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Quality Requirements Edition 6.0 European Enamel Association

1.2 Procedure for obtaining the “European Enamel Association” certificate / occur integrated in an EN ISO 9001 audit. In all cases the external auditor needs to
label by an enamelling company (the applicant) conclude that the company meets all or not the EEA quality requirements and
recommends EEA certification or not for the company products of concern.
See also flow sheet diagram 1.4
1.2.4
1.2.1 Following this initial audit, the company will have the opportunity to introduce
corrective actions if required. The final audit will take place not later than three months
An applicant wishing to obtain certification for use of the “European Enamel
Association” label shall submit, in writing, a certification request for the application area after the original audit.
(number(s) out of chapter 7) to be considered, to the EEA Secretary. EEA will confirm
receipt of the request in writing, and also that it is being considered. 1.2.5
The audit report with the recommendations of the Quality Assessor(s) shall be sent
1.2.2 to the secretary of EEA or the chairman of the Technical Committee (TC). The EEA
TC shall then make the decision to grant a EEA certificate / label or not. The company
If one or more of the applications is rejected, the applicant may appeal to the will be informed by the EEA within two weeks after receipt of the report.
Executive Committee (EC) of the EEA. They will either:

a) cancel the decision 1.2.6

b) confirm the decision If the application is rejected, the company may submit an appeal to the EC of the EEA
within 30 working days.
The decision of the Executive Committee shall be final.

The applicant shall be required to pay a registration fee to EEA to start the
certification procedure. The cost of this fee shall be reviewed annually by the EC of 1.2.7
the EEA. The EC may, after hearing the appeal of parties concerned, shall give one of two
findings:
1.2.3
a) The committee may authorize a re-audit at the company’s expense.
If the application is accepted, then a specific EEA audit needs to take place at the The result of this re-audit is final.
company’s expense within six months after the receipt of the request. The external b) The committee may reject the appeal.
audit team or auditor needs to be appointed or authorized by EEA (chairman TC, The decision of the Executive Committee is final.
chairman EC, secretary).
During this audit, the auditor needs to verify that the specific EEA quality requirements
(chapter 7) have been taken up into the quality manual of the company
(documentation). Secondly the auditor needs to verify that the company meets these
requirements for the products of concern to be certified.
For EN ISO 9001 certified companies, the above-mentioned audit process may also
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