List of certification bodies and registrars, assisting with selection for ISO

ASSISTING WITH REGISTRAR Selection, listing / directory - As a courtesy to visitors, we assist by answering questions that relate to the Selection of Certification - Registration Bodies and Registrars, and Accreditation Entities. Need help in Certification Body or Registrar selection? Need an objective and unbiased list of Certification Bodies and Registrars? [ Contact us...]

This page is to objectively assist visitors in the selection of accreditation and/or registration - certification body (or registrar) to help businesses and governments to objectively and impartialy achieve and maintain recognition of competence, namely certification of management system. Please note that we do not endorse any one specific accreditation system, certification - registration body or any subsidiary (namely registrar), as this is an informative site - upon requesting assistance with selection our policy requires that we advise you a minimum of three (3) certification - registration bodies or their subsidiaries registrars. Also, visit our page on changing the Registrar, may be of interest and beneficial in providing other relevant information. Informative page, Spanish & English

For inclusion to our listing an accreditation system / platform registrar and/or certification - registration body must meet the following criteria:

Customer Satisfaction - We have verified with client / customers, through either personal contact or phone conversation, level of satisfaction given prior to, during and throughout certification - registration. Also we verify that audit teams meet the requirements set forth by the specific management system on the basis of ISO/IEC 17021... and that their competence is internationally and generally accepted to conduct assessment - audits in adhering to international expectations.

Ethics and others - We have verified for issues or practices to assure acceptable ethics and integrity and its purpose. This means that their specific protocols carry and assure a valid purpose to end-customers. These includes that certificate through registration bodies, such as: (a) performing audits with no competence, inclusive auditors in training with billing; (b) while permitted we consider conflict of interest, the issue of providing consulting, in-house training, administration of the in-house program, and combination of previous to the same organization under registration - certification; (c) conducting an excessive number of audits within a period of 12 months [as ethics code dictates and is construe as consulting, the reasonable limit and expectation is three (3) annum] as a mean to increase unethical billing, and (d) creation of compulsory schemes to create a business need by propitiating compulsory consulting and certification.

Note: If your organization provides certification and consulting as well in-house training and advice, please do need not request inclusion to the list of recommended certification - registration bodies and registrars, regardless if accreditation has officially been granted with combination of consulting and certification.

Following the international expectations under "accreditation" requirements and scheme The based criteria of operations that we recognize are ISO/IEC 17021, ISO/IEC 17020, ISO/TS 22003, ISO/IEC 27006 and other that relate to the requirements of ISO/IEC 17024:2003, and ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO/IEC 15189]. While accreditation is not an imperative requirement in providing conformity assessment, accreditation with purpose and ethical provides confidence in granting certification. Thereof we list registrars and certification - registration bodies which we have verified matters of integrity in relation to accreditation and which may contribute to the purpose and validity of your certificate of registration. The validity of your certificate, if these bodies do not follow the basic accreditation requirements ISO/IEC 17021 (as we indicate in the listing column on the right) and protocols, as set by the standards published by the International Organization for Standardization for accreditation protocols ISO/IEC 17011.

E.g. We verify that a Registration Body or Registrar's business units (of a centralized registration body) operations follows practices and that operating criteria is follow as set by International Standards). Also we verify that that these bodies do not provide consulting to the same organization under which registration is granted, as this is construe as conflict of interest and defies the purpose of namely accredited certification.

There is no specific preference in the order that the list of registrars and certification - registration bodies are shown:

Standards...

Certification - Registration Bodies (and Registrars) Directory of recommended... (Regions or limitations recommended, links are established for your convenience) - Please notice that there is inclusion to a specific region and not necessarily all regions wherein these operate.

ISO 9001, OSHMS - OSHAS 18001, ISO 14001, HACCP-9000^®

NSF International (North America) ISO/IEC 17021 and operating certification body

ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO/IEC 20000, ISO 13485, "CE" Mark services, TS 16949, AS9100, inquire on ISO 22000, QC 080000

TÜV SÜD (ISO/IEC 17021 and operating certification body) USA, Canada, Asia, Europe

ISO 9001, ISO 13485, ISO 14001 - QC 080000, ISO 22000, HACCP MS, OSHMS^® (OHSAS 18001 | ILO-OSH based), ISMS^® ISO/IEC 27001, Social Accountability (SrA), and per request combines Federal Regulations and inquire on IT ISO/IEC 20000

BRS (ISO/IEC 17021...) Regions includes North America, Central America, South America, Western Europe, Euro Asia, Indian Ocean and Asia Pacific

ISO 9001, TL-9000, ISO 14001, inquire on ISO 9000-3, Tick-IT / ITQS ISO/IEC 20000, and ISO/IEC 27001, TS 16949, and ISO 13485 - CMDCAS, and Canadian Regulations

QMI (Canada, USA and regions of South America)
Note: Acquired by services group SAI Global

ISO 9001, ISO 22000, ISO 14001, EMAS 761/2001, SA 8000, "CE" Mark services, ISO 13485, TS 16949, HACCP, OHSAS 18001 / OSHMS, (inquire information ISO 27001), TL 9000, AS9100, QC 080000, inquire on ISMS ISO/IEC 27001

DNV (Dert Norske Veritas) (Europe, North America, Asia, Middle-East and Argentina)

ISO 9001, ISO 22000, ISO 14001, EMAS, AS9100, TS 16949, TL 9000, HACCP, OSHMS, OHSAS 18001, ISO 13485, ISO 22000, QC 080000, "CE" Mark Services

LlOYD's Register Quality Assurance Limited (USA, Latin America, and Europe) - Operating its own body for certification of professionals

ISO 9001, ITQMS, ISO 14001, ISO 13485, "CE" Mark services, TL 9000, EMAS, inquire information ISO/IEC 27001 and OSHMS OHSAS 18001

NSAI, National Standard Authority of Ireland (Europe and North America)

ISO 9001, TL 9000, TS 16949, AS9100, Tick-IT, AS9100

NQA (North America)

ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 22000, OHSAS 18001, ISO 13485, ISO/IEC 27001, CE, ISO/IEC 20000

Nimbus Certifications (North America, China, Singapore, Bangladesh)

ISO 9001, CE Marking, TS 16949, QC 080000

DQS (Europe, North America, Asia, and Mexico)

ISO 9001, QS 9000, AS9000 and ASME

HSB Registrar Services (North America, Asia Pacific and Colombia) - mainly for the metal and heavy industry (steel related) sector

ISO 9001, TS 16949, ISO 14001, EMAS 761/2001, OSHMS / OHSAS 18001, Tick-IT, ISO/IEC 20000, ISO 13485 CMDCAS, ISO 22000, "CE" Mark services, TL 9000, ISMS ISO/IEC 27001 and others

BSi British Standard Institution Quality Assurance (Europe, Brazil, Canada, and USA)

QMS ISO 9001

QSR, Quality Systems Registrar (North America)

ISO 9001, EMAS, ISO 14001, EMAS 761/2001, ISO 22000, "CE" Mark, TS 16949

AFNOR - French Association for Quality Assurance (Europe, Middle-East and some regions of the Americas) linked to AFAQ

AS9100, TS 16949, TL 9000, "CE" Marking, ISO 13485 CMDCAS, and (inquire about SA 8000, and OSHMS and OHSAS 18001)... ISMS ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 20000

ITS - Intertek Services [Europe (East and West), North America, and Latin America]

ISO 9001, ISO 14001, EMAS 761/2001, AS9100, TS 16949, SA 8000, OHSMS / OHSAS 18001, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 20000, TL 9000, ISO 22000, QC 080000

BVQI (North America and Europe), See CESMEC below

EMS ISO 14001

AWM , Advanced Waste Management Systems, Inc. (North America, Latin America and Europe)

ISO 9001 and ISO 14001

SQS , Swiss Association for Quality Management (North America, Middle-East and Europe)

ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 13485, HACCP-9000^®

SIRIM QAS, Asia-Pacific and regions of Asia

ISO 9001 and ISO 14001

CESMEC, Chile and "MercoSur" (regions of South America); is BVQI

ISO 9001, AS9100, ISO 14001, EMAS, "CE" Marking services, OSHMS / OHSAS 18001, TS 16949, ISO 13485, TL 9000 (inquire on ISMS ISO/IEC 27001)

SGS - (Europe, USA, Canada, and some regions of Latin America)

ISO 9001, OHSAS 18001

IAPMO - plumbing and relating business sector for USA, Canada, Europe and Asia Pacific

From time-to-time we receive inquiries requesting inclusion to our list, and provide meet the requirements set-forth above, for which we update this portal frequently. Since we provide this service as a courtesy, we will verify references on the basis of the criterion at top of page and within a time that logistically allow us to verify. We reserve the right to inclusion and we may verify with companies others than those presented for verification.

For inclusion, the listing of Registrars / Certification - Registration Bodies operate under an accreditation protocol, while not imperative per the Charter under which ISO operates. We believe that is the legal obligations and requirements the true purpose in governments role to protect its citizens and that management systems may be a tool in helping to achieve this role.

Please contact us through e-mail or phone for additional information. As a commitment to industry and free of charge, you may also request us to research for your specific type of industry (this request can be focuses on your company's type of industry), product/service and/or market objectives. Our commitment is to provide objective information.

Disclaimer:

Many organizations and companies have registered the name bulltek in the internet some with dubious intent because some in contacting us do so with possible infringement to extort. BULLTEK LTD does not endorse no specific Certification - Registration Body or any of its Registrar, the listing is based on information and feedback objectively obtained. We do not endorse no financial institution as we had to act in regards to pass on information using the bulltek name and for which you will need to inquire. We can objectively recommend a minimum of 3 Certification - Registration Bodies or Registrars to assist you in deciding or reference our listing above. As a USA tax paying legal entity we encourage the selection of truly USA bodies and protocols.

Please note that we do not include in our listing or recommend registrars or registration bodies if we obtain information / evidence that it is not meeting any one of the three (3) criteria we list (see top of page), alternatively we may indicate with annotation. Thereof we may exclude certification or accreditation bodies that have or conduct unethical practices. Exclusion of accreditation may occur when evidence demonstrates continuous pattern of unethical practices or dubious purpose.

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Important links for standards and recognized accreditation bodies and entities:

Links

Organization

ISO - International Organization for Standardization

Accreditation Protocols & Authoritatively Legal Entities (operating ISO/IEC 17011 accreditation in addition to other international standards), list of most recognized, these may be complementary to the listing per countries elsewhere in this portal:

European based, also
www.i-a-b-ch

International, European based

European based

Laboratories and Others, USA

AClass Laboratories

Automotive

General

Telecommunication, ASQ

Aviation - Aerospace, as reference www.sae.org

International, USA based

USA based, laboratories

Quality Specialty

Regional, Africa based

United Kingdom

AACC

Clinical Health Care through Laboratory Medicine

International, USA Based oonsumer's advocacy and protection

Country Accreditation Bodies (ISO/IEC 17011) is alisting, as follows, based on the fact that there is membership carrying an accreditation program within the boundaries of the countries lin the listing. Many countries may have more than one accreditation entity.