IAF Multilateral Recognition

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1 Certified Once Accepted Everywhere IAF Mutiatera Recognition Arrangement (MLA) Annua Report IAF Mutiatera Recognition Agreement (MLA) Annua Report

2 Contents Introduction 3 The IAF MLA 3 The IAF MLA Mark 4 Scope of the IAF MLA 4 Signatories to the IAF MLA 5 New Appicants 8 Goba Growth 9 Peer Evauation Process 9 Expanding the scope of the IAF MLA 11 IAF MLA monitoring and improvement activities 13 Word Accreditation Day 17 Annex 1 Status of the IAF MLA programs/ Signatories to the IAF MLAs 19 2 IAF Mutiatera Recognition Agreement (MLA) Annua Report 2013

3 Introduction The IAF and its accreditation body members invest significant effort and resource to maintain the integrity and consistency of the MLA through a peer evauation process. This report sets out the detaied activity that is carried out as part of the peer evauation process, to ensure that reguators, specifiers, and businesses can have confidence in the Arrangement. The IAF MLA The purpose of the IAF MLA is to provide users in countries with accreditation bodies, that are IAF MLA signatories, assurance that equivaent certification bodies in other countries operate to the same standard as those in their own country. Accreditations granted by IAF MLA accreditation body signatories are recognised wordwide based on their equivaent accreditation programmes, therefore reducing costs and adding vaue to industry and consumers. Certificates in the fieds of management systems and products (incuding services and processes) issued by bodies accredited by IAF MLA signatories are therefore reied upon in internationa trade. The MLA contributes to the freedom of word trade by eiminating technica barriers. IAF works to find the most effective way of achieving a singe system to meet the objective: Certified once, accepted everywhere IAF Mutiatera Recognition Agreement (MLA) Annua Report

4 The IAF MLA Mark The IAF MLA Mark can be used by accreditation bodies to demonstrate their status as a signatory to the IAF MLA. Accredited certification bodies can aso use the Mark in combination with the accreditation symbo to use on their certificates providing the certificates are issued in association with an IAF endorsed scheme. The Mark demonstrates that the certificate has been issued by a certification body that is accredited by an IAF MLA signatory and is thus traceabe to the highest authority. It is an assurance that the certificate and the issuing body are of a high standard of competence and may be trusted, as they are recognised as compying to the same set of standards at the goba eve. It is aso the sign that a certificates bearing the Mark can be equay trusted as it means they a have been issued by bodies recognised as compying to the same set of standards at the goba eve. Scope of the IAF MLA In 2013, the IAF Members agreed to: a) aunch the scope extensions for Certification of Persons and Medica Devices advising Members and Regiona Groups that the IAF is ready to receive appications for the scope extensions, and b) endorsed the Goba G.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance (IFA) product certification scheme. The scope of the IAF MLA consists of: 1) three main scopes: Accreditation of Management Systems Certification Bodies, Accreditation of Product Certification Bodies and Accreditation of Certification Bodies for Persons; and 2) three sub-scopes for Management Systems: ISO 9001 Quaity management systems Requirements, ISO Environmenta management systems Requirements with guidance for use and ISO Medica Devices Quaity management systems Requirements for reguatory purposes; and 3) One sub-scope for product: GobaG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance product certification scheme. A main scope means certificates are equay reiabe because the conformity assessment bodies conform to the same standard. A sub-scope means the certificates are equivaent because the management systems conform to the same standard. In the case of sub-scopes for products or persons, it wi ony be considered equivaent for the ones endorsed by IAF. 4 IAF Mutiatera Recognition Agreement IAF (MLA) ANNUAL Annua REPORT Report

5 New Scope Extensions The IAF is currenty deveoping further scope extensions to the IAF MLA in the areas of Food Safety Management Systems (FSMS) and Information Security Management Systems (ISMS). Signatories to the IAF MLA The IAF MLA has been structured to buid on existing and deveoping regiona MLAs estabished around the word. IAF has granted Specia Recognition to the MLA programs of three Regiona Accreditation Groups, the European co-operation for Accreditation (EA), the Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (PAC) and the InterAmerican Accreditation Cooperation (IAAC), on the basis of the acceptance of the mutua recognition arrangements estabished within these organisations. Membership of the IAF MLA is recognised as being satisfied by membership of either the EA MLA, the PAC MLA or the IAAC MLA for endorsed schemes. IAF members who are aso signatories of these regiona MLAs are automaticay accepted into the IAF MLA for endorsed schemes. There are a sma number of IAF Member accreditation bodies that are not a member of a Regiona Accreditation Group referred to as unaffiiated accreditation bodies. Unaffiiated accreditation bodies can appy directy to IAF to become an IAF MLA signatory. The number of signatories to the IAF MLA has grown in recent years, providing confidence to businesses and Reguators in a greater number of economies. A fu ist of IAF MLA signatories as of December 2013 is at Annex 1. There are another three Regiona Accreditation Groups that have been working on estabishing their MLAs in preparation for appying to the IAF for Specia Recognition of their MLA programs. In recognition of this, Southern African Deveopment Community in Accreditation (SADCA), African Accreditation Cooperation (AFRAC) and ARAB Accreditation Cooperation (ARAC) have been incuded in this report. IAF Mutiatera Recognition Agreement (MLA) Annua Report

6 Signatories to the IAF MLA EA MLA Number of signatories for Management Systems Number of signatories for Product Certification Number of signatories for Certification of Persons PAC MLA Number of signatories for Management Systems Number of signatories for Product Certification Number of signatories for Certification of Persons 6 IAF Mutiatera Recognition Agreement (MLA) Annua Report 2013

7 IAAC MLA Number of signatories for Management Systems Number of signatories for Product Certification Number of signatories for Certification of Persons ARAC MLA Number of signatories for Management Systems Number of signatories for Product Certification Number of signatories for Certification of Persons Note: Not a signatories to Regiona MLAs have appied to become a signatory of the IAF MLA. IAF Mutiatera Recognition Agreement (MLA) Annua Report

8 In 2013 the IAF MLA comprised 3 Regiona Groups and 59 accreditation bodies in tota. Two of the signatories are unaffiiated accreditation bodies. NEW IAF MLA Signatories IAF MLA Signatories IAF Members that are not as yet Signatories New Appicants Further growth in the number of signatories is expected in the future as 27 appications were received in IAF: EA: PAC: IAAC: ARAC: AFRAC: 3 appications for Management Systems and 5 for Products 1 appication for Management Systems 7 appications for FSMS, 3 appications for GHG, 2 for ISMS 2 appications for Product Certification 2 appications for Management Systems 2 appications for for QMS and EMS. SADCA: 0 appications received. 8 IAF Mutiatera Recognition Agreement (MLA) Annua Report 2013

9 Goba Growth In addition to the growth in signatories to the IAF MLA, there has been a corresponding growth in the number of accredited certification bodies EA PAC IAAC ARAC AFRAC SADCA A tota of 5791 certification bodies are currenty accredited, an increase of 114% since Whist growth has taken pace in a regions, it is most pronounced in PAC and IAAC. Note: These numbers refect the tota number of sub-scopes covered by accredited certification bodies in the Regiona Groups, incuding where a certification body is accredited for more than one sub-scope. Peer Evauation Process Accreditation bodies are admitted to the IAF MLA ony after a most stringent evauation of their operations by a peer evauation team which is charged to ensure that the appicant member compies fuy with both the internationa standards and IAF requirements. IAF, and its accreditation body members, invest significant cost and resources to ensure they maintain the integrity of the MLA through robust peer evauation. The MLA and its signatories are under constant review. The peer evauation process is ongoing and extensive, covering a economies on a reguar programme. IAF Mutiatera Recognition Agreement (MLA) Annua Report

10 Peer Evauation Process The foowing tabe provides an overview of the evauations conducted in 2013: IAF EA PAC IAAC ARAC AFRAC SADCA Reviewed reports 1 Regiona Group 1 Accreditation Body (AB) 15 ABs 7 ABs 6 ABs 1 ABs 2 ABs 0 ABs Extraordinary evauations 1 Tota Man-days of evauation effort In addition, the foowing number of peer evauations are in progress or panned for IAF: EA: PAC: IAAC: ARAC: AFRAC: 2 Regiona Groups 10 Nationa Accreditation Bodies for fu scope re-evauation incuding 3 extensions of MLA signatory scope, 3 initia peer evauations and one extraordinary evauation. 5 panned accreditation bodies and 8 accreditation bodies in process (fu IAF scope or scope extension) 3 accreditation bodies (for the IAF MLA scope) 1 accreditation body (for the IAF MLA scope) 2 accreditation bodies (for the IAF MLA scope QMS & EMS) 1 accreditation body (for the IAF MLA scope FSMS) 1 accreditation body (for the IAF MLA scope Product Certification, QMS & EMS) 1 accreditation body (for the IAF MLA scope QMS) SADCA: 1 accreditation body (for the IAF MLA scope Product Certification, QMS & EMS) 10 IAF Mutiatera Recognition Agreement (MLA) Annua Report 2013

11 Expanding the scope of the IAF MLA IAF has in 2013 decided to incude new activities under the IAF MLA based on recommendations from the IAF MLA Committee and the Technica Committee. The new accreditation activities which IAF accreditation body members may appy for under the IAF MLA are: Certification of persons based on ISO/IEC Conformity assessment Genera requirements for bodies operating certification of persons (new main-scope). Certification of Medica Devices based on ISO (new sub-scope under accreditation of management systems based on ) Certification of products based on GobaG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance Certification scheme (Genera Reguations and reated Contro Points and Compiance Criteria) (new sub-scope under accreditation of products based on ISO/IEC 17065) By adding these scopes to the IAF MLA a number of new certification activities wi be covered under the IAF MLA for acceptance of certificates issued by conformity assessment bodies accredited by signatories to the IAF MLA. During 2013 IAF has noted an increased wiingness by reguators to rey on the IAF MLA when there is a need to ensure that certification activities are performed by third parties competent for a specific activity. An exampe is the US Environmenta Protection Agency (EPA) and the proposed rues to impement the Formadehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products Act (TSCA Tite VI). The proposa from the US EPA requires the estabishment of a third-party certification programme to ensure that composite wood pane producers compy with the estabished imits for reease of formadehyde from composite wood products, incuding hardwood pywood, medium-density fibreboard, particeboard and finished goods containing these products. IAF and ILAC have been in cose contacts with US EPA to discuss the requirements and how the reguators can rey on the ILAC and IAF peer evauation system and provided comments on the proposa outined by US EPA in the Proposed Rues (40 CFR Part 770). In Europe, the Commission has pubished a revision of the Bue Guide on the impementation of EU product rues. The revised version, pubished eary 2014, repaces the version from The Bue Guide is intended to contribute to a better understanding of EU product rues and to their uniform and coherent appication across different sectors and throughout the singe market. Part 6.7 in the Bue Guide is reated to Accreditation in the internationa context and contains a description of the goba accreditation system and the arrangements agreed by ILAC and IAF and by the regions estabished in different parts of the word ( part Cooperation between accreditation bodies). The impact on trade reations in the fied of conformity assessment between EU and Third Countries is mentioned in part In the vountary area (products not covered by European Union egisation) the European egisation on accreditation wi have no direct impact on the acceptance by the market pace of certificates issued by conformity assessment bodies accredited by signatories to the IAF MLA. Acceptance of conformity assessment attestations in the vountary fied is decided by industry users and consumers. IAF Mutiatera Recognition Agreement (MLA) Annua Report

12 In the mandatory sphere (products covered by European Union egisation) nationa authorities of EU Member States may refuse or accept attestations of conformity issued by conformity assessment bodies accredited by non-european accreditation bodies not compying with the EU requirements for accreditation even though they may be signatories to the IAF MLA. However, where government-to-government Mutua Recognition Agreements (MRAs) between the Union and a third country in reation to conformity assessment are in pace, nationa authorities of EU Member States wi accept the test reports and certificates issued by bodies that the foreign party has designated under the MRA for assessing conformity in the categories of products or sectors covered by the MRA. Products accompanied by such conformity attestations can be exported and paced on the other party s market without undergoing additiona conformity assessment procedures. The Bue Guide confirms that the IAF MLA is an important too for ensuring that products compy with requirements or specifications and thereby faciitating the free movement of goods and that the IAF MLA may be referenced in trade agreements between the Commission and third countries. In these cases test reports and certificates issued by conformity assessment bodies under the IAF MLA wi be accepted by nationa authorities in the EU Member States. The Regions are aso extending their scopes to broaden the reach and vaue of the IAF MLA. Regiona deveopments that took pace in 2013 incude: Region IAF Deveopment Certification of Food Safety Management Systems based on ISO (new sub-scope under accreditation of management systems based on ) Certification of Information Security Management Systems based on ISO (new sub-scope under accreditation of management systems based on ) EA A new main scope was estabished at eve 2 of the EA MLA for verifiers based on the eve 3 standard ISO in combination with EU Reguation No 600/2012. At its October 2013 meeting the EA MLA Counci decided to accept the foowing 9 EA NABs as signatories to the EA MLA for accreditation of EU ETS Verifiers: AA, COFRAC, DANAK, FINAS, RENAR, SWEDAC, UKAS, ENAC and CAI. PAC Extending the MLA to incude GHG, ISMS and FSMS in Persons Certification 1 January IAAC ARAC: AFRAC: Extending the MLA to the scopes of FSMS, ISMS, MDMS and Persons Certification; and Green House Gases verification/vaidation (GHG). Extending the MLA to the Food Safety Management Systems (FSMS) Extending the AFRAC MRA to incude FSMS. 12 IAF Mutiatera Recognition Agreement (MLA) Annua Report 2013

13 IAF MLA monitoring and improvement activities IAF is committed to monitoring and reviewing the MLA to ensure that it continues to meet the needs of stakehoders. In addition to consuting widey with stakehoders, IAF carries out a number of programmes and activities to continuousy improve the vaue and effectiveness of the MLA. Feedback Compaints provide a vauabe mechanism for receiving feedback reating to the effectiveness of the MLA. This often confirms that the MLA is working effectivey and that the process in pace is suitaby robust. It can aso provide information that can be used to improve areas of the MLA. The foowing number of compaints were raised during this period: IAF: No compaints or appeas received EA: As of end of 2013, 2 cases remained open whie 7 cases were cosed; in tota 9 compaints were processed during There were no appeas. PAC: No compaints or appeas received IAAC: No compaints or appeas received ARAC: No compaints or appeas received AFRAC: No compaints or appeas received SADCA: No compaints or appeas received Continuous improvement IAF consuts widey with stakehoders in deveoping accreditation programs, and it works to deiver the best standard of conformity assessment in order to provide stakehoders with a vaue added outcome. The foowing activities were carried out to improve the MLA: IAF: Further impementation of the revised IAF MLA structure and scope Revision of IAF MLA documents continued with the revision of IAF ML3 and IAF ML4 Reviewed and amended the IAF MLA to support cross frontier activities Deveopment of a database for the coection of data reated to the monitoring of foreign critica ocations (FCLs) commenced Progressed the expansion of the IAF MLA into FSMS, ISMS, certification of persons and medica device management systems Reviewed and amended IAF/ILAC A2 and A3 to improve the peer evauation process Revised the IAF MLA Committee and subordinate group structure Worked cosey with the cross frontier working group to improve cross frontier activity Successfuy competed interna audit and associated improvements. IAF Mutiatera Recognition Agreement (MLA) Annua Report

14 IAF MLA monitoring and improvement activities EA: In order to enhance the management and operations of the MLA, a number of documents have been revised. This incudes EA-2/02 EA Poicy and Procedures for the Mutiatera Agreement, in addition to 3 documents and tempates used during the peer evauation process (statistica information form, now covering the sub-scopes under ISO/IEC (QMS, EMS, FSMS, ISMS, Medica Devices, and the eve 2 activity GHG Verification (ISO 14065), the improved tempate for reporting on witnessing activities, and the evauation report incuding the sef-assessment too. The Management System of the EA MAC Secretariat has been incorporated in the main EA Management System. MAC Secretariat forms and tempates are being coected and referenced to be incorporated in the main database of the EA Secretariat. Work continues through a piot project to introduce new measures for enhancing the peer evauation system. At the panning eve, actions are taken to ensure eary appointment of team eaders and that the evauations are effectivey booked not ater than 6 months after the norma, panned date. The appication review has been reinforced with the aim to get appropriate information for the composition of the evauation team. A tempate for reporting has started to be deveoped. On the monitoring side, an anaysis of the various tasks supporting the fu process has started. The objective is to reconsider and improve distribution between the Secretariat, management group and evauators. Furthermore, a member of the management group is systematicay appointed to foow on evauations; in particuar he/she is in charge of aerting the MG and Secretariat in case of any critica issue arising during the process. He/she is aso a member of the TFG in charge of ooking at the evauation report for preparation of the decision-making at MAC meetings. A new project started in November 2013 for deveoping a professiona IT system supporting the administration and monitoring of the system. PAC: Interna audit competed in 2012 and 2013 Finaisation of the next PAC Strategic Pan Revision of a major MLA documents and aunch of the PAC database for tracking MLA and PE records. IAAC: Work has commenced to deveop the next IAAC Strategic Pan Interna audit competed in 2013 Documents and procedures have been updated to incude MLA scopes of FSMS, ISMS, MDMS and Persons Certification; and Green House Gases verification/vaidation (GHG). Pubished a peer evauation report tempate FM 033 for use by peer evauators during evauations. Pubished document PR 025 which describes the structure of the IAAC MLA (Leves 1 through 5) and the procedure to extend the Arrangement. 14 IAF Mutiatera Recognition Agreement (MLA) Annua Report 2013

15 IAF MLA monitoring and improvement activities ARAC: Working Groups have been estabished in order to improve the ARAC Mandatory Documents with the aim to be aigned with the new requirements of the Joint IAF and ILAC documents ILAC/IAF A1 and A2 Work is underway to address the participation of stakehoders in the ARAC committees AFRAC: AFRAC has appointed a Working Group to further study and incorporate the IAF MLA documents for AFRAC. The foowing AFRAC documents are under revision: M001-01: Poicies and Procedures for an MRA Amongst Accreditation Bodies; A001-02: AFRAC Byaws; P010-01: Procedure for Pre-Peer Evauation Visits. Training A number of training sessions, seminars and workshops took pace during the period to extend the knowedge base, share best practice, and to maintain the competence of peer evauators and assessment personne. IAF: EA: Panning associated with the training of the next round of regiona peer evauators. The foowing training/workshops took pace: Refresher training for EA Team Leaders in January 2013 (13 participants) Training for new Team Members in September 2013 (22 participants) Refresher to in December 2013 (16 participants) PAC: The foowing training/workshops took pace: 2 sessions on ISO/IEC 17065: 2012 in Indonesia. Experienced PE workshop in Honouu, Trainee PE workshop for Technica Experts in Honouu IAAC: 7 Trainee evauators participated in IAAC peer evauations in evauators attended a peer evauator workshop in Ottawa, Canada in May experienced evauators attended a training workshop in Trinidad and Tobago in August IAF Mutiatera Recognition Agreement (MLA) Annua Report

16 ARAC: One training session on : 2011 was organized with a view to improve and share best practices and to update the skis of assessment personne of the accreditation bodies in the Arab region MLA Regiona workshop for the ARAC MLA committee members and Peer evauators was organized with the aim of: Information and discussion about the changes in the procedures to the IAF/ILAC A1 (Requirements and Procedures for the Evauation of a Region) and IAF/ILAC A2 (Requirements and Procedures for the Evauation of a Singe Accreditation Body), Information about the resuts from the ILAC/IAF Joint Working Group A-series meeting and training workshop hed during the 2013 ILAC/IAF annua meetings Seou, Korea, Information and discussion of the impementation of these changes at the ARAC Peer evauations, Information and discussion about the ARAC Peer evauation process documentations and requirements, Information and discussion about the use of the appicabe ARAC forms during the Peer evauations, Training on the ARAC MLA making process requirements. AFRAC: 6 trainee evauators participated in AFRAC peer evauations in trainee evauators attended the AFRAC MRA Documents workshop in Nairobi, Kenya. 4 peer evauators were quaified in peer evauators attended the APLAC 17020: 2012 training course hed in Hong Kong. SADCA: 1 peer evauator was quaified in IAF Mutiatera Recognition Agreement (MLA) Annua Report 2013

17 Word Accreditation Day 2013 The goba accreditation community ceebrates each year with the Word Accreditation Day to raise awareness of the vaue that accreditation pays in faciitating goba trade or in checking that products are fit and safe for consumption against a standard, a code or practice or reguatory requirements. Accreditation is the independent evauation of conformity assessment bodies against recognised standards to carry out specific activities to ensure the integrity, impartiaity and competence of accredited conformity assessment bodies. Thereby the marketpace can have confidence in the conformity assessment resuts deivered by such bodies. Accreditation: Faciitating Word Trade Internationa trade is the exchange of capita, goods, and services across internationa borders or territories. Gobaization means that we a enjoy and rey on a vast number and range of products and services suppied from overseas. Most of us woud find it impossibe to imagine, et aone survive, in a word in which our choice of goods and services was imited to those produced within the country in which we ive. Every year sees an increase in goba trade figures which now run into many triions of doars. Internationa trade represents a arge share of the gross domestic product of most countries. Supporting the continued movement of capita, goods and services between countries is therefore of huge importance not ony to the heath and webeing of individuas but aso to the economic heath of entire nations around the gobe. What are the key issues? As internationa trade has grown, so too has the number of nationa and internationa vountary and mandatory technica reguations, standards, testing, inspection and certification procedures across a market sectors which appy to sampes, products, services, management systems or personne. Generay, these are introduced to meet the egitimate requirements of quaity and safety that consumers, businesses, reguators and other organisations demand of goods and services, whatever their country of origin. It is vita, not ony for individuas and organisations but for nationa and internationa economic heath, that products and services can cross borders to meet goba demand without causing undue risk to the heath and security of individuas or the environment. But in these chaenging economic conditions, it is aso vita that reguations and standards which can vary from country to country are not prohibitivey costy or burdensome to businesses and that they do not represent technica barriers either to domestic markets or to export opportunities. It is the primary purpose of both ILAC (in the accreditationof aboratories and inspection bodies) and IAF (in the accreditation of certification bodies) to estabish mutiatera arrangements between their member accreditation bodies based on mutua evauation and acceptance of each other s accreditation systems. IAF Mutiatera Recognition Agreement (MLA) Annua Report

18 Anniversary th In this way the acceptance of products and services across nationa borders is made easier by removing the need for them to undergo additiona tests, inspections or certification in each country into which they are sod. Themes for Word Accreditation Day Word Accreditation Day 2009: Competence Word Accreditation Day 2010: Goba Acceptance Word Accreditation Day 2011: Supporting the work of Reguators Word Accreditation Day 2012: Supporting safe food and cean drinking water Word Accreditation Day 2013: Faciitating Word Trade Goba Acceptance Word Accreditation Day 9 June 2010 Word Accreditation Day 9 June June 2012 Word Accreditation Day Word Accreditation Day 9 June Supporting the work of reguators Accreditation: Supporting safe food and cean drinking water Accreditation: Faciitating word trade 10 th Anniversary ILAC MRA 12 th Anniversary IAF MLA 18 IAF Mutiatera Recognition Agreement (MLA) Annua Report 2013

19 Annex 1 IAF MLA Signatories and associated Scope 59 MLA signatories representing 54 economies. Main scope: Management Systems : 52 Accreditation Bodies and 3 Regiona Accreditation Groups Product ISO/IEC Guide 65: 50 Accreditation Bodies and 3 Regiona Accreditation Groups Sub scope: ISO 9001: 52 Accreditation Bodies and 3 Regiona Accreditation Groups ISO 14001: 47 Accreditation Bodies and 3 Regiona Accreditation Groups No Country/Economy AB Contact Scope and date of joining MLA 1 Argentina Organismo Argentino de Maria Paoa Mársico Main scopes: Acreditacion (OAA) mpmars@mecon.gob.ar Management System ISO/IEC Guide Sep 2005 ISO Sep 2005 ISO Sep Austraia & Joint Accreditation System of Steve Keeing Main scopes: New Zeaand Austraia and New Zeaand steve.keeing@jas-anz.org Management System (JAS-ANZ) ISO Jan Austria Akkreditierung Austria (AA) Norman Brunner Main scopes: norman.brunner@bmwfj.gv.at Management System ISO Sep 2003 IAF Mutiatera Recognition Agreement (MLA) Annua Report

20 No Country/Economy AB Contact Scope and date of joining MLA 4 Begium Begian Accreditation Structure Mr. Bruno Buts Main scopes: (BELAC) beac@economie.fgov.be Management System ISO Sep Brazi Genera Coordination for Mrs. Andrea Barroso Meo Monteiro Main scopes: Accreditation (CGCRE) de Queiroz Management System ameo@inmetro.gov.br ISO/IEC Guide Mar 2009 ISO Aug 1999 ISO Dec Canada Standards Counci of Canada (SCC) Chanta Guay Main scopes: cguay@scc.ca Management System ISO Jan Chie Instituto Naciona de Eduardo Cebaos Main scopes: Normaizacion (INN) eduardo.cebaos@inn.c Management System ISO Oct 2010 ISO Oct China China Nationa Accreditation Xiao Jianhua Main scopes: Service for Conformity info@cnas.org.cn Management System Assessment (CNAS) xiaojh@cnas.org.cn ISO/IEC Guide Oct 2008 ISO Jan IAF Mutiatera Recognition Agreement (MLA) Annua Report 2013

21 No Country/Economy AB Contact Scope and date of joining MLA 9 Chinese Taipei Taiwan Accreditation Nige Jou Main scopes: Foundation (TAF) nige_jou@taftw.org.tw Management System ISO/IEC Guide Oct 2007 ISO Sep Costa Rica Costa Rican Accreditation Entity Johanna Acuña Loría Main scopes: (ECA) j.acuna@eca.or.cr Management System ISO/IEC Guide 65 8 Sep 2011 ISO Apr 2011 ISO Oct Czech Repubic Czech Accreditation Institute, Jirí Ružicka Main scopes: (Český institut pro akreditaci, o.p.s.) RuzickaJ@cai.cz Management System (CAI) ISO Sep Denmark Danish Accreditation Vagn Andersen Main scopes: (DANAK) va@danak.dk Management System ISO Jan Ecuador Organismo de Acreditacion Mr. Pabo Redrobán Main scopes: Ecuatoriano (OAE) predroban@oae.gob.ec Management System ISO/IEC Guide 65 4 Jan 2012 ISO Jan 2012 IAF Mutiatera Recognition Agreement (MLA) Annua Report

22 No Country/Economy AB Contact Scope and date of joining MLA 14 Egypt Egyptian Accreditation Counci Eng. Hany E Desouki Main scopes: (EGAC) egac2000@idsc.net.eg Management System ISO Oct Finand Finnish Accreditation Service Dr Leena Tikkanen Main scopes: (FINAS) eena.tikkanen@finas.fi Management System ISO Jan France Comite Francais d Accreditation Karine Vincent Main scopes: (COFRAC) karine.vincent@cofrac.fr Management System ISO Mar Germany German Accreditation (DAkkS) Dr. Heike Manke Main scopes: heike.manke@dakks.de Management System ISO Jan Greece Heenic Accreditation System S.A. Maria Papatzikou Main scopes: (ESYD) papatzikou@esyd.gr Management System ISO/IEC Guide Mar 2006 ISO Mar 2006 ISO Mar IAF Mutiatera Recognition Agreement (MLA) Annua Report 2013

23 No Country/Economy AB Contact Scope and date of joining MLA 19 Hong Kong, China Hong Kong Accreditation Service Mr. Wai Leung Shum Main scopes: (HKAS) Management System ISO/IEC Guide Ju 2011 ISO Oct 2004 ISO Ju Hungary Hungarian Accreditation Board Dr. Rózsa Ring Main scopes: (NAT) ring@nat.hu Management System ISO/IEC Guide Ju 2010 ISO Ju 2010 ISO Ju India Nationa Accreditation Board Ani Jauhri Main scopes: for Certification Bodies (NABCB) ceo.nabcb@qcin.org Management System ISO/IEC Guide Aug 2013 ISO Sep 2002 ISO Oct Indonesia Accreditiation Body of Indonesia Dr. Suprapto Main scopes: Komite Akreditasi Nasiona) (KAN) suprapto@bsn.go.id Management System ISO/IEC Guide Oct 2009 ISO Sep 2002 ISO Oct Ireand The Irish Nationa Accreditation Dr. Adrienne Duff Main scopes: Board (INAB) adrienne.duff@inab.ie Management System ISO Oct 1999 IAF Mutiatera Recognition Agreement (MLA) Annua Report

24 No Country/Economy AB Contact Scope and date of joining MLA 24 Itay Itaian Accreditation Body Fiippo Trifietti Main scopes: (ACCREDIA) Management System Sub scopes: ISO Jan Japan Internationa Accreditation Japan Mr. Kotaro Yoshida Main scopes: (IAJapan) ISO/IEC Guide Sep 2013 : 26 Japan Japan Accreditation Board Shinjiro Fujimaki Main scopes: (JAB) shinjiro.fujimaki@jab.or.jp Management System ISO/IEC Guide Oct 2010 MS: ISO Jan Kazakhstan Nationa Center of Accreditation Mr. Timur Nurashev Main scopes: (NCA) nca_kz@inbox.ru ISO/IEC Guide Oct Korea Korea Accreditation Board Mr. Kisung Cho Main scopes: (KAB) internationa@kab.or.kr Management System ISO Sep Korea Korea Accreditation System Seong Si-heon Main scopes: (KAS) kas1@korea.kr ISO/IEC Guide Oct IAF Mutiatera Recognition Agreement (MLA) Annua Report 2013

25 No Country/Economy AB Contact Scope and date of joining MLA 30 Luxembourg Luxembourg Office of Dominique Ferrand Main scopes: Accreditation (OLAS) Management System ISO/IEC Guide Sep 2011 ISO Sep 2011 ISO May Maaysia Department of Standards Maaysia Fadiah Baharin Main scopes: (DSM) fadiah@standardsmaaysia.gov.my Management System ISO/IEC Guide 65 9 Ju 2009 ISO Sep 1999 ISO Feb Mexico Mexican Accreditation Entity, Mr. Edgar Jaimes Trejo Main scopes: (Entidad Mexicana de Acreditacion) edgar.jaimes@ema.org.mx Management System (EMA) ISO Nov Netherands Dutch Accreditation Counci Ed Wiees Main scopes: (Raad Voor Accreditatie) (RvA) Ed.wiees@rva.n Management System ISO Jan Norway Norwegian Accreditation (NA) Geir Samuesen Main scopes: gsa@akkreditert.no Management System ISO Apr 1998 IAF Mutiatera Recognition Agreement (MLA) Annua Report

26 No Country/Economy AB Contact Scope and date of joining MLA 35 Pakistan Pakistan Nationa Accreditation Mr. Khaid Mahmood Main scopes: Counci (PNAC) Management System ISO Oct 2013 ISO Oct Peru Nationa Institute for the Defense Hebert Tassano Main scopes: of Competition and the Protection htassano@indecopi.gob.pe Management System of Inteectua Property (INDECOPI) ISO/IEC Guide Apr 2013 ISO Ju Phiippines Phiippine Accreditation Office Ms. Maria Juanita P. Carpio Main scopes: (PAO) JuanitaCarpio@dti.gov.ph Management System ISO Sep 2002 ISO Oct Poand Poish Centre for Accreditation Lucyna Oborska Main scopes: (PCA).oborska@pca.gov.p Management System ISO/IEC Guide Feb 2005 ISO Feb 2005 ISO Feb Portuga Portuguese Institute for Pauo Tavares Main scopes: Accreditation (IPAC) ptavares@ipac.pt Management System ISO/IEC Guide Mar 2006 ISO Mar 2006 ISO Mar Romania Romanian Accreditation Association Mrs. Cataina Neague Main scopes: (Asociatia de Acreditare din cataina.neague@renar.ro Management System Romania) (RENAR) ISO/IEC Guide Aug 2009 ISO Aug 2009 ISO Aug IAF Mutiatera Recognition Agreement (MLA) Annua Report 2013

27 No Country/Economy AB Contact Scope and date of joining MLA 41 Serbia Accreditation Body of Serbia Jasna Stojanovic Main scopes: (ATS) ISO/IEC Guide Oct Singapore Singapore Accreditation Counci Chang Kwei Fern Main scopes: (SAC) Management System ISO/IEC Guide Jan 2007 ISO Sep Sovakia Sovak Nationa Accreditation Martin Senčák Main scopes: Service, (SNAS) Management System ISO Sep Sovenia Sovenska Akreditacija (SA) Dr. Boštjan Godec Main scopes: Management System ISO/IEC Guide 65 7 Oct 2006 ISO Oct 2006 ISO Oct South Africa South African Nationa Christinah Lebao Main scopes: Accreditation System (SANAS) christinah@sanas.co.za Management System ISO Oct 1998 IAF Mutiatera Recognition Agreement (MLA) Annua Report

28 No Country/Economy AB Contact Scope and date of joining MLA 46 Spain Entidad Naciona de Acreditacion Beatriz Rivera Main scopes: (ENAC) Management System ISO Jan Sweden Swedish Board for Accreditation Peter Kronva Main scopes: and Conformity Assessment Management System (SWEDAC) ISO Jan Switzerand Swiss Accreditation Service (SAS) Rof Straub Main scopes: Management System ISO Jan Thaiand The Nationa Standardization Ekanit Romanyan Main scopes: Counci of Thaiand (NSC) Management System ISO/IEC Guide Sep 2010 MS: ISO Nov Tunisia Tunisian Accreditation Counci Taoufik Rezgui Main scopes: (Consei Nationa d'accréditation, Management System CNA) (TUNAC) ISO Oct 2010 ISO Oct IAF Mutiatera Recognition Agreement (MLA) Annua Report 2013

29 No Country/Economy AB Contact Scope and date of joining MLA 51 Turkey Turkish Accreditation Agency Dr H. Ibrahim Cetin Main scopes: (TURKAK) Management System ISO/IEC Guide Oct 2008 ISO Oct 2007 ISO Oct United Arab Dubai Accreditation Department Ms. Amina Ahmed Mohammed Main scopes: Emirates (DAC) Management System ISO Sep 2013 ISO Sep United Kingdom United Kingdom Accreditation Rob Bettinson Main scopes: Service (UKAS) rob.bettinson@ukas.com Management System ISO Jan United States of American Association for Robert Mier Main scopes: America Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) rmier@a2a.org ISO/IEC Guide May United States of ANSI-ASQ Nationa Accreditation Lori Scheid Main scopes: America Board (ANAB) scheid@anab-acass.org Management System ISO Jan United States of American Nationa Standards Lane Haenbeck Main scopes: America Institute (ANSI) haenb@ansi.org ISO/IEC Guide Oct 2008 IAF Mutiatera Recognition Agreement (MLA) Annua Report

30 No Country/Economy AB Contact Scope and date of joining MLA 56 United States of Internationa Accreditation Service Ron Coiner Main scopes: America (IAS) ISO/IEC Guide May Uruguay Organismo Uruguayo de Liiane Somma Main scopes: Acreditacion (OUA) Management System acreditacion.org ISO Sep 2011 ISO Sep Vietnam Bureau of Accreditation Vu Xuan Thuy Main scopes: (BoA) Management System ISO Oct IAF Mutiatera Recognition Agreement (MLA) Annua Report 2013

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