Use of Sparkle Management Services Logos and Symbols
A company certified by Sparkle Management Services (SMS) may use the SMS logo on company letterheads and literature, subject to the conditions below:
- Use of the symbols on stationery or other media shall not be used by a certified client unless the use relates in whole or in part to certification endorsed by SMS. Clients where SMS has certified subsidiaries, divisions, departments or offices of a company, and not the company as a whole, are most affected by this requirement. Clients must exercise care in the use of certification logo and marks to ensure no misrepresentation of scope for which certification is granted.
- The symbol shall not be used on a product, packaging, laboratory test, calibration or inspection reports, or certificates or test reports, or in any way that may be interpreted to denote product conformity.
- Use of certification marks to indicate that a product has been made under a certified quality management system.
- The mark may only be reproduced in a single colour, but where practical should conform to existing pre-printed stationery, brochures, letterheads or other promotional materials of the company.
- A client can use any statement on product packaging material that the client has a certified management system. The statement shall in no way imply that the product, process or service is certified anyway. The statement shall include: identification like brand name of the client, the type of management system certified, and the name of SMS which is issuing the certificate.
- The client company can use the logo in the same colour combination as specified or in any single colour.
Use of Accreditation Board EGAC Marks, Logos and Symbols
- EGAC logo can be used only when the client’s scope is covered under the EGAC accreditation of SMS.
- The logo shall not be used in any way that misleads the reader about the accredited status of the certification body or the certified body.
- The accreditation body’s logo shall not be used on the packaging of a product, labels, publicity material, written announcements etc., in any way that suggests that the accreditation body has certified or approved any product, process or service of the certified body, or in any other misleading manner.
- The logo shall not be displayed on vehicles except in publicity material like part of a large advertisement.
- The logo shall not be displayed on buildings and flags.
- The logo shall not be used on visiting cards.
- The logos can be reproduced in any size, as long as they do not distort or alter the relative proportions of the logo.
Discontinuation of the SMS Certification Logo and / or EGAC Accreditation Logo
A client certified by SMS shall discontinue the use of the SMS certification logo and / or EGAC accreditation mark immediately when any of the following conditions exist:
- A lapse of certification, suspension or withdrawal;
- The client has made a change to its quality system which has not been accepted by SMS, and which could reasonably be expected to affect the client’s qualification for certification;
- The client has failed to implement a change to the system requirements issued by SMS;
- Any other circumstances which arise and could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the client’s quality system certified by SMS, as identified in the contract agreement.
Misuse and Penalty
Misuse of the SMS certification logo and / or EGAC accreditation mark would lead to corrective action, withdrawal of certification, publication of the transgression and, if necessary, other legal action.