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What to Know and Why I Need National Quality Infrastructure
Standartization Metrology Accreditation Conformity Assessment
რა უნდა ვიცოდე და რისთვის მჭირდება ხარისხის ეროვნული
Guidebook
ინფრასტრუქტურა: სტანდარტები, მეტროლოგია,
The Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia 2012
Georgian National Agency for Standardsand Metrology
Georgian Unified National Body of Accreditation Accreditation Center
Content What Is and Why Do We Need National Quality Infrastructure? ....................................................................... 3 Metrology ............................................................................................................................................................ 3 What Activities Does Metrology Comprise? ................................................................................................ 3 Whom to Address for Calibration, Verification and Registration of .......................................................... 4 Types of Measuring Instruments? ................................................................................................................. 4 Standardization ................................................................................................................................................... 5 What Is Standards/Technical Regulations?................................................................................................... 5 What Kind of Activities does Standartization compromise? ....................................................................... 6 Whom to address for standards/technical regulations? ............................................................................... 6 Accreditation comprises the accreditation of the following entities:................................................................. 7 Accreditation ....................................................................................................................................................... 7 What activities does the accreditation comprise? ........................................................................................ 7 Whom to address for accreditation? ............................................................................................................. 7 Where to get the detailed information over standards, technical regulations and accreditation? ............ 8
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WhatIs and Why Do We Need National Quality Infrastructure?
National Quality Infrastructure comprisesaspects related to metrology, standardization, accreditation, conformity assessment (production compliance with standards), testing and quality management. Metrology - Metrology includes the aspects related to measurement and measuring instruments; Standardization–ensures to set rules, principles and general characteristics related to the products and production methods, ensuring adaption of International and Regional European standards as a Georgian standards; Accreditation– that’s the procedure, with which authorized entity gives the official recognition, that the person or organization is competent to carry out specific tasks. Conformity Assessment–conformity assessment sets the product compliance with standards and technical regulations. National Quality Infrastructure is significant for the international recognition of product and service and its further competitiveness. Correspondingly, national quality infrastructure issignificant for export.
Metrology
What Activities Does Metrology Comprise? Calibration of measuring instruments– sets the precise metrological characteristics of measuring instruments(for example: electricity meters and other). Calibration is a voluntary procedure and is carried out at the owner’s request over the measuring instruments that doesn’t necessitate the requirement of compulsory periodical verification; Metrological verification of measuring instruments– metrological verification of the measuring instrument(the visual examination, monitoring and others), that is used for tax, customsexamination and/or court expertise purposes, as well as for the measurements which 3
pursuant to the Georgian legislation cause administrative penalty in order to comply them with the requirements; Registration of types of measuring instruments – registration of types of legalmeasuring
instrumentsin the state registerbefore the use and subject to approval. Whom to Address for Calibration, Verification and Registration of Types of Measuring Instruments?
For calibration and verification of the measuring instruments youshould address to the Legal Entity of Public Law– Georgian National Agency for Standards andMetrology or private laboratories:
Contact Information: Central Office of the Agency: Address:ChargaliStr; #67, Tbilisi, Georia; Tel: (+ 995) 261 25 30 Web-Site - www.geostm.ge; E-mail -
[email protected]; Laboratory Service Center of Gori: Address: IosebStaliniStr; #3, Gori, Georgia; Laboratory Service Center of Telavi: Address:Davit AghmashenebliStrI, Telavi, Georgia; Laboratory Service Center of Kutaisi: Address:ShotaRustaveli #114a, KutaisiGeorgia; Laboratory Service Center of Poti: Address:Street of Peace #4, Poti, Georgia; Laboratory Service Center of Batumi: Address: Sulkhan Saba OrbelianiStr; #2, Batumi, Georgia; You can find the contact information about private laboratories on the web-site: www.gac.gov.ge
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For the registration of the types of the measuring instruments youshould address to the Legal Entity of Public Law – Georgian National Agency for Standardsand Metrology.
Central Office of Agency: AddressChargaliStr; #67Tbilisi, Georgia; Tel: (+ 995) 261 25 30 Web-site:www.geostm.ge; E-mail:
[email protected];
Standardization
What Is Standards/Technical Regulations? Standard -is used for the fulfillment of safety requirements or/and of objectives defined in technical regulation. Standard may concern the concrete procedure, detail or other component. The use of standard is voluntary, that gives the opportunity to entrepreneur or other legal entity to select and use the standard at his option. Technical Regulation - determines/sets the main safety parameters of products and production process. Technical regulation (the field where it exists) is obligatory for the fulfillment. The types of standards, operating in Georgia:
Standard of Georgia–a standard registered by the Georgian National Agency for Standards and Metrology which may be adopted on the basis of an international or regional standard as well as by the relevant technical committee;all interested person can use the standard;
Standard of international and regional organization, adopted as a standard of Georgia - a standard adopted by the International Standardization Organization (ISO) or by international regional standards organization;all interested person can use the standard;
Company’s internal standard – a standard developed by an entrepreneur, which covers specific technical requirements met by a product, process or service. Company’s internal standard shall not be deemed as a standard for other persons and shall not need registration. 5
What Kind of Activities does Standardization compromise?
The activity in the field of standardization comprises: Elaboration or/and registration of standard of Georgia- means the elaboration of the standard based on the appeal of interested person through relevant technical committee and its registration in the unified register of standard. All interested person can use this standard. Registration (selling) of standards of international and regional organizations adopted as a standard of Georgia –means the registration and dissemination of adopted standards of international and regional organizations on the territory of Georgia, the member of which is the agency. (These standards are standards of ISO, IEC, CEN, CENELEC as well as the standards of intergovernmental organizations, “GOST”).
Standards: ISO, IEC, CEN,
CENELEC, GOST Georgian National Agency for Standards and Metrology carries out the adoption/registration of standards.
Whom to address for standards/technical regulations?
In the case of necessity of standards you should address to Georgian National Agency for Standards and Metrology You can find adopted technical regulation in the Registry of Technical Regulations maintained by the Ministry of Justice of Georgia as technical regulations are subject to mandatory registration.
Central Office of Agency: Address: ChargaliStr; #67Tbilisi, Georgia; Tel: (+ 995) 261 25 30 Web-site: www.geostm.ge; Email: geostm.ge
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E-mail:
[email protected];
Accreditation
What activities does the accreditation comprise?
Accreditation comprises the accreditation of the following entities:
Testing and calibration laboratories;
Verifying organizations of legal measuring instruments;
Bodies of certification of products,personal and management;
Bodies performing audit and certification of management systems;
Inspection bodies;
Vehicle testing centers.
Whom to address for accreditation?
For getting the accreditationyou can address to The Legal Entity of Public Law – Georgian Unified National Body of Accreditation – Accreditation Center.
Office of Accreditation Centre Address: Khazbegi #42ა, Tbilisi, Georgia; Tel: (+ 995 32) 239 93 48 (+995 32) 219 22 33 Web-site: www.gac.gov.ge Email:
[email protected]
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Where to get the detailed information over standards, technical regulations and accreditation?
You can find the detailed information: The web-site of the Legal Entity of Public Law - Georgian National Agency for Standards, Technical Regulations and Metrology:
www.geostm.ge;
The web-site of the Legal Entity of Public Law - The Unified National Body of Accreditation – Accreditation Center.
www.gac.gov.ge
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