La Société Nationale de Certification et d Homologation

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1 La Société Nationale de Certification et d Homologation 1

2 One of the smallest of the 28 European Union countries Total of km2 (nearly square miles) inhabitants Borders with Belgium on the West and the North, with Germany on the East and with France on the South Center of the Grande Région 2

3 Luxembourg: - an attractive country for foreign companies, due to its neutral status in the heart of Europe - one of the 6 creators of the European Economic Community (1957) 3

4 SNCH: Origine and activities 1980: Start of the first activities in the field of automotive type approvals (E/e 13-marking) as a departement of the Ministry of Transports in Luxembourg 1987: Creation of a seperate legal entity SNCH, owned 100% by the Luxembourgish Gouvernment (mainly Ministry of Transports and Ministry of Economical Affaires) 4

5 Type approval in Europe There are two kinds of vehicle certification: Emissions, noise, safety, identification and all other aspects: type-approval 5

6 Type approval by SNCH SNCH is the UNECE and EC recognized authority of the G-D of Luxembourg, for all regulations from Geneva and directives from the European Community in Brussels Type approval of entire vehicles, their components and technical units SNCH is the only UNECE/EC type approval authority accredited ISO EN and ISO IEC17021 SNCH is active worldwide 6

7 Type approval department Why Luxembourg? Neutral Gateway No national priorities No own technical service or laboratory Flexible language SNCH is accredited EN ISO

8 Requirements for technical services following directive 2007/46/EC Category A: EN / ISO laboratories Category B: EN / ISO inspection Category C: EN / EN/ISO 17021quality audit Category D: EN/ISO test / COP 8

9 Homologation department Technical services authorized to act for SNCH, following standards ISO and ISO TUV Rheinland Luxembourg GmbH Luxcontrol s.a. ATEEL s.à r.l. 9

10 Homologation department Type approval procedure: 2007/46/CE article 11 defines how tests are to be done following the general principle 715/2007/CE resp. 692/2008/CE defines the exact rules for emission tests. The specific procedures, tests and requirements for type approval are precisely fixed to guarantee a harmonized approach. 10

11 Estimation de l évolution européenne SNCH 715/2007 total /2007 new /2007 extension total homologations SNCH estimations total Europe

12 Estimation de l évolution européenne Total européen SNCH

13 Estimation de l évolution européenne 13

14 Accreditation EA Members: The European co-operation for Accreditation or EA is an association of national accreditation bodies in Europe that are officially recognized by their national Governments to assess and verify (against international standards) organisations that carry out evaluation services such as certification, verification, inspection, testing and calibration (also known as conformity assessment services). 14

15 Accreditation EA Members The EA MLA is recognized at international level by ILAC (International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation) and IAF (International Accreditation Forum). This means that a test report or certificate accredited by an EA MLA signatory is also recognized by the signatories to the IAF and ILAC multilateral agreements. In this way, the EA MLA acts as an international passport to trade. 15

16 Accreditation The accreditation is the confirmed international way of proving competence, neutrality and independence Peer to peer in the field of type approval would lead to hidden agreements and not transparent systems In a first step, the new framework regulation should fix the requirement for the authorities to be conform to accreditation standards. In a next step an official accreditation could be mandatory. 16

17 Economical Relation Economical relation with industry: In the frame of the surveillance by the type approval authority, the financial relation between technical service and manufacturer should be analysed in future. The manufacturer and the technical service should be obliged to publish their financial relation on request by the European Commission or type approval authority 17

18 La Société Nationale de Certification et d Homologation Thank you very much for your attention 18