The activities of DAkkS as a national accreditation body for Germany are based on a variety of statutory and standard-related principles. The main documents are:

Statutes and regulations

• Regulation (EC) No. 765/2008
  "REGULATION (EC) No 765/2008 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 339/93"
   
• Accreditation Body Act (AkkStelleG)
   
• Regulation on the Enstrustment of the Accreditation Body (AkkStelleGBV) for the transfer of public authority duties to the accreditation body
   
• Regulation on Costs of Activities of the Accreditation Body (AkkStelleKostV) for determining the fees for the accreditation body
   
• Regulation on the Accreditation Symbol (SymbolVO) for the design and use of the accreditation symbol

Standards and rules

• DIN EN ISO/IEC 17011
  "Conformity assessment
  General requirements for accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies (ISO/IEC 17011:2004)"
   
• Regulations and agreements of international accreditation organisations EA, ILAC, IAF