Polish Centre for Accreditation

2017 Polish Centre for Accreditation at Taiwan Accreditation Foundation Polish Centre for Accreditation 42 Szczotkarska Street 01-382 Warsaw, Poland Ms Lucyna Olborska Director of Polish Centre for Accreditation

OUTLINE 2 1) 1 Introducing Poland and Polish Centre for Accreditation 2 European accreditation infrastructure and conformity assessment system 3 WAD 2017 Accreditation: Delivering confidence in construction and the built environment 4 PCA-TAF Cooperation

1 Introducing Poland and Polish Centre for Accreditation 3

POLAND Land area: 312 679 km2 Population: 38.5 million Divided into 16 districts GDP 2016: 1 851.2 billion PLN ( 500.3 million USD) POLAND TAIWAN 4

Polish main export goods in 2015 Yearbook of Foreign Trade Statistics of Poland 2016 in mln Euro Machinery, electrical and electrotechnical equipment Transport equipment (vehicles, boats) Base metal (iron, steel, copper, aluminum) Various manufactured articles (furniture, lighting fittings, toys, games) Plastic and rubber Products of the chemical industry (pharmaceutical products, cosmetics) Prepared foodstuffs (tobacco, cereals and flour products) 5 44 558 26 010 17 796 12 457 12 417 11 862 11 244

Polish Centre for Accreditation is a national accreditation body (NAB) We operate according to: I Regulation (EC) 765/2008 of 9 July 2008 on accreditation and market surveillance II Act of Parliament of 13th April 2016 on conformity assessment systems and market surveillance III ISO/IEC 17011 standard IV 6 EA/ILAC/IAF Guides

Requirements for NABs by Regulation (EC) 765/2008 (not included in ISO/IEC 17011) 7 1 1) Recognized, single NAB / public authority that have clear tasks and responsibilities 2 2. Operate on a not-for-profit basis 3. 3 No interest/shares in any conformity assessment body 4. 4 Not providing proficiency testing services 5. 5 Not competing with other NABs 6 Operate within national borders 7 Publish audited annual accounts 8 Make publicly available information on the outcome of the peer-evaluations

PCA - established on 1 January 2001 Accreditation Office of the Polish Centre for Testing and Certification + Calibration Laboratories' Accreditation Department of the Central Office of Measures 8 The first certificate of accreditation was issued: Polish Centre for Accreditation for testing laboratory in 1992 for certification body in 1993 for calibration laboratory in 1997 for inspection body in the mid of 2000

PCA KEY VALUES Who we want to be, and what we aspire to? The Polish Centre for Accreditation strives to conduct the accreditation activity: In a competent, impartial, ethical and reliable manner. Relying on knowledge and experience of appropriately motivated personnel and engaging external experts with specialist knowledge. In accordance with the national and international requirements. Taking into account stakeholders needs and expectations. 9

Standardization body IAF EA EA STAKEHOLDERS MONITORING COOPERATION GHG ISO 14065 +Regulation EU 600/2012 INSPECTION BODIES PROFICIENCY TESTING PROVIDERS IB ISO/IEC 17020 PTP ISO/IEC 17043 MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CERTIFICATION BODIES LABORATORIES Calibration/ Testing Labs ISO/IEC 17025 ISO/IEC 17021-1 + ISO TS 22003 for FSMS + ISO/IEC 27006 for ISMS + ISO 50003 for EnMS Medical Labs ISO 15189 QMS ISO 9001, EMS ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, FSMS ISO 22000, ISMS ISO/IEC 27001, EnMS ISO 50001, PEFC, QMS for welding org. ISO 3834, QMS for medical producer ISO 13485, QMS for medical packaging (GMP) SUPPLIERS AND CUSTOMERS 10 National Measurement Institute POLISH CENTRE FOR ACCREDITATION ISO/IEC 17011 VERIFICATION BODIES EMAS ISO/IEC 17021-1 +Regulation EU 1221/2009 ILAC PRODUCT CERTIFICATION BODIES PERSONS CERTIFICATION BODIES ISO/IEC 17065 ISO/IEC 17024 Certi. Scheme Certi. Scheme

Number of CABs accredited by PCA total number of accredited CABs = 1559 1240 Persons Certification Bodies -15 Management System Certification Bodies - 41 Product Certification Bodies - 84 Inspection Bodies - 20 Testing laboratories - 1240 Medical laboratories - 12 Calibration laboratories - 125 20 Proficiency Testing Providers - 5 84 EMAS verifiers - 10 41 12 15 11 7 10 5 125 GHG verifiers - 7

2 European accreditation infrastructure and conformity assessment system 12

PCA - member of European co-operation for Accreditation EA Multilateral Agreement (EA MLA) is signed by Full Members Peer-evaluation system Regulation (EC) 765/2008 34 EA MLA signatories 4 EA BLA signatories 13

International recognition ILAC MRA / IAF MLA PCA is a signatory to EA MLA,ILAC MRA, IAF MLA PCA is a signatory to EA MLA, ILAC MRA, IAF MLA EA MLA signatories and the accreditation they grant are internationally recognised through the ILAC and IAF Multilateral Agreements. EA is a recognised region in ILAC and IAF and is a signatory to their mutual arrangements. EA is responsible for harmonising accreditation within Europe. 14

EU Internal Market for goods NLF - Alignment of product legislation to bring product harmonisation legislation in line with the reference provisions of Decision 768/2008/EC Toy Safety - Directive 2009/48/EU Non-automatic Weighing Instruments - Directive 2014/31/EU Transportable pressure equipment - Directive 2010/35/EU Measuring Instruments - Directive 2014/32/EU Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment - Directive 2011/65/EU Lifts - Directive 2014/33/EU Construction products - Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 Radio equipment - Directive 2014/53/EU Pyrotechnic Articles - Directive 2013/29/EU Low Voltage - Directive 2014/35/EU Recreational craft and personal watercraft - Directive 2013/53/EU Pressure equipment - Directive 2014/68/EU Civil Explosives - Directive 2014/28/EU Simple Pressure Vessels - Directive 2014/29/EU Electromagnetic Compatibility - Directive 2014/30/EU ATEX - Directive 2014/34/EU Marine Equipment - Directive 2014/90/EU Cableway installations - Regulation (EU) 2016/424 Personal protective equipment - Regulation (EU) 2016/425 Gas appliances - Regulation (EU) 2016/426 Further aligning proposals are pending on medical devices and in vitro diagnostic (IVD) medical devices 15

Internal Market for Goods New Legislative Framework Market surveillance Technical Trust Conformity assessment procedures CE marking Manufacturers Products 16 Technical Trust Notified bodies Accreditation

PRODUCTS IMPORTED FROM COUNTRIES OUTSIDE THE EU Blue Guide Irrespective of their origin products must be compliant with the applicable Union harmonisation legislation if they are made available on the Union market. Before they can reach the end-user in the EU, products coming from countries outside the EU are entered for the procedure of release for free circulation and are checked by authorities responsible for border controls. 17

3 World Accreditation Day June 9, 2017 Accreditation: Delivering confidence in construction and the built environment 18

World Accreditation Day celebration in Poland Experts' Debate on 5 June 2017 on advantages and challenges for accreditation in construction sector. Participants: representatives of the Ministry of Infrastructure, The Office of Rail Transport, The General Office of Building Control, experts of The Building Research Institute, as well as national and professional media journalists and information agencies. 19

World Accreditation Day celebration in Poland 20 Video interviews with experts in the field of infrastructure. The video material used as a content in social media and on PCA website. Press interview with PCA Director on WAD 2017 published in the June edition of the in-flight magazine PLL LOT Kaleidoscope. PCA conference on WAD 2017 for approximately 200 persons, representatives of all interested parties, including regulators is planned in November this year. Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn information campaign hashtag #WAD2017

Types of accredited CABs in infrastructure and construction sector Product certification bodies 29 Inspection bodies 8 120 including: 36 roads, bridges and other engineering objects 50 including: construction materials (aggregates, concrete, cement) 3 19 lifts, cranes 5 common safety method for risk evaluation and assessment in railway 21 Testing laboratories construction products (boilers, doors, windows, glues, pipes, etc.) 15 others (fire testing etc.) QMS (code IAF 28) 21 (EU) Regulation 305/2011 of 9th March 2011 laying down harmonized conditions for the marketing of construction products

4 Cooperation PCA-TAF 22

Memorandum of Understanding PCA-TAF Memorandum of Understanding PCA-TAF signed in Oct., 2016 Witnessing of activities performed by NAB (study visits) Współpraca z PKN Training and development of personnel (workshops, seminars, conferences) Exchange of information in order to have a confidence in conformity assessment results Close cooperation between TAF and the PCA ensures consistency in the assessment of CABs Recognition of CABs established in the territory of the other Party on the basis of accreditation delivered by a national/local AB 23

Cooperation Roadmap 2017-2019 Phase 1 2017 2018 2019 ISO/IEC 17025 ISO/IEC 17025 ISO 14064-1~3 ISO 14065 ISO/IEC 17029 WORKING TOPICS Organizational development. Accreditation technics and information exchange. New issue-renewable energy. Mutual recognition cooperation-electronics and electrical products. Other related activities. Planning activities for Phase 2 (2020-2022). 24

PCA 15th anniversary / WAD 2016 Nov. 2016 25

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