CNAS Introduction. China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment (hereinafter referred to as CNAS) is the

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1 CNAS Introduction China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment (hereinafter referred to as CNAS) is the national accreditation body of China unitarily responsible for the accreditation of certification bodies, laboratories and inspection bodies, which is established under the approval of the Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People s Republic of China (CNCA) and authorized by CNCA in accordance with the Regulations of the People s Republic of China on Certification and Accreditation. History CNAS was founded on March 31, 2006 by merging the former China National Accreditation Board for Certifiers (CNAB) and China National Accreditation Board for Laboratories (CNAL). CNAB was the national accreditation body responsible for the accreditation of management system certification bodies and product certification bodies, which was founded in July 2002 by the authorization of CNCA according to relevant laws and regulations. CNAB had merged the former China National Accreditation Council for Registrars (CNACR), China National Accreditation Council for Products (CNACP), China National Accreditation Board for Import & Export Enterprises (CNAB) and former China Accreditation Committee for Environmental Management System Certification Bodies (CACEB). In April 2004, the accreditation functions related to occupational health and safety management system certification bodies and organic product certification bodies of former China National Accreditation Board for OSHMS Certification Bodies (CNASC) and organic food accreditation committee were transferred to CNAB according to the co-decisions of CNCA and relevant competent authorities, which had further advanced the intensive fusion of unified accreditation systems for certification bodies. CNAL was the national accreditation body responsible for the accreditation of laboratories and inspection bodies and related activities, which was established by the approval of CNCA and authorized by CNCA. CNAL was established on July 4, 2002 by merging the former China National Accreditation Committee for Laboratories (CNACL) established by the former State Bureau of Technical Supervision, and the former China Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Laboratory Accreditation Committee (CCIBLAC) established by the former Entry-Exit

2 Inspection and Quarantine Bureau. Organizational Structure CNAS is composed of the Board, Executive Committee, Technical Committee for Certification Body, Technical Committee for Laboratory, Technical Committee for Inspection Body, Appraisal Committee, Appeal Handling Committee End-User Committee and Secretariat. The CNAS Board is composed of the members from 64 organizations representing 5 interested parties e.g. government, conformity assessment bodies, clients of conformity assessment service, users of conformity assessment and technical experts. Purpose The purpose of CNAS is to promote conformity assessment bodies to strengthen their development in accordance with the requirements of applicable standards and specifications, and to facilitate the conformity assessment bodies to effectively provide service to the society by means of impartial conduct, scientific means and accurate results. Mission The mission of CNAS is: (1) To establish and operate the national accreditation system for conformity assessment bodies, and to develop and issue the normative documents e.g. rules, criteria and guidance etc for accreditation, in accordance with relevant national laws and regulations as well as international and national standards and specifications; (2) To assess the competence of local or foreign applicant conformity assessment bodies, make accreditation decisions, and conduct accreditation-related surveillance and management on accredited conformity assessment bodies; (3) To assume the responsibility for directing and regulating the uses of CNAS logo and accreditation symbols; (4) To organize personnel training related to accreditation, and to qualify, recruit and manage the accreditation personnel; (5) To offer relevant technical services to conformity assessment bodies, and to provide society with publicly available information about accredited conformity assessment bodies;

3 (6) To participate in international activities related to conformity assessment and its accreditation, and to sign bilateral or multi-lateral accreditation cooperation agreements with relevant accreditation bodies, related bodies or international organizations; (7) To deal with appeals and complaints related to accreditation; (8) To undertake tasks assigned by relevant government departments; (9) To carry out other activities related to accreditation. International Mutual Recognition China national accreditation system for conformity assessment has been a part of international accreditation multilateral recognition system, and is playing an important role in it. The former CNAB was the accreditation body member of International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (PAC), as well as the signatory to IAF Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA) and PAC MLA. The former CNAL was the accreditation body member of International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) and Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (APLAC), as well as the signatory to ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA on testing and calibration) and APLAC MRA (testing, calibration and inspection body). By July 2008, 40accreditation bodies have signed IAF MLA for Quality Management System (QMS), and 36 accreditation bodies have signed IAF MLA for Environmental Management System(EMS). Meanwhile, 61 laboratory accreditation bodies from 47 economies have signed ILAC MRA by July2008. CNAS has replaced the former CNAB and CNAL as the members and MLA/MRA signatories of IAF, ILAC, PAC and APLAC. Current Development By the end of July 2008, CNAS has issued 321 accreditations to126 certification bodies in various fields (e.g. QMS, EMS, product certification etc. )These certification bodies have issued about 50 0,000accredited certificates. By the end of July 2008, CNAS has accredited3355laboratories and 109 inspection bodies.

4 Signatories to the ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement No. Accreditation Body Economy Scope Original Signing Date 1 Organismo Argentino de Acreditacion (OAA) Argentina 1 Testing 11 Aug Aug National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia (NATA) Australia 2 Testing 3 Bundesministerium fur Wirtschaft und Arbeit (BMWA) Austria 3 Testing 22 Sept Sept (e) (p) Belgian Accreditation Structure (BELAC) Belgium 4 Testing 1 Aug Aug (f) Coordenação Geral de Credenciamento General Coordination for Accreditation Brazil 5 Testing (CGCRE/INMETRO) 6 Standards Council of Canada (SCC) Canada 6 Testing 7 Canadian Association for Laboratory Canada 6 Testing Accreditation Inc. (CALA) (r) 8 (b) (o) China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment (CNAS) People s Republic of China 7 Testing 9 Ente Costarricense de Acreditación (ECA) Costa Rica 8 Testing 16 Jan National Accreditation Body of Republica de Cuba (ONARC) Cuba 9 Testing 17 Sept Sept Czech Accreditation Institute (CAI) Czech Republic 10 Testing 12 Danish Accreditation (DANAK) Denmark 11 Testing 13 National Laboratories Accreditation Bureau (NLAB) Egypt 12 Testing 9 May May (g) Finnish Accreditation Service (FINAS) Finland 13 Testing 15 Comite Francais d Accreditation (COFRAC) France 14 Testing 16 Deutsches Akkreditierungssytem Prufwesen Germany 15 Testing (DAP) 17 Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle (DACH) Germany 15 Testing 18 Deutscher Kalibrierdienst (DKD) Germany Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle Technik in Germany 15 Testing Trägergemeinschaft für Akkreditierung German Association for Accreditation GmbH (DATech in TGA GmbH) 20 (j) Hellenic Accreditation System S.A. (ESYD) Greece 16 Testing 22 May May Oficina Guatemalteca de Acreditación Guatemala 17 Testing 26 June 2008 (OGA) 22 Hong Kong Accreditation Service (HKAS) Hong Kong, China 18 Testing 23 National Accreditation Board for Testing and Laboratories (NABL) India 19 Testing 24 National Accreditation Body of Indonesia (KAN) Indonesia 20 Testing 20 June Dec (h) Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB) Ireland 21 Testing 26 Israel Laboratory Accreditation Authority (ISRAC) Israel 22 Testing MRA Signatories 43 Updated 12 December 2008 Page 1 of 3

5 Signatories to the ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement No. Accreditation Body Economy Scope Original Signing Date 27 (l) Sistema Nazionale per l Accreditamento di Italy 23 Testing Laboratori (SINAL) 28 Servizio di Taratura in Italia (SIT) Italy 23 9 April Japan Accreditation Board for Conformity Assessment (JAB) Japan 24 Testing 28 July (a) International Accreditation Japan (IAJapan) Japan 24 Testing 31 Voluntary EMC Laboratory Accreditation Japan 24 Testing 16 Jan 2007 Center INC (VLAC) 32 Korea Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (KOLAS) Republic of Korea 25 Testing 20 June Department of Standards Malaysia (DSM) Malaysia 26 Testing 16 Jan Nov entidad mexicana de acreditación a.c. (ema) Mexico 27 Testing 35 Dutch Accreditation Council (RvA) The Netherlands 28 Testing 36 International Accreditation New Zealand (IANZ) New Zealand 29 Testing 37 (k) Norsk Akkreditering (NA) Norway 30 Testing 38 (q) Philippine Accreditation Office (PAO) Philippines 31 Testing 39 Polish Centre for Accreditation (PCA) Poland 32 Testing 19 Jan Jan Instituto Portugues de Acreditacao (IPAC) Portugal 33 Testing 41 Romanian Accreditation Association Romania 34 Testing 22 May 2004 (RENAR) 42 Singapore Accreditation Council (SAC) Singapore 35 Testing 43 Slovak National Accreditation Service (SNAS) Slovakia 36 Testing 11 June June Slovenian Accreditation (SA) Slovenia 37 Testing 28 Nov Nov South African National Accreditation System (SANAS) South Africa 38 Testing 46 Entidad Nacional de Acreditacion (ENAC) Spain 39 Testing 47 Swedish Board for Accreditation and Conformity Assessment (SWEDAC) Sweden 40 Testing 48 Swiss Accreditation Services (SAS) Switzerland 41 Testing 49 (d) Taiwan Accreditation Foundation (TAF) Chinese Taipei 42 Testing 50 (m) The Bureau of Laboratory Quality Thailand 43 Testing 4 April 2003 Standards, Department of Medical Sciences, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand (BLQS- DMSc) 51 (i) Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI) Thailand 43 Testing MRA Signatories 43 Updated 12 December 2008 Page 2 of 3

6 Signatories to the ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement No. Accreditation Body Economy Scope Original Signing Date 52 Bureau of Laboratory Accreditation, Thailand 43 Testing 23 Aug 2006 Department of Science Service, Ministry of Science and Technology (BLA-DSS) 53 Tunisian Accreditation Council (TUNAC) Tunisia 44 Testing 2 Apr Apr Turkish Accreditation Agency (TURKAK) Turkey 45 Testing 55 United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) United Kingdom 46 Testing 56 American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) 57 National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) 58 (c) International Accreditation Service, Inc (IAS) 9 May (s) ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board doing business as ACLASS 14 Sept Sept Laboratory Accreditation Bureau (L-A-B) 6 Dec Dec Perry Johnson Laboratory Accreditation, Inc. 6 June 2008 (PJLA) 62 (n) Bureau of Accreditation (BoA) Vietnam 48 Testing (a) IAJapan was formed from a restructure of JCSS and JNLA on 1 April (b) CNAL was formed from a restructure of CCIBLAC and CNACL on 20 Feb 2003 (c) IAS was formed from a restructure of ICBO on 1 Dec 2002 (d) TAF was formed from a restructure of CNLA on 16 April 2005 (e) BELTEST and BKO/OBE originally signed the MRA (f) Diretoria de Credenciamento e Qualidade/Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Normalizacao e Qualidade Industrial (INMETRO) originally signed the MRA (g) FINAS, Finnish Accreditation Service Centre for Metrology and Accreditation originally signed the MRA. Their name changed to Finnish Accreditation Service (FINAS) (h) The Irish National Accreditation Board (NAB) originally signed the MRA. NAB changed their name to Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB) (i) Thai Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (TLAS) originally signed the MRA. TLAS changed their name to TISI (j) Hellenic Accreditation Council originally signed the MRA. Hellenic Accrediation Council changed their name to Hellenic Accreditation System S.A. (ESYD) (k) Norwegian Accreditation originally signed the MRA. Norwegian Accreditation changed their name to Norsk Akkreditering (NA) (l) Sistema Nazionale per l Accreditamento originally signed the MRA. Sistema Nazionale per l Accreditamneto changed their name to Sistema Nazionale per l Accreditamneto di Laboratori (SINAL) (m) Bureau of Laboratory Quality Standards (BLQS) Department of Medical Sciences (DMSc) originally signed the MRA. Their name changed to The Bureau of Laboratory Quality Standards, Department of Medical Sciences, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand (BLQS-DMSc) (n) Vietnam Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (VILAS/STAMEQ) originally signed the MRA. Their name changed to Bureau of Accreditation (BoA) (o) CNAS was formed from the merger of CNAL and CNAB (p) BELTEST and BKO/OBE ceased to exist on 1 August 2006 (q) PAO was reinstated as a signatory by the APLAC MRA Council for testing and calibration on 10 December This follows the suspension as a result of the Resolution of the APLAC MRA Council on 5 June 2008 whereby the signatory status for calibration and testing for PAO was suspended. (r) Canadian Association for Environmental Analytical Laboratories (CAEAL) originally signed the MRA. CAEAL changed its name to Canadian Association for Laboratory Accreditation Inc. (CALA) on 23 June 2008 (s) Assured and Laboratory Accreditation Select Services was acquired by ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board and are now know as ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board doing business as ACLASS as of 18 September 08 MRA Signatories 43 Updated 12 December 2008 Page 3 of 3