i. The ETS Certification Mark may be used only by parties to which Certificate of conformity to a
management system standard has been awarded by ETS.
ii. The ETS Certification Mark may only be used for the duration of validity indicated on the
Certificate unless the certification is renewed for continuation.
iii. The ETS Certification Mark shall only be used within locations and branches covered by the
certification scope
iv. The ETS Certification Mark shall not be used in a manner which suggests that a particular
product or an activity or service outside the scope of certification, which has not been certified
by ETS Certification. Hence does not imply that the certification applies to activities and sites that are outside the scope of certification.
v. The ETS Certification Mark shall not be used in a manner that will bring discredit/disrepute/lose public trust to ETS or to the certification system.
vi. The certified client shall be unambiguous when referring to the activity and entity which has
been certified. It does not allow reference to its management system certification to be used in such a way as to imply that ETS certifies a product (including service) or process.
vii. The certified client shall be required to review the use of the certification mark when the
scope of certification is reduced or change.
viii. The certified client shall immediately cease use of the Certification Mark and cease
distribution of materials bearing the Certification Mark on the following cases:
a. Upon being suspended or withdrawn by ETS
b. Upon voluntarily relinquishing its certified status
c. Upon being given reasonably adequate notice by ETS that there has been a change in the
current Certification Mark. The certified client shall switch to the new Certification Mark within
the time period mutually agreed upon with ETS
ix. The ETS Certification Mark may be used in promotional material such as letter heads, name.
cards, banners, etc subject to the approval of ETS and provided that the scope of certification
is clearly indicated alongside the Certification Mark
Certified Client shall upon withdrawal of its certification, discontinue its use of all advertising matter that contains a reference to certification, as directed by ETS.
And amends all advertising matter when the scope of certification has been reduced.
Certified Client shall conform to the requirements of the ETS when making reference to its certification status in communication media such as internet, brochures or advertising or other documents.
The mark shall not be directly applied on the client’s products and their packaging or be associated with the client’s products in such a way as to imply that such individual products are in any way associated with or related to ETS, or the services provided.
x. The ETS Certification Mark may strictly not be used on calibration reports or test reports
issued by the certified client in a manner which suggests that any product or equipment has
been certified by ETS.
xi. For the use of accreditation symbol, the certified client shall include:
a. its own name and/or logo.
b. mark of the accredited body must not be disproportionately represented with reference to
the actual accreditation symbol, and position in a manner that ensures the relationship.
between the accreditation symbol and the mark of the ETS is obvious.
xii. The Certified client shall
a) not make or permit any misleading statement regarding its certification.
b) not use or permit the use of a certification document or any part thereof in misleading manner.