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The NF network is a set of competent and impartial organisations
that AFNOR Certification calls on to issue the NF mark. These organisations,
through their scientific knowledge and technical expertise, ensure
the technical value and credibility of the certifications that they
are involved in. They allow AFNOR Certification to expand its
field of action and therefore increase the degree of awareness of
its marks.
The various organisations
AFNOR Certification relies on three types of organisation
Authorised
organisations entrusted with performing all the certification
operations leading to the issuing of NF marks,
Technical
secretariats, to whom parts of the certification process are
sub-contracted,
Testing
and analysis laboratories and specialist inspection and auditing
organisations for the evaluating and checking of products and
services.
All these organisations meet the requirements in terms of competence,
impartiality and reliability described in standard NF
EN 45011 or NF
EN ISO/CEI 17025 that define the obligations that product certifying
organisations and laboratories must comply with.
AFNOR Certification, and the organisations that are members
of the NF network, are accredited by the COFRAC
for certification activities. The extent of these accreditations
may be communicated on request addressed to the organisations.
AFNOR Certification ensures the consistency and provides the
management of the NF network as a whole. It also relies on a network
of specialist auditors to periodically check the quality
of the products or services certified.
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