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The document explains the Polish framework for accreditation, including the roles of the President of the Personal Data Protection Office and the Polish Centre for Accreditation. It sets additional obligations alongside ISO/IEC 17065/2012, covering competence assessment, impartiality, consistent functioning, and communication requirements, including delivery address indications and cooperation arrangements.","Additional  \nAccreditation Requirements for Certification Bodies  \n04 February 2026  \nVersion 2.0  \n1  \nVersion 1.0 31 January 2022 Draft Additional Accreditation Requirements for  \nCertification Bodies for the opinion of the EDPB  \nVersion 1.1 31 January 2023 Draft Additional Accreditation Requirements for Certification Bodies after considering Opinion 11/2022 on the draft decision of the competent supervisory authority of Poland on the approval of the requirements for the accreditation of certification bodies in accordance with Article 43  \n(3) (GDPR), adopted by the European Data Protection Board on 4 July 2022  \nVersion 1.2 8 December 2023 Additional Accreditation Requirements for  \nCertification Bodies approved by the President of the Personal Data Protection Office after taking into account EDPB Opinion 11/2022 and updating the official journals of legal acts cited therein  \nVersion 2.0 04 February 2026 Requirements modified taking into account  \nnational e-delivery law  \n[www.uodo.gov.pl/en](www.uodo.gov.pl/en)  \nIntroduction  \nIn accordance with recital 100 and Article 42 (1) of the Regulation  \n(EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to with the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) OJ L 119, 04.05.2016, p. 1, as amended), hereinafter referred to as GDPR, the  \nPresident of the Personal Data Protection Office (hereinafter the President of the Office) encourages the establishment of data protection certification mechanisms and data protection seals and marks for the purpose of demonstrating compliance with the GDPR. These certification mechanisms, as well as seals and marks, are intended not only to enable persons whose personal data will be processed to assess their level of protection quickly, but they will also allow obliged entities to implement appropriate technical and organisational measures within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation, including in particular, controllers and processors demonstrate compliance with the GDPR.  \nAs part of the establishment of data protection certification mechanisms and data protection seals and marks, Article 43 (1) of the GDPR requires Member States to ensure that Certification Bodies issuing certification under Article 42 (1) of the GDPR are accredited by either or both, the competent supervisory authority orthe national accreditation body. If accreditation is carried out by the national accreditation body in accordance with ISO/IEC 17065/2012, the additional requirements established by the competent supervisory authority must also be applied.  \nIn Poland, in accordance with Article 12 (1) of the Act of 10 May 2018 on the Protection of Personal Data (Journal of Laws of 2019, item 1781) in conjunction with Article 43 (1)(b) of the GDPR The Polish Centre for Accreditation (PCA) is entitled to grant accreditation of Certification Bodies.  \nPCA is a national accreditation body authorised to accredit conformity assessment bodies on the basis of the Act of 13 April 2016 on conformity assessment and market surveillance systems (Journal of Laws of 2022, item 1854) . 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