Certificates and Attests

Certification

• Certificate of EN ISO 9001:2008 (Quality management system), reg. number 041005209
  initial certification: 1995-03-01, valid until: 2014-06-18
• Certificate EN ISO 1400:2004 (Environmental management system), reg. 04104049017
  initial certification: 2004-05-21, valid until: 2013-05-19
• Certificate BS OHSAS 18001:2007 (British Standard Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series), reg. 44116071627
  initial certification: 2004-05-21, valid until: 2013-05-20

Authorizations of SÚJB (State Office for Nuclear Safety)

• Licence No. 2496/2004 ref. No. 8874/3,3/99 for import, export and distribution of radionuclide sources
• Licence No. 261/99 ref. No. 8874/3,3/99 to manage nuclear materials
• Licence No. 12821/4.4/99/Ky to use simple ionizing radiation sources  -  to carry out the acceptance tests of ionizing radiation sources,  - to carry out the status tests of ionizing radiation sources by measuring their parameters and properties and used by medical exposure – intraoral stomatological X-ray apparatuses
• License No.11448/2001 to measure and evaluate the occurrence of radon and its daughters on building sites and in buildings, including radon diagnostics, and the content of natural radionuclides in water, namely Rn-222, gross alpha and beta activity, Ra-226, Po-210 and uranium.
• Licence No. 2501/4.1/02/Kod for ionizing radiation source management in the following scope:  – to carry out the status tests on the J-6000 irradiator in the company of Bioster a.s., to carry out  the status tests of sealed sources installed in the Bioster a.s company.
• Decree of State Office for Nuclear Safety, ref. No 17794/2002, which permits to carry out services for users of ionizing radiation sources to secure systematic supervision of radiation protection observance.
• Decree of State Office for Nuclear Safety, ref. No 11623/2003, which permits the VF, a.s. company to carry out radiation activities concentrated on the monitoring of category III and IV workplaces.

The VF company is integrated in the EKO-KOM system to fulfil its obligations of take-back and recovery of waste packaging. The EKO-KOM system provides collection and recovery of packaging waste mainly through municipal schemes of separate collection.

Similarly, the VF company, as a manufacturer of electrical and electronic equipment, is integrated in the RETELA system of collective fulfilment of taking back, collecting, processing, utilization and disposal of electrical appliances and electrical waste. RETELA is a member of a European association of electrical and electronic waste collection and recovery systems (WEEE) and runs a collective take-back scheme in the Czech Republic. The legal background for its existence is given by the EC WEEE Directive as well as the relevant legislation of the Czech Republic.