The Irish National Accreditation Board Pat OBrien Accreditation

The Irish National Accreditation Board Pat O’Brien – Accreditation Officer INAB EPA Stack Emissions Workshop 1 st June 2011

Content Overview • What is Accreditation? • INAB - Roles and Function • Accreditation Process • Requirements for Accreditation for Stack Emission Sampling and Testing • Timescales and costs

Accreditation Third party attestation related to a conformity assessment body conveying formal demonstration of its competence to carry out specific conformity assessment tasks (scope) taken from ISO 17011 - Conformity assessment, general requirements for accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies

INAB • The Irish National Accreditation Board provides accreditation to international standards to: Ø Laboratories (ISO 17025, ISO 15189) Ø Certification Bodies (ISO 17021, ISO 17024, ISO Guide 65) Ø Inspection Bodies (ISO 17020) • Statutory Functions Ø Statutory monitoring body for OECD/EU GLP (Good Laboratory Practice) Regulations- S. I No. 4 of 1991 and S. I No. 294 of 1999 Ø Competent Authority for the registration of EMAS sites Ø Other statutory functions

INAB • • • Established in 1985 INAB is a Division of Forfás Independent Board of 12 members Executive of 12 External contracted expertise (>120 assessors/experts) • Approx. 170 Accredited organisations • Signatory to EA Multi-lateral agreements (MLA) • Peer evaluated to assess compliance to ISO 17011

Accreditation Process • • Application to particular standard & scope Pre-assessment Assessment Decision on award of accreditation (Board) Surveillance / ongoing monitoring / extend scope Re-assessment after 5 years Surprise / unannounced visits Additional visits

Accreditation for Stack Emission Sampling and Testing • • Accreditation Standard, ISO 17025 CEN/TS 15675: 2007 and EN 15259: 2007 INAB Regulations and Terms & Conditions INAB policies, in particular • PS 1 Proficiency testing • PS 5 Traceability • PS 17 Sampling methods • Applicable EA and ILAC documents • Application forms AF 1 A (new applicant) or AF 2 A if already accredited

INAB Scopes Detail included: • • • Reference to ISO 17025 and CEN/TS Test and/or sampling method Individual constituents Range of measurement Equipment

Time Scales • From receipt of (new) application, following timeline applies: • • • Pre-assessment within 3 months Assessment usually 6 months thereafter 3 months to address issues Decision on accreditation (by INAB Board) 1 st surveillance 6 months after decision and annually thereafter (to maintain accreditation) • Re-assessment after 5 years

Time Scales – cont’d • Existing accredited clients – ext. to scope application • Can be incorporated into surveillance visit BUT • Additional assessor time needed on site • Decision by INAB Board

Costs – ISO 17025 accreditation • Approx. € 7000 – € 10, 000 (excl VAT) to get accredited BUT depends on scope of activity • Individual quotations provided on receipt of application and review by INAB team • Annual fee which includes on site visit, approx. € 8000 (excl VAT) BUT depends on scope of application

More Information at: www. inab. ie www. european-accreditation. org Questions? Thank you for your attention