Jacques McMillan Has Accreditation fulfilled the expectations? Jacques McMillan Former European.

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Jacques McMillan Has Accreditation fulfilled the expectations? Jacques McMillan Former European Commission Official responsible for regulatory policy for the free movement of goods and market surveillance +32 (0)

Jacques McMillan Introduction  From technical barriers to trade to product safety legislation;  From prevention of new technical barriers and harmonisation to the development of common tools over and beyond product safety to include the framework elements  From common tools to the development of TRUST. +32 (0)

Jacques McMillan The evolutions  The move from the concentration on products to the inclusion of framework elements accompanied the evolutions at the national level where there was a move away from the “all government system” to a gradual outsourcing of:  first, product specification writing  then, testing  then, certification/inspection  then, accreditation +32 (0)

Jacques McMillan The point of departure of the New Approach  1979 EC Cassis de Dijon Court case: Member states can only stop products for non respect of “essential” health safety requirements.  Ergo: we should only harmonise essentials and leave everything else out of EU legislation   the New Approach in 1985  BUT this is a legal principle, not a means to creating trust  The original idea was that this “everything else” would sort itself out without public authority intervention, but this was a dream: it was too simple!  We needed to build a full policy on the basis of the new approach +32 (0)

Jacques McMillan Who wanted what in the 80s  Governments wanted to downsize their activities but wanted more controls on products, especially mass produced, on manufacturers & on CABs.  Manufacturers were faced with product liability (85/347) and needed CA support, but wanted reduction of multiple certificates.  CABs wanted more freedom but also a level playing field.  Consumers wanted credible guarantees on the quality & safety of products & on an overall clear & transparent system. +32 (0)

Jacques McMillan The « Sum » of trust Level of Safety + Quality of products +Quality of measurements + Qaulity of eco operators + Quality of CA procedures + Quality of third parties (CABs) + Quality of Accreditation + Quality of market surveillance + Quality of controls from third countries == Safe products (Markings, CE & others) +32 (0)

The New Legislative Framework Accreditation  Public authority activity  1 national accreditation body (NAB) per Member State  Prevention of competition for NABs  Set of requirements for NABs  EA (European co-operation for accreditation)  Cross border accreditation (EA role)  Peer evaluation (EA role)  Rules applicable to mandatory & voluntary area +32 (0) Jacques McMillan 7

Accreditation last control before market  So Accreditation must control:  the quality of CABs for public authorities  for the benefit of:  CABs, public authorities, manufacturers and consumers  must set level playing field for manufacturers and CABs 8

Why Accreditation & not something else?  a technical quality tool  based on international texts  independent  transparent: can be seen to operate  transparent peer evaluation of members  peer evaluation system overviewed by public authorities & other stakeholders  pulls the level of quality up  there is no other system that gives the same level of trust through such transparency 9

EA versus EU Accreditation body  EA is transparent and can be seen to operate  In EA dog watches dog  In EA better bodies do not want to be dragged down: so cooperation and mutual support  so quality development  single body more opaque, less motivation for quality development, less checks and balances  $ question: who controls it? 10

Why Regulation 765/2008?  To stabilise the rules of the system  To clearly set responsibilities of national authorities, EU Commission, ABs, etc.  It is directly applicable  To act as guardrail against temptations:  to go commercial  to multiply bodies  to reinvent wheels  To protect and promote the EU system in the face of the world market 11

Has the system answered expectations?  YES but with room for improvement.  The system is in place and clearly works well  Acceptance of accredited certificates has become natural  Their credibility is rarely questioned  The strength and seriousness of the EU system is recognised throughout the rest of the world and vastly copied (who is jealous?) 12

Has the system answered expectations? In general terms:  Manufacturers are satisfied – system credible; more systematic recourse to CA; no longer need multiple certificates.  Market place is safer & more transparent.  Public authorities satisfied but recognise that market surveillance remains necessary.  Consumers satisfied: products safer, quality is up & where problems, more quickly identified & treated in the open, within a coherent clear system.

Has the system answered expectations?  Regulation will need further refinement in the years to come (financing of accreditation, definition of independence & vis a vis whom)  The collective strength and credibility of EA still needs to be reinforced: role of peer evaluation  National authorities are still attracted by reinvention of wheels

Challenges for Accreditation in EU  Need for a financial system to protect against temptation to go commercial  Accreditation to remain control of CABs and not for products/personnel  Must remain horizontal tool and not go sectoral  The objective remains one certificate, one market  Avoid proliferation of certification systems (9000, 14000, 17000, etc.) 15

Conclusions? Thank you for your attention