Network Certification Body
Accreditation and Certifications
NCB is accredited by UKAS to act as an Approved (ApBo), Designated (DeBo) and Assessment (AsBo) Body to certify / assess rail project compliance.
- The table below shows the full set of capacities in which NCB acts, including where applicable, the accreditation/certification details.
- NCB implements a management system certified by BSI to ISO 9001:2015, ISO 45001:2018 and ISO 14001:2015.
- Evidence of our approval to act as a Notified Body in N. Ireland is published on the European Commission website.
- Evidence of our approval to act as an Approved Body in UK is published on https://www.gov.uk/uk-market-conformity-assessment-bodies
- The scope of our accredited / certified services is:
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Capacity/Service |
Regulation under which service is provided and other applicable documents |
Accreditation / Certification organisation and standard |
Other Information |
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Notified Body (NoBo) / Approved body (ApBo) |
Statutory Instrument No. 3066 The Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2011 (as amended), National technical specification notices (NTSN) |
UKAS BS EN ISO / IEC 17065 |
Option A |
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Designated Body (DeBo) |
Statutory Instrument No. 3066 The Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2011 (as amended), National Technical Rules |
UKAS BS EN ISO / IEC 17065 |
Option A |
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Assessment Body (AsBo) |
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 402/2013 of 30 April 2013 on the Common Safety Method (CSM) for risk evaluation and assessment (as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1136) as invoked by ROGS |
UKAS BS EN ISO / IEC 17020 |
Type A |
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Independent Competent Persons |
Statutory Instrument No. 599 The Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006 (as amended) |
BSI ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 |
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Registration of Load Units (Containers and Swap Bodies) |
International Union of Railways (UIC) Leaflet 592 requirements and Euro norms (EN) & UIC leaflet-596-6 and IRS-50596-7 |
BSI ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 |
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EEntities in Charge of Maintenance (ECM) Certification Body |
Schedule 10 of the Statutory Instrument No. 599 Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006 (as amended) |
UKAS BS EN ISO / IEC 17065 |
Option A |
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Plant Assessment Body |
RIS-1710-PLT Rail Industry Standard for Engineering Certification of Railborne Plant and the Assessment of Non - Railborne Plant, RIS-1702-PLT Rail Industry Standard for the Design of On-track Machines in Working and Travelling Modes RIS-1530-PLT Rail Industry Standard for Engineering Acceptance of On-Track Plant and Associated Equipment. |
UKAS BS EN ISO / IEC 17065 |
Option A |
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Network Rail Product Acceptance |
The applicable prevailing Network Rail company standards for product acceptance |
BSI ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 |
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Technical services including training services |
Related to the understanding of all railway regulations, standards and specifications |
BSI ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 |
Only training services are currently covered by the BSI scope |
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Design for Reliability Assessment |
Related to product acceptance and assessment of compliance with NR/L2/RSE/0005 |
BSI ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 |
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If you plan to commission NCB to act as your ApBo, NoBo, DeBo, PAB, or ECM Certification Body, or already have done so, then you will need to read our Scheme Rules for Assessment of Railway Projects.
Integrated Management System
Network Certification Body Limited (NCB) is certified by BSI to BS EN ISO 9001: 2015, BS EN ISO 14001:2015 & BS ISO 45001:2018 for the provision of conformity assessment and technical services to the rail industry.
Our Integrated Management System (IMS) has built in checks and balances to demonstrate that project and client requirements are identified and met. These include project reviews, improvement tools, KPIs, feedback mechanisms and internal audits all fed through to our Board of Directors and reviewed regularly by NCB Certification Advisory Committee.
We have robust processes in place to keep up to date with changes to National technical specification notices and standards through our involvement with the Department for Transport, ORR, RSSB, British, European and International standards bodies. Any changes are built into our assessment processes and communicated to NCB assessors. NCB supports development of the International and UK conformity assessment industry by providing experts to rail related forums.
Officially accredited by:
Officially certificated by:
(FS622448)
(EMS 649321)
(OHS 649322)