• The table below shows the full set of capacities in which NCB acts, including where applicable, the accreditation details. In addition, our management systems are certified by BSI to ISO9001:2015, OHSAS18001:2007 and ISO14001:2015.
• Evidence of our approval to act as a Notified Body in Europe is published on the European Commission website.
• The scope of our accreditations is each of the Subsystem and Transverse Technical Specifications for Interoperability, plus, for CSM Assessment Body work, Technical, Organisational and Operational changes.

Capacity/Service	Regulation under which service is provided and other applicable documents	Accrediting organisation and standard
Notified Body (NoBo)	Statutory Instrument No. 3066 The Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2011	UKAS, ISO17065
Designated Body (DeBo)	Statutory Instrument No. 3066 The Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2011Notified National Technical Rules	UKAS, ISO17065
Assessment Body (AB)	Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 402/2013 of 30 April 2013 on the Common Safety Method (CSM) for risk evaluation and assessment	UKAS, ISO17020
Independent Competent Persons	Statutory Instrument No. 599 The Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006 (as amended)	N/A
Registration of Load Units (Containers and Swap Bodies)	International Union of Railways (UIC) Leaflet requirements	N/A
ESPA and PWRA	Private Wagon Registration Agreement (PWRA) and Entity in Charge of Maintenance Service Provision Agreement (ESPA) driven by Commission Regulation 445/2011 of 10 May 2011	N/A
Entities in Charge of Maintenance (ECM) Certification Body	Commission Regulation 445/2011 of 10 May 2011	UKAS, ISO17065
Plant Assessment Body	RIS-1710-PLT Rail Industry Standard for Engineering Certification of Railborne Plant	UKAS, ISO17065
Training services	Training for customers about Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 402/2013 of 30 April 2013 on the Common Safety Method (CSM) for risk evaluation and assessment	N/A

If you plan to commission NCB to act as your NoBo, DeBo, PAB, or ECM Certification Body, or already have done so, then you will need to read our Scheme Rules, which are available here:

• NoBo and DeBo
• PAB
• ECM

Application forms as referred to in our ECM scheme rules are available here:

• Application for a Maintenance Functions Certificate
• Application for an Entity in Charge of Maintenance Certificate

Integrated Management System

Network Certification Body Limited (NCB) is certified by BSI to BS EN ISO 9001: 2015, BS EN ISO 14001:2015 & OHSAS 18001:2007 for the provision of conformity assessment and training services to the European 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 the Certification Advisory Committee. We have robust processes in place to keep up to date with changes to TSIs 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 European conformity assessment industry through providing experts for the European NB Rail and UK NoBo forums

Officially accredited by:

  

Officially certificated by:

• (FS622448)
• (EMS 649321)
• (OHS 649322)