08 March 2016 Recognised Organisation’s implementation of Article 11 Regulation (EC) No 391/2009 QACE Klaus Grensemann, Chairman Board of Directors Des Gutteridge, Secretary General

08 March 2016  Common awareness of QACE activities  Application of EC Regulation No 391/2009 Article 11 Presentation Objectives

08 March Part 1  Presentation objectives  Development  How it works  Who Part 2  Assessment  Collective & Individual Recommendations  Relationship with IACS  Commission’s assessment Structure 3

08 March  Regulation 391 requested set-up of Entity by 17 June 2011  Foundation in London November 2010 by 12 ROs  In operation end February 2011  First observation April 2011 Development after Foundation

08 March 2016  International  Independent from its members  Politically independent  ISO 9001:2008 certified  Funded How it works

08 March Board of Directors  5 Non-executive fully independent Directors (industry stakeholders and regional representation) Secretariat  Secretary General  Administration Officer  4 Assessors Members  11 RO-Members  1 ex officio President as representative of members Organisation

08 March 2016 EU Regulation (EC) No. 391/2009 Article 11 calls for:  Independent Assessment and Certification of EU RO’s.  Collective Recommendations.  Individual Recommendations.  Regular reporting Requirement

08 March 2016 Part 2 QACE Operations and the QACE Assessment Programme

08 March QACE Assessments

08 March QACE Assessments

08 March QACE Assessments

08 March Detail of Assessments in 2015

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08 March 2016 QACE track record of driving improvements Collective & Individual Recommendations

08 March Trend analysis of audit findings and additional actions. 2.Reporting by Surveyors of Deficiencies relating to Possible Safety Management System Failures (IACS PR17). 3.Fleet Monitoring effectiveness. 4.Evaluating Surveyor Activity Monitoring information (IACS PR6). 5.New Construction process auditing Collective Recommendations

08 March Auditing of new and major statutory requirements. 2.Review of Surveyor Monitoring procedure (IACS PR6). 3.Lessons learnt from major incidents and casualties. 4.Effective implementation of new procedures Collective Recommendations

08 March 2016 RO’s Strengths & Weaknesses including:  Results of assessment visits.  Trend analysis of audit findings.  Port State Control record.  Follow-up of corrective actions. Individual Recommendations

08 March 2016  QACE adopts the IACS Quality System Certification Scheme (QSCS) and annual feedback.  Biannual meetings.  Joint Auditor Training.  Joint annual Audit Focus Areas.  November of each year the IACS End-User Workshop and QACE Annual General Meeting. Relationship with IACS

08 March The EU Commission’s QACE Assessment Called for: Increased control of the audit and certification process. Business standard certification. Development of QACE requirements.

08 March 2016 Thank you for your attention QACE Entity for the Quality Assessment and Certification of Organisations Recognised by the European Union CIC