PRINCIPLES OF CERTIFICATION ACCORDING TO ISO 14001:2004

Internationally accepting standard ISO 14001:2004 includes fundamental elements of the effective environmental management system, which can be use for services and also for an industry area. Standard describes requirements for management system of companies, which enables to lessen environmental impact connected with operation of companies. The standard requests to define by company environmental aims and makes management system necessary for their achieving. The certificate issued by an independent accredited certification body guarantees that  the quality management system of the supplier and manufacturer of medical devices has been established, documented, used and maintained in compliance with the requirements of ISO 14001:2004 standard.

BENEFITS OF CERTIFICATION

• Assurance and improvement of care for environment
• Awareness of one˘s own responsibility
• Identification and description of risks and their reduction
• Improving the company˘s profile/image
• Motivation of employees
• Timely identification of environmental problems
• More guarantees for meeting legal and other requirements
• Competitive advantages
• Management tool for suitable exploitation of resources

IQNET – international certificate

Institute for Testing and Certification is a member of the Association for Quality System Certification CQS, which is a member of the international network IQNet. Through this co-operation, it is possible to issue upon request both the ITC certificate and the CQS certificate and the internationally recognized IQNet certificate within the framework of a single certification process.

CERTIFICATION PROCESS

The certification process consists of 3 basic stages:
1) Elaboration of documentation
2) Putting QMS into practice
3) Certification by an accredited certification body
4) Surveillance audit

RELATED SERVICES

• Certification of quality management systems (ISO 9001)
• Certification of critical control points system in food processing industry (HACCP)
• Certification of food safety management system (ISO 22000)
• Certification of quality management systems in manufacturers of medical devices (EN ISO 13485)
• Certification of occupational health and safety management system (OHSAS 18001)
• Assessment of conformity of products to the requirements of European directives (CE marking of products)
• Testing of products, ATEST ITC
• Calibration, verification of standards and measuring instruments
• Voluntary certification – “ITC – certified quality“ mark
• Technical standardization
  

CONTACTS

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Jaroslav Rapant	+420 577 601 299	+420 577 104 855	qscertitczlin.cz

Post address:
Institute for Testing and Certification, Inc.
QMS EMS certification department
Street T. Bati 299
764 21 Zlin,
Czech Republic

The person responsible for accuracy of data: Jaroslav Rapant