ANNEX 3 Our work in figures

Confidence also requires the possibility of controls. In this Annex you will find an overview in figures of our activities in 2018. In several cases we also added previous figures for comparison.

Accreditations Granted At 31 December 2018

* These accreditations fall beyond the scope of the autonomous administrative authority.

GEOGRAPHICAL SPREAD OF THE ACCREDITATIONS GRANTED PER ANNUM

* At the request of the local accreditation body.

COMPLETE APPLICATIONS FOR NEW ACCREDITATIONS RECEIVED PER ANNUM

* Including the ISO 15189 transition applications.

NEW ACCREDITATIONS PER TYPE (NUMBER AND PROCESSING TIME FROM APPLICATION TO DECISION)

* This is a weighted average.

Of the 69 new accreditations (including transitions from CCKL to ISO 15189) sixteen applications3 had a processing time of over twelve months. This was the result of the following:

• In seven cases4 the client needed more time to resolve non-compliances or to relocate the premises or to merge.

3 In 2017: eight applications.

4 In 2017: four cases.

• In eight cases5 the RvA had insufficient assessors or technical experts or had them too late, three of these were the result of the death of one of our broadly deployable lead assessors.

• One case related to a development process for a new activity with which hardly any experience existed elsewhere in the world. This was done in proper consultation with the applicant.

5 In 2017: four cases.

EXTENSION OF THE ACCREDITATION SCOPE PER TYPE (NUMBER AND PROCESSING TIME FROM APPLICATION TO DECISION)

ExtensionAverage

* This is a weighted average.

Of the scope extensions dealt with six6 had a processing time of over twelve months. This was the result of the following:

6 In 2017: eight applications.

7 In 2017: six cases.

• In four cases7 the client needed more time to resolve non-compliances

• In two cases8 the cause was particularly attributable to the RvA.

8 In 2017: two cases.

DISTRIBUTION OF THE INVOICED TIME OVER THE TYPE OF ASSESSMENT

DISTRIBUTION OF THE INVOICED TIME, BROKEN DOWN BY ROLE IN THE ASSESSMENT TEAM

DISTRIBUTION OF THE INVOICED TIME, INCLUDING THE ASSESSMENT OF CORRECTIVE MEASURES AND WITNESS AUDITS