About reorganization of LLC “Standardisation, Accreditation and Metrology Centre”
According to the Cabinet of Ministers Decision of 4 April 2017 (Minutes No. 18, §42) initiation or reorganization of the public limited liability company “Standardisation, Accreditation and Metrology Centre”, registration number 40003427231, legal address – Krišjāņa Valdemāra Street 157, Riga, LV-1013 (hereinafter – SAMC), in a way of division was approved, determining that the acquiring company, among other things, is the newly established public limited liability company “Latvian National Accreditation Bureau”, which is the legal successor of functions, rights, obligations, property, financial means (including revenue), record keeping and archive of the national accreditation body. Considering the above mentioned, we inform, that according to the plan of the Ministry of Economics, starting from 1 August 2017, functions of the national accreditation institutions will be exercised by the legal successor of rights and obligations of SAMC – limited liability company “Latvian National Accreditation Bureau”.
Results of LATAK customer survey on cooperation in 2016
In January 2017, LATAK carried out the annual customer survey, which was aimed to establish the opinion of accredited conformity assessment bodies (CABs) on the quality of work of LATAK and cooperation in 2016. This survey gives an opportunity to representatives of CABs to express their opinion and suggestions for development of accreditation system and improvement of cooperation.
The survey results are available in the section Results of customer survey.
16.03.2017.
Draft standard ISO/IEC 17025 is available for commenting
Draft international standard ISO/IEC 17025 “General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories” is published on the draft standard commenting site viedoklis.lvs.lv. Deadline for submission of comments is 9 March of this year.
ISO 9001 standard available in Latvian
We inform you, that starting from 16 February 2017, translation of LVS EN ISO 9001:2017 standard “Quality Management Systems. Requirements”, as well as billingual version (English/Latvian) is available on the homepage of the Latvian National Standardisation Institution: www.lvs.lv.
More information about the standard: www.lvs.lv
16.02.2017.
Term for mandatory accreditation of medical laboratories extended until the end of 2017
On 1 January 2017, amendments to the Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No. 60 “Regulations Regarding Mandatory Requirements for Medical Treatment Institutions and Their Structural Units” of 20 January 2009 came into force, which, among other things, provide for the obligation of medical treatment institutions to ensure accreditation of medical laboratories according to requirements of the standard LVS EN ISO 15189:2013 “Medical laboratories. Requirements for quality and competence” until 31 December 2017.