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Guide for the application of the Art 14 (a) of the Safety Directive and Commission Regulation (EU) No 445/2011
on a system of certification of entities in charge of maintenance for freight wagons – VERSION 1.0
5 CERTIFICATION OF ECM
5.1 What does Certification mean?
It means: “Third party attestation related to products, processes, systems or persons (ISO/IEC
17000:2004).”
In the application of the ECM Regulation 445/2011/EU the certification is the process to be applied
by the tandem:
The accredited or recognised certification body or the NSA (acting as certification body)
and
The applicant for the certificate: the ECM or the maintenance workshop
The requirements to be fulfilled by the applicant during the certification process are described in the
Annex III of the ECM Regulation 445/2011/EU and the certification schemes [17] available in the
ERA website:
http://www.era.europa.eu/Document-Register/Pages/ECM-Implementation-Documents.aspx
5.2 What is an ECM certificate?
Scope of ECM certification
ECM certificate
Maintenance development and
fleet management
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Entity in charge of maintenance
Establish the
maintenance file
Remove from
operation and
return to
operation
Deliver the
technical
maintenance
tasks
Maintenance management
• Maintenance development
• Fleet management
• Maintenance delivery
The certificate provided by the accredited or recognised certification body or by the NSA (acting as
certification body) accordingly the ECM Regulation 445/2011/EU, provides the assurance that the
applicant fulfills the requirements established in the Annex III of the ECM Regulation 445/2011/EU
and the certification schemes.
The format of this certificate is defined in the Annex V of the ECM Regulation 445/2011/EU and
available in the ERA database ERADIS. This database is accessible in the following link:
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