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1. The Conformity Assessment Agency that issued the Certificate carries out follow‑up inspection for previously certified products.
Follow‑up inspection is carried out for certified products (if this is specified in the certification scheme) for the entire Certificate validity period at least once a year in the form of periodic and unscheduled checks, including tests of product samples and other checks required to confirm that the marketed products continue to conform to established requirements confirmed during certification.
The Conformity Assessment Agency that issued the Certificate determines the frequency of follow‑up inspection. Unscheduled inspections may be carried out if information on product quality complaints is received from consumers, sales organizations or Agencies carrying out government inspection of the item for which the Certificate was issued.
2. The degree of potential danger of the products, production stability, output, the presence of a management system, the cost of follow‑up inspection, etc. are the criteria for determining the frequency and scope of follow‑up inspection.
The scope, subject and procedure for follow‑up inspections are established in regulatory documents for the given products.
3. A follow‑up inspection generally includes the following work:
1) analysis of incoming information on the certified products;
2) verification of compliance with the conditions required to output products of consistent quality;
3) performing product tests and analyzing test results;
4) documenting inspection results and decision‑making.
The conditions for manufacturing products of consistent quality are not analyzed if a Quality Management Certificate and positive follow‑up inspection results are available for specific products.
4. The follow‑up inspection results are documented in a report prepared in any form that evaluates the results of sample tests and other examinations, gives an opinion on the production status of the certified products and continuing validity of the issued Certificate.
The Agency stores the report for at least three years, and copies are sent to the applicant (manufacturer, seller) and to the organization involved in the follow‑up inspection.
5. Based on the follow‑up inspection results, the Agency may suspend or revoke the Certificate if the products do not conform to the requirements of regulatory documents in the following cases:
1) negative product test results during the follow‑up inspection;
2) amendments to regulatory documents for the products or a change in the test method without notifying the Agency accordingly;
3) a change in the product design (composition) or configuration or manufacturing setup and (or) process with without notifying the Agency accordingly;
4) a change in (noncompliance with) the requirements for the product manufacturing process;
5) a change in (noncompliance with) the inspection and test methods or the management system with the Agency’s consent.
6. A decision is made to suspend the Certificate is made if the applicant can eliminate the identified causes of noncompliance by means of corrective measures agreed with the Agency that issued the Certificate and can verify without additional tests that the products conform to the regulatory documents in the Test Center during a repeat follow‑up inspection.
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