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1. ILACThe International Laboratory Accreditation CooperationIAFThe International Accreditation Forum Latest developments Christian NICHITA, RENAR 47th CIML Meeting (1 & 2 October 2012)

2. Global Vision A single worldwide programme of conformity assessment which reduces risk for business, regulators and the consumer, by ensuring that accredited services can be relied upon ; Government and Regulators relying on the IAF and ILAC Arrangements to further develop or enhance trade agreements ; To support the freedom of world trade by eliminating technical barriers, realising the free-trade goal of ‘tested, inspected or certified once and accepted everywhere' .

3. ILAC Membership – 11 July 2012 • 77 Full Members (Signatories to the ILAC Arrangement) representing 65 economies ; • 17 Associates representing 29 economies ; • 20 Affiliates representing 23 economies ; • 5 Regional Cooperation Bodies ; • 25 Stakeholders ; • The ILAC network of members (144 bodies) covers a total of 109 different economies worldwide ; • Signatories represent about 95% of global Gross Domestic Product ; • Approximately 43,000 laboratories andover 6, 600 inspection bodies are accredited by the 77 ILAC Full Members (signatories to the ILAC Arrangement) ; • 77% of regulators accept results from accredited organisations (2010) ; • The inclusion of Inspection in the ILAC Arrangement (MRA) is in the process to be finalised.

4. Coverage of the ILAC MRA (June 2012) ILAC MRA Signatories ILAC Associate Members ILAC Affiliate Members

5. Status of the IAF MLA • 91 members (66 Accreditation Bodies, 17 Association Members, 4 Regional Groups with special recognition, 4 Observers) ; • There are 54 IAF MLA Signatories, representing around 50 economies • Management Systems : 50 Accreditation Bodies and EA, PAC & IAAC ; • ISO 9001 QMS : 50 Accreditation Bodies and EA, PAC & IAAC ; • ISO 14001 EMS : 44 Accreditation Bodies and EA, PAC & IAAC ; • ISO 13485 MDMS : under development ; • ISO 22000 FSMS : under development ; • ISO 27001 ISMS : under development ; • Product : 44 Accreditation Bodies EA, PAC & IAAC ; • Persons : under development.

6. Coverage of the IAF MLA (August 2012) IAF MLA Signatories IAF Members not yet Signatories

7. Regional Cooperation Bodies • The IAF and ILAC Arrangements are structured to build on existing and developing regional MLAs/MRAs established around the world European Cooperation for Accreditation (EA) Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (PAC) Inter-American Accreditation Cooperation (IAAC) Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (APLAC) Southern African Development Community Accreditation (SADCA) African Accreditation Cooperation (AFRAC) • The IAF MLA recognises EA, PAC, IAAC ; • The ILAC MRA recognises EA, APLAC, IAAC.

8. The basis for the recognition arrangements (MRA-MLA) • International standards (ISO/IEC 17000 series)Accreditation Bodies: • ISO/IEC 17011 – accreditation bodies Conformity Assessment Bodies: • ISO/IEC 17020 – inspection bodies (in progress) • ISO/IEC 17025 – laboratories (ISO 15189 – medical laboratories) • ISO/IEC 17021 – certification bodies for management systems • ISO/IEC 17065 – certification bodies for products and services • ISO/IEC 17024 – certification bodies for persons (in progress) • Harmonised implementation documents; • Peer evaluation system with trained evaluators; • Decision making process.

9. The Benefits

10. ILAC and OIML • Memorandum of understanding ; • Joint work programme ; • Drafting of a Joint ILAC/OIML Assessment Procedure in the field of Legal Metrology ; • Enquiry among the common pool of assessors/experts already involved in this kind of assessments in order to get their feed-back and prepare a seminar ; • Common communications to the market ; • Review of common documents such as OIML D10 / ILAC G24.

11. IAF and OIML • Memorandum of understanding ; • Identified items for a joint work programme • Preparation of a survey among IAF members to gather information about current accredited certification activities with regard to regulated and non-regulated measuring instruments (basis for defining further joint activities) ; • Review of a draft OIML Basic Publication (certification system for prepackages).

12. Common denominators for ILAC – IAF and OIML • Level playing field for all parties: producers and conformity assessment bodies ; • Promotion of free trade – eliminating technical barriers to trade ; • Conformity assessment ; • Traceability of measurements ; • Minimising costs and work load for the actors on the market ; • Achieving market confidence.

13. Peer Evaluation ACCREDITATION International Standards CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES Standards / Regulatory requirements / Scheme criteria PRODUCT & SERVICE PROVIDERS CONFIDENCE TRUST ASSURANCE PURCHASERS GOVERNMENT CONSUMERS

14. Recognition Who recognizes whom? • It is the users of the conformity assessment results who have the prerogative to recognize (or not) certificates from different parts of the world ; • It is our work to make sure that happens. What is the catch? • The MLA/MRA is voluntary ; • Users of reports/certificates do not have to accept the MLA/MRA ; • There are dishonest players on the market ; • It is difficult to detect misuse - It can be difficult to take legal action ; • In other words, we cannot relax.

15. Summary • IAF and ILAC are committed to developing a harmonised global approach for accreditation practices to ensure consistency of approach ; • Both organisations maintain the Arrangements to ensure equal reliability of accredited services ; • Growing acceptance by regulators and businesses is removing technical barriers to trade, and avoiding the need for duplicate certifications, testing or inspections ; • IAF and ILAC support developing economies to establish an accreditation infrastructure.

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