Specific contract for auditing and certification of ATEX quality assurance

A-M-02 Ver 00

Contract Ref. No. ....
date: ....

Acceptance of the provisions and signing of this contract means acceptance of the conditions contained in the

  • rules and regulations for the issuance of ATEX certification (I-O-18) which are applicable to ATEX QAN certification.

  • Rules & Regulations for issuing ATEX quality assurance notification or QAN (I-O-14).

  • rules and regulations for the use of the certificate and certification mark (I-O-16).

  • Quotation for ATEX certification, number ......


 Article 1- Contract Parties 

This contract has been stipulated by and between ……………………………………….. , with the registration number ……….. and the fiscal code ……….. and VAT No.............with domiciled registered address at…………………………,  represented by ………………. , hereinafter referred to as The Client, from one side, and Nobel Certification Italia SRLS., with registration number FE-219093, and fiscal Code 02021200387 with domiciled registered address at VIA MARCELLO TASSINI 4, CAP 44123, FERRARA (FE) – ITALIA, represented by Mr. Peyman Moradi as Managing director, hereinafter referred to NOBEL CERT, from the other side.


Article 2- Contract Subject-matter

2-1- Carrying out an on-site audit for quailty management system of production process/product for the scope indicating in below of this article and issuing production process/product quality assurance notification (QAN) for the same scope, according to module D (annex IV) / module E (annex VII) of EU directive 2014/34/EU , on the basis of EN ISO/IEC 80079-34:2020 under accreditation of national accreditation body of Italia (ACCREDIA), with 3 years validity, subjected to taking positive decision by NOBEL CERT.

2-2- Performing two annual Surveillance audits and extending the validity of the issued Certificate, referred to clause 2-1 of this contract, prior to annual expiration dates of the issued QAN (12 and 24 months from the issuing date of QAN) , so as the performing of aforementioned audits with the probable detected non-conformities, becomes closed, prior to the due dates of annual deadlines (12 and 24 months) of the certificate validity.

Note 1: as stated in 2.6 of Rules & Regulations for issuing ATEX quality assurance notification (I-O-14), if the client has already a valid ISO 9001 certification for the same scope, the performance of surveillance audit for QAN is required within 18 months from the issuing date of QAN.

Note 2: The subject matter of this contract is applicable to the application received from the CLIENT, amended if required, finalized, approved by the CLIENT, and reviewed and accepted by NOBEL CERT, and is available on link: ........................................

the scope of the applicability of the Ex product / production process : ……………………..

the type/s :………………………

the production place address/es : ………………………………………….

Note 3: Having a valid ISO 9001 certificate, does not remove the responsibility of auditing all the standard clauses of this contract from NOBEL CERT and in this regard, the client shall perform necessary collaboration with NOBEL CERT.


Article 3- Contract Term

This contract term shall be from the date of signing until 12 months.


Article 4- Total Contract Price

Total contract price is 0000.00 EURO, which shall be paid by the client to NOBEL CERT as per the parts  and deadlines which has been indicated by the Quotation of certification.


Article 5- Contract versions

This contract is drawn up in two versions, both of which have the same ruling and are approved by the parties to the contract.


Article 6- Damages and consumption responsibility

With this contract the client  releases NOBEL CERT from any commitment towards third parties for requests for damages or compensation and undertakes not to claim anything in the event of a legal dispute.


Article 7- Jurisdiction 

In the event of a dispute, the court of Ferrara in Italy, is agreed to be competent.


Signed and sealed by the CLIENT                                                         

Signed and sealed by NOBEL CERT