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
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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"
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Accreditation Body Act (AkkStelleG)
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Regulation on the Entrustment of the Accreditation Body (AkkStelleGBV) for the transfer of public authority duties to the accreditation body
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Regulation on Costs of Activities of the Accreditation Body (AkkStelleKostV) for determining the fees for the accreditation body
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Regulation on the Accreditation Symbol (SymbolVO) for the design and use of the accreditation symbol
Standards and rules
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DIN EN ISO/IEC 17011
"Conformity assessment
General requirements for accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies (ISO/IEC 17011:2004)"
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Regulations and agreements of international accreditation organisations EA, ILAC, IAF