Unofficial translation
The Rule shall enter into force from July 1, 2022.
In accordance with paragraph 3 of Article 7-1 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On accreditation in the field of conformity assessment," I hereby ORDER:
1. To approve the attached Rules for monitoring the activities of accreditation entities.
2. The Committee for Technical Regulation and Metrology of the Ministry of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation, shall ensure:
1) state registration of this order with the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
2) place this order on the Internet resource of the Ministry of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
3. This order shall enter into force from July 1, 2021 and shall be subject to official publication.
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Minister of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan |
B. Sultanov |
| Approved by order of the Ministry of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated May 13, 2021 № 335-НҚ |
Rules for monitoring the activities of accreditation entities
Chapter 1. General provisions
1. These Rules for monitoring the activities of accreditation entities (hereinafter referred to as the Rules) have been developed in accordance with paragraph 3 of Article 7-1 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On accreditation in the field of conformity assessment" (hereinafter referred to as the Law) and shall determine the procedure for monitoring the activities of accreditation entities.
2. The basic concepts shall be used in these Rules:
1) accreditation body - a republican state enterprise carrying out accreditation activities and being a member of international accreditation organizations;
2) monitoring of the activities of the accreditation entity (hereinafter referred to as the monitoring) - a set of measures for the collection, processing, analysis and use of information and information on the activities of the accreditation entities for compliance with the accreditation criteria carried out by the accreditation body in accordance with the Law;
3) authorized body - a state body carrying out state regulation in the field of technical regulation and ensuring the uniformity of measurements.
3. Monitoring shall be carried out by the accreditation body by monitoring the results of works, services and processes in the field of accreditation provided by the accreditation entities.
4. Monitoring shall be carried out in order to prevent and suppress illegal activities of accreditation entities in the field of conformity assessment.
Chapter 2. Procedure for monitoring the activities of accreditation entities
5. Monitoring shall be carried out for compliance of crediting entities with the following criteria shall:
1) have the status of a legal entity or structural subdivision of a legal entity acting on its behalf;
2) have qualified personnel allowing to perform works on conformity assessment in the declared area of accreditation;
3) have on the right of ownership, economic management, operational management or in temporary possession and use of premises, equipment and material resources necessary for the performance of compliance assessment work;
4) meet the requirements of regulatory documents for compliance with which they shall be accredited (accredited) taking into account the accreditation scheme;
5) carry out compliance assessment work in full and within the limits approved in the field of accreditation.
Regulatory documents in these Rules shall mean standardization documents.
6. For monitoring purposes, the accreditation body shall send a request to the accreditation entity for submission of documents and information on compliance with the accreditation criteria (hereinafter referred to as the documents).
7. The accreditation applicant shall, within seven (7) business days from the date of receipt of the request, submit the documents to the accreditation body.
Upon request of the accreditation applicant, the deadline for submitting the documents to the accreditation body may be extended by five (5) business days.
Footnote. Paragraph 7 is in the wording of the order № 215-НҚ of the acting Minister of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 23 July 2025 (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication).8. The accreditation body shall analyse the submitted documents and, based on the results of such analysis, shall prepare a conclusion which shall indicate:
1) the date of preparation;
2) the last name, first name, patronymic (if indicated in the identity document) and the position of the person(s) who conducted the monitoring;
3) the name of the accreditation applicant;
4) the period during which the monitoring was conducted;
5) the period of activity of the accreditation applicant subject to monitoring;
6) information on the results of the monitoring, including any identified non-conformities;
7) the signature of the person(s) who conducted the monitoring.
The accreditation body shall notify the accreditation applicant of the results of the monitoring within twenty (20) business days from the date of submission of the documents.
Footnote. Paragraph 8 is in the wording of the order № 215-НҚ of the acting Minister of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 23 July 2025 (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).9. Monitoring shall not be carried out in cases of identification in documents of the accreditation entity of technical errors (descriptions, typos, grammatical errors) and (or) information not provided for by regulatory legal acts and regulatory documents that do not affect the quality and safety of products and related processes, works and services, and (or) traceability of the results of activities of the accreditation entity.
10. In case of disagreement with the results of the analysis of documents, the accreditation entity submits a complaint to the accreditation body within 3 (three) working days from the date of receipt of the results.
11. Monitoring shall be carried out using the register of data of the state system of technical regulation.
12. The accreditation body shall, on its official website, on a quarterly basis and no later than the tenth (10th) day of the month following the reporting quarter, publish a report on the results of the monitoring, which shall contain:
1) statistical data on the number of accreditation applicants for whom monitoring was conducted and for whom non-conformities were and were not identified based on the results of the monitoring;
2) the names of the accreditation applicants for whom monitoring was conducted, information on non-conformities with the accreditation criteria;
3) information on the measures taken in relation to the accreditation applicants for whom non-conformities were identified.
Footnote. Paragraph 12 is in the wording of the order № 215-НҚ of the acting Minister of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 23 July 2025 (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication).13. If the identified non-conformities with the accreditation criteria contain elements of an administrative offence, the accreditation body, within three working days from the date of identification of such non-conformity, shall send a conclusion and the collected materials to the authorized body for the adoption of appropriate measures.
Footnote. Paragraph 13 is in the wording of the order № 215-НҚ of the acting Minister of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 23 July 2025 (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).