At the ILA, TUV NORD CERT received the accreditation for the certification of air navigation service providers from the Federal Ministry for Traffic, Construction and Urban Development. State secretary, Dr. Engelbert Lütke Daldrup, a representative of the Federal Ministry, handed Volker Klosowski the accreditation certificate; Mr. Klosowski is a board member of the TUV NORD Group and is responsible for certification and international affairs. TUV NORD CERT is the first company in Europe holding an accreditation of this kind. It will enable TUV NORD CERT to certify air navigation service providers throughout Europe, according to the regulation for air navigation service providers (EG Nr. 550/2004).
TUV NORD CERT will be allowed to certify all organisations involved in air navigation service provision. These services include: air controllers, meteorological services, briefing services as well as communication and support services.
"We are very proud that we were able to prove our capabilities to the Federal Ministry," said Volker Klosowski and added further: "We are especially pleased that we are the first to provide this service in Europe."
TUV NORD CERT (http://www.tuev-nord-cert.de) is the accreditation authority leading an international consortium with the AFI Flight Inspection (http://www.afi.aero), the Aviation Institute of the Braunschweig Technical University (http://www.tu-braunschweig.de/iff), OECON Association of Engineers for Industry Consulting and Project Management(http://www.oecon-line.de) and NLR Het Nationaal Lucht - en Ruimtevaartlaboratorium (http://www.nlr.nl) as the other members.
About the TUV NORD Group
"We make the world a safer place": The TUV NORD Group (http://www.tuev-nord.de) is one of the leading technical service providers in Germany and Northern Europe with more than 6.600 employees, of whom more than 5.000 have a technical/scientific educational background. In addition, the group is also represented in more than 30 countries in Europe, Asia and the Americas with their own team of representatives and associations. The leading market position of the group is based on its technical competency and a broad array of consultation and test services in the areas of academia, energy and system technology, international, mobility, systems and certification services.
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