Annual Report 2014 Entity for the Quality Assessment and Certification of Organisations Recognised by the European Union CIC © QACE 2012 QACE Company number 7455733 Copying from this document 1 Lyric Square Registered in England and Wales can be done provided source London W6 0NB UK Community interest company reference www.qace.co limited by guarantee 4 TableQACE 2013 Annual of ReportContents Glossary QACE 2013 Annual Report 5 Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................06 ABS .....................................................................................................................American Bureau of Shipping ACB .................................................................................................................... Accredited Certification Body BSI ................................................................................. The British Standards Institution [Certification Body] I. Introduction .................................................................................................................................08 CCS ........................................................................................................................ China Classification Society II. Scope of Activities .....................................................................................................................09 CIC .................................................................................................Community Interest Company [Non Profit] CO ....................................................................................................................................RO Controlling Office III. The 2014 Work Plan .................................................................................................................10 CR .......................................................................................................................Collective Recommendations IV. .............................................................................................................. Observation Activities 12 CRS ..................................................................................................................... Croatian Register of Shipping V. Main Findings .............................................................................................................................16 DEKRA .................................................................................... DEKRA Certification GmbH [Certification Body] . VI. Recommendations .....................................................................................................................18 DNV ................................................................................................................................Det Norske Veritas AS DQS ................................................................................................................ DQS GmbH [Certification Body] VII. Formalising the Relationship with IACS..............................................................................20 EC ................................................................................................................................ European Commission VIII. QACE Members ...........................................................................................................................21 EMS ........................................................................................................ Environmental Management System IX. EU Commission’s Assessment ................................................................................................22 EMSA ..........................................................................................................European Maritime Safety Agency EU .......................................................................................................................................... European Union XI. Concluding Remarks...................................................................................................................23 EUW ..................................................................................................... IACS ACB Auditor End User Workshop XI. Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................................24 GL .................................................................................................................................Germanischer Lloyd SE HO ............................................................................................................................................ RO Head Office IACS ................................................................................ International Association of Classification Societies IACS PR ............................................................................................................ IACS Procedural Requirements IACS UI ..................................................................................................................IACS Unified Interpretations Annex A IACS UR ................................................................................................................. IACS Unified Requirements Elected Non-Executive Directors of the Board for QACE.........................................................26 IAF ...................................................................................................... International Accreditation Forum, Inc. IAF MD ....................................................................................................................IAF Mandatory Document IMO ........................................................................................................ International Maritime Organization Annex B IRS ......................................................................................................................... Indian Register of Shipping Members of QACE - EU Recognised Organisations ................................................................... 27 IR ......................................................................................................................... Individual Recommendation ISM .................................................................................................... International Safety Management Code ISO ...........................................................................................International Organization for Standardization Annex C ISRSISPS ........................................................................... International Ship and Port Facilities Security Code 2015 Collective Recommendations ................................................................................................28 KR ......................................................................................................................... Korean Register of Shipping LR ...........................................................................................................................Lloyd’s Register of Shipping NC ..................................................................................................... Audit finding graded as Non Conformity NGO ...................................................................................................... IMO Non-Governmental Organisation NK .....................................................................................................................................Nippon Kaiji Kyokai OB ........................................................................................................... Audit finding graded as Observation PA ..............................................................................................................................RO Plan Approval Centre PRP .......................................................................................................................... Procedure Review Project PRS ........................................................................................................................Polish Register of Shipping QMS ................................................................................................................... Quality Management System QSCS ............................................................................................... IACS Quality System Certification Scheme RINA ................................................................................................................................. RINA Services S.p.A. RINAVE .......................................................................................................... Registro Internacional Naval SA RO ..............................................................................................................................Recognised Organisation RS .........................................................................................................Russian Maritime Register of Shipping SAI G. ................................................................................................... SAI Global Limited [Certification Body] SGS ...................................................................................................................... SGS S.A. [Certification Body] SL ......................................................................................................................................