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Business and training
49 possibility of recognition of that certificate or testing report on an international level should be appreciated .
7 . Do you operate nationally ? SATAS : SATAS operates nationally and internationally . AENOR : AENOR operates worldwide . Our headquarters are in Spain , and the fact that AENOR has permanent branches in Chile , Brazil , Mexico , Peru , El Salvador , Panama , Dominican Republic , Ecuador , Portugal , Italy , Morocco , and Poland allows the organisation to transfer its experience in certification and training to other markets , adapting to specific local needs . South Africa is an option to be evaluated . Regarding product certification , more than 100 000 products , produced in factories located in more than 40 countries , are certified by AENOR . AENOR Marks are not only used in products that are going to be sold in Spain , but they also give confidence to costumers in many different countries all over the world . and SANAS are both members of IAF ( International Accreditation Forum ), SANAS has issued a Statement of Equivalence in which it recognises that the accreditation granted by ENAC is equivalent to their own accreditation , and that certificates bearing the ENAC symbol are equally reliable to certificates issued by any certification body accredited by SANAS .
SANAS is the only national body responsible for carrying out accreditations in respect of conformity assessment .
8 . Please confirm whether you are registered by SANAS ? SATAS : SATAS holds SANAS accreditation for standards in the areas as per Question 5 above . AENOR : AENOR is accredited by ENAC ( the Spanish accreditation body ) to certify products according to the SANS standards listed in Question 5 . As ENAC
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