Date 06/18/2021 00:00
Flensburg, June 18, 2021. The Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) and the German Accreditation Service (DAkkS) have collaborated on the type approval of Motor vehicles expanded. In a joint agreement, both actors have made further regulations, such as the rating, designation and monitoring of so-called Technical services for vehicle approval procedures based on a DAkkSAccreditation he follows.
In the underlying Regulation (EU) 2018/858, the European legislator has stipulated for all EU member states how those involved in vehicle approval procedures should be used technical services can be assessed, named and monitored. Among other things, through a successfully completed accreditation procedure in this area, an organization can prove that it fulfills the relevant requirements to be recognized by the responsible national type approval authority as a technical service to be named.
In Germany, the designation of a technical service by the KBA, while the DAkkS, as the national accreditation authority, assesses, confirms and monitors its competence.
Review of requirements reorganized
The joint agreement between the KBA and the DAkkS regulates the tasks and essential obligations, in particular with regard to the mutual exchange of information between the two authorities.
Already in the past, the designation a Accreditation serve as evidence of whether a technical service meets the requirements of the respective basic standards DIN EN ISO / IEC 17025, DIN EN ISO / IEC 17020 or DIN EN ISO / IEC 17021-1. In addition, the DAkkS now also checks whether a service provider complies with the requirements of Regulation (EU) 2018/858. KBA and DAkkS have jointly developed a special checklist based on an EU model.
As an alternative to Accreditation can technical services also through a European Appraiser-Team under the direction of the KBA are evaluated and named. Cover the Accreditation completely covers the scope of the intended designation off, it replaces the Appraisal through such a team. KBA and DAkkS recommend before applying for a Accreditation therefore, the one for the designation necessary scope of the scope of the Accreditation to be coordinated with the KBA.
Would like a technical service the Accreditation as the basis for the designation and the subsequent one Notification at the EU, he must indicate this in the application Accreditation Must be specified at DAkkS. Other EU framework regulations that are to be used in the vehicle approval process do not yet provide for the use of the newly designed designation process. Regardless of this, a Accreditation for the designation can be used at the KBA. In this case too, the Accreditation to note the intended use in the naming procedure.
You can find the entire press release here: Press release No. 18/2021
Contact person: Stephan Immen, phone: +49 461 316-1293