Energy security
Having access to reliable energy supplies is essential for the smooth running of society. Secure energy supply is therefore vital and relies on efficient infrastructures for producing and distributing power.
Accreditation is widely used in the framework of the public and industrial policies deployed. By ensuring the reliability of the inspections carried out, accreditation reinforces confidence in the products used and the infrastructures employed.
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Comparaisons interlaboratoires
NF EN ISO/IEC 17043
Les laboratoires accrédités ou candidats à l’accréditation se doivent d’assurer la validité des résultats qu’ils rendent. Cette obligation passe par la mise en œuvre de contrôles externes permettant de s’assurer de la performance de leurs activités de laboratoires, tels que des comparaisons interlaboratoires par exemple.
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Les campagnes proposées par les organisateurs de comparaisons interlaboratoires (OCIL) permettent aux laboratoires participant de démontrer leur aptitude à réaliser des analyses. Afin de renforcer leur crédibilité sur le marché et d’assurer leur développement, certains organisateurs font le choix d’avoir recours à l’accréditation pour cette activité spécifique.
En garantissant la compétence des OCIL, l’accréditation renforce encore un peu plus la confiance dans les résultats délivrés par les laboratoires d’analyse accrédités. -
Production de matériaux de référence
ISO 17034
Les matériaux de référence (MR) sont utilisés à toutes les étapes du processus de mesure, notamment pour la validation des méthodes, l’étalonnage et la maîtrise de la qualité. Ils sont également utilisés dans le cadre de comparaisons interlaboratoires pour la validation des méthodes et l’évaluation de l’aptitude des laboratoires.
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La démonstration des compétences scientifiques et techniques des producteurs de matériaux de référence (PMR) constitue une exigence de base permettant de garantir la qualité des MR. Du fait de la fidélité accrue des équipements de mesure et du besoin de disposer de données plus fiables et précises, la demande en nouveaux MR de plus haute qualité est en croissance constante.
En recourant à l’accréditation, les PMR prouvent leurs compétences dans la production de MR de qualité et accélèrent ainsi le développement de leur activité. -
Certification of products and services
NF EN ISO/IEC 17065
In the context of the policies that they pursue for combating climate change, the public authorities make use of accredited certifications for encouraging the production of renewable energies.
By drawing on accreditation, they reinforce the robustness of the mechanisms that they put in place, since the impartiality and competence of the accredited bodies are demonstrated.
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Certification of management systems
NF EN ISO/IEC 17021-1
Certification of management systems by a third party is a means of getting their conformity with international norms and standards recognised, and in this way certifying that the organisation in place meets precise requirements.
Use of an accredited conformity assessment body guarantees the latter's competence and impartiality. It is a token of confidence in the quality of the service delivered.
Certain accredited certifications contribute in this way to ensuring the safety of people working in at-risk environments, as is the case for example with power production facilities.
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Certification of persons
NF EN ISO/IEC 17024
Certain work conducted on power distribution installations can jeopardise their reliability if it is not carried out with the utmost rigour. To prevent any malfunction, specific qualification may be required.
To ensure that the operatives have been correctly trained, certain ordering customers require them to have accredited certification. By requiring more than simply formal qualifications, this gives the customer the assurance that the competence of these persons is monitored and periodically reassessed by bodies whose competence and impartiality are recognised by way of their accreditation.
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Tests
NF EN ISO/IEC 17025
Hydrocarbons and the materials used for the production, distribution or metering of energy are subject to many tests to ensure that they comply with the standards or specifications in force.
Accreditation guarantees the reliability of the test results produced by laboratories. Certain certifications are also based on accredited tests.
The nonconformity of a product may lead to major malfunctions in energy supply and therefore in the economy as a whole. Use of accredited tests makes it possible to reduce this risk and the associated costs, and reinforces the confidence of end users.
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Inspection
NF EN ISO/IEC 17020
Many facilities and installations present major risks for energy supply if they are not correctly constructed, installed or maintained.
Carrying out regular inspections, or inspections on commissioning, enables these risks to be reduced. The fact that the inspection bodies carrying out inspections are accredited reinforces confidence in the services carried out, since the impartiality and competence of the bodies have been verified.
Use of accredited inspections also enables the supply chain to be controlled for the inspection of suppliers and for reinforced internal inspections of product quality.
Accredited inspections thus participate actively in the energy security of the country.
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