Number of new or renewed certifications or accreditations obtained by businesses for their products or services

Based on the EU indicator definition:

Total number of new or renewed conformity schemes-related certifications, accreditations, approvals or recognitions obtained by businesses for their products, services or systems following Grants support.

To count towards this indicator, the certification/accreditation must be granted by a competent body, or recognised under an inter-governmental agreement (such as a mutual recognition agreement (MRA)), to the benefit of the business, for its product(s), service(s) or system(s).

Certifications, accreditations, approval or recognition are defined as:

a. Certification: the provision by an independent body of written assurance (a certificate) that the product, service or system in question meets specific requirements.

b. Accreditation: the formal recognition by an independent body, generally known as an accreditation body, that a certification body it operates according to international standards.

c. Approval (EU, mainly for sanitary issues): formal authorisation for an establishment to export the products concerned.

d. Recognition: certification, inspection or testing body designated as Conformity Assessment Bodies by a country, entitled to perform the attestation of conformity of products within the scope of a MRA that will be accepted by the other signatory countries of the MRA.