<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">9.0</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Surveillance Audit: </strong>Surveillance audit is organized as per auditor&rsquo;s recommendation, based on business volume, its complexity, and stability of the organization&rsquo;s management system. It is necessarily conducted within one year(or as agreed in contract) from the date of certification however RCPL Starts the first surveillance audit process in 10th month/two months &nbsp;from the date of initial certification Ref:- ISO 17021-1:2015. This is done to maintain confidence that the certified client continues to maintain conformity with the audit criteria during the validity of the conformity certificate. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Surveillance audit report is prepared in Form<strong> RCPL/F/15 (QMS/EMS/FSMS). </strong>After getting auditor&rsquo;s clearance, certification/ registration continuation letter is issued to the client. </span></span></span></span></p>

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<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">9.1 objective of the recertification audit</span></span></strong></span></span></p>

<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The objective is :</span></span></strong></span></span></p>

<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">a) To assess the continued effectiveness of the management system in the light of internal and external changes since last audit with reference to the scope of the QMS certification</span></span></span></span></p>

<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">b) To assess whether the operation of the certified management system contributes to the achievement of the organization&#39;s policy and objectives.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">c) To verify that the client is following the conditions of certification </span></span></span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Ref:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> Audit standard ISO 9001, 14001, 22000:2018 </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Records:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> Surveillance Audit pack / Audit file forms</span></span></span></span></p>

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<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">10.0 Recertification: </span></span></strong></span></span></p>

<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Recertification process is initiated at least two month before the specified expiry date of the certificate. Information about any substantial change in management, machinery, process and QMS /EMS/FSMS scope is gathered, and if substantial change is reported, stage-1 audit is planned to assess suitability of the documentation with current process status of the client.</span></span></span></span></p>

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<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">When no substantial change is reported Stage-1 audit is not conducted, and certification audit is planned. Audit duration for recertification audit is fixed as 2/3 of the initial audit duration. When stage-1 audit is conducted the audit duration is kept as during initial certification audit, however some reduction (10%) in the audit duration may be planned due to familiarity of the client.</span></span></span></span></p>

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<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">As per our defined procedure recertification audit is also conducted only after informing the client about the audit plan and after receiving client&rsquo;s consent. </span></span></span></span></p>

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<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">10.1 objective of the recertification audit</span></span></strong></span></span></p>

<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">a) To assess the extent of the effectiveness of the management system in the light of internal and external changes with reference to the scope of the QMS /EMS/FSMS/ certification</span></span></span></span></p>

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<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">b) To assess whether the operation of the certified management system contributes to the achievement of the organization&#39;s policy and objectives.</span></span></span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">c) To verify that the client is following the conditions of certification</span></span></span></span></p>
