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Confederation of Control, Inspection and Prevention OrganisationsConfédération des Organismes de Contrôle, d'Inspection et de Prévention

Vereinigung der Überwachungs-, Prüf- und Präventivorganisationen

CEOC/SG/5243/2004 E

ANNUAL REPORT2003 / 2004

Annual Report 2003 / 2004

This report covering the period 05.2003 - 11.2004was compiled and edited by

Michael VölzowSecretary-General

CEOC General SecretariatRue du Commerce 20-22

BE-1000 Brussels

www.ceoc.com

Tel.: +32 2 511 50 65Fax: +32 2 502 50 47

General Secretariat: [email protected]: [email protected]

VAT No: BE 459 641 824

CEOC – Promoting Safety world-widethrough Independent Inspection,

Testing and Certification

Contents• The Confederation .................................................................................................................................. 3

• Membership ................................................................................................................................................ 3Membership Criteria .......................................................................................................................................... 3Development of Membership .......................................................................................................................... 3List of Members and their contact persons.......................................................................................................... 4

• The CEOC Structure ................................................................................................................................ 8Technical Commission Chairmen, Auditors ........................................................................................................ 8Board of Directors (CD) .................................................................................................................................... 9CD - Meetings in 2003 / 2004 .......................................................................................................................... 9General Assemblies .......................................................................................................................................... 10

• Workshop on PRODUCT CERTIFICATION - How can it really work at international level? .... 10

• In-service inspection ............................................................................................................................ 11

• Meeting of the CEEC Inspection Agencies .................................................................................. 13

• Co-operation and Agreements ........................................................................................................ 14

Contacts with the European Commission (EC) ................................................................................................ 14Conformity Assessment, Pressure Equipment, and other Programmes and Issues ................................ 14

EA - The European Co-operation for Accreditation .......................................................................................... 15EAAB ................................................................................................................................................ 15EA General Assembly ........................................................................................................................ 17EA Committees .................................................................................................................................. 17

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with EUROLAB............................................................................................................................................17EA, EURACHEM, EUROLAB, EUROMET............................................................................................17National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors ...................................................................... 18National Association of Testing Authorities - NATA .............................................................................. 18

Co-operation with other organisations:EPERC - European Pressure Equipment Research Council .................................................................. 18The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work .......................................................................... 18

Standardisation: .............................................................................................................................................. 19CEN/CENELEC.................................................................................................................................. 19ISO/CASCO ...................................................................................................................................... 19CEOC Representatives in the Standards Related Network .................................................................. 19

• The Technical Commissions and Working Groups .................................................................... 21Technical Branches and Fields of Activity............................................................................................................ 21Annual Reports of the Technical Commissions .................................................................................................. 21

Pressure Equipment (CP) .................................................................................................................... 21Non-Destructive Testing (CND).......................................................................................................... 22Environmental & Majors Hazards (CR) ................................................................................................ 22Electrotechnology (CE)........................................................................................................................ 22Machines, Lifts & Cranes (CML) .......................................................................................................... 22Conformity Assessment (CC) .............................................................................................................. 23

• Some abreviations.................................................................................................................................. 25

• CEOC Publications .................................................................................................................................. 25Position Papers, Bulletin, Newsletter, Recommendations .................................................................................. 25Homepage ...................................................................................................................................................... 25

• Aims and Objectives ............................................................................................................................ 26Mission Statement .......................................................................................................................................... 26


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The criteria for membership of CEOC are based uponinternationally excepted standards and procedures foraccreditation, notification, and certification.

Membership Criteria

Member organisations must employ experts and be:- legally identifiable- financially independent- independent from industries- financially viableand must be a Body - Notified by a National Authority under a EC Directive- or conforming to EN 45004 type A Annex A- or with a management system which conforms to a rele-

vant ISO 9000 series standard

CEOC Members are recognised / authorised by the publicregulatory authorities to provide inspection and other con-formity assessment services for a large variety of equipmentsuch as boilers, pressure vessels, lifts, machines, cranes,medical equipment, electrical and heating installations, indus-trial plants, nuclear power stations, buildings and toys.

Most are Notified Bodies within the framework of the EUNew Approach Directives. Their collective experience andopinions contribute to effective implementation of EuropeanDirectives.

CEOC is developing mutual understanding between con-formity assessment bodies both within the European Unionand the Central and Eastern European countries.

Through associate and observer membership or agree-ments with organisations outside Europe, CEOC isstrengthening its inter¬national network to maintain anongoing dialogue and the exchange of information.

The total number of employees of the member organisa-tions is more than 60.000 (about 30.000 of which are grad-uate engineers & technicians).

Development of Membership

Until the end of April 2004 two new member organisationshave been taken on board, as provisional member SAMTS- Directorate Inspection, Bulgaria, and WDT, Poland, aspermanent member.

Anniversaries

We wish both organisations all the best for the future:• 10th: Technická In?pekcia, SK (see also p.13)• 75th: Apragaz, BE

Our Belgian member organisation APRAGAZ has cele-brated this year its 75th anniversary. The organisationfounded in 1929 by the Owner's Association of Vesselsfor compressed, liquefied, or dissolved gas to assure thesafety of gas vessels and is accredited and notified formany of the tasks of a conformity assessment andinspection body. Its services today cover e.g. pressure equipment, fireextinguishers, electricity, laboratory, TOFD -Time ofFlight Diffraction / Pulse Echo Ultrasonic Inspection.

The Confederation

Membership


CEOC is a voluntary group of independent private, semi-private or governmental third party organisations, orassociations of such organisations, for testing, technicalinspection, certification of products and Quality ManagementSystems and risk prevention.

Created in Switzerland in 1961, the Confederation becamean international non-profit association registered underBelgian law (AISBL) in December 1996. At the end of thereporting period it comprised 31 Member Organisationsfrom 20 European States and from Japan. Many of these Member Organisations can trace their origins to thelate 1800s.

CZECH REPUBLIC

Institut Technické Inspekce - ITI PrahaVe Smeckách 29 CZ-110 00 Praha 1Tel. +420 2 22210742Fax +420 2 22211501Email: [email protected]: www.iti.czContact Person: Mr. J. Dubsky

CZECH REPUBLIC

Strojírensky Zkusební Ústav - SZUHudcova 56b CZ - 62100 BrnoTel. +420 483 348 121Fax +420 483 348 289Email: [email protected]: www.szujablonec.czContact Person: Mr. J. Malach

DENMARK

ArbejdstilsynetLandskronagade 33/35 DK-2100 KøbenhavnTel. +45 39 152672Fax +45 39 152560Email: [email protected]: www.at.dkContact Person: Mr. P. Holmegaard

FORCE TechnologyPark Allé 345 DK-2605 BrøndbyTel. +45 43 267000Fax +45 43 267011Email: [email protected]: www.force.dkContact Person: Mr. Bent Larsen

List of Members and their contact persons

AUSTRIA

TÜV ÖsterreichKrugerstraße 16 AT-1015 WienTel. +43 1 514070Fax +43 1 51407240Email: [email protected]: www.tuev.or.atContact Person: Dr. H. Eberhardt

BELGIUM

AIB-VinçotteBusiness Class Kantorenpark Jan Olieslagerslaan 35 BE-1800 VilvoordeTel. +32 2 6745849Fax +32 2 6745960Email: [email protected]: www.aib-vincotte.comContact Person: Prof.Dr.ir. M. Van Overmeire

ApragazChaussée de Vilvorde 156 BE-1120 BruxellesTel. +32 2 2640360Fax +32 2 2688958Email: [email protected]: www.apragaz.comContact Person: Mr. C. Leplat

BULGARIA

Directorate General "TechnicalInspection" of SAMTS *6th Septemvri Str. 21 BG-1000 SofiaTel. + 359 2 989 84 88Fax +359 2 986 17 07 Email: [email protected]: www.sasm.government.bgContact Person: Mrs. Ralitsa Assenova

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ESTONIA

Oü Tehnokontrollikeskus - TKKMustamäe tee 5 EE-10616 TallinnTel. +372 659 9470Fax +372 659 9479Email: [email protected]: www.tkk.eeContact Person: Dr. T. Suurkuusk

FINLAND

Inspecta OyP.O.Box 44 FIN-00811 HelsinkiTel. +358 10 521611Fax +358 10 5216211Email: [email protected]: www.inspecta.fiContact Person: Mr. S. Hassi

FRANCE

Apave Groupe191 rue de Vaugirard FR-75015 ParisTel. +33 1 45669944Fax +33 1 42733538Email: [email protected]: www.apave.comContact Person: Mr. J.-R. GouzeRepresenting:- Apave Alsacienne - Apave Nord-Ouest - Apave Parisienne - Apave Sudeurope

GERMANY

Dekra Testing & Inspection GmbHHandwerkstraße 15 DE-70565 StuttgartTel. +49 711 78612631Fax +49 711 78612092Email: [email protected]: www.dekra-industrial.comContact Person: Mr. W. Bollmann

GERMANY

Verband der TechnischenÜberwachungs-Vereine e.V. - VdTÜVFriedrichstraße 136 DE-10117 BerlinTel. +49 30 76009546 Fax +49 30 76009540Email: [email protected]: www.vdtuev.deContact Person: Dr. H.- N. RindfleischRepresenting:- RWTÜV e.V. - TÜV Bayern Hessen Sachsen Südw. e.V. - TÜV Hannover/Sachsen-Anhalt e.V. - TÜV Nord e.V. - TÜV Rheinland Berlin Brandenbg Pfalz eV. - TÜV Saarland e.V. - TÜV Süddeutschland Holding AG - TÜV Techn. Überwachung Hessen GmbH - TÜV Thüringen e.V.

HUNGARY

ÉMI-TÜV Bayern Kft.Dugonics u. 11 1043 BudapestTel. +36 1 399 36 01Fax +36 1 399 36 03Email: [email protected]: www.emi-tuv.huContact Person: Dr. G. Madaras

MAGYAR MÛSZAKI BIZTONSÁGIHIVATAL - MMBHAttila Út. 99 HU-1012 BudapestTel. +36 1 3569802Fax +36 1 3758802Email: [email protected]: www.mbf.huContact Person: Mr. D. Olajos

TÜV Rheinland InterCert Kft.Paulay Ede u. 52 HU - 1061 BudapestTel. +36 1 461 11 00Fax +36 1 461 11 98 or 99Email: [email protected]: www.tuv-rheinland.huContact Person: Mr. P. Ladanyi

ITALY

Istituto Superiore per la Prevenzione ela Sicurezza del Lavoro - ISPESLVia Urbana 167 IT-00184 RomaTel. +390 6 4884826Fax +390 6 4741831Email: [email protected]: www.ispesl.itContact Person: Dr. A. Moccaldi

JAPAN

Japan Power Engineering and InspectionCorporation (JAPEIC) ** Shuwa Shiba Park 3rd Bldg. 3FL., 2-10-12, Shibadaimon, Minato-ku Tokyo, Japan 105-0012Tel. +81 3 5404 3878Fax +81 3 5404 3882Email: [email protected]: www.japeic.or.jpContact Person: Mr. S. Sekiya

LATVIA

Izstradajumu Bistamibas NovertesanasAgentura - IBNATorna iela 7/9 LV-1050 RIGA LatviaTel. +371 7614668Fax +371 7617032Email: [email protected]: www.ibna.lvContact Person: Mr. Martins Cirulis

LUXEMBOURG

LuxcontrolAvenue des Terres Rouges 1 BP 350 LU-4004 Esch/AlzetteTel. +352 5470511Fax +352 540448Email: [email protected]: www.luxcontrol.comContact Person: Mr. G. Mathgen

POLAND

Transportowy Dozór Techniczny - TDT ul. Chalubinskiego 4 PL-00928 WARSZAWATel. +48 22 5244840Fax +48 22 6301431Email: [email protected]: www.tdt.plContact Person: Mr. Jan Urbanowicz

Urzad Dozoru Technicznego - UDTul. Szczesliwicka 34 PL-02353 WarszawaTel. +48 22 8226589Fax +48 22 8227209Email: [email protected]: www.udt.gov.plContact Person: Mr. I. Jakubowski

Wojskowy Dozór Techniczny - WDT ul. Nowowiejska 26 PL-00911 WarszawaTel. +48 22 687 48 12Fax +48 22 687 62 40Email: [email protected]: www.wdtmon.wp.mil.plContact Person: Mr. J. Niewiadomski

PORTUGAL

Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade - ISQTagusPark - Apartado 119 PT - 2781-951 OEIRAS CodexTel. +351 21 4228100Fax +351 21 4228125Email: [email protected]: www.isq.ptContact Person: Mr. D.E.M. Trindade

ROMANIA

Inspectia de Stat pentr. controlul - ISCIRSfantul Elefterie Street No 47-49 P.O. 762111 RO - Bucharest, Sector 5Tel. +40 21 411 97 60 / 61Fax +40 21 411 98 70Email: [email protected]: www.iscir.roContact Person: Mr. C. Minu

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SLOVAKIA

Technická Inspekcia Slovenska RepublikaVazovova 7/A SK-81107 BratislavaTel. +421 2 57269209Fax +421 2 57269232Email: [email protected]: www.tisr.skContact Person: Mr. D. Konicky

SPAIN

AtisaeSan Telmo 67 ES-28016 MadridTel. +34 91 3596561Fax +34 91 3595646Email: [email protected]: www.atisae.comContact Person: Mr. J. García-Atance

ECA, Entidad Colaboradora de laAdministraction SAU.De Terré, 11-19 ES - 08017 BarcelonaTel. +34 93 253 53 00Fax +34 93 253 53 01Email: [email protected]: www.eca.esContact Person: Mr. R. Fajula Farrés

SWITZERLAND

Schweizerischer Verein für technischeInspektionen - SVTIRichtistrasse 15 P.O. Box CH-8304 WallisellenTel. +41 1 8776105Fax +41 1 8776214Email: [email protected]: www.svti.chContact Person: Dr. H. Egolf

UNITED KINGDOM

Lloyd's Register Group- Energy & Transportation Business (ETB) 71 Fenchurch StreetGB - London EC3M 4BSTel. +44 (0)20 7423 2428Fax +44 (0)20 7423 1525Email: [email protected]: www.lr.orgContact Person: Gary Player

Safety Assessment Federation - SAFed60 Gainsford Street Butlers Wharf GB - London SE1 2NYTel. +44 20 74030987Fax +44 20 74030137Email: [email protected]: www.safed.co.ukContact Person: Mr. R. HulmesRepresenting:- Plant Safety Ltd - Zurich Risk Services - Allianz Cornhill Engineering - Royal & Sun Alliance - HSB Haughton Eng. Ins. Services Ltd - SGS United Kingdom Ltd, Industrial Div. - TÜV UK Ltd.

* provisional member** associate member

The CEOC StructureGeneral Assembly of Members

Board of DirectorsPresident

Vice-PresidentSecretary-General

Treasurer6 Directors from Members

Technical CommissionsPressure Equipment (CP)

Machines, Lifts & Cranes (CML)Environmental & Major Hazards (CR)

Non-Destructive Testing (CND)Electrotechnology (CE)

Conformity Assessment (CC)

2 Auditors

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Commission Chairmen

Javier GARCIA-ATANCE

Managing Director, ATISAESpain

Auditors

Iwo JAKUBOWSKI

President, Urzad DozoruTechnicznego - UDTPoland

CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT "CC"Richard Morgan (until 06 2004)Technical Director, Safety Assessment Federation - SAFed United Kingdom

NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING "CND"Gracjan WISNIEWSKIUDT, Poland

ENVIRONMENTAL & MAJOR HAZARDS "CR"Jean-Rémi GOUZEManaging DirectorAPAVE GroupeFrance

MACHINES, LIFTS & CRANES "CML"Adolf RUSSOLDHead of Division 'Machinery and Devices for Lifting andHandling Materials and Persons', TÜV Austria, Austria

ELECTROTECHNOLOGY "CE" Eduardo J. GOULÃO FERREIRA Head of the Electrical DivisionISQ, Portugal

PRESSURE EQUIPMENT "CP"Gerhard HÖLTMANNHead of Division 'Pressure Equipment', TÜV Austria,Austria

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Board of Directors (CD)The composition since the 44th General Assembly is as follows:

PRESIDENT

Hugo EBERHARDTManaging Director, TÜV Österreich Austria

VICE-PRESIDENT

Jean-Rémi Gouze Managing Director, Apave Groupe France

SECRETARY-GENERAL

Michael VÖLZOW

TREASURER

Charles BEAURAIN Financial Manager, AIB-VinçotteBelgium

MEMBER

Richard HULMES(until 06 2004 Richard MORGAN)Chief Executive, SAFedUnited Kingdom

MEMBER

Simo HASSIManaging Director, Inspecta OyFinland

MEMBER

Marc VAN OVERMEIRE Chief Research Officer, Vinçotte International HoldingBelgium

MEMBER

Dr. H-N. RINDFLEISCH (until 10 2003 Lutz K. WESSELY) Managing Director, VdTÜVGermany

MEMBER

Bent LARSEN Director FORCE-Dantest CERTForce TechnologyDenmark

MEMBER

Herbert Egolf Managing Director,SVTISwitzerland

CD - Meetings in 2003 / 2004

The Board of Directors (CD), which is responsible for directing the activities of CEOC, proposes the future policy and ensuresthe execution of the members decisions, met three times after the last General Assembly (02 June, 2003, Saarbrücken):- 25 September 2003, Brussels- 11 March 2003, Brussels- 24 May 2004, Copenhagen.

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General Assemblies43rd General Assembly in Saarbrücken, Germany, 03 June, 200344th General Assembly in Copenhagen, Denmark, 24 May, 2004

The steady participation in our annual events demonstratesthe interest and how widespread our member organisationsare. After Budapest, our venue in 2002, we went toSaarbrücken, Germany in 2003 and to Copenhagen,Denmark in 2004.

The excellently organised, well appreciated days were filledup with a social programme during the preceding weekend.The weather at both venues, in addition, was brilliant.

During the following working days we had fruitful discus-sions about the future role of our Technical Commissionswhich could and should be strengthened, through astronger support by our member organisations.

The chairmen and convenors of our Technical Commissionsreported about the work undertaken during the preceding12 months. They also presented proposals for new activi-ties, which were supported by members and accepted bythe large majority of the delegates.

The next general assembly will take place presumably inDublin, Ireland, on May 23rd, 2005.

Workshop on PRODUCT CERTIFICATION How can it really work at international level ?

A CEOC - EUROLAB Workshop in co-operation with TÜV Austria,Vienna 29 October 2003

The construction of the European model has led to somesignificant changes during the last ten years. One of theimportant issues was the creation of a credible system ofinternational product certification. Applied in the mandatoryand voluntary sectors such an approach is a powerful tool to promote free trade of goods. Thisworkshop considered some important ideas developed inthe beginning of the nineties and showed what they havebecome today. The aim was to provide a forum analyzing the key issues withthe experience gained during these last years in order to pro-mote credible and efficient product certification. As we

should understand it, efficiency includes cost effectiveness forthe industry, credibility for the market as well as safety for theworker and the consumer.

With the enlargement of the European Union, some ques-tions become more acute than before. Since product certifi-cation is covering voluntary and mandatory activities, it is verycrucial for all parties to understand who is supposed to dowhat. This workshop has been a unique opportunity helpingto clarify the situation between the third parties, the publicauthorities on the European/national level, the accreditationbodies and the industry.

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Conclusions from the Workshop: At the end of the workshop some key issues were identifiedby the participants.You will find hereafter the list of these issues. They are thecornerstones of future progress.

1. Need for Harmonisation

• Standards for ConformityAssessment:Common elements seemto be lost in the new17000 series. At least ISOGuide 65 is stable.Positive point: PAS(Publicly AvailableSpecifications) for com-mon terms.Importance of ISO/IECWD PAS 17001:Impartiality and relatedbodies.

• Standards for products =even an operational sys-tem as the CB scheme(electrotechnical products)needs full harmonisation ofstandards in order to avoid local testing for local specifica-tions. There should be more certification requirements inproduct standards in order to facilitate common interpre-tation.

2. Accreditation - competence of the conformityassessment bodies

• What is the meaning of a conformity mark ? This questionunderlines the importance of visibility of certification (peo-ple understand what is guaranteed).

• Accreditation of a product certification body: what aboutthe laboratories and/or inspection bodies which are notaccredited (especially if they are part of the product certi-fication body)

• How to guarantee the process aspect:- process is an intangible product- certification of conformity of production

• A clear position and policy of the European authorities onthe status and the use of accreditation is urgently needed!This is especially true for the New Approach but not lim-ited to it.

• Well organised peer evaluation as equivalent to accredita-tion for creation of confidence of the market.

3. Added value of certification

• Visibility of a conformity mark: it needs some years to becreated. For multipurpose marks there could be an inher-ent difficulty for people to understand what the messagefor a specific product is.

• Added value is :• not only for the protection of the consumer (the market

surveillance is/should be a concern for public authorities)• also for the manufacturers who are the customers of the

certification body. They can be a very important market-ing manager of the conformity mark = they promote it todifferentiate themselves

• there is a clear filter effect of product certificationschemes.- Non-complying products are not accepted during type

approval and are discarded from the market - Suppliers will not try to present products with a high

probability of deficiencies.• Need for national marks:• This „need“ is not always induced by „pure“ market

forces.• Suppliers having a high visibility on their own mark may

say they consider conformity marks are not necessary. Butthis is not true for smaller companies.

• Today the slogan „once measured, once certified, accept-ed everywhere“ could look like: „Tested once, certifiedtwice, accepted where?“.

• Industry asks for improvement of harmonised interpreta-tion and implication of certification in order to increase(international) market recognition and acceptance (avoiddouble testing for different marks).Industry also asks for simplified procedures and cost effec-tiveness.

Certification bodies need to act as partners for industry !Accreditation bodies need to act as partners for conformi-ty assessment bodies !

4. Relation between regulated and non-regulated sector

• Module H has to be improved by introducing a provisionfor product testing (by a notified body)

• It is hoped that the project of resolution of the NewApproach will be more than an empty box. Consideringthe positive point of the existence of the box we hopethat the policy related to CE marking will allow to

• clarify the meaning of CE marking:it could have a wider signification than a passport forEurope, but this signification should be clear

• its relation to the voluntary marks• the measures to be taken on its protection

5. Market surveillance

• clear rules for an efficient market surveillance are needed !• the member states have to organise and guarantee

market control.• Information Communication System for Market

Surveillance ICSMS

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The invention of the steam boiler more than 150 years ago changed the world tremendously. A number of advantageous applications made life easier and simpler. Theindustrialisation was possible and other inventions weremade. Steam boilers, steam engines, lifts and machineswere invented and manufactured. Electricity became important and opened new chances.Nevertheless, the dark side of this development in technique and industry appeared soon. A large number ofdisastrous accidents with thousands of victims and casualtieshappened. Many factories were destroyed by boiler explosions. The whole success of all new invented devicesand equipment was endangered.

Responsible people from nearly all parts of the society werelooking for solutions of this major problem. As a result, inmany industrialised countries inspection organisations wereestablished in order to avoid or at least reduce the numberof these not acceptable accidents. In fact shortly after the foundation of these inspection bodies a significantdecrease of accidents occurred. The main reasons for thesuccess of the independent 3rd party inspections were thefollowing facts:- professional inspection- collection of a lot of experience and knowledge through

the daily work at different equipment- collection of material and design data and risk-evaluation- independence from the manufacturer and the user of the

equipment- neutral sight from the outside

This system of independent inspection has been workingvery successfully more than 130 years in many countries,especially in Europe.

Because of the successful and excellent work hardly anyaccidents occur nowadays. The success of the work is veryoften not seen by the public or politicians. As a consequencesome groups do not see the need for independent inspection and are not aware of the potential risk and thehigh costs of an accident apart from the consequences of atrial in court.

Costs of inspection are often used as an ostensible argument. The reason for such argumentation can often befound in the presume of the “shareholder-philosophy” onthe decision makers.

Main reasons for independent in-service inspections are:- All machines, boilers, cars, equipment suffer from wear

and rear abrasion, erosion, corrosion etc.- Well trained inspectors are able to identify the above

mentioned facts and are able to evaluate the danger stemming from.

- Not sufficient maintenance may cause problems whichcan be identified in time.

- Mistakes in operation can lead to dangerous situationswhich can be detected by inspections and which can beavoided by adequate training of personnel.

- Mistakes in design and manufacturing can lead to hazards.CE-marking is not a guarantee for safe products.Inspection may discover such unsafe parts of equipment.

- In many cases several different equipment is in close vicinity of a factory.Mutual interference may occur and can lead to unexpect-ed risks. Well trained and experienced inspectors candetect these dangerous arrangements and propose adequate measures.

- Old equipment mostly has a lower level of safety andpresents hazards which cannot be recognised by the user.Upgrading is necessary.Inspectors can give advice for economic solutions.

- Risk assessment became an important part of safety considerations.Manufacturers and users need help by experienced people using approved methods for guaranteed solutions.

In sum it must be clearly stated that there is no replacementfor inspection, especially for independent in-service inspec-tion.

Members of CEOC have done a very important job formore than 130 years and have enhanced safety to a veryhigh degree.

In-service Inspection

Dr. Hugo Eberhardt CEOC President

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Meeting of the Inspection Agenciesfrom the Central and Eastern European Countries - CEECand 10th Anniversary of Technická Inspekcia, SKBratislava, 7. - 8. October 2004

Several member organisations from central European(Visegrad) countries have continued with the more than 10year old tradition of bringing together their representativeswith the president and the secretary general of CEOC foran exchange of views and experiences. The 17th meetingtook place on the invitation of our Slovakian memberTechnická Inspekcia (TI) in Bratislava, 7th - 8th October2004.

On the second day of the meeting the national memberrepresentatives from Hungary, Poland and Slovakiainformed about the development of their organisations,including new activities and co-operation agreements, andof the adaptation process in their countries since the lastmeeting in Poznan, PL.

After an intense discussion the participants were of the opinion that the fruitful and productive session with newinformation was a good sign to continue with dialogue andco-operation at the next meeting of CEEC members scheduled to take place in Hungary, spring 2005.

The 10-th Anniversary of Technická Inspekcia, SKwas celebrated in the evening of the 7th October 2004 inBratislava.

Host, Mr. Konicky (TI), welcomed the participants andexpressed his expectations for an exchange of information inorder to find a way for the best solutions in the ongoingadaptation process of the new EU countries.

President Mr. Eberhardt gave an overview on the situationof the work of ISO / CASCO and CEN/CLC TC1and theirvarious documents and standards, the EU draft directive onServices in the internal market. Secretary General, Mr. Völzow informed about the latestnews from the European Parliament, the EuropeanCommission, its new program on “good neighbourhood” -MEDA, which includes the states around the MediterraneanSea and special programs with Russia and other countries. Inthe second part of his presentation he summarized theresults of the answers from CEOC members to a question-naire on the future strategy and structure. The Polish representative, Mr. Jakubowski would appreciatemore possibilities for working meetings treating the situationof new EU member states after the accession. Very usefulinformation would be the contributions of big manufacturerstates such as USA, Korea, Japan, especially in the commit-tees for mobile cranes, hoist equipment.Mr. Piasecki, UDT, underlined the need for a new draftmachinery directive.

President Mr. Eberhardt congratulated in the name ofCEOC to the 10-th anniversary of Technická Inspekcia. Hethanked Mr. Konicky as the representative of a well-recog-nised organisation with a high reputation for contributing inworking groups, at the general assembly, and thereby to thesuccess of CEOC. Through such a contribution, membersof CEOC also have some advantages by getting knowledge,having the chance to bring on further their ideas in order toimprove the world of conformity assessment and inspectionwhich is a part of great importance in Europe.

The public authorities and politicians have recognised thevalue of good inspection work as the number of heavy acci-dents and failures of technical products has drastically beenreduced since the creation of independent organisations.CEOC is of the opinion that technical inspection and con-formity assessment should not become a matter of the freecompetition - safety is too important!

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Co-operation and Agreements

European Commission European Free Trade

Association (EFTA)

European Fed. of National Assoc.of Measurement, Testing andAnalytical Laboratories (EUROLAB)+ Joint Techn. Comm. PTC

European PressureEquipment ResearchCouncil (EPERC)

National Board of Boilerand Pressure VesselInspectors (USA/Canada)

European Parliament

European Co-operation for Accreditation (EA) EA Advisory Board + Insp./Certif./Lab. Comm.

Notified Body Groups

European Committee for Standardization (CEN)

European Committee for ElectrotechnicalStandardization (CENELEC)

European Agency for Safetyand Health at Work

National Assoc. ofTesting Authorities, Australia (NATA)

International Accred. Forum - IAF

4 E:EA (Accreditation), EURACHEM(Analytical Chemistry), EUROLAB,EUROMET (MeasurementStandards)

Internat. Standardization Org. Conf.Assessm. Comm. (ISO / CASCO)

Contacts with the European Commission (EC)

A common technical environment created by the marketoperators in the fields of European standardisation, con-formity assessment, accreditation and metrology, is not onlyof importance to the proper functioning of the commoninternal market, but also constitutes one of the factors thatcontribute to the safety of users and the public.

For that reason, the European and other internationalInstitutions welcome and endorse the initiatives undertakenby CEOC to improve this technical environment and makemore visible the importance of quality assurance instrumentsand the promotion of mutual recognition agreements.

Conformity assessment

Regular contacts were kept with those Directorates of theEuropean Commission that are of high importance for theactivities of our member organisations, but also for the fur-ther development of the New Approach. In negotiationswith Mr. E. Vardakas, former Director and his successor Mr.Ayral, Director of the Directorate G (Single market: regula-tory environment, standardisation & new approach) in theEuropean Commission DG Enterprise, we expressed ourviews on this issue.

Pressure equipment

Since almost all our member organisations are active in thefield of conformity assessment of pressure equipment, theEuropean Commission DG Enterprise, Directorate G(Single market: regulatory environment, standardisation &new approach) Unit 4 (Pressure equipment, medicaldevices, metrology) is one of the very important contactpoints with whom a regular contact has been kept.

PECA, the new Neighbourhood and other issues

PECA, the "Protocol to the Europe Agreement onConformity Assessment and Acceptance of IndustrialProducts” between the European Community and theCountry, provided for the applicant countries during the tran-sition period the mutual acceptance of specified industrialproducts and the notification of bodies to assess conformity.After the enlargement of the European Union this agreementhas lost its importance and we could embrace our new EUmember states members as fully equal partners with thesame rights and duties. Under the new EC programmes suchas MEDA new tasks in the neighbouring countries are wait-ing for us in the near future. CEOC has shown interest andwill certainly again be involved in the programme.

Through contacts on a regular basis with relevant DGs ofthe European Commission, e.g. in the areas of machines,lifts and cranes, transport of dangerous goods, environmen-tal protection, industry policy, the interests of our membersand of the branch were represented and opinions wereexchanged.

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EA Bodies: CEOC is represented in the most importantEA bodies, thus ensuring that the experiences and concernsof CEOC members are taken into account in the debates onEA Guidance documents. CEOC participates in the follow-ing EA Bodies:

- EA Advisory Board (EAAB), which ensures the necessaryfeedback between EA and the stakeholders and bodiesinterested in accreditation. Presently the Vice-Chairmanof EAAB is Dr. Egolf, from the CEOC member organisa-tion SVTI.

- EA General Assembly (EAGA), which usually meets twicea year and makes all the basic decisions, e.g. the adoptionof EA guidelines.

- EA Inspection Committee (EAIC)- EA Certification Committee (EACC)- EA Laboratory Committee (EALC)

• EAAB

Report by Dr. Herbert Egolf, CEOC Representative in theEAAB

The EA Advisory Board (EAAB) is made up as a balancedrepresentation of the stakeholders of the EA. The EAAB rep-resents a link between EA, the European Commission,EFTA, the national authorities of EA member states, con-formity assessment operators, standardization, consumersand trade and industry and comprises representatives from

• National Governments of EA member states (5)• Conformity Assessment Bodies (5)• Industry and Business (5)• Consumers (1)• European Commission (1)• EFTA (1)• European Standardization Bodies (1)

In its meeting in spring 2004 the EAAB decided to terminatethe membership of EOTC in the EAAB on the grounds thatEOTC had changed its purpose and was no longer consid-ered to be a substantial, representative body.

Under the chairmanship of Günther Beer (Industry andBusiness/ORGALIME) and with the assistance of MalcolmHynd (National Authorities of EA member states) andHerbert Egol¬f (Conformity Assessment Bodies/CEOC) asvice-chairmen the EAAB held two meetings in 2003, on May16 and October 24, and two meetings in 2004, on April 29and November 4. Each meeting has been prepared the daybefore in a preparatory meeting with the representatives ofall major conformity assessment organisations interested(CA College) at the CEOC premises. For these college

meetings Eurolab provided the secretariat support, HerbertEgolf acted as the group's convenor. Many thanks to Eurolabfor this excellent service!

The representatives in the EAAB in the 2nd term untilautumn 2004 were

• Herbert Egolf (CEOC, EAAB Vice-chairman, convenerCA College)

• Marc Mortureux (Eurolab, replaced by Guy Jacques as ofautumn meeting 2003)

• Andrew Kirkby (IIOC)• Michel Nuyens (EEPCA ) • Paul Hetherington (Euromet)

In the autumn 2004 the 3rd two year term for EAAB mem-bers ended and therefore the representation from the dif-ferent stakeholder groups had to be renewed or confirmed.In the Conformity Assessment Bodies' (CAB) college thisprocedure was performed through the college secretariatrun by Eurolab. The representation for the 4th term as ofautumn 2004 is as follows

• Guy Jacques (IQNet, EAAB Vice-chairman, convener CACollege)

• Herbert Egolf (CEOC)• Jiri Sobola (Eurolab)• Benny de Blaere (eurocer-building)• Wolfhard Wegscheider (EURACHEM)

The basic guideline for the Board's work is a “standingpaper” reflecting stakeholders' expectations towards accred-itation. It serves for the board as a benchmark for EA's activ-ities. Its requirements have been accepted by EA as a fun-damental task guiding its activities. The EAAB monitors EA'sactivities in the light of these expectations and continuouslydevelops the document for the benefit of all stakeholders.

The main topics treated at the EAAB meetings in 2003 and2004 are summarised in the EAAB annual reports(http://www.european-accreditation.com). The main issuesconcerned were

EA strategy

Based on the expectations of stakeholders, the Board pro-vided comments to the structure and contents of EA's strat-egy. The resulting document was discussed and welcomedas a big step forward to further development. It contains the'EA charter' and sums up the strategic planning. The Boardis monitoring the implementation through the different com-mittees.

EA - The European Co-operation for Accreditation

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Survey on customer's satisfaction

EA has made a survey on (direct) customer's satisfaction withaccreditation. Regrettably, the launching of the survey hadnot been announced and so it was not possible to informthe CAB community in advance and have them promotingthe project; this lead to a slightly reduced response rate.Nevertheless, the results fit quite well with those obtainedfrom recent surveys done by Eurolab and IAF. In a key topicdiscussion at the autumn meeting the compilation of thethree surveys were analysed. As main conclusions it must berecognised that several critical points have to be taken up:Respondents mainly complain about too much bureaucracyand too little added value from accreditation. The EA surveyrevealed a lack of acceptance of accredited results on theinternational market. The IAF survey analysis showed thatonly 14 % of the Certification Bodies are very satisfied andit - laconically - was pointed out that such a result would beconsidered as very bad in the competitive market. The Board encouraged EA to ask from its members forinformation about how they have used the survey informa-tion and what specific follow-up they have planed in orderto get the weak points improved.

Accreditation as a non-competitive and non-commercial activity - Appeals procedure

The Board continuously follows and discusses the develop-ments in SOGS, especially the questions on the role and sta-tus of accreditation. During several meetings the EAAB hasdiscussed very intensively the issue of accreditation as a noncommercial and non-competitive service of general eco-nomic interest. It was unanimously agreed by the EAAB,representing all stakeholder groups, that non commercialityand non-competition are essential requirements to assurethe integrity and competence of accreditation and of accred-ited conformity assessment services as a whole. It is also thecommon understanding of all stakeholder groups, thataccreditation should have a role for designation and notifica-tion in order to avoid multiple assessments of conformityassessment bodies and that EA should continue to strive tobe a technical support to the European Commission andEFTA for facilitating the implementation of the directives. Asa consequence of different attempts in some Europeancountries to establish private competing accreditationschemes the Board expressed its wish to achieve greaterlegal certainty for accreditation in Europe soon.

From the CAB side CEOC stressed that there would needto be safeguards in the system to ensure that accreditationbodies would not abuse their special (monopolistic) positionin the market. Consequently, CEOC offered to provide adraft for an appeal procedure, which would enable stake-holder groups to appeal against decisions of EA to publishguidance documents in cases where these stakeholdershave expressed severe objections during the development

of the guidance. As a consequence the Board decided toaccept the responsibility for an arbitration function in suchappeals and to amend the Terms of Reference of the EAABaccordingly.

Certification bodies certifying on the basisof accreditation standards

Triggered by developments in some countries, the Boardexpressed the view, that the policy of strict separationbetween accreditation and certification should be enforcedin order to maintain the credibility and integrity of the estab-lished system. Accreditation means evaluation and attesta-tion of competence and certification is attestation of confor-mance to a specification. Any mixture confuses the market-place. Therefore the Board suggested to EA to base meas-ures against certification bodies offering certification againstaccreditation standards on clear statements laid down in thecontracts between AB and CB. Because of the internationaldimension of the problem, the Board recommended dis-cussion at ILAC / IAF level.

Establishment of new sector schemes

The Board very intensively discussed the application of anumber of sector schemes for cooperation with EA (e.g.“Pan European Forest Certification scheme” (PEFC), foodsector). The board did not support such cooperationbecause of serious concerns raised by consumers, nationalgovernments, and industry. It considered that such schemesneeded careful consideration by EA particularly to ensurethat any schemes supported were properly transparent andwould not have an adverse economic impact on Europeanbusinesses especially small and medium enterprises. Sectorschemes issues and especially the related criteria for startingactivity in a new sector and general principles how theyshould be applied are considered as a key topic for discus-sion at a future meeting.

Observations and recommendations from the MLA Committee (MAC)

In order to give EAAB an insight into the “core” of EA's oper-ation, EAAB has a permanent observer in the MAC.Observations have been discussed and subsequent recom-mendations proposed, in particular that the enforcement ofcorrective actions / sanctions against non compliant ABsneeds further attention.

Permanent SecretariatEA is establishing a permanent secretariat in order toincrease EA's efficiency especially for continuity in "heavywork" committees like the MAC and to strengthen the posi-tion against the Commission and for its stakeholders by pro-viding a permanent contact point. The permanent secretari-at will be established by end 2005.

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• EA General Assemblies

CEOC's representatives attended the EA GeneralAssemblies.

12th Meeting November 26-27, 2003 in LondonFor a third and last term of office have unanimously beenelected Daniel Pierre (Cofrac / France) as chairman andThomas Facklam (TGA / Germany) as vice-chairman. MerihMalmqvist (SWEDAC / Sweden) was elected chair of theInspection Committee.The EA Advisory Board has discussed in detail theCommission communication and the Council resolution andthere was complete agreement by all stakeholders on theneed for a better framework for accreditation at theEuropean level, with the relevant safeguardsThe Certification Committee has concluded that accredita-tion bodies do not have the power to forbid certificationbodies to issue unaccredited certificates for activity withintheir scope. The only route is to promote accredited certifi-cates and explain that non accredited certificates have norecognition from accreditation bodies.

13th Meeting June 8-9, 2004 in VilniusThe EA chairman reported that the general MoU had beensigned in Lisbon during the Eurolab General Assembly byEurachem, Eurolab, CEOC and EA.A large part of the discussions dealt with accreditation. Thereis a clear desire in the Commission to make progress tohave a legal framework for accreditation in Europe. Thereturn of Jacques McMillan is another signal. He will be veryactive. The new Director also shows a lot of interest.The proposal is to include accreditation for regulatory andvoluntary fields in a rewritten New Approach. The generalprinciples are the following:To establish accreditation as a Service of General EconomicInterest (SGEI) gives some justification for accreditation tooperate as a non competitive activity; technical competenceshould be assessed through peer assessment andAccreditation Bodies' authority should come from the gov-ernments.Closer links with the national authorities should be used toprotect against competition.

In response to a question by the CEOC representative con-cerning the elaboration of guidance documents, it was saidthat the EA Advisory Board had agreed to act as the relevantchannel for appeals against the adoption of guidance docu-ments.

Election of the chairman of the Certification Committee (EACC): Norbert Müller, Austria was elected unanimously.

14th Meeting November 24-25, 2004 in ZagrebAn important topic will be the question how to consolidateEA positions on issues coming out of ILAC and IAF GeneralAssemblies. Another item will be CEOC´s concerns aboutthe accreditation of reference material producers.

• EA Inspection Committee (EA IC) and • EA Certification Committee (EA CC)

The EA IC and the EA CC had meetings in September2003, March and October 2004 with the participation ofCEOC representatives. The most important issue of the ICwas the revision of the Guidance on ISO/IEC 17020 forinspection bodies. The work is now finished and the revisedGuidance will be published shortly. EA CC is participating inthe revision of the IAF Guidance on ISO/IEC Guide 65 (EN45011) for product certification bodies, which is in themoment in the final stage.The CEOC mirror committee to both EA committees is theCEOC Technical Commission 'Conformity Assessment(CC)'.

The EA Laboratory Committee (EALC) is competent for aseries of EA Guidance documents in the field of "Testing andCalibration" and co-ordinates the implementation of inter-laboratory comparisons. In 2004, EALC had a meeting inwhich CEOC was represented. The participation of CEOCin the EALC is especially important because it provides apositive collaboration between laboratories on the one part,and inspection and product certification bodies on the otherpart, complying with clear delimitation criteria.

EA Guidance Documents: The most important EA Guidancedocuments for CEOC members are available on theInternet, free of charge under: www.european-accredita-tion.org.

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)with EUROLAB

On the basis of the MoU the close co-operation betweenthe two organisations has successfully continued in

• the EA Advisory Board• the joint EUROLAB and CEOC Technical Committee on

Product Testing and Certification (JTCPTC)

The 17th and 18th JTCPTC meeting took place 2003 inBrussels on 5 June and in Nuremberg, Germany on 21November 2003 under the Co-chairmenship of Mr. GuyJacques representing EUROLAB and Alfred Nagel forCEOC. Major items within the field of product testing andcertification were connected to the European Commissionand their approach to product testing and product marksand the preparation of the workshop on product testing andcertification on 29 October 2003.

MoU with the 4Es

A Memorandum of Understanding on Co-operationbetween EA, EUROLAB, EURACHEM, EUROMET andCEOC was signed by the Chairpersons of the four organi-

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sations. On the basis of this formal confirmation, theEuropean organisations will intensify their already existingcollaboration e.g. within the Chairpersons' Meetings, thePermanent Liaison Group (PLG) and the Joint WorkingGroups in order to ensure a co-ordinated approach toissues of common interest and concern.

MoU with the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors, USA and Canada

A Letter of Understanding was signed with the NationalBoard in order to establish and maintain an ongoing dialogueover the many commonly shared goals and objectives withrespect to health and safety issues that arise in the design,construction, inspection and testing of pressure equipment.

MoU with the National Association of Testing Authorities - NATA

With a similar purpose to that of the National Board, a Letterof Understanding with NATA, the National Association ofTesting Authorities in Australia, was signed to establish andmaintain an ongoing dialogue over the many commonlyshared goals and objectives with respect to health and safe-ty issues that arise in the design, construction, inspection andtesting of pressure equipment and plants.

Connection to other OrganisationsEPERC - European Pressure EquipmentResearch Council

CEOC is a member of the European Pressure EquipmentResearch Council (EPERC). The general objective is to setup a European network for the dissemination of informationand for the co-ordination of expertise and resources in theassessment and validation of R-D work needed for pressureequipment and safety in the non-nuclear industry, asrequired by manufacturers, users, inspection, standardisa-tion and regulatory bodies. Delegates from CEOC memberorganisations are active in all of the various EPERC TechnicalTask Forces. The CEOC Secretary-General as a member ofthe Steering Committee, participates in most of its meetingsand the General Assemblies.

European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

CEOC is supporting the work of the Agency, based inBilbao, established by Regulation 2062/94 and operationalsince September 1996. It is a so-called satellite of theEuropean Union institutions. This means that the Agency is

not a part of the European Commission nor is it a politicalinstitution which controls or issues legislation. It is an inde-pendent health and safety institution with its ownAdministrative Board, on which all EU Member States,national and European social partners and the EuropeanCommission are represented.

The Agency's objective, as stated in its regulation, is to pro-vide the Community bodies, Member States and thoseinvolved in safety and health at work with the technical, sci-entific and economic information of use in the field of healthand safety.

The Agency's aim is to improve the lives of people at workby stimulating the flow of information to and from nationaland international organisations and directly to the peopleaffected by health and safety issues - workers, employers,safety representatives and occupational safety and healthpractitioners.

Special attention is paid to three main issues. Firstly, to pro-viding practical and effective solutions in the workplace, sec-ondly, how best to communicate safety and health messagesto small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and thirdly,how to ensure those messages reach people in differentemployment situations as work patterns change.

This year's European Week for Safety and Health at Work -the largest OSH event of its kind in Europe - is focussing onthe construction sector (http://ew2004.osha.eu.int):

'BUILDING IN SAFETY'

Under the slogan 'Building in Safety', the campaign is backedby all Member States, EU and EFTA countries, the Irish andDutch EU Presidencies, the European Commission andParliament, several federations.

The campaign included:

• information packs in all official EU Member State andacceeding country languages;

• awareness-raising posters and leaflets;• a multilingual website including examples of good prac-

tice;• an online campaign charter;• European Good Practice Awards for organisations that

have most successfully dealt with health and safety in con-struction;

• special events across Europe to bring the campaign's keymessages to life in all organisations, large and small, pub-lic and private. In previous campaigns, there have beenthousands of EU-wide events, many coordinated by theAgency's network of national focal points in the EU 25Member States.

The Closing Event of the European Week for Safety andHealth at Work 2004, the European Construction Safety

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Summit, is taking place in Bilbao on the 22 November 2004.Jointly organised by the European Agency for Safety andHealth at Work and the Dutch Presidency of the EuropeanUnion, it will be a unique opportunity for leading expertsand industry stakeholders to discuss future strategies forimproving safety and health standards in the constructionsector.

Standardisation

CEN/CENELEC

About 200 experts from our member organisations areinvolved in the work of the different standardising commit-tees of CEN/CENELEC, e.g. also in the EuropeanStandardisation on conformity assessment by participation inthe pertinent technical committee (CEN/CLC TC 1) and theJoint Working Group (JWG) with ISO/CASCO.

ISO / CASCO ISO Committee on Conformity Assessment

CEOC members are represented through their nationalstandardisation organisation in the CASCO Plenary and inmost of the CASCO working groups (see below CEOCStandard Related Network - SRN).CASCO has published recently a lot of new or revisedStandards respectively Guides. The most important forCEOC members are:

- ISO/IEC 17000: Vocabulary and general principles- ISO/IEC 17011: General requirements for accreditation

bodies- ISO/IEC 17030: General requirements for third-party

marks of conformity- ISO/IEC Guide 28: Guidance on a third-party certification

system for products- ISO/IEC Guide 67: Fundamentals of product certification

Under preparation is a Standard for management systemcertification bodies (ISO/IEC 17021) by the CASCO WG21. The alignment of ISO/IEC 17025:1999 with ISO9001:2000 under the responsibility of WG 25 is nearly fin-ished. Another important work item of CASCO is the devel-opment of common elements to be used in future CASCOstandards and guides. The common elements on impartiali-ty and management system requirements are in themoment developed by the WG 23.

The CASCO Plenary had its meeting 2004 recently inAmsterdam (November 9-10). The CASCO 2010 RoadMap is one of the documents with high impact on conform-ity assessment bodies. This road map contains the years ofthe systematic reviews of the CASCO standards and guides.

The beginning of the revision of standards / guides - for product certification bodies is planned for 2009 with

an expected publication date in 2012, - for inspection bodies and laboratories the date to start is

2010 and 2013 for the publication.

CEOC Representatives in the StandardsRelated Network

Listed below are only the main technical committees inwhich experts from CEOC member organisations wereinvolved.

- PRESSURE EQUIPMENT

ADRCEN/BTS 2 (Engineering)CEN/BTS 2 AH 3CEN/TC 23 (Transportable gas cylinders)CEN/TC 23/SC1/WG2 (Welded cylinders design)CEN/TC 23/SC1/WG3 (Alu cylinders design)CEN/TC 23/SC2 (Transportable gas cylinders Fittings)CEN/TC 23/SC3/WG 2 (Periodic testing)CEN/TC 54 (Unfired pressure vessels)

WG 1: (Air receivers, general)WG 51 (A: Overall co-ordination, scope of standard and vessel classification)WG 52 (B: Material selection)WG 53 (C: Design methods)WG 54 (DE: Workmanship and construction)WG 54 (E)

CEN/TC 54 (Unfired pressure vessels)WG 55 (E: Inspection and testing)WG 56 (F: Safety systems)

CEN/TC 57 (Central heating boilers)CEN/TC 69 (industrial valves)

WG 10: Safety devices against excessivepressures

CEN/TC 70 (Fire-extinguishers)CEN/TC 74 (Flanges and their joints)CEN/TC 109 (Central heating boilers using gaseous fuels)CEN/TC 121 (Welding)CEN/TC 121/SC 1: Specification and qualification of

welding procedures for metallic materialsCEN/TC 121/SC 2: Approval requirements for welding

and allied processesCEN/TC 121/SC 3: Welding consumablesCEN/TC 121/SC 4: Quality management in the field of

weldingCEN/TC 121/SC 5: Testing of weldsCEN/TC 121/SC 5A: Destructive testing of weldsCEN/TC 121/SC 5B: Non destructive testing of weldsCEN/TC 121/SC 5B/WG2: Wrought materialCEN/TC 121/SC 7: Equipment for gas welding cutting an

allied processesCEN/TC 138 (Non destructive testing)

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WG 7 (Acoustic Emission)CEN/TC 141 (Pressure gauges)CEN/TC 182 (Refrigerating systems, safety and

environmental requirements)WG 2 (Design and testing)

CEN/TC 194 (Utensils in contact with food)WG 1 (Cookware)

CEN/TC 210 (GRP tanks and vessels)WG 4

CEN/TC 265 (Site built metallic tanks for the storage ofliquids)

CEN/TC 266 (Thermoplastic static tanks)CEN/TC 267 (Industrial piping)CEN/TC 268 (Cryogenic vessels)CEN/TC 269 (Shell and water tube boilers)

WG 1: (Design and calculation)WG 2: (Materials, manufacture, assembly, testing and inspection of boilers)WG 3: (Equipment and mode of operation)WG3/A: (Limiters for Boilers)

CEN/TC 286 (Liquefied petroleum gas equipment and accessories)WG 1: (Design & manuf. of LPG pressure vessels)WG 3: (Operational requirements-transportable LPG cylinders)WG 4: (Operational requirements- static LPG tanks)

CENELEC SF6 (switchgear)ECISS TC 29/SC 10 (Non destructive testing)ECISS TC 31 (Steel casting)CEN/CLC/TC 1 (Criteria for conformity assessment bodies)

WG 1: (Inspection bodies)WG 2: (Certification bodies)WG 3: (Laboratories)

ISO/TC 44 (Welding and allied processes)SC 10 (Unification of requirements in the field of

metal welding)

- MACHINES, LIFTS & CRANES

CEN/TC 10 (Lifts & Escalators)(Passenger, goods and service lifts)WG1WG2

CEN/TC 98WG1 (Mobile elevating work platforms)WG3 (Vehicle lifting devices)WG4 (Tail lifts)WG7 (Suspended access)WG8 (Mast climbing work platforms)

CEN/TC 114 (Safety of machinery)CEN/TC 121 (Welding)CEN/TC 147

WGP 3: Slewing jib cranesCEN/TC 234

WG 3: Gas transmissionCENELEC TC 44

CNB/MIEC 44ISO/TC 96 (Cranes)ISO/TC 199 (Safety of machinery)MD HC

VG 8: Vehicles servicing liftsVG 9: Devices with risk of falling > 3m

NB-LTC142 (Wood working machines safety)TC145 WG1, 2 (Rubber and plastic machines safety)TC147 WGP11 (Non fixed load lifting attachments)TC183 WG2 (Waste collection vehicles)

- ENVIRONMENT & MAJOR HAZARDS

CEN/TC 23 (Transportable Gas Cylinder)CEN/TC 264 (Air quality)

WG 4 (Total gaseous organic carbon emissions)WG 5 (Total dust at low concentrations emissions)WG 8 (Emission measurement)WG 9 (QA of automated measuring system)WG 10 (Specific elements)WG 16 (SO2, NOx, O2, CO and H2O inemission measurement)

CEN/TC 268 (Cryogenic vessels)CEN/TC 296 (Tanks for transport of dangerous goods)

WG 1 (Terminology)WG 2 (Design and constr. of non-pressure tanks)WG 3 (Design and construction of pressure tanks)WG 4 (Operational equipment)WG 5 (Testing, inspection, marking)

- NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTINGS

CEN/TC 138 (Non-destructive testing)

- CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT

CEN/CLC/TC1 (Criteria for conformity assessment bodies)EA (European Co-Operation for Accreditation)

Certification Committee Inspection CommitteeLaboratory Committee

ISO/CASCO (Conformity Assessment)WG 5 (Definitions)WG 12 (Use of marks of conformity assessment)WG 14 (Fundamentals of product certification)WG 15 (Revision of ISO/IEC Guide 39 -

Inspection Bodies)WG 16 (Accreditation of Inspection Bodies)WG 18 (Accreditation bodies)WG 21 (Management certification bodies)WG 23 (Common elements)WG 25 (Laboratories)

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The Technical Commissions and Working Groups

Technical Branches and Fields of Activity


CEOC Member Organisations work in our differentTechnical Commissions and Working Groups dealing withthe following fields of activities:• Conformity Assessment and Quality Assurance (CC)• Non-Destructive Examinations (CND)• Environmental and Major Hazards (CR)• Pressure Equipment, e.g. Boilers, Pressure Vessels,

Pipework Systems, Gas Cylinders, Tanks, Transport ofDangerous Goods (CP)

• Machines, Lifts and Cranes (CML)• Electrotechnology including Medical Equipment (CE)

These Commissions and Working Groups publish docu-ments which to date include more than 110 trilingual(English, French, German) recommendations, inspectionand approval certificates and trilingual (English, French,German) glossaries of technical expressions. Many of thesehave been incorporated into national and international reg-ulations & standards.

Annual Reports of the Technical Commissions

Pressure Equipment (CP)Chairmen: Mr. Höltmann

At the TC CP Meeting in Copenhagen onMay 25th, 2004 the following issues havebeen discussed:

Review of CEOC-Certificates A review of some CEOC-Certificates is seen to be necessary:a) Certificate of Construction Inspection & First Pressure

TestThe Certificate has to be modified due to new legislation(PED). An initial meeting of the working group “CP 4-Production, Inspection and Certification” is scheduled.

b) Welding procedure (CP 4 will work on a modification ofthe certificate).

c) Welder Certificate. No modification necessaryd) Material Certificate (to be modified after the release of

new EN 10204).

CEOC Recommendations1. It is necessary to go through the CEOC recommenda-

tions. Some are inoperative and some need to be modi-fied.

2. The actual revisions will be indicated in a list on theCEOC web-site.

3. Mr. Höltmann is responsible for up-dating the recom-mendations and the selection for the internet list.

CEOC representation at the Notified Body ForumSPVD/PED. Depending on the agenda and the attendanceof CEOC members at the Notified Body Forum (NBF),CEOC will be presented by Mr. Wischin who transmits in awritten form the CEOC position on specific points of theagenda. Mr. Völzow will inform the Commission about theCEOC representative to the Notified Body Forum.

Conformity assessment for assemblingIn compliance with conformity assessment for assembling,manufacturers are responsible for the adherence to all refer-ring EU regulations. As this matter is quite often very com-plex, CEOC should develop a paper helping manufacturersin the observance of the EU regulations.

Non-Destructive Testing(CND)Chairman Gracjan Wisniewski

No major activities took place since thelast General Assembly.

At the NBF WGs the guideline 6-13 (annex 1 p. 3.1.3) onthe approval of NDT personnel and the code of practise forrecognised 3rd party organisations performing the approvalof NDT were established.

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Environmental & Major Hazards (CR)Chairman Jean-Rémi Gouze

2003 was the third year of the Sixth CommunityEnvironment Action Programme, entitled « Environment2010 : our future, our choice ». This programme covers theperiod from January 2001 to December 2010.

So, there were not main new directives during the year2003, but the continuity in applying the new strategicapproach described in the Sixth Action Programme.

This approach includes especially a broad dialogue and theparticipation of all parties concerned.

The idea is at the same time to work in closer partnershipwith business and also to improve the awareness of the citizens and change their behaviour.

Within this scope, we can note :

• Commission Recommendation of 10 July 2003 on guidance for the implementation of Regulation (EC) n° 761/2001 allowing voluntary participation by organisa-tions in a community eco-management and audit schemeconcerning the selection and use of environmental performance indicators;

• Council Resolution of 6 February 2003, on corporatesocial responsibility;

• Directive of 26 May 2003, providing for public participa-tion in respect of the drawing up of certain plans and programmes relating to the environmental and amendingwith regard to public participation and access to justicecouncil directives 85/337/EC and 96/61/EC.

In the short term, the Sixth Programme Action's aim is toachieve the entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol and torespect its commitments (to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 8% by 2008-2012 compared to 1990 levels).The long term objective is to limit climate change.

Within this scope, we can note :

• Directive of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme forgreenhouse gas emission allowance trading within theCommunity ;

• Commission Recommendation of 15 January 2003 onthe guidance to assist a Member State in the preparationof a national emission reduction plan (emissions fromlarge combustion plants).

The other medium or long term objectives focus on the following areas :

• Limiting majors threats to public health. In that scope, hasbeen issued :

• Council Resolution of 2 December 2003 on pharmaceu-ticals and public Health challenge,

• Regulation of 15 July 2003 on trans-boundary move-ments of genetically modified organisms and Regulationof 22 September 2003 on genetically modified food andfeed

• Biodiversity (encourage more responsible managementof natural resources) :

• Directive of May 2003 on the promotion of the use ofbio-fuels or other renewable fuels for transport.

• Limiting the adverse effects of transport. Especially theshare represented by the road transport in 2010 shouldnot be higher than in 1998.

Electrotechnology (CE)Chairman Eduardo GoulãoFerreira

No major activities took place since thelast General assembly.

Machines, Lifts & Cranes(CML)Chairman Adolf Rußold

The CML Commission held a meeting in connection with the last General

Assembly on 2 June 2003 in Saarbrücken. 12 members tookpart in this meeting.

The interest in meetings between the General Assemblieshas become very low. Nevertheless some problems wereraised and discussed in the meeting and project leaderswere nominated to deal with following items:

• Old lifts: Different regulations for upgrading old lifts wereidentified. A project to create a CEOC inspection paper for lifts wasdecided, based on a collection of national regulations.

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• Loader cranes for lifting persons: A comparison to mobileelevating working platforms (MEWP) will be elaborated.

• Vehicle servicing lifts and presses:Risk assessment for upgrading old machinery will be car-ried out.

For the time being there are no results of the planned tar-gets available. These items will be discussed and developedduring the months to come.

Conformity Assessment (CC)Chairman Richard Morgan

The Conformity Assessment Technical Commission contin-ues to be an active part of the CEOC infrastructure and hasmanaged to retain the interests of a large number of themember companies by way of representation on theCommission.

Throughout the past 12 months the Technical Commissionhas met 2 times and has continued to concentrate its workactivities within the same topic areas as covered in previousyears namely:

• Monitoring developments and main¬taining con-tacts within the European Commission Contacts within the European Commission have contin-ued to be maintained and developed, however, this taskhas been hampered to some degree by the ever contin-uing changes of staff within the European Commission.Notwithstanding this, CEOC has, wherever possible,endeavoured to influence issues relating to conformityassessment which could or may directly impinge uponthe activities of member companies.

• Issues having an impact on Accreditation The Conformity Assessment Commission has continued,through CEOC representation on the EuropeanAccreditation Advisory Board (EAAB) and the EAInspection, Certification and Laboratory Committees, toensure that wherever possible, that the views of mem-bers have been taken forward. The same 2 issues asidentified in last years report continue to be the onesmost not worthy of being identified, they are:

• Endeavouring to ensure that stakeholders expectationsfor accreditation bodies to operate in an independentand impartial way are complied with, in particular, thatthey do not offer the same services as the clients theyaccredit

• Ensuring that the proposed international guidance onthe application of the inspection accreditation standardISO/IEC17020:1998 is drafted in such a way that it is,as far as is practicably possible, acceptable to CEOCmembers.

• Standards supporting Conformity Assessment - Theactivities of the Conformity Assessment TechnicalCommission have once again been associated withboth monitoring developments and with commentingupon draft International Standards. In particular theCommission has been responsible for co-ordinatingCEOC's comments on the developing ISO standardsISO 17000 series.

Relations with external bodies - The Joint EUROLAB -CEOC Technical Committee on Product Testing andCertification (JTCPTC) continues to flourish and the possibil-ity of CEOC and Eurolab working together on conformityassessment issues of mutual interest is being carefully inves-tigated.

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AISBL Association International Scientific sans But LucratifAPLAC Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation CooperationBAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and TestingCAB Conformity assessment body

CD Comité de direction (Board of Directors)CC CEOC Technical Commission on Conformity AssessmentCE CEOC Technical Commission on Electrotechnology and Medical DevicesCML CEOC Technical Commission on Machines, Lifts & CranesCND CEOC Technical Commission on Non-Destructive TestingCP CEOC Technical Commission on Pressure Equipment CR CEOC Technical Commission on Environmental & Majors Hazards

CEN European Committee for StandardisationDG Directorate General of the European CommissionEA European Co-operation for AccreditationEA IC EA Inspection CommitteeEA LC EA Laboratory CommitteeEAAB EA Advisory BoardEAAB-CA College of Conformity Assessment Operators in the EAAB4E EA / EUROLAB / EURACHEM / EUROMET co-operationEFTA European Free Trade AssociationEU European UnionEURACHEM Focus for Analytical Chemistry in EuropeEUROLAB European Federation of National Associations of Measurement,

Testing and Analytical LaboratoriesEUROMET European Collaboration in Measurement StandardsGA General AssemblyIAF International Accreditation ForumILAC International Laboratory Accreditation Co-operationISO International Organisation for StandardisationISO/CASCO ISO Council committee on conformity assessmentJTCPTC Joint Technical Committee on Product Testing and CertificationMLA Mutual Recognition Arrangement (between accreditation bodies)MRA Mutual Recognition Agreement (usually between countries)MoU Memorandum of UnderstandingNBF Notified Bodies ForumPLG Permanent Liaison GroupRM Reference materialTC Technical Commission / CommitteeWG Working Group

Some Abbreviations


Position PapersIn addition to our previous Position Paper on the Transportable Pressure Equipment Directive (TPED), on Market Surveillancewithin the EU and on Marks and Markings on Products, CEOC produced these Position Papers since 2001:

- Independence Characteristics of a 3rd Party Conformity Assessment Body- Accreditation as a Tool for Notification- Safety of Products - Proof or declaration - Prevention or Intervention- Comments on the Review of the New Approach- The Need for Independent 3rd Party Conformity Assessment Bodies- The Principles of Cross Border Accreditation- Is Module H sufficient to ensure the Conformity of Products?- Minimum Criteria to be met by Notified Bodies

Bulletin

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Newsletter

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Recommendations

More than 110 trilingual (English, German, French) recommendations and several glossaries of technical expressions establishedduring the years by our Technical Commissions and Working Groups are available from the General Secretariat or the list fromthe CEOC website.

CEOC Homepage

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CEOC Publications

• Ensure the safety of plant, personnel and the public

• Remove technical barriers to trade

• Implement conformity assessment Mutual RecognitionAgreements

• Promote the understanding of technical safety matters

• Establish practical procedures for safety inspection ofplant, equipment and machinery

• Exchange experience and information related to independent technical inspection and certification

• Represent independent third party conformity assessmentbodies and the interests of its Members to appropriateEuropean and especially international bodies - includingEuropean Commission and Parliament, EuropeanAccreditors (EA), the Standards-making organisationsCEN and CENELEC, ETSI, ISO

• Influence decision-makers in the European Commission,Parliament, national governmental bodies with regard totechnical safety

• Make the safety issues transparent to the public

Aims and Objectives

Mission Statement

CEOC - Promoting safety in Europe and world-wide throughindependent inspection, testing and certification for the protection of people: users, manufacturers, employers, consumers, but also for the protection of the environment.

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