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Accreditation, officially authorised and internationally recognised

JAKO is accredited by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Economy as Austrian verification centre and internationally recognised ÖKD calibration centre for pressure gauges in accordance with ISO EN 17025. Thus, JAKO has taken over duties that used to be the sole domain of the Austrian Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying.

Accreditationis the formal and official recognition of the competence and skills required to act as independent conformity evaluation body - in the case of JAKO, as calibration laboratory as well as officially authorised verification centre.

Accreditation marks

The accreditation authorises JAKO to use the two accreditation marks:


Officially authorised verification centre for pressure gauges		Internationally recognised calibration centre for pressure gauges and electronic direct reading pressure measuring devices!

Traceability

In regular monitoring audits, JAKO has to prove compliance with the strict requirements to the Austrian Federal Ministry of Economy and the Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying.

This ensures that our verification and calibration service guarantees complete traceability to the national standard. In regular interlaboratory comparisons, the traceability of the JAKO standards used is ensured in an exchange process with the Austrian Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying (Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen - BEV) and other laboratories.

Acceptance and recognition of JAKO’s accreditation

Time and again we are asked the question of “What conditions must a verification or calibration centre meet“ to ensure legal security and reliable measurement results.

The following comparison and guidance shows you the different requirements JAKO has to meet and complies with.

Requirements	Verification	Calibration	Factory test
Our proof of competence	Accreditation certificate	Accreditation certificate	ISO 9001 Certificate
Who is supervising JAKO?	Austrian Federal Ministry for Economy, Family and Youth in cooperation with the Austrian Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying (BEV)	Austrian Federal Ministry for Economy, Family and Youth in cooperation with the Austrian Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying (BEV)	Accredited certification body for quality management systems in accordance with ISO 9001
Our commercial basis	Defined by law	Internationally standardised	JAKO standard
Which organisational requirements must JAKO meet (as verification and calibration centre)?	ISO EN 17025 General requirements for the competence of calibration and testing laboratories Austrian metrology and verification act §35 (Maß & Eichgesetz)	ISO EN 17025 General requirements for the competence of calibration and testing laboratories Austrian metrology and verification act §58 and §59 (Maß & Eichgesetz)	ISO EN 10204 Metallic products – Types of inspection documents ISO 9001 certified process for the performance of factory tests
Acceptance and recognition of verification and calibration results	Nationally recognised stamping mark (device seal) or nationally recognised verification certificate -> is valid as official proof	Internationally valid calibration certificate based on the mutual recognition of the accreditation authorities in the European Council	Factory test certificate ->is valid in the relationship between customer and contractor
Our testing, verification and calibration methods	National regulations Verification error limits according to type approvals (device type)	German Guideline DKD-R6-1 for the calibration of pressure gauges	Test procedure according to JAKO’s QM system, in compliance with the requirements of ISO 9001