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Committee of the Conformity Assessment Bodies

according to Section 19 para 5 of the Measures and Verification Act

Tasks

The Committee of the Conformity Assessment Bodies (“Ausschuss der Konformitätsbewertungsstellen” – AdKBS) – according to Section 19 para 5 of the Measures and Verification Act – serves the standardisation of the conformity assessment practice and the professional training for the designated Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs). The CABs are obliged to participate in the committee. By the participation of all CABs, it is intended to achieve a standardisation of assessment practices applied by various Conformity Assessment Bodies and to ensure an exchange of information and knowledge among the CABs.

The Committee of the Conformity Assessment Bodies has been established under the leadership of the Physikalisch-Technischen Bundesanstalt which also holds the executive office of the committee.

LEGAL BASIS

Section 19 para 5 of the Measures and Verification Act:

"Die anerkannte Konformitätsbewertungsstelle hat in einem Ausschuss der Konformitätsbewertungsstellen mitzuwirken, der der Vereinheitlichung der Konformitätsbewertungspraxis und der fachlichen Fortbildung der Stellen dient. Der Ausschuss wird unter der Leitung der Physikalisch-Technischen Bundesanstalt gebildet."