Inspection bodies

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Accreditation provides assurance of competence of inspectors, relevance of methods for conducting inspections and impartiality of results.

Inspection can be used, in the voluntary and regulated areas, for the assessment of the conformity of a product, project, service, process or installation with relevant requirements based on professional judgement.