RULES & REGULATIONS FOR LOGO USE
All certificates issued by DIMS remain the property of DIMS and must be returned when requested. Certificate holders must ensure that no incorrect references to DIMS certification system or misleading use of certificates or marks occur. DIMS Registered Companies Logo is granted under license to those client companies who have obtained certification of their Quality Management System, Environmental Management System & Other Certification by DIMS after successful assessment to the applicable standard. Where the DIMS Registration Certificate has been issued Accreditation Body’s logo is too used in combination with the DIMS Registered companies’ logo, as applicable.
Dims Certification Logo
DIMS Management Services
DIMS Management Services Registered Companies Logo can be applied to stationery and publicity material that relates to the company’s Scope of Registration. This can include brochures, product cards, advertisements etc.The mark shall not be used on laboratory test reports, calibration and inspection certificates and not applied directly to the product or packaging, whether secondary or primary or in such a manner as to imply that any individual product has been approved. The logo may only be reproduced in a single colour which is unlimited, but where practical should conform to existing preprinted stationery, brochures, letterheads or other promotional materials of the Company.
Accreditation Logo
The Accreditation Logo may only be used in combination with the DIMS Logo and is limited to stationery, literature and other written promotional materials. It cannot be applied to the product or packaging and whether secondary or primary. The Accreditation Symbol shall be displayed only in the appropriate form, and color as demonstrated in figure below.
The Accreditation Logo shall not be used in such a way as to suggest that the Accreditation Body or government Organization it represents have certified or approved the activities of the Company, or in any other manner which can mislead.
The Certification Body/Accreditation Logo may be uniformly reduced or enlarged but must be clearly. Visible, shows accreditation number of management system certification body
If an accredited certificate holder fails to comply with these regulations or uses the logos in any misleading manner, DIMS reserves the right to withdraw or cancel its certificate upon which action, the certificate holder shall immediately cease to use the logos and withdraw the existing stock of its stationery and other promotional brochures etc. bearing the logos, from further use.
Such action could include requests for granting, refusing, maintaining, renewing, suspending, restoring or withdrawing certification or expanding or reducing the scope of certification, publication of the transgression and, if necessary, legal action.
EXAMPLE FOR USE OF LOGO
