AENOR Standardization: Benefits, Accreditation, and Certification

AENOR Standardization

  • Activity to establish provisions for common use or repeated so as to obtain an order.
  • Standardization is a collective activity aimed at creating solutions to recurring situations.
  • Development, dissemination and application of standards.
  • Adapt products, processes and services to the purpose for which they are intended.
  • Protects health and the environment.
  • Prevents barriers to trade.
  • Facilitates technology cooperation.

Technical specification, or other public document, established with cooperation and the general consensus of all stakeholders, based on the results conjugates of science, technology and experience, with a view to optimum progress of the community, and approved by an organization with activities policy (ISO definition).

Technical Paper Features

  • Contain voluntary technical specifications.
  • They are made by consensus of the stakeholders: or manufacturers, government, users and consumers,
  • Are based on the results of experience and technological development.
  • Are approved by a National / Regional / International Standardization recognized.
  • Available to the public.
  • The standards provide a common language of communication between business, government and users and consumers.

Benefits to Consumers

  • Establishes standards of quality and safety of products and services.
  • Reports of product characteristics.
  • Facilitates comparison between different offers.

Benefits for Manufacturers

  • Streamlines varieties and types of products.
  • Improved management and design.
  • Facilitates the marketing of products and export.
  • Simplifies purchasing management.
  • Decreases the volume of stocks in storage and production costs.

Advantages for the Administration

  • Simplifies the development of legal texts.
  • Establish quality policies, environmental and security.
  • Assistance to economic development.
  • Streamline trade.


Accreditation (AENAC)

A procedure in which an approved body gives formal recognition that an organization is competent to carry out a specific activity of conformity assessment.

By the accreditation of Certification Bodies can better ensure their technical,

impartiality, transparency and objectivity

Certification

Certification is the action carried out by an entity recognized as independent of the parties concerned, which is manifested by the compliance of a company, product, process, service or person with the requirements defined in standards or technical specifications.

Advantages of Certification

  • Promote the development of enterprises and increase their competitiveness.
  • Reach new markets and facilitate exports.
  • Demonstrate their commitment to the environment.
  • Encourage continuous improvement processes.
  • Streamlining production processes.
  • To offer increase consumer confidence in products or services purchased.
  • Protecting against unfair competition. It is a differentiator.
  • International Recognition. Improving the image of the company.
  • Allows eligible for restricted markets. Improving access to public procurement.
  • Inspire trust and loyalty in customers.
  • Improve good public relations with the community.
  • Demonstrates to customers and suppliers the commitment of management.

Approval

Approval by an independent entity, production and marketing of a product.

This approval certifies compliance with technical specifications set by law.

It is a mandatory procedure.

The approval is a sine qua non for marketing and circular with a product in a given market.

From the technical point of view, the State legislation on the minimum safety issues regarding life and health of humans, animals and regarding the preservation of the environment.