Tourism, catering, trade, crafts and leisure

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.

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.

Certification of products and services

NF EN ISO/IEC 17065

Promoting a gastronomic heritage or a regional speciality, showcasing the quality of catering or promoting quality hospitality may involve seeking certification for products and services.

To be able to guarantee their impartiality and competence, the French Consumer Code makes accreditation mandatory for bodies conducting this type of certification.

This measure generates confidence in the services delivered by certified companies or bodies, helps increase the global quality of the proposed offering, and in this way reinforces the appeal of France as a destination for consumers.

Inspection

NF EN ISO/IEC 17020

Proposing a quality tourist offering requires efficient and reliable inspections. This may involve promoting the French hotel sector, exhibitions or trade fairs, guaranteeing the safety of adults and children in their leisure activities, or the fairness of commercial transactions.

Accreditation makes it possible to ensure that these inspections are carried out by competent and impartial bodies. Although many are accredited at the request of the public authorities, professionals are increasingly seeking accreditation on a voluntary basis in order to promote the quality of their offering. This is the case, for example, for restaurant owners, who want to reassure their customers about their compliance with the rules of hygiene.

Tests

NF EN ISO/IEC 17025

Equipment and materials used for practising sport or leisure activities are subject to many tests and inspections to ensure that they comply with the applicable standards. The same applies to the quality of bathing water, for example.

Accreditation guarantees the reliability of the test results produced by laboratories. Certain certifications are also based on accredited tests.

The nonconformity of a product, or of bathing water, can have serious consequences for fair trade practices, or even for human health. The use of accredited tests or analyses enables this risk to be reduced so that users can consume and can practice their activities with peace of mind.

Qualification of companies

NF X 50-091

The public authorities draw on accreditation for implementing their environmental and energy transition policies.

Intellectual services designed to boost the energy performance of buildings and renewable energy installations; energy efficiency work on renovations; equipment installations using renewable energies: the public authorities impose accredited qualification for tradesmen wishing to access the markets that require RGE (environmental sustainability) certification. This qualification marks out professionals who are competent in improving energy efficiency.

Use of accreditation enables the State to guarantee the oversight of a mechanism that mobilises a great deal of public investment in the renovation of buildings, and for which it is accountable.

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.

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.

Certification of products and services

NF EN ISO/IEC 17065

Promoting a gastronomic heritage or a regional speciality, showcasing the quality of catering or promoting quality hospitality may involve seeking certification for products and services.

To be able to guarantee their impartiality and competence, the French Consumer Code makes accreditation mandatory for bodies conducting this type of certification.

This measure generates confidence in the services delivered by certified companies or bodies, helps increase the global quality of the proposed offering, and in this way reinforces the appeal of France as a destination for consumers.

Inspection

NF EN ISO/IEC 17020

Proposing a quality tourist offering requires efficient and reliable inspections. This may involve promoting the French hotel sector, exhibitions or trade fairs, guaranteeing the safety of adults and children in their leisure activities, or the fairness of commercial transactions.

Accreditation makes it possible to ensure that these inspections are carried out by competent and impartial bodies. Although many are accredited at the request of the public authorities, professionals are increasingly seeking accreditation on a voluntary basis in order to promote the quality of their offering. This is the case, for example, for restaurant owners, who want to reassure their customers about their compliance with the rules of hygiene.

Tests

NF EN ISO/IEC 17025

Equipment and materials used for practising sport or leisure activities are subject to many tests and inspections to ensure that they comply with the applicable standards. The same applies to the quality of bathing water, for example.

Accreditation guarantees the reliability of the test results produced by laboratories. Certain certifications are also based on accredited tests.

The nonconformity of a product, or of bathing water, can have serious consequences for fair trade practices, or even for human health. The use of accredited tests or analyses enables this risk to be reduced so that users can consume and can practice their activities with peace of mind.

Qualification of companies

NF X 50-091

The public authorities draw on accreditation for implementing their environmental and energy transition policies.

Intellectual services designed to boost the energy performance of buildings and renewable energy installations; energy efficiency work on renovations; equipment installations using renewable energies: the public authorities impose accredited qualification for tradesmen wishing to access the markets that require RGE (environmental sustainability) certification. This qualification marks out professionals who are competent in improving energy efficiency.

Use of accreditation enables the State to guarantee the oversight of a mechanism that mobilises a great deal of public investment in the renovation of buildings, and for which it is accountable.