Certification
- General
Law 372/76 "Establishment
and Operation of ELOT", as amended by Law 1682/1997
and Presidential Decree 155/1997 "Incorporation
and Statutes of the Societe Anonyme «Hellenic
Organization for Standardization S.A.»",
entrusts ELOT with the development of Certification
activities. According to Ministerial Decision 22729/509/26-6-1998
"Certification Procedures of the Hellenic Organization
for Standardization S.A", issued by the Ministry
of Development (Government Gazette 708/B/13-7-98), ELOT
applies Certification Procedures and Systems (e.g.:
ISO certification systems). In the context of these
Procedures ELOT grants Conformity Marks and Certificates
of Conformity, which denote the conformity of products,
processes, activities, organizations, systems and personnel
to the requirements of normative documents, and which
are called ELOT Conformity Marks/ Certificates of Conformity.
Conformity marks, granted
to products in conformity with the requirements of Hellenic
Standards, European Standards (EN), Experimental European
Standards (CEN), harmonization Documents (HD), as well
as European telecommunication Standards (ETSI), Experimental
European Telecommunication Standards (I-ETS), issued
by ELOT, CEN or CENELEC or ETSI , are defined as Hellenic
Marks of Conformity.
ELOT is the unique certification
organization, authorized for the granting of the Hellenic
Mark of Conformity.
ELOT also undertakes sampling,
testing, inspections, assessment of procedures and systems
using its own facilities and staff or in cooperation
with other approved interested parties.
The assessment and certification
procedures are based on the requirements of standards
ELOT EN 45012, ELOT EN 45011, the EA Guidelines for
the implementation of EN 45012, 45011 and for bodies
conducting certification of environmental management
systems, ISO/IEC Guides 61- 62- 65- 66, the and the
ELOT EN ISO 9000 and ISO 10011 series of standards,
as well as the rules of the accreditation bodies SINCERT
and ESYD, as well as the rules and regulations of IQNet.
ELOT is also involved
in the implementation of EEC Directives in cooperation
with the concerned public authorities.
The Certification Council
manages the implementation and realization of ELOT certification
activities.
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