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Legal basis

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 Entrustment 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