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Official Note,
IAF Cert Search database

No obligation to use the IAF Cert Search according to IAF MD 28:2023 and notes on the requirements for confidentiality of certificates of conformity, especially in the field of defence, in case of a planned voluntary publication at iafcertsearch.org

This official notice clarifies that there is no obligation to use the IAF CertSeach database in accordance with IAF MD:28. It also provides information on the requirements for the confidentiality of certificates of conformity for a planned voluntary publication at iafcertsearch.org.

Wahyu Purbowasito (BSN/KAN) and Sabine Reinkober (DAkkS)
Photo: National Standardization Agency of Indonesia (BSN)
Technical Information,
International cooperation

Dialogue on digital technologies and electromobility

As part of the ‘Global Project Quality Infrastructure’ (GPQI), the DAkkS had the opportunity to visit the Indonesian accreditation body (KAN) in Jakarta, among other things. The bilateral German-Indonesian dialogue on quality infrastructure was successfully continued on site with two workshops on digitalisation and electromobility.

Photo: Adobe Stock / John Wildgoose/KOTO
Press Release,
DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 testing laboratories

The change applies to the certificate annexes of accredited testing laboratories in accordance with DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025

With the adjustment of its body of rules, DAkkS is introducing new categories for the presentation of flexible scopes on its certificate annexes, thereby changing its previous practice. The new category designations make it clearer than was previously the case that the categories build on each other and are used to avoid misinterpretation.

Key Visual World Accreditation Day 2024
IAF/ILAC
Press Release,
World Accreditation Day 2024

International day of action with a focus on current challenges and future issues

Under the motto “Accreditation: Empowering Tomorrow and Shaping the Future”, this year’s World Accreditation Day 2024 calls attention to the opportunities and challenges of pioneering developments in a world in transition. How can the instrument of accreditation create trust in new technologies and digital trends?

Logo Allianz für Cyber-Sicherheit
Allianz für Cyber-Sicherheit
Technical Information,
Commitment to greater information security in Germany

Investments in cyber security measures are becoming increasingly relevant

The goal of the “Alliance for Cyber Security” (ACS), a cooperative platform of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), is to strengthen Germany’s resilience as a business location against cyber attacks. With immediate effect, Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle (DAkkS) is now part of this strategic alliance.

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Technical Information,
Certification bodies in the area of sustainable construction

“Sustainable Building Quality Seal (QNG)”: end of the introduction period and the applicable transitional arrangements, start of the accreditation obligation in accordance with DIN EN ISO/IEC 17065

With the “Sustainable Building Quality Seal (QNG)”, the German federal government offers a government seal of quality for assessing the sustainability of buildings. The QNG is reviewed and awarded by accredited certification bodies whose technical competence and independence are monitored by DAkkS in its capacity as the national accreditation authority.

DAkkS
Press Release,
Digital quality infrastructure

Data sovereignty and interoperability with other safeguarding processes

DAkkS, Germany’s national accreditation body was the first accreditation body worldwide to develop and introduce a digital accreditation symbol.

Photo: DAkkS
Press Release,
Accreditation portal goes online

Digitalisation as the key to reducing bureaucracy

With the new online portal, Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle (DAkkS) will digitise its administrative services in the future.

Group photo with Prof. Dr Raoul Kirmes (DAkkS), Jorge Antonio da Paz Cruz, Coordinator for International Articulation, Luiz Fernando Rust, Director of Scientific Metrology and Technology, and Dr Stephan Finke, CEO of DAkkS
DAkkS | (from left to right) Prof. Dr Raoul Kirmes (DAkkS), Jorge Antonio da Paz Cruz, Coordinator for International Articulation, Luiz Fernando Rust, Director of Scientific Metrology and Technology, and Dr Stephan Finke, CEO of DAkkS
Press Release,
International cooperation

Digitisation of trade documents and industrial processes

Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle (DAkkS) is currently actively working to raise awareness of the digital accreditation symbol among international partners, with a view to paving the way for worldwide use of the digital accreditation symbol.

Photo: AdobeStock/zapp2photo
Press Release,
Digital quality infrastructure

From March 2024, applications for the machine-readable, tamper-proof and verifiable digital accreditation symbol can be submitted to DAkkS

Fast, straightforward and useful – that is the verdict of pilot phase clients on their use of the digital accreditation symbol of Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle (DAkkS). From 30 March 2024, accredited bodies can apply for the digital accreditation symbol.

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