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This month, three organizations received a new accreditation. Congratulations!

Publication new version of Explanatory documents T015. The Dutch Accreditation Council (RvA) has published a new version of the Explanatory document T015 concerning Notes to EN ISO/IEC 17025.

The Dutch Accreditation Council (RvA) has published a new version of the specific accreditation protocols V000 and V001.

The Dutch Accreditation Council (RvA) has published a new version of the specific accreditation protocols C010 and C013.

The Dutch Accreditation Council (RvA) has published a new version of SAP-C000 concerning the Accredition of certification of managementsystems – General.

The RvA has started a pilot for management system certification according to ISO 42001, the international standard for AI management systems, in cooperation with three certification bodies.

The new version of ISO/IEC 27006, ISO/IEC 27006-1:2024 ‘’Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection – Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of information security management systems – Part 1: General’’, has been published.

We are pleased to present the 2023 public report of the Dutch Accreditation Council, titled ‘Clarifying with confidence’.

On 22 February 2024, the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) published a joint communique. In this, they explain the incorporation of two new statements on climate change into management system standards. They explain the impact on certified organisations, certification bodies and accreditation bodies.

On 22 February 2024, the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) published a joint communique. In this, they explain the incorporation of two new statements on climate change into management system standards. They explain the impact on certified organisations, certification bodies and accreditation bodies.

The RvA (Dutch Accreditation Council) has published a new version of T015 on Explanatory Notes to EN ISO/IEC 17025.

This month the RvA congratulates two organizations on their new accreditation.

Recently, the RvA published about the developments regarding CertSearch by the International Accreditation Forum (IAF). The RvA has investigated the legal basis for mandatory participation of certification bodies in the CertSearch database and rejects obligatory participation.

Check whether your supplier is certified? Know whether a certification body is accredited? Or whether an accreditation body is a member of IAF? You can do so via IAF’s CertSearch database. The database gives substance to the motto: ‘Once accredited, accepted everywhere’.

This month the RvA congratulates one organization on their new accreditation.