Transportation is a crucial part of our society and one of the activities most directly related to citizens and the diverse economic sectors. The basic issues affecting transport include the safety of passengers and goods, the quality of services and means of transport and their environmental impact.
Accredited services help improve the safety and quality of the different kinds of transport -road, rail, sea and air- and reduce their environmental impact.
Accredited services help improve the safety and quality of the different kinds of transport -road, rail, sea and air- and reduce their environmental impact.
Some examples of accredited services in transport sector are: Vehicles roadworthiness inspection, drivers training centres inspection, recreational boats inspection, tests, inspections and certifications regarding vehicle safety and railway interoperability, technical tachograph centres certification…
- Vehicle roadworthiness inspections, technical services for vehicle adaptation, technical services for individual approvals and the inspection of historic vehicles
- Autonomous vehicle inspection prior to authorisation for driving on roads open to traffic
- Driving training centres inspection (private driver schools, dangerous goods centres and road awareness and re-education centres), in collaboration with the Spanish Directorate-General for Traffic (DGT)
- Inspection of certification bodies for safe driving courses on motorcycles and mopeds by the Spanish Directorate-General for Traffic (DGT)
- Safety inspections for the carriage of dangerous and hazardous goods, the inspection of leisure craft and the certification of technical tachograph centres.
- Testing, inspection and certification for vehicle safety and the interoperability of railway components and systems (Eurobalises).
- Aeronautical material testing and greenhouse gas emissions verification for aircraft operators.
- The testing and certification associated with road safety and that required to check active and passive vehicle safety devices, road infrastructure and facilities or the metrological control of speed cameras, breathalysers, opacimeters or exhaust emission analysers.
- Certification of the quality management system of aeronautical companies under the TEDAE scheme, certification of quality references for Puertos del Estado services.
- Metrological control of equipment and instruments such as taximeters, dispensers or pumps, petrol meters, acoustic instruments, exhaust emission analysers, opacimeters and temperature recorders for transportation.
Benefits of accreditation
+ Product and service safety
+ Legal security
+ Prestige
+ Savings and efficiency
+ Markets
+ Access to public procurement
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