{"id":612,"date":"2014-04-16T09:13:02","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T08:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nf-validation.afnor.org\/en\/?page_id=612"},"modified":"2025-11-25T15:46:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T14:46:42","slug":"reference-documents-water-analysis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nf-validation.afnor.org\/en\/reference-documents-water-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Download reference documents (pdf files) \u2013 Water analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The certification system for rapid methods of analysis is framed by reference documents.<\/p>\n<h2>The NF VALIDATION certification program<\/h2>\n<p>General policies and organisation of the certification are defined in the <strong>General rules<\/strong> of the NF VALIDATION mark.<\/p>\n<p>Application scope, stakeholders, certification process, technical requirements\u2026, you will know everything by consulting the <strong>Certification rules in the domain of water<\/strong>. This is also where you will find the technical requirements to be met per alternative method, the management provisions enabling the manufacturer to ensure constancy of production, the nature and frequency of the controls that the certification body must perform (validation study, on-site audits&#8230;).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nf-validation.afnor.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/regles-generales-NF-Validation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The General Rules of the NF VALIDATION mark<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nf-validation.afnor.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/04\/REGNF148_en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The NF VALIDATION Certification Rules for the water domain<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Validation protocols<\/h3>\n<p>To discover performances characteristics evaluated during the validation studies, we invite you to consult the applicable validation protocols:<\/p>\n<h5>Methods for the detection\/quantification of <em>Legionella<\/em> <em>or Legionella pneumophila<\/em> by PCR:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nf-validation.afnor.org\/\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/04\/NF148_Protocole-PCR-Legio_en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The validation protocol for Legionella PCR methods (detection\/quantification)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Other rapid methods for the detection\/enumeration of microorganisms in water:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nf-validation.afnor.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/04\/NF148_Protocole-General-Validation_en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The validation protocol for an alternative\u00a0commercial method as compared\u00a0to a\u00a0reference method<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Useful links:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/europa.eu\/european-union\/topics\/environment_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/europa.eu\/european-union\/topics\/environment_en<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/solidarites-sante.gouv.fr\/sante-et-environnement\/eaux\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/solidarites-sante.gouv.fr\/sante-et-environnement\/eaux\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cofrac.fr\/en\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.cofrac.fr\/en\/home<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cifl.com\/en\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/cifl.com\/en\/home\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The certification system for rapid methods of analysis is framed by reference documents. 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