Meeting of the Multilateral Agreement Council of the European co-operation for Accreditation in Riga
On 20 and 21 April of this year, the meeting of the Multilateral Agreement Council of the European co-operation for Accreditation took place in the hotel “Radisson Blu Daugava” in Riga, which was attended by heads and representatives of European accreditation bodies, including Mārtiņš Ozoliņš, the Acting Head of the Latvian National Accreditation Bureau, and Olga Veilande, the Member of the Board of LLC “Standardisation, Accreditation and Metrology Centre”.
The meeting was opened by Zaiga Liepiņa, the Deputy State Secretary of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Latvia and the Chairwoman of the Latvian National Accreditation Council. During the meeting, the results of EA Multilateral Agreement (hereinafter – EA MLA) Council were reviewed and decisions were made about retaining of EA MLA signatory status to several national accreditation bodies.
Training for employees of medical laboratories
On 5 and 6 April 2016, LATAK organizes 2-day training for employees of medical laboratories, LATAK technical assessors and experts on the standard LVS EN ISO 15189:2013 “Medical laboratories. Requirements for quality and competence” (C6 module).
Training objective: to identify and explain standard requirements; to share experience about the introduction of standard requirements in the accreditation process of medical laboratories.
The training is managed by: LATAK Lead Assessor, Mg.oec. Maira Sapata
Venue: Kr. Valdemāra Street 157, Riga, 1st floor
Participation fee: EUR 80.- (excl. VAT) / For assessors, experts and potential experts of medical laboratories – free of charge.
LATAK has moved to new premises
We are pleased to announce that LATAK has moved to new office premises.
Our new bureau address (the same as legal address):
Krišjāņa Valdemāra iela 157
LV-1013, Rīga
Latvia
Working hours, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses remain unchanged.
Results of LATAK customer survey on cooperation in 2015
In January 2016, LATAK carried out a customer survey, which was aimed to establish the opinion of accredited conformity assessment bodies (CABs) of LATAK about the quality of work of LATAK and cooperation. The objective of this survey is to establish the opinion and recommendations of representatives of CABs for development of accreditation system and improvement of cooperation.
The survey results are available here.
16.02.2016
On reassessment of conformity assessment bodies in accordance with the new regulatory framework – Directives 2014/29/EU, 2014/31/EU, 2014/30/EU, 2014/33/EU, 2014/35/EU, 2014/68/EU, 2014/32/EU
In addition to the publication of 22.01.2016, LATAK reminds to conformity assessment bodies that operate within the framework of the new technical harmonisation directives about the requirement to submit:
• application for scope extension (reassessment);
• changes to documentation (procedures, forms, etc.);
• certifications of personnel training;
• copy of insurance policy;
• certifications on participation in working groups of NB, LVS STK;
• other documents related to introduction of the new requirements.
Application of the new requirements to the new directives, except 2014/68/EU, will start on 20 April 2016.
1.02.2016.