an impartial body, governmental or non-governmental, possessing the necessary competence and responsibility to carry out conformity certification according to given rules of procedure and management. A certification body may operate its own testing and inspection activities or oversee these activities carried out on its behalf by other bodies.
Sertifitseerimine on menetlus, mille käitleja kirjaliku taotluse alusel korraldab kolmas sõltumatu osapool (edaspidi sertifitseerimisasutus), et tõendada käitleja kvaliteedisüsteemi või konkreetse käideldava toidu vastavust nõuetele, millele vastavuse tõendamist taotletakse.
Member States may consider for designation as approved bodies only those certification bodies, inspection bodies, and testing laboratories that come under the jurisdiction of the national authority in question and which therefore are established in their territory.
