COMPETENCE OF THE CERTIFICATION BODY
The Certification Body is an organisationally independent entity legally related to
and is part of J.S. Hamilton Poland Sp. z o.o.
COMPETENCE IN PRODUCT CERTIFICATION
The Certification Body carries out voluntary certification of products within the scope of the obtained Accreditation AC 149 issued by the Polish Centre for Accreditation.
The competences of the Testing Laboratory have been confirmed by the Polish Centre for Accreditation with accreditation certificate AC 149. The accredited activities are specified in the
in the Scope of Accreditation No. AC 149.
Accreditation has been granted to:
J.S. Hamilton Poland Sp. z o.o.
ul. Chwaszczyńska 180, 81-571 Gdynia
Certification Body
ul. Wyzwolenia 14, 41-103 Siemianowice Śląskie
The obtained accreditation confirms the compliance of J.S. Hamilton Poland Sp. z o.o. Certification Body in Siemianowice Śląskie the requirements of PN-EN ISO/IEC 17065:2013-03 “Conformity assessment. Requirements for bodies certifying products, processes and services.”
COMPETENCE IN MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS CERTIFICATION
The Certification Body carries out voluntary certification of management systems within the scope of the obtained AC 155 Accreditation issued by the Polish Centre for Accreditation.
The competences of the Testing Laboratory have been confirmed by the Polish Centre for Accreditation with the accreditation certificate AC 155. The accredited activities are specified in the
in the Scope of Accreditation No. AC 155.
Accreditation has been granted to:
J.S. Hamilton Poland Sp. z o.o.
ul. Chwaszczyńska 180, 81-571 Gdynia
Certification body
ul. Wyzwolenia 14, 41-103 Siemianowice Śląskie
The accreditation obtained confirms the compliance of J.S. Hamilton Poland Sp. z o.o. Certification Body in Siemianowice Śląskie the requirements of PN-EN ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015-09 “Conformity assessment. Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems. Part 1: Requirements.” and PN-EN ISO/IEC 17021-3:2019-03 “Conformity assessment. Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems. Part 3: Requirements for competence to audit and certify quality management systems”.
– Certyfikat Akredytacji AC 155
The Certification Body has entered into a sub-licence agreement with the International Accreditation Forum, Inc.- The IAF is an international organisation of accreditation bodies for the accreditation of bodies certifying management systems, products and persons, as well as other stakeholders related to conformity assessment in this field.
The IAF promotes international recognition of accreditations granted by accreditation bodies that are signatories to the IAF MLA. The IAF’s aim is to develop an effective system whereby certificates issued to companies by accredited conformity assessment bodies in one part of the world would be accepted in any other part of the world.
THE ” B” MARK
Within the framework of an agreement with the Polish Association for Technical Research and Accreditation, the Certification Body conducts voluntary certification for the common guarantee mark “B” (safety). The certification is based on the safety requirements set out in national and international standards, technical specifications, regulations and other legal requirements.
EU NOTIFICATIONS
The Certification Body in Siemianowice Śląskie has been granted by the relevant Minister for the subject of the directive to notify the European Commission and the Member States of the European Union as the body designated to carry out tasks related to conformity assessment within the following New Approach Directives:
– 2006/42/EC (MD)
– 2014/34/UE (ATEX)
– 2014/30/UE (EMC)
and holds Notified Body status with the number NB 2057 from the European Commission.
EU notification scopes:
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
J.S. Hamilton Poland Sp. z o.o. – Certification Body in Siemianowice Śląskie ensures full impartiality, confidentiality and reliability of the services provided.
The Management System operating in the Certification Body has been implemented and continuously meets the requirements contained in the PN-EN ISO/IEC 17065, PN-EN ISO/IEC 17021-1 and PN-EN ISO/IEC 17021-3 standards. Through audits conducted by the Polish Centre for Accreditation, the Management System is continuously supervised.
The Certification Body applies quality and impartiality policies.
Policy statements:
IMPARTIALITY
–Polityka Bezstronności Jednostki Certyfikującej
The impartiality of the Certification Body is guaranteed, inter alia, by the permanent staff led by the Body Manager, whose remuneration is not dependent on the number and outcome of certifications, and the Certification Board, which is the structure (mechanism) that protects the impartiality of the Certification Body’s operation, represented by three parties related to the certification processes carried out without the domination of any of the parties.
The Certification Board, inter alia:
- Contributes to the policies related to the functioning of the Certification Body, which ensures the independence and impartiality of all activities related to product certification and management systems certification,
- counteracts the tendency of the Certification Body to let any commercial or other factors compromise the objective conduct of its certification activities,
- advise on matters affecting confidence in certification, including
- including openness and public perception,
- conducts a review, at least once a year, of the impartiality of the auditing, certification and decision-making processes of the Certification Body for certifications carried out by the Certification Body.
In order to ensure that there are no conflicts of interest, the Certification Body requires all its staff, internal and external, to declare any former and/or current links with the organisations they will be appointed to assess or certify. Where such links exist, the Certification Body shall analyse them for any threat to impartiality and either not involve such personnel in the certification process in question or demonstrate that there is no conflict of interest.
To avoid the risk of losing impartiality and objectivity in certification activities, the Certification Body:
- does not design or manufacture and sell products that are the subject of certification,
- does not offer certification in the case of the existence of links posing an unacceptable risk to impartiality,
- does not certify other bodies certifying management systems,
- does not provide consultancy services in the field of management systems,
- does not conduct internal audits for its certified clients,
- does not subcontract audits to consulting bodies,
- does not offer certification in conjunction with consulting,
- does not certify management systems where the relationship between the body and the consulting organisation poses an unacceptable risk to impartiality,
- does not subcontract certification activities.
The Certification Body’s guiding principle is that all applicants operating in the Body’s declared area of activity have equal access to services.
Credibility is achieved by the high qualifications and experience of the specialists employed at the Certification Body and by improving their qualifications through internal training and participation in conferences, scientific seminars and external training.
CONFIDENTIALITY
The Certification Body assesses conformity taking into account the provisions on the protection of business secrets and other legally protected information. In accordance with para. 10 of Article R17 of Annex No. 1 to Decision No. 768/2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 on a common framework for the marketing of products, the Certification Body declares that at all levels of its organisational structure it ensures the confidentiality of all information obtained in connection with conformity assessment, certification, testing processes. This information shall not be disclosed to a third party without the written consent of the applicant. If the law requires the disclosure of any information to a third party, the client shall be notified in advance of the need to disclose information owned by the client to the extent permitted by the relevant legislation. Proprietary rights are protected. Commitments to competition and confidentiality are contained in an appropriate declaration. The declaration is completed and accepted by each employee of the Certification Body, members of the Certification Board and kept in the personnel file.
