THE LAW IN THE FIELD OF ACCREDITATION
On October
24, 2016 the Law of the Republic of Belarus № 437-Z "On the assessment of compliance with technical requirements and accreditation of conformity assessment bodies" is accepted.
The law
aims at identifying legal and organizational framework for assessing the
compliance with technical requirements and for accreditation of conformity
assessment bodies. The law ensures a unified state policy in the field of
conformity assessment and accreditation, taking into account the requirements
of the Law of the Republic of Belarus of January 5, 2004 "On technical
regulation and standardization ".
The law
will come into force nine months after its official publication (published in
the National Legal Internet Portal of the Republic of Belarus on October 29,
2016). The law stipulates that state administrative bodies supervised by the Council
of Ministers are to bring normative legal acts into compliance with the new Law. Thus, in
accordance with Article 61 "Measures to implement the provisions of the
Law" the legal act "Rules for Accreditation" (approved by the Decision of the State
Committee for standardization of the Republic of Belarus on May 31, 2011 № 27)
will be revised by mid 2017 in order to comply with the Law № 437-W of October 24,
2016.
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