QUALITY CERTIFICATION AND ACCREDITATION

Abstract

Due to the technological progress in industries, transport, communications and
information technology, the foundations were laid for a rapid diversification and
renewal of the supply of goods, as well as for the globalization of markets.
As a result of this rapid expansion of international trade, the need arose to
introduce new practices that would ensure increased trust between trading partners
and, in particular, consumer confidence in the quality of purchased products.
Because the manufacturer's simple statement no longer offered objective guarantees
regarding the quality of products, in a number of countries, primarily in the highly
industrialized ones (England, France, Germany), the "certification" system was
introduced.