Qace

qace – entity for the quality assessment and certification of organisations recognised by the european union cic, was founded 24 november 2010 by the 12 organisations, recognised by the european commission as “recognised organisations” – “ros” – to the european community member states. the establishment was the result of the introduction of mandatory requirements in eu regulation (ec) no 391 / 2009 on “common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations”. article 11 in this regulation requires the ros to the european community to “set up by june 2011 and maintain an independent quality assessment and certification entity in accordance with the applicable international quality standards …”. qace was incorporated on 30 november 2010 under the english companies act 2006 as a private company limited by guarantee that is a community interest company and is not-for-profit. the company has its office in hammersmith, london. the eu regulation states that the quality assessm