Certification

What is certification?
It is the activity by which an independent, impartial third party (a Conformity Assessment Body) formally states in writing that any product, test, service, inspection, system, or personnel complies with specified standard requirements, technical regulations, or criteria, following an evaluation.

What is accreditation?
A third-party attestation that a Conformity Assessment Body is competent and capable of performing conformity assessment activities in line with nationally and internationally established criteria, expressed officially.

Accreditation
The evaluation of Conformity Assessment Bodies (laboratories, inspection, certification, verification, etc.) by national and/or international accreditation bodies against nationally and internationally accepted technical criteria, approval of their competence, and their regular surveillance at defined intervals.

For this purpose, the Multilateral Agreement (MLA) is a signed agreement under which signatories recognize the equivalence of accreditation systems operated by member signatories and accept the reliability of conformity assessment results (certificates) provided by Conformity Assessment Bodies. Accreditation bodies established by the signatory members—such as DAKKS in Germany, UKAS in the United Kingdom, RVA in the Netherlands, and TÜRKAK in Türkiye—audit Conformity Assessment Bodies applying to them against accreditation criteria within the requested scopes and, if compliant, attest that they are competent and eligible to deliver accredited certification services.

For national governments and authorities
Supporting the implementation of European, global and national legislation by confirming compliance with standards and applicable requirements; increasing trade and economic growth by providing confidence to authorities and stakeholders; ensuring economical use of resources and cost reduction by removing a range of administrative obligations; reducing the need for authorities to employ expert assessment staff for controls and avoiding duplicated inspections.

For industry and business
Enhancing competitiveness: organizations can differentiate their services by providing objective evidence of technical competency, impartiality and compliance with international requirements, and avoid re-testing costs. Reducing controls and increasing quality: importing goods and services with an accredited report or certificate can be less risky and cheaper since businesses are not required to provide additional evidence. Supporting exports: internationally recognized accreditation removes barriers to trade and creates new opportunities in the global market.

Certification of a management system is an independent indicator that the certified organization’s management system:

• Complies with pre-defined requirements,
• Has the capability to consistently achieve the defined policy and objectives,
• Is effectively implemented.

Thus, certification of the management system creates value for organizations, their customers and other interested parties. The fundamental purpose of certification is to provide all interested parties with assurance that the certified management system meets specified requirements. Its value lies in the public confidence generated by an evaluation performed by a competent and independent third party. Certificates and reports issued by Accredited Conformity Assessment Bodies bearing the mark of an IAF (International Accreditation Forum) member act as a “passport for trade.” The confidence brought by accreditation removes the need for suppliers to obtain certification in every country where they sell their products or services and provides a framework for goods and services to cross borders across Europe and worldwide.

Accreditation of bodies that audit and certify Management Systems (9001, 14001, 13485, 22000, 27001, 45001, etc.).
Reference document: TS EN ISO/IEC 17021 — Conformity assessment — Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems.

Laboratory Accreditation
Accreditation of laboratories that provide any kind of calibration, analysis and testing services.
Reference document: TS EN ISO/IEC 17025 — General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories.

Accreditation of Product Certification Bodies
Accreditation of bodies that certify products, processes and services.
Reference document: TS EN ISO/IEC 17065 — Conformity assessment — Requirements for bodies certifying products, processes and services.

Accreditation of Personnel Certification Bodies
Accreditation of bodies that certify personnel.
Reference document: TS EN ISO/IEC 17024 — Conformity assessment — General requirements for bodies operating certification of persons.

Accreditation of bodies that certify by interpreting analysis and test results relating to a product or service.
Reference document: TS EN ISO/IEC 17020 — Conformity assessment — Requirements for the operation of various types of bodies performing inspection.

Certification Bodies and Their Characteristics
Certification bodies are organizations that, within their accredited scopes, conduct impartial conformity assessment (audit, certification) according to agreements with clients and pre-defined conditions and issue accredited certificates. These activities are performed in compliance with accreditation requirements. Certification bodies may perform conformity assessments in areas where they are not accredited; however, they may not place the accreditation mark on certificates they issue for such activities.

What should I consider when choosing a certification body?
You should choose an accredited certification body that is authorized to certify, reliable, and whose certificates are accepted in national and international markets. For this purpose, request the accreditation certificate of the certification body you will work with and review the scope of that accreditation. Within the certification activities conducted in Türkiye, does the body’s scope cover your organization’s activities? If not, the certificate it issues will not be a recognized certificate.

• To provide independent, unbiased service to all applicants and to apply the principles of impartiality, reliability, equality and business ethics in all our services,
• To carefully review, analyze and resolve complaints and appeals,
• To fully comply with the standards, requirements and legal regulations necessary for System and Product audits and Certification/Registration activities,
• To continuously improve our processes; to train our employees and solution partners; and to mobilize all our resources to increase the satisfaction of our customers and staff.

KAS Certification declares that it will preserve its impartiality in all activities performed with both permanent and contracted personnel.
KAS Certification will provide services in all its activities in line with the principles of confidentiality, impartiality and objectivity.
1) Top management will not exert direct or indirect pressure on process owners during approval of certification decisions.
2) It will not provide consultancy services for obtaining or maintaining certification.
3) It will not provide services related to the design, implementation or maintenance of management systems.
4) It will not certify other certification bodies.
Accordingly, with respect to consultancy services, KAS Certification will not even propose the following services:

• Preparation and production of manuals, guides and procedures,
• Participation in decision-making processes on management system matters,
• Any suggestion that certification will be easier when specific consultancy is used,
• Providing specific advice on implementation and improvement of management systems for final certification.

In every Standard assessment, both permanent and contracted auditors:

• Declare that, going back two years from the date of the audit they will attend, they have had no commercial relationship with the organization to be evaluated and have no connections—including management system consultancy—that could affect their impartiality and objectivity,
• Possess the requirements for the work foreseen,
• Will perform the work in accordance with the relevant accreditation, standards and KAS Certification procedures.

These matters are secured by contracts.
General Manager
Uğur Ekici
08.01.2018

As KAS INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATION, acting as the Data Controller, we approach the safeguarding and processing of your personal data with care within the scope of the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVKK”). Pursuant to Article 10 of the Law, “The Data Controller’s Obligation to Inform,” we would like to inform you about the methods by which your personal data is obtained, the purposes of processing and transfer, and your rights under Article 11.

Your personal data will be processed in accordance with the personal data processing conditions specified in Articles 5 and 6 of the Law and, per Article 4 of the Law, in a manner that is:

• Lawful and in good faith,
• Relevant, limited and proportionate to the purposes for which it is processed,
• Accurate and up-to-date,
• For specific, explicit and legitimate purposes

Your special category personal data, especially your health data, as well as your general personal data, may be collected verbally, in writing or electronically through our call center, written communication channels, official website, business partners and similar means for the purposes of operating the processes necessary for the provision of services, planning and execution of commercial and/or business strategies, ensuring the legal and commercial security of our Company and the relevant persons with whom our Company has business relations, and execution of human resources policies.

In accordance with KVKK, the personal data obtained from you and provided to our Company through various channels may, within the framework of the security and confidentiality principles set out in the Law and provided that adequate measures are taken, be shared with and transferred to our group companies, business partners, our direct/indirect domestic/overseas affiliates, organizations with which we have agreements as required by our activities, our suppliers, and legally authorized public institutions and private persons, within the scope of the personal data processing conditions and purposes specified in Articles 8 and 9 of Law No. 6698.

Rights of the Data Subject under KVKK
Pursuant to Article 11 of the Law, data subjects have the right to:
a) Learn whether personal data is being processed,
b) Request information if their personal data has been processed,
c) Learn the purpose of processing personal data and whether it is used in accordance with that purpose,
ç) Know the third parties to whom personal data is transferred at home or abroad,
d) Request the correction of personal data if it is incomplete or incorrectly processed,
e) Request the deletion or destruction of personal data within the framework of the conditions set forth in Article 7,
f) Request that transactions carried out pursuant to subparagraphs (d) and (e) be notified to third parties to whom personal data has been transferred,
g) Object to the emergence of a result against the person themself by analyzing the processed data exclusively through automated systems,
ğ) Request compensation for damages in case of loss due to unlawful processing of personal data,
You may submit your applications for the above purposes in writing pursuant to Law No. 6698, or through another method if separately determined by the Personal Data Protection Board.

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