#TRST2608290AFrance updates asbestos dust measurement reporting and accreditation checks
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This order tightens how accredited bodies report asbestos fiber dust measurements and how accreditation bodies check that reporting. It updates the 2012 rules on measuring asbestos exposure levels, including the documents that must be included in final measurement reports and the data that must be sent to the SCOLA database. The practical impact is mainly for accredited laboratories and inspection bodies that measure asbestos exposure in workplaces, as well as COFRAC or equivalent accreditation bodies. They will need clearer internal responsibility for validating and archiving SCOLA files, and accreditation reviews must now check these communication duties using the new annex.
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Key Changes
- Requires final asbestos measurement reports to include the relevant test reports for filters used during sampling.
- Updates references in the 2012 order and adds detailed procedures in a new annex for checking compliance.
- Requires accreditation evaluations to verify how accredited bodies send asbestos measurement data and manage SCOLA validation and archiving.
Obligations
What this law requires
Accredited bodies carrying out asbestos dust-level measurements must include in the final measurement report the test report or reports relating to analysis of the filters used during sampling.
Accredited bodies must communicate the results of asbestos-fibre dust-level controls in accordance with the detailed procedures set out in Annex 1 of the amended order.
Accredited bodies must send to the SCOLA database the data from the final report, including at least the description of the commissioned measurement objective, sampling conditions, and analytical results.
When transmitting asbestos measurement data, accredited bodies must ensure that the analytical results correspond to the test report annexed to the final report for the relevant measurement.
COFRAC or another accreditation body referred to in Article 8 must verify, during each evaluation of an accredited body, that the accredited body complies with the requirements for communicating asbestos-fibre dust-level measurement results.