Recertification audit. 2.4.1 To extend the certification for a further three years, a re-certification audit is to be concluded positively before the expiry of the validity period.
Recertification audit. In order to extend the certification for a further two years, a recertification audit must be successfully completed by the client before the expiry of the validity period. - The procedure corresponds to that of the certification audit. - If recertification is successful, the term of the certificate is extended by 2 years. The recertification audit and the positive certification decision must be completed by the expiration date. Under the following conditions, an unannounced, extraordinary audit or an audit announced at short notice may become necessary. In these cases, the client cannot refuse the auditors. - Serious complaints and other matters of which the certification body becomes aware that call into question the effectiveness of the client’s certified management system and which cannot be resolved in writing or as part of the next regular audit (e.g. suspected violations of the law by the client or its managerial staff). - Changes at the client that affect the capabilities of the management system to such an extent that the requirements of the certification standard are no longer met. - As a consequence of a suspension of the client’s certification. - Due to legal regulations. - Multi location certifications can be used for companies with several locations or for companies with branches that only have branch office functions. Several individual companies or organizations that operate independently of each other and on their own responsibility, which are not linked to each other in the sense of a corporate relationship and use another company or external organization that does not belong to the group of companies to develop, introduce and maintain a management system, do not constitute a multi site organization within the meaning of IAF MD1 (IAF = International Accreditation Forum, MD = Mandatory Document) and therefore cannot be certified as a multi site procedure. - The requirements for multi-site certification are described in the standard. Random sampling in accordance with IAF MD 1 is not permitted.
Recertification audit. According to the detailed provisions of the contract, in order to extend the validity of the certificate, the recertification audit is usually conducted after three or five years from the date of granting the certificate, the recertification audit must be carried out before the lapse of validity of the certificate, and is carried out in accordance with the procedure provided for in the certification audit.