Certificate compliance

Certification of NDT personnel is mandatory in Belarus and is realised in compliance with CTB EH 473-95. 

The latest government regulations set forth under the Toxic Substances Control Act and in PubHc Health Service pubHcations should be checked before formulating new lubricants. Users of lubricants should request Material Safety Data Sheets for each substance involved plus certification of compliance from vendors. Lubricant compounders should insist on similar information from their suppHers for any additive packages. Manufacturers of both additives and lubricants commonly make toxicity checks on commercial products. 

The ADA maintains a Hst of certified dental materials and devices based upon the certification by the maker that the item complies with ADA specification and that the testing for specification compliance of the item is procured in Association laboratories. The ADA also maintains a Hst of classified dental materials and devices which prove to be acceptable or provisionally acceptable to the Association based upon data submitted by the apphcant and data available in the Hterature. 

To ensure compliance with the standards, the permit also must contain provisions for the inspection, entry, monitoring, certification, and reporting of compliances with the permit conditions. 

Contracts with the federal government require compliance with Executive Order Nos. 11625 and 12138 to utilize small and small disadvantaged businesses. The contractor/subcontractor must complete a copy of the representations and certifications providing self-certification of business classification under existing federal definitions. The representations and certifications also provide tax identification information required by the Internal Revenue Service. The original of the representation and certification form should be sent to regional purchasing and a copy included in the project file. 

ISO 9000 is not a statutory requirement and neither is certification, hence certification is voluntary. However, suppliers may be under pressure to obtain registration to ISO 9001, ISO 9002, or ISO 9003 in order to tender for contracts. Within the ISO 9000 certification scheme, the certification industry is regulated by accreditation bodies. An International Accreditation Forum (lAF) attempts to harmonize accreditation practices world-wide through ISO Guide 61. The accreditation bodies authorize certification bodies to conduct certification to prescribed standards - a process that is called accreditation. The accreditation body performs witness audits and desk audits of the certification body to ensure compliance with the conditions of accreditation. 

Conformance with ISO/TS 16949 for third party certification shall be based on objective evidence of meeting each applicable requirement including customer-specific requirements at the time of the audit. The auditor needs to determine specific customer requirements that apply and verify compliance with each requirement - not a sample. If the supplier has several different customers then compliance with the requirements of each customer has to be demonstrated. 

Regulatory requirements may apply to health, safety, environmental emissions, and electromagnetic compatibility and these often require accompanying certification of compliance. In cases where customers require suppliers to be certified to ISO/TS 16949 it imposes a regulatory requirement on the design process. 

Where the standard is for compliance with a safety requirement, a certificate to this effect should be provided, and may be demanded by insurers. 

Certification of the QP that the manufacturing site works in compliance with GMP at least equivalent to EU GMP or that each production batch has undergone all relevant analyses, tests or checks necessary to confirm its quality... 

All phases of a multi-site regulatory study should be carried out in facilities that are members of the UK or a relevant national GLP compliance program. Pre-study test site inspections may be conducted if considered necessary. If an organization is considering using a particular test site, a copy of the test facility s current GLP certificate should be obtained and included in the QA multi-site file. 

No user subject to the provisions of this subpart shall augment the use of process wastewater or otherwise dilute the wastewater as a partial or total substitute for adequate treatment to achieve compliance with this limitation. An existing source submitting a certification in lieu of monitoring pursuant to Section 433.12 (a) and (b) of this regulation must implement the toxic organic management plan approved by the control authority. 

Until U.S. EPA calls in the facility s Part B permit application, where precise permit conditions will be established through a trial burn, owners/operators of interim status BIFs must ensure compliance with emission standards by showing certification of precompliance and certification of compliance. As the deadlines for these certifications have already passed, all interim status BIFs, except for possible extenuating circumstances, should be in the compliance stage. 

A scheme that was initiated by a Dutch organic importer, Eosta B V, deserves special mention. In its Nature More scheme, products are scored in terms of compliance with organic, health and environmental standards. This is done as an add-on to the organic certification process. By entering a code that is on the product label, the consumer can see how the product he or she purchased scores. It is a communication tool that links the farmers to the consumers. 

All decisions must be recorded, as well as an explanation of the decision, to provide background information if changes are needed in the future. Also, all monitoring activities must be documented, so that it is clear who has done what and when. The documentation is used to demonstrate compliance in relation to certification, and in case of problems it is used to try to find out if a problem was due to human error or a technical failure. 

Inspector (owner s) responsible for verifying that all required quality examinations, NDE, inspections, and testing are complete and that all certifications and records have been completed to the extent necessary to satisfy compliance to the requirements of this Code, the engineering design, and the construction organization s quality systems program. 

The purposes of the EDS for each technology were to (1) support the certification decision of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology, as directed by Public Law 105-261 (2) support the development of a request for proposal (RFP) for a pilot facility and (3) support the documentation requirements for compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) permit application. Each EDS required the development of an EDP and experimental tests to acquire necessary data that had not been obtained during the demonstration test phase. 

SD Office Drink. Water 1998. Secretary s certification of compliance with water quality standards Toxic pollutant criteria. South Dakota Office of Drinking Water, Department of Environmental and Natural Resources. 74 51 01 65, Appendix B. 

Beyond perfonnance optimization, issues relative to packaging and the need for compliance with certain safety and electronics regulatory codes are cited as reasons for a customized solution. In the latter case, a systems approach is required, especially when attempting to meet the code or performance requirements for compliance with European Certification (CE) mark or electrical and fire safety codes such as National Eire Prevention Association (NFPA) and CENELEC (European Committee for Electrotechiucal Standardization). Off-the-shelf electronics may provide the necessary performance characteristics for generic applications, and their use eliminates large expenses related to product development, plus the associated time delays. Photonics-related components are solely addressed in this section because they are used to customize instruments for application-specific systems. 

ISO/IEC 17025) to a particular standard, it is important to be clear to what this compliance, certification or accreditation applies. 

Accreditation and Certification are components of the common technical infrastructure referred to above (see slides 8 and 10). They represent important mechanisms to facilitate free movement of goods. In a general sense they are dealing with similar issues, mainly because they assess and declare compliance with standards. 

Only a small percentage (up to 10%) hold an ISO 9001 certification (or recogiution). Big laboratories made more use of their accreditation certificates to demonstrate compliance to ISO 9001, but not very successfully (up to 40%). Accreditation is considered as more effective than certification to consolidate market position and demonstrate technical competence. 

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