17025. On December 11, 2014 NAAU obtained the status of ILAC MRA signatory in the area of inspection in accordance with the international standard ISO/IEC 17020.

Cooperation with International Accreditation Forum (IAF) August 2016 NAAU applied for IAF membership. Consequently, in June 2017 NAAU joined IAF as its member. August 2017 NAAU obtained a signatory status for the IAF Multilateral Arrangement in the scopes of “product certification”, “persons certification” and “management systems certification” (for subscopes of “quality management systems” and “environmental management systems”). September 2017 an Agreement for the use of IAF MLA Mark was signed between NAAU and IAF. This Agreement provides accredited certification bodies with an option to use the combined IAF MLA Mark after signeing a separate arrangement with NAAU.

Cooperation with regional organizations for accreditation European Co-operation for Accreditation (EA) Interstate Council for Standardization, Metrology and Certification (ISC) of the Community of Independent States (CIS)

Cooperation with European Cooperation for Accreditation (EA) In November, 2004 NAAU signed the Contract on cooperation with EA. In 2009, after two evaluations (2006 and 2009) NAAU became the first among national accreditation bodies of CIS countries who received European recognition for the scope "accreditation of personnel certification bodies". In 2011 NAAU gained the status of EA Associate Member. In May, 2012 NAAU extended its recognition to the scopes “Testing Laboratories”, “Calibration Laboratories” and “Management Systems Certification Bodies”. In October, 2014 the extension of Bilateral agreement was signed between NAAU and EA for scope “inspection bodies”. In November, 2015 the extension of Bilateral agreement was signed between NAAU and EA for scope “product certification bodies”.

NAAU participation in the meetings of EA committees and EA General Assembly Communication and Publication Committee Meetings EA Laboratory Committee Meetings EA Horizontal Harmonization Committee Meetings EA Certification Committee Meetings EA Multilateral Committee Meetings EA Inspection Committee Meetings EA General Assembly Meetings

Interstate Council for Standardization, Metrology and Certification (MDR) of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Cooperation with the Interstate Council for Standardization, Metrology and Certification (MDR) - is an intergovernmental body of the CIS in on issues of formulating and carrying out a coordinated policy on standardization, metrology and certification. For the main activities of MDR were created the scientific and technical Commission (NTKA): - Standardization - Metrology - Conformity assessment - Accreditation - Supervision and control for the compliance of requirements on technical regulations, standards and rules. - Harmonization of technical regulations of the CIS member states.

TWINNING Project TAIEX Project Participation of NAAU in programs of technical assistance of the European Union TWINNING Project TAIEX Project

Objectives of the Twinning project Increasing competence and capabilities of NAAU in conducting accreditation. Training and internship of NAAU employees on the issues of management, organization and technical aspects of accreditation. Conducting of joint accreditation by European and Ukrainian experts in Ukraine and EU countries. Preparation of NAAU for expert evaluations with the aim to obtain membership in the relevant international organizations: European Associations for Accreditation (EA), International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) and International Forum for Accreditation (IAF).

TAIEX Project Within the framework of the involvement of external assistance instrument of the European Commission – TAIEX, the National Accreditation Agency of Ukraine in 2014-2015 conducted workshops on the following topics: European accreditation practices of conformity assessment bodies in the sphere of periodical technical supervision of wheeled vehicles Accreditation of medical products certification bodies Accreditation of medical laboratories Accreditation of conformity assessment bodies in the sphere of products safety

Cooperation National accreditation bodies (NAB) of EU countries Central executive power bodies It was signed an Agreement on cooperation with: - Polish Centre for Accreditation (PCA) Norwegian Accreditation (NA) Turkish Accreditation Agency (TURKAK) Slovak National Accreditation Service (SNAS) Georgian Accreditation Center (GAC) Kyrgyz Center of Accreditation (KCA) National Center of accreditation of Kazakhstan (NCA) Croatian Accreditation Agency (HAA) On the stage of the draft approval: Bulgarian Accreditation Service (BAS) Was signed an Agreement on cooperation with: - State Administration of Ukraine on Medical Products - Ministry of Health of Ukraine

NAAU raises the following issues within the framework of cooperation with NABs: - Promoting the mutual recognition at the national level of accredited conformity assessment bodies (CAB). - Carrying out works with the joint CAB accreditation. - Provision of experts and auditors for accreditation areas where national authorities do not possess their own sufficient resources (eg, certification of organic products, forensic laboratories, etc.). - Entry into the Register of accreditation personnel specialists of national accreditation bodies. - The issue of the price formation of the cost of accreditation. - Mutual participation of national accreditation bodies in the trainings for accreditation personnel. - Mutual participation of national accreditation bodies in internal audits. - Mutual participation of national accreditation bodies in workshops, conferences and other public events. - Information exchange on national legislation in the field of accreditation, technical regulation and structure of the national accreditation body. - Participation of accredited testing and calibration laboratories in rounds of interlaboratory comparisons. - Promoting the ability to perform calibration of measuring devices of the Polish laboratories in calibration laboratories that are accredited in NAAU. - Reciprocal visits to share best practices in the field of accreditation

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