LegislationLegal basis
SA performs its assignments as the national accreditation service in compliance with the Accreditation Act (RS OG, No. 59/99) and the Decision on the Establishment of Public Institute Slovenian Accreditation (RS OG, Nos. 36/00, 23/01, 121/04, 22/08, 19/16, 51/16 and 74/16).
Other relevant legal bases:
Regulation (EC) (765/2008) (EC) on accreditation and market…
SA's activitiesAccreditation
Accreditation is a technical, impartial and independent procedure used by a national accreditation service to officially attest that an accredited CAB is competent to carry out specific conformity assessment tasks. Accreditation represents one of the key pillars of the technical quality infrastructure of every country, as it contributes to the improvement of the…
EstablishmentThe first accreditation activities, which later led to the establishment of Slovenian Accreditation, started in the Standards and Metrology Institute (SMIS) within the framework of certification and testing even before 1995, when SMIS was assigned the tasks of national accreditation service based on a modified Standardization Act. For that purpose, the Slovenian Accreditation Sector…
International publicationsPublication of the European Cooperation for Accreditation – EA
Brochures and publications of the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation –ILAC
Brochures and publications of the International Accreditation Forum – IAF
International cooperationSlovenian accreditation takes an active part in the EA bodies, technical committees and task forces as well as in FALB, which enables it to have direct influence on the direction and implementation of accreditation policy in Europe. Participation in the work of EA is also one of the conditions for maintaining the MRA signatory status.
The main task of EA’s technical…
SignatorySlovenian accreditation is a signatory to Mutual Recognition and Multilateral Agreements:
EA MLA – European co-operation for Accreditation Multilateral Agreement,
ILAC MRA – International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation Mutual Recognition Arrangement,
IAF MLA – International Accreditation Forum Multilateral Agreement.
SA has signed MRAs/MLAs in the following…
MembershipSlovenian Accreditation is a full member of:
EA – European co-operation for Accreditation,
ILAC – International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation,
IAF – International Accreditation Forum.
SA is a full member of the European co-operation for Accreditation – EA and a member of two international associations for accreditation, namely the International Laboratory Accreditation…
