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Accreditation Body

What is Accreditation Body?

An organization that evaluates and confirms the competence of certification bodies, laboratories, and inspection bodies to perform specific conformity assessments.

Compliance and Regulatory

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as accreditation body. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on accreditation body

Requirements naming accreditation body across 5 standards, quoted from the control text.

The national accreditation body designated under Regulation (EC) 765/2008 is competent to accredit certification bodies under GDPR Art. 43(1).

HR-GDPR-Art.5 · National Accreditation Body for Certification

Article 18 lays down the accreditation regime for verifiers (national accreditation body under Regulation 765/2008; Annex VI conditions).

CBAM-Art.18_19 · Accreditation of verifiers and review of declarations (Articles 18 and 19)

Article 35 requires Member States to notify the Commission and the other Member States of the bodies authorised to carry out third-party conformity-assessment tasks under the Regulation.

CRA-Art.35_36_37 · Notification of conformity assessment bodies and notifying authority requirements (Articles 35-37)

Article 30 sets the substantive requirements for notified bodies (independence, competence, accreditation by the national accreditation body, professional liability insurance, no conflicts of interest).

MR-Art.30_31_32_38 · Notified body requirements, presumption, subcontracting and operational obligations (Articles 30, 31, 32, 38)

Luxembourg LDP Articles 4 + 9 + 50 + 69 Governance and Accountability. Article 4 CNPD Composition and Independence - 5 Commissioners appointed by Grand-Duc + 6-year term + multi-year strategic plan + Annual Report to Government + Chambre des Deputes + Belval H...

LU-LDP-Governance-DPO-Article-50-ROPA-DPIA-Codes-Article-69-CNPD-Article-4-9-Investigatory-Powers · Luxembourg LDP DPO + ROPA + DPIA + Codes + Articles 4 + 9 + 50 + 69

Questions people ask about accreditation body

What is Accreditation Body?
An organization that evaluates and confirms the competence of certification bodies, laboratories, and inspection bodies to perform specific conformity assessments.
Why is Accreditation Body important for compliance?
Accreditation Body is a key concept in Compliance and Regulatory. Understanding accreditation body helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Accreditation Body?
Accreditation Body appears in the requirement text of Act on the Implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (OG 42/2018), EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), EU Cyber Resilience Act, EU Machinery Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2023/1230), Luxembourg Law of 1 August 2018 on Data Protection (GDPR Implementation). Across these standards we have identified 5 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Accreditation Body?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how accreditation body applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.