voluntary accreditation
as defined in Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13…, Article 2, point (13)
any permission, setting out rights and obligations specific to the provision of certification services, to be granted upon request by the certification-service-provider concerned, by the public or private body charged with the elaboration of, and supervision of compliance with, such rights and obligations, where the certification-service-provider is not entitled to exercise the rights stemming from the permission until it has received the decision by the body.