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Quality Requirements Edition 6.0 European Enamel Association

1.2.8 The validity period of the certificate is three years. Before the expiration date on the
When accreditation for use of the “European Enamel Association” label has been certificate, a recertification audit, performed by an “external” EEA approved auditing
granted, the EEA will issue a numbered certificate with the company name and the team or auditor, needs to be organized by the certified company, followed by repeating
approved areas of application; and signed by the chairman of the EC and TC. The the steps mentioned in §1.2.3 till 1.2.10 till the EEA certificate renewal and
applicant shall be required to sign up to the rules for use of the “European Enamel undersigning by EEA.
Association” label and shall be entitled to introduce the “European Enamel
Association” label in the form of: In the event of an audit failure, the applicant shall be given a period of two months to
undertake corrective actions, after which a re-audit will take place.
a) An EEA certificate with the company name and the approved
area(s) of application. Examples are given on the EEA website
b) Certification in the form of a seal and/or label on their products and 1.2.12
correspondences. If there is a failure of the re-audit, the applicant shall not be permitted to continue the
use of the “EEA” label until approval is regained.

1.2.9
The applicant shall be required to pay an annual fee for the license to use the “EEA” 1.2.13
label. The cost of this license shall be reviewed annually by the EC of the EEA. The applicant may appeal against a suspension of using the EEA certificate / label to
the EC of the EEA. The EC of the EEA shall give their judgement within two months
1.2.10 from the date of the appeal. An appeal will not suspend the rejection.

The EEA certificate / label is valid for a period of three years. When certification
expires, the EEA shall grant a new certificate, if no rejection (§1.2.11) has taken place. 1.2.14
The “EEA” certificate / label may be used by the company on approved area(s) of The EC of the EEA may, after hearing the parties, agree to:
application only, until a final rejection is received during an audit (§1.2.11). a) Cancel the decision of failure
b) Confirm of the decision of failure
1.2.11 The decision of the Executive Committee is final.

Annual “EEA” certificate / label auditing procedure:
In the years between the regular audits (each 3 years) the EEA secretary will send a 1.2.15
request to the company to submit to the Secretary of the EEA a statement of EEA Where the failure decision is confirmed, the applicant is not be permitted to use the
compliance to all certified application areas, undersigned by both the quality manager “EEA” label. If the applicant wishes to be considered for continuing use of the “EEA”
and the managing director of the certified company. Alternatively, the company may label, then the applicant shall be required to re-apply for accreditation as laid down in
deliver yearly an audit report performed by an EEA approved “external” auditing team this chapter 1.
or auditor.

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