Austria quality mark
The Austria Gütezeichen is an Austrian seal of approval that has existed since 1946 and is awarded by the ÖQA "Austrian Working Group for the Promotion of Quality". Around 450 companies bear the quality mark.
Austria quality mark
It stands as a label for Austrian goods and is used to mark products and services that must meet certain conditions:
- The Austrian share of the value of the cost of the finished product (including the cost of raw materials , semi-finished products , accessories , know-how, etc.) must be at least 50 percent.
- In the case of services, in addition to the condition that the company or organization is based in Austria, at least 50 percent of the added value must be provided domestically.
In 2006 it had an Austria-wide degree of awareness of 76%, its credibility was rated with a school grade of 1.8. In 1996 the level of awareness was still at 93%.
ÖQA "Austrian Working Group for the Promotion of Quality"
| ÖQA "Austrian Working Group for the Promotion of Quality" | |
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| founding | 1946
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| place | Vienna 1 , Gonzagagasse 1/27 |
| president | Hagen Pleile |
| executive Director | Viktor Seitschek |
| Website | www.qualityaustria.com |
The working group operates the ÖQA Certification GmbH (implementation of certifications and assessments of all kinds - in particular for awarding the ÖQA quality mark) and Quality Austria - Trainings, Certification and Assessment GmbH (system and personal certifications , assessments, trainings)
The ÖQA Certification GmbH (100% subsidiary of the ÖQA - Austrian Working Group for the Promotion of Quality) was founded in December 2007. The accreditation (Austrian Accreditation Act, Federal Law Gazette No. 448/2004) as a certification body according to ÖNORM EN 45011 from the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labor, which has existed since November 26, 2004, was transferred to ÖQA Certification GmbH in June 2008, Federal Law Gazette 184 of June 6, 2008 The ÖQA certification GmbH is acc. ISO / IEC 17065 accredited as a certification body for products with the identification number (PSID 0934) from Accreditation Austria / Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy for the areas listed in the decision and published at www.bmwfw.gv.at/akkreditierung.
The responsible supervisory authority is the Ministry of Economic Affairs . Members are:
- WKO Chamber of Commerce Austria , Federal Industry section
- Austrian Chamber of Commerce, Federal Trade Section
- WKO Chamber of Commerce Austria, Federal Section for Trade and Crafts
- Presidential Conference of the Austrian Chambers of Agriculture
- Federal Chamber of Labor
- ÖVQ (Austrian Association for Quality Assurance)
- VKI Association for Consumer Information
- as well as all trademark users
Cooperation partners are:
- Lower Austria Advertising GmbH
- I · R · C Institute for Research and Consulting
- CIS - Certification & Information Security Services GmbH
- Automobile cluster
Web links
- Austrian working group for the promotion of quality OQA
- Austria quality mark health tourism - Best Health Austria
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Factsheet 60 years of the Austria Gütezeichen (PDF; 625 kB)
- ↑ Awareness of organic labels ( memento of the original from April 19, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , BMLFUW, December 16, 2004.
- ^ OQA> Organization
- ↑ OQA certification
- ^ Quality Austria
