Annex 6 Accepted scheme managers

Scheme managers are organisations developing and managing schemes used by laboratories and certification or inspection bodies in performing their assessment task. These schemes set a standard for suppliers who want to obtain a certificate or other form of approval. Only if the supplier meets the quality and safety requirements laid down in the scheme will the assessment body issue a certificate or quality mark. Thus a scheme manager is not an assessment body but formulates the standards and manages them.

The first duty of scheme managers is aimed at structurally preventing high-risk situations, in consultation with all the relevant interested parties via the schemes developed, and to describe measures that can reduce risks. Thereby they provide a major contribution to the chain which should bring about the trust of the buyers in the quality and safety of products and services.

Scheme managers must comply with the rules laid down in regulations by the RvA in close consultation with the stakeholders. These regulations include rules applicable to the formal cooperation between the scheme managers and the RvA. In practice the legal form of a scheme manager is always a foundation. That is why the RvA can enter into a so-called acceptance agreement with these organisations for one or more schemes. This acceptance is not an accreditation because accreditation applies exclusively to the assessment bodies.

In cooperation with the scheme managers the RvA has laid down in a document the criteria by which the schemes are assessed. This document makes a connection with the requirements of the accreditation standards and indicates how these can be used in formulating the schemes. You can find more information about this on our website

The following list offers a summary of accepted scheme managers on 15 March 2015:

Scheme manager’s areas of attentionManagerWebsite Contractors (working safely)SSVVwww.vca.nl

Working conditions and safety management (Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series: OHSAS 18001)

Environmental Management (ISO 14001)

SCCMwww.sccm.nl

Car damageKZSwww.focwa.nl

Installation Protection systems*VbVwww.stichtingvbv.nl

Soil, water and archaeologySIKBwww.sikb.nl

Contract cateringCercatwww.cercat.nl

Criminality prevention and fire safetyCCVwww.hetccv.nl

Animal feed sectorGMP+www.gmpplus.org

Digital certificatesECPwww.ecp.nl

Distribution of pesticidesCDGwww.stichtingcdg.nl

Egg sectorOVONEDwww.avined.nl

Healthcare, welfare and social servicesHKZwww.hkz.nl

Green areasGroenkeurwww.groenkeur.nl

HACCP systems

Food safety (management) systems SCVwww.foodsafetymanagement.info www.fssc22000.com

Wooden packagingSMHVwww.smhv.nl

Inspection and maintenance of heating installationsSCIOSwww.scios.nl

Cable infrastructure and pipe laying companiesCKBwww.ckb.nl

Climate-friendly enterprisingSKAOwww.skao.nl

Leadership*SNLwww.normeringleiderschap.nl

Milieukeur agro/food en non-food, Barometers, Groen Label Kas, Maatlat Duurzame Veehouderij en Aquacultuur (agricultural/food, non-food environmental quality mark, barometers, green label for greenhouses, sustainable cattle farming measuring rule and aquaculture)

SMKwww.smk.nl

Poultry sectorPLUIMNEDwww.avined.nl

Potting soil and substrateRHPwww.rhp.nl

Debt counsellingNENwww.nen.nl

Demolition workSVMSwww.veiligslopen.nl

Taxi industryTX-Keurwww.tx-keur.nl

Technical installation sectorKvINLwww.kvinl.nl

Temporary employment sector and (sub)contracting for work*SNAwww.normeringarbeid.nl

Pig sectorCoMorewww.ikbvarken.nl

Working safely in electrical engineeringStipelwww.stipel.nl

Vertical transportTCVTwww.tcvt.nl

Vehicle dismantlingKZDwww.kzd.info

Healthcare and social welfare sector*BIMwww.stichtingbim.nl