Article 6Quality management

1.

The producer shall implement a quality management system suitable to demonstrate compliance with the criteria referred to in Articles 3 and 4, respectively.

2.

The quality management system shall include a set of documented procedures concerning each of the following aspects:

(a)

acceptance control of waste used as input for the recovery operation as set out in Section 2 of Annexes I and II;

(b)

monitoring of the treatment processes and techniques described in Section 3.3 of Annexes I and II;

(c)

monitoring of the quality of scrap metal resulting from the recovery operation as set out in Section 1 of Annexes I and II (including sampling and analysis);

(d)

effectiveness of the radiation monitoring as set out in Section 1.5 of Annexes I and II, respectively;

(e)

feedback from customers concerning compliance with scrap metal quality;

(f)

record keeping of the results of monitoring conducted under points (a) to (d);

(g)

review and improvement of the quality management system;

(h)

training of staff.

3.

The quality management system shall also prescribe the specific monitoring requirements set out in Annexes I and II for each criterion.

4.

Where any of the treatments referred to in Section 3.3 of Annex I or Section 3.3 of Annex II are carried out by a prior holder, the producer shall ensure that the supplier implement a quality management system which complies with the requirements of this Article.

5.

A conformity assessment body, as defined in Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products2, which has obtained accreditation in accordance with that Regulation F1... shall verify that the quality management system complies with the requirements of this Article. The verification should be carried out every 3 years.

6.

The importer shall require his suppliers to implement a quality management system which complies with the requirements of paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article and has been verified by an independent external verifier.

F26A.

In paragraph 6, “independent external verifier” means—

(a)

a conformity assessment body as defined in Regulation (EC) No 765/2008;

(b)

a conformity assessment body as defined in Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 as it has effect in EU law;

(c)

any other environmental verifier as defined in Article 2(20)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 as it has effect in EU law.

7.

The producer shall give competent authorities access to the quality management system upon request.