Český institut pro akreditaci
Český institut pro akreditaci (CAI) ( Czech Czech Institute for Accreditation ) is the Czech accreditation body . It was founded on January 1, 1993. It has its seat in Prague and has the legal form of obecně prospěšná společnost. It fulfills the task of a national conformity assessment body and accredits laboratories, certification and accreditation bodies.
history
On February 1, 1991, an accreditation department was set up in the Czech Office for Standardization and Measurement. On December 21, 1992, a certificate of incorporation was issued for a non-governmental entity that is to take over the accreditation, which began work on January 1, 1993. In 1996 the CAI was accepted into the ILAC (International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation). According to Law 22/1997, the CAI is no longer a state administrative authority since September 1st, 1997. The Ministry of Industry and Commerce has authorized the CAI to carry out accreditations. In 2000 the Convention on the Mutual Recognition of Accreditation Results (ILAC MRA) was signed.
As part of the European Regulation (EC) No. 765/2008 (Article 4 Paragraph 1), all EU member states had to designate a single national accreditation body from January 1, 2010. For the Czech Republic this is the CAI.