Use Of Accreditation Board UAFL Marks, Logos And Symbols

General

  1. Only UAFL may use the relevant UAFL symbol on stationery, quotations for work, reports and certificates, websites and brochures, and other items relevant to UKAS' accreditation activities, subject to the conditions set out in this publication.
  2. Only UAFL and organisations accredited by UAFL may use the relevant UAFL symbol on stationery, quotations for work, reports and certificates, websites and brochures, and other items relevant to the accredited organisation's accredited activity, subject to the conditions set out in this publication.
  3. The UAFL logo and UAFL symbol shall not be used in such a way as to suggest that the Secretary of State or UAFL has certified, or approved, any product or any service supplied by a licensee of a symbol, or in any other misleading manner.
  4. The UAFL symbol shall not be used in such a way as to imply that UAFL accepts responsibility for activities carried out under the scope of accreditation and/or certification.
  5. It is the responsibility of every UAFL accredited organisation to minimise the risk of a client/reader being misled as to the extent and limitations of its UAFL accreditation, whether it be in relation to quotations for work, work being undertaken, results being reported, the use of sub-contractors or in any publicity material (e.g. websites and brochures) used for advertising activities or services.
  6. Reports and certificates issued by accredited organisations that contain results and outcomes from accredited activities and non-accredited and/or subcontracted activities shall readily distinguish the activities that are covered by the organisation's accreditation and those that are not.
  7. All quotations for work that contain a UAFL Symbol shall clearly indicate those activities that are not UAFL accredited.
  8. UAFL Symbol for certification activities shall not be used on reports and certificates issued by Laboratories, Inspection Bodies, Proficiency Testing Providers, Reference Material Producers, verification bodies and Medical Diagnostic Service Providers.

Publicity materials

  1. UAL accredited organisations are entitled to incorporate the appropriate UAFL Symbol in publicity material that refers to accredited services, provided that the conditions relating to their reproduction contained in this publication are met.
  2. For the purposes of these conditions the term 'publicity material' shall not include notices, labels, documents or written announcements affixed to or otherwise appearing on goods or products unless the goods or products have been manufactured under an accredited product conformity scheme. This restriction shall also apply to primary (e.g. blister packs) packaging and promotional products.
  3. For the purposes of these conditions the terms 'publicity material' and 'advertisements' shall not include notices, labels, documents or written announcements affixed to or otherwise appearing on the vehicles or flags of the UAFL accredited organisation. These restrictions may be extended to other items, goods or products as the Secretary of State may determine from time to time.
  4. The UAFL Logo and UAFL Symbol shall not be displayed by UAFL accredited organisations, on any vehicle.
  5. The UAFL Logo and UAFL Symbol shall not be displayed on buildings and flags.
  6. UAFL may display UAFL Logo on internal walls and doors, and on exhibition stands.
  7. UAFL accredited organisations may display their UAFL Logo on internal walls and doors, and on exhibition stands.

Suspension and termination of UAFL accreditation

  1. Upon suspension of relevant UAFL accreditation, accredited organisations shall immediately cease to issue certificates, reports and quotations for work displaying a UAFL Logo and this shall include the removal of UAFL Logo displayed on websites.
  2. Upon termination of UAFL accreditation, accredited organisations shall immediately cease distribution of all items on which a UAFL Logo is displayed and this shall include the removal of UAFL Logo displayed on websites.
  3. In the event that accreditation is withdrawn from an UAFL accredited organisation in respect of a scheme whereby the organisation owns and licenses its own mark/logo, the organisation shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that its licensees immediately cease use of stationery, literature, advertisements (including web pages), goods, labelling and packaging bearing the UAFL Logo.
  4. UAFL logo can be use only when the client's SCOPE is covered under UAFL accreditation.
  5. The logo shall not be used in any way that it misleads the reader about the accredited status of the certification body or the certified body.
  6. The logo shall not be displayed on vehicles except in publicity material like part of a large advertisement.
  7. The logo shall not be displayed on buildings and flags.
  8. The logo shall not be used on the visiting cards
  9. The logos can be reproduced in any size, as long as they do not distort or alter the relative proportions of the logo

Accreditation is an endorsement of an organization's competence, credibility, impartiality and integrity in carrying out its conformity assessment activities.

"Accreditation refers to third-party attestation related to a conformity assessment body conveying formal demonstration of its competence to carry out specific conformity assessment tasks" Accreditation, with its many potential benefits for the quality of goods and in the provision of services throughout the supply chain, is underpinning practical applications of an increasingly wide range of activities across all sectors of the economy, from fishing to forestry, construction to communications. Basically, it is an endorsement of a conformity assessment body's (CAB's) competence, credibility, independence and integrity in carrying out its conformity assessment activities.

In everyday language the terms accreditation and certification are often used interchangeably. In the conformity assessment industry however, these terms have very different and specific meanings.

Certification is "third-party attestation related to products, processes, systems or persons." (ISO/ IEC 17000:2004)

More and more businesses are voluntarily choosing to be accredited as they recognize the internal efficiency that it brings and the opportunities to demonstrate best practice.