Background: The Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/196 of 3 February 2025 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/996 as regards the accreditation of certification bodies and correcting Annex VII to that Regulation establishes the following accreditation related requirements:
A certification body shall be accredited to EN ISO/IEC 17065.
When a certification body conducts verification activities, either with its internal resources or with other resources under its direct control, it shall also meet the applicable requirements of EN ISO/IEC 17029 and EN ISO 14065. The certification body shall only use other resources for verification activities from accredited bodies that meet the applicable requirements of EN ISO/IEC 17029 and EN ISO 14065.
The accreditation of a certification body shall be conducted by a national accreditation body in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 and shall cover the specific scope of certification of the voluntary or national scheme within the scope of Directive (EU) 2018/2001.
Question: Could you please confirm that in the context of the scope of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 (RED II), as amended by Directive (EU) 2023/2413 (RED III),verification activities are to be understood as activities where a certification body is auditing a certificate holder that conducts GHG actual value calculations? Hence, certification bodies conducting audits for power plants that only use default values for the GHG calculations, or certificate holders that just pass on information through the supply chain for a power plant to conduct GHG calculations, only need to be accredited against EN ISO/IEC 17065.
September 2025
Yes, according to Article 11 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/996 as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/196, verification activities, as a distinct conformity assessment activity, are understood as defined under §3.3 of EN ISO/IEC 17029 and §3.3.15 of EN ISO 14065 standards (and §3.6.2 of EN ISO 14064-3 in relation to GHG statements). To this end, reported GHG emissions data and associated calculations being related to the ‘‘claim’’, i.e. information declared by the client, are considered to be subject to verification.
Yes, according to Article 11 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/996 as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/196, accreditation is required only against EN ISO/IEC 17065 standard. No additional accreditation is required. The Certification Body’s compliance with the applicable requirements of EN ISO/IEC 17029 and EN ISO 14065, when verification activities are carried out by the CB, either with its internal resources or with other resources under its direct control, shall be demonstrated in the context of the CB’s accreditation against EN ISO/IEC 17065. If outsourcing is applied, verification activities shall only be outsourced to accredited bodies that meet the applicable requirements of EN ISO/IEC 17029 and EN ISO 14065. Any data related to reported GHG emissions is considered to be subject to verification.