Certification

AFNOR Certification was the first French certification body to be awarded COFRAC (French Accreditation Committee) accreditation.

The scope of this accreditation is regularly extended in order to secure greater confidence in AFNOR Certification certificates, equally spanning business management system certification, competency certification, product certification and services certification.

The scopes of accreditation, as listed below, can also be found on the COFRAC website, at www.cofrac.fr.

Business management system certification

Accreditation No. 4-0001. Scope available at www.cofrac.fr

AFNOR Certification is COFRAC-accredited (accreditation No. 4-0001) for the following business management system certification scopes, and for all countries:

• certification of quality management system conformity to standard NF EN ISO 9001 for areas of economic activity coded EA/IAF 1 to 39 (i.e. all-sector coverage)
• certification of quality management systems for information security to ISO/IEC 27001
• certification of quality management systems for procurement contractors to AQAP 2110, 2120 and 2030
• certification of quality management systems for business suppliers to the aerospace industry to EN 9100 series standards
• certification of quality management systems for agricultural activities to standard NF V 01-005
• certification of environmental management system conformity to standard NF EN ISO 14001 for areas of economic activity coded EA/IAF 1 to 39 (i.e. all-sector coverage)
• certification of food safety management systems to ISO 22000
• certification of technical qualifications for pharmaceutical producing companies as per the "Medical Checkup" reference framework published by the HAS established under French law dated 13th August 2004
• certification of technical qualifications for medical checkup services as per the "Medical Checkup" reference framework published by the HAS established under French law dated 13 August 2004
• certification of technical qualifications for companies involved in the isolation and removal of friable asbestos according to technical benchmark NF X46-010 in application of the decret n°2006-761 and the order dated 22th February 2007
• certification of technical qualifications for companies involved in the isolation and removal of non-friable asbestos-containing materials as per the reference framework annexed in French order dated 22 February 2007 pursuant to order 2006-761
• certification of technical qualifications for CACES® inspectors delivering the certificate of aptitude in safe driving according to the specifications and reference framework governing issuance of qualified "CACES® INSPECTORS" certificates published by the CNAMTS.

Inspection for Resort complexes classification

Accréditation No 3-0738. Scope available at www.cofrac.fr

AFNOR Certification is accredited from 2010/07/01 by the COFRAC to perform inspections for leisure hotels classification.
This accreditation is released according to:

• "decrets" n°2009-1650 and 2009-1652 on 2009/12/23 applying the law n°2009-888 on 2009/07/23 about leisure services development and modernization,
• "arrêté" 2009/12/23 establishing the requirements and the rules for leisure hotels classification.

The accredited activities are:

• leisure hotels inspections 1 to 3 stars classification without mystery visit,
• leisure hotels inspections 4 to 5 stars classification with mystery visit.

Certification of persons

Accreditation No 4-0057. Scope available at www.cofrac.fr

AFNOR Certification is COFRAC-accredited (accreditation No. 4-00057) for the following certifications of persons :

• certification for quality, health and safety and environment management system auditors (activity areas marketed under the ICA mark),
• certification for trainers of radiological safety officers according to the standard in application of the order dated 26 th October 2005 and of the order dated 13 th January 2006,
• certification for inspectors conducting technical building audits screening termites, asbestos, lead, energy efficiency, and gas and electricity losses according to the orders in force,
• certification of persons performing the inspection of air conditioning and reversible heat pumps systems - Levels "simple systems" and "simple and complex systems" in accordance to the order dated 16 th April 2010.

Products and services certification

AFNOR Certification's experience in product and services certification stretches back 70 years.

Accreditation n° 5-0030. Scope available at www.cofrac.fr

AFNOR Certification and the NF network are COFRAC-accredited (accreditation No. 5-0030) for their industrial products and services certification activity areas.

Accreditation n° 5-0071. Scope available at www.cofrac.fr

AFNOR Certification is COFRAC-accredited (accreditation No. 5-0071) for its food product certification activities:

• qualification of farms as integrated farming systems,
• International Food Standard [IFS] Food and Logistics
• BRC Global Standard Food,
• BRC IOP (Food Packaging and other packaging materials)

Accreditation certificates can be provided on request, although they are also made available at www.cofrac.fr.

Accreditations for AFNOR Certification

Recognition by ACCREDIA for the issuing of Certifications of conformity to the Standard ISO 9001 (document RT-05) in the Construction sector (EA code 28).

Recognition schedule is available on ACCREDIA website .

AFNOR UK Ltd accreditations

AFNOR UK Ltd, part of the AFNOR Group, is accredited by the UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) for management systemscertification:

• Quality management systems certification work, according to ISO 9001
• TickIT certification
• ISO 13485:2003 certification for medical devices
• environmental management systems certification work, according to ISO 14001
• EMAS certification
• occupational health and safety management systems certification work, according to OHSAS 18001 (for UK territory)

Accreditations schedules are available on UKAS website.

Accreditations for AFAQ AFNOR International (AAI)

AAI, part of the AFNOR Group in Tunisia, is accredited by TUNAC (TUnisian Accreditation Council) in respect of:

• quality management systems certification work, according to ISO 9001 for the following EA codes: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 , 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 et 39,

• environnemental management systems certification work, according to ISO 14001 for the following EA codes: : 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 22, 23, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 et 38,
• food safety management systems certification work, according to ISO 22000 for the following scopes: G, M, C and E.

Accreditation for AFNOR International Asia Ltd

AFNOR International Asia Ltd, part of the AFNOR Group, is accredited by TAF (Taiwan Accreditation Foundation) in respect of:

• quality management systems certification work, according to ISO 9001
• environnemental management systems certification work, according to ISO 14001
• occupational health and safety management systems certification work, according to OHSAS 18001
• food safety management systems certification work, according to ISO 22000
• information security management systems certification work, according to ISO 27001

Accreditations schedules are available on TAF website.

Accreditation for GUTcert

GUTcert, part of the AFNOR Group, is accredited by DAkkS (Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle GmbH) in respect of:

• quality management systems certification work, according to ISO 9001
• environnemental management systems certification work, according to ISO 14001
• occupational health and safety management systems certification work, according to OHSAS 18001
• Energy Management Systems Certification Work, DIN EN 16001
• EMAS certification
  

Accreditations schedules are available on DAkks website.

In Europe

The nationally-recognized accreditation bodies in Europe have networked to form the EA (European Cooperation for Accreditation) infrastructure, and co-signed an EU-frameworked mutual recognition agreement for their conformity assessment activities, notably for certifications covering management systems, products and services, and people.

Under this framework, COFRAC and UKAS accreditations are officially recognized in every single country where EA-member accreditation bodies operate, just as if AFNOR Certification and the AFNOR UK Ltd had been accredited by each of these accreditation bodies, thereby avoiding a build-up of superfluous accreditations. The list of signatories to the EA multilateral agreement can be found here.

Worldwide

EA is a member of the worldwide IAF (International Accreditation Forum) network, and has signed a mutual recognition agreement with the other IAF member bodies covering quality certification body accreditation. The list of IAF network members can be found here .