Accreditation under the IAF (International Accreditation Forum)

Swiss Accreditation Service (SAS)

 The SQS is accredited by the Swiss Accreditation Service and other private accreditation agencies for the following:

The accreditation numbers are:
SCESm 001
SCESp 049

Accreditation standard: ISO/IEC 17021

Approved standards
 

Accredia (Italy)

 RT 05
Quality Management System 9001 for the construction scope 28 in Italy

Other accreditations

• IATF
  The SQS is accredited by the Association of the Automotive Industry VDA:
  Approval no. 22 / 04-6.1 - VDA 6.1
  Approval no. 2 - IAO-QMC 01014 - ISO / TS 16949:2002
• FSC
  SQS is accredited by the Forest Stewardship Council A.C. for the FSC:
  Registration no. FSC-ACC-013
• UNFCCC
  The SQS is accredited by UNFCCC for validation and verification of CDM projects in all scopes:
  Registration no. E-0027
  The SQS has an "indicative letter" for the validation and verification of JI projects:
  Registration no. E-00131

Furthermore, we are accredited by the SAS for verification of the Climate Cent Foundation projects www.klimarappen.ch.

In addition, we are a so-called inspection body of the FOEN/SWOE for climate protection projects in Switzerland www.bafu.admin.ch/klima.

Notified bodies for audit in the mandatory area
 
SQS is recognized as a notified body in the field of medical devices for the EC Directives 93/42/EEC and 98/79/EEC (accreditation no. SCESm 001; CE 1250); list of the notified bodies as well as in the specific field of pressure equipments with the CE Directive 97/23/EC and the Ordinance SR 819.121 (Accreditation numbers SCESm 001 and SCESp 049; CE 1250).

Other approvals

Approval as audit and certification body
 

• ACFCI for Environment 1-2-3
• CEFIC for SQAS
• Deutsche Pfandsystem GmbH for DPG Certification  
• EcoParc for EcoEnterprise
• Federchimica for Responsible Care in Italy
• FFCAT for CSA (F)
• FNA for CSA + GTP (F)
• INTERGRAF for CWA 14641 / CWA 15374
• SAS SERVICE ALLERGIE SUISSE SA for aha! label
• Stiftung „Safety in Adventures“ for Safety in Adventures
• Swiss Climate AG for the SwissClimate CO2e label www.swissclimate.ch
• VDA for VDA 6.1 + VDA 6.4
• VUE for naturemade basic/star
• Voluntary Carbon Standard for validation and verification of VCS projects (VCS-ID 020) www.v-c-s.org/.

Approval based on partnerships
 

• All food labels in collaboration with bio inspecta
• DQS for IRIS
• IQNet for Qweb, SA8000, Business Social Compliance (BSCI)

Information
Headoffice SQS
+41 31 910 35 35

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SAS
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