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National Accreditation Bureau of Latvia

National Accreditation Bureau of Latvia. NATIONAL ACCREDITATION SYSTEM IN LATVIA. Olga Veilande, Head of LATAK. NATIONAL ACCREDITATION SYSTEM IN LATVIA. Latvian National Accreditation System consists of: Latvian National Accreditation institution LATAK ;

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National Accreditation Bureau of Latvia

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  1. National AccreditationBureauofLatvia NATIONAL ACCREDITATION SYSTEM IN LATVIA Olga Veilande, Headof LATAK

  2. NATIONAL ACCREDITATION SYSTEM IN LATVIA • Latvian National Accreditation System consists of: • Latvian National Accreditation institution LATAK; • Latvian National Accreditation Council; • Branch Technical committees for accreditation.

  3. Missionof LATAK To maintain a unified and internationallyrecognized national accreditation system in Latvia, inaccordance with European and international standards, as well as provide an international recognition of results issued by bodies accredited by Latvian National Accreditation Bureau LATAK

  4. KeyFunctionsof LATAK • to assess, accredit and supervise certification and inspection bodies and testing and calibration laboratoriesandenvironmentalverifiers in accordance with the requirements of Latvian National standards, normative acts, European and international standards; • To organize proficiencytestingand co-ordinate interlaboratory comparison in accordance with thelocalandinternationalrequirements; • To co-operate with other National accreditation bodies; • To represent Latvia ininternational accreditation organizations; • To maintain and update data base on accredited bodies.

  5. Latvian National Accreditation Council The Latvian National Accreditation Council is a consultative advisory body for the accreditation of testing and calibration laboratories and certification and inspection bodiesandenvironmentalverifiers in the regulated and non-regulated area.

  6. Latvian National Accreditation Council • Mainfunctions of the Council are as follows: • to participate in the drawing up of the State policy on the accreditation of testing and calibration laboratories, certification and inspection bodiesandenvironmentalverifiers and supervisionoftheiroperationinlinewiththerequirementsofnormativeacts; • to participate in the formulation and assessment of regulatory instruments and accreditation procedures for the Latvian National Accreditation System; • to promote the co-operation with international and foreign accreditation bodies.

  7. Latvian National Accreditation Council (1) • representatives of the State interest: • Ministry of Economics; • Ministry of Transport; • Ministry of Health; • Ministry of Environment; • Ministry of Agriculture • representatives of the interest of accreditation bodies: • Latvian National Accreditation Bureau; • Latvian National Metrology Institute; • Latvian Standard.

  8. Latvian National Accreditation Council (2) • representatives of the interest of clients of conformity assessment bodies: • Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry; • Latvian Employers Confederation; • representative of interest of consumers: • Consumer Rights Protection Centre.

  9. Accreditation Branch Technical Committees LATAK hasestablishedthe following Accreditation Branch Technical Committees: • ABTC for testing laboratories; • ABTC for calibration and verification; • ABTC for certification; • ABTC for inspection.

  10. EA MLA EA Multilateral Agreement (EA MLA) in the following fields: • accreditation of testing laboratories; • accreditation of calibration laboratories; • accreditation of product certification bodies; • accreditation of quality system certification bodies; • accreditation of personnel certification bodies; • accreditationofinspectionbodies.

  11. International activitiesof LATAK • Participationinthe EA committees; • EC FALB; • EC/OECD GLP; • CooperationwithotherAccreditationbodies.

  12. Accreditation asa tool fornotification • The Ministry of Economics notify the European Commission regarding the authorised conformity assessment bodies, which act in accordance with the specified requirements ofconformity assessment in the regulated sphere; • Theaccreditationaccordingto EN45000 and 17000 standardseriesareprovidedbytheNational Accreditation institution; • Thesameprocedureforauthorisationofcomformityassessmentbodiesatthenationallevel.

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