Benefits of Accreditation and Conformity Assessment for Business

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1 2008/SOM3/SCSC/CONF/032 Benefits of Accreditation and Conformity Assessment for Business Submitted by: APLAC 7 th Conference on Standards and Conformance Cusco, Peru August 2008

2 Benefits of Accreditation & Conformity Assessment for Business Helen Liddy APLAC Secretary 1 Overview Types of conformity assessment Business & trade rely on conformity assessment Competence of CABs Accreditation & hierarchy of criteria APLAC MRA and PAC MLA APLAC MRA, PAC MLA & APEC 2

3 Conformity Assessment Demonstration that specified requirements relating to a product, process, system, person or body are fulfilled. ISO/IEC 17000, clause Types of Conformity Assessment Testing Calibration Inspection Certification 4

4 Business & Trade Rely on Conformity Assessment Testing (e.g. food; manufactured articles; environmental protection; etc) Calibration (e.g. weighing and dispensing machines) Inspection (e.g. pipelines; cranes; shipments of goods) Certification (e.g. food safety; product; EMS) 5 International Standards Testing Laboratories: ISO/IEC 17025; ISO Calibration Laboratories: ISO/IEC Inspection Bodies: ISO/IEC Certification: ISO/IEC 22000; ISO/IEC Guide 65; ISO/IEC 14001; etc 6

5 Competence of CABs Documented quality system Management review & internal audits Contract review Purchasing Complaints Control of nonconforming product Corrective action; improvement Records 7 Competence of CABs Relevant technical requirements Personnel Equipment Measurement traceability Procedures Quality control/quality assurance Reports/certificates 8

6 Competence of CABs Demonstrated through accreditation by third party organisation (accreditation body) Accreditation body compliant with ISO/IEC APLAC MRA; PAC MLA 9 Accreditation Assessment of CAB performance against international criteria (ISO/IEC 17025; ISO/IEC 17020; ISO/IEC Guide 65; etc) Means of determining competence of CABs to perform specific measurements, calibrations, tests, inspections or certifications Formal recognition of that competence 10

7 Accreditation 3 rd party attestation related to a conformity assessment body conveying formal demonstration of its competence to carry out specific conformity assessment tasks (ISO/IEC 17000, clause 5.6) Key phrases competence specific. tasks 11 Accreditation Demonstrated competence Specific tests Defined measurements Types of calibrations Particular testing techniques Specific types of inspections Specific types of certifications 12

8 Accreditation Technical competence Integrity Transparency (as defined by WTO TBT) Fairness Scope of accreditation products; types of test parameters types of inspections; matrices measurement techniques, range, accuracy test specification; test method 13 Accreditation Hierarchy of Criteria ISO/IEC 17025/17020 Supplementary, Field-specific criteria (eg Electrical Testing) Technical Requirements of Specific Test Methods and Procedures 1 General technical competence and systems compliance criteria 2 Additional field-specific criteria, eg for emc testing laboratories 3 Additional test, calibration, inspection method criteria 14

9 Accreditation Hierarchy of Criteria ISO/IEC 17025/17020 Supplementary, Field-specific criteria (eg Electrical Testing) Technical Requirements of Specific Test Methods and Procedures Regulatory Requirements 1 General technical competence and systems compliance criteria 2 Additional field-specific criteria, eg for emc testing laboratories 3 Additional test, calibration, inspection method criteria 4 Additional, regulator-specific criteria (eg reporting formats, labelling etc) 15 APLAC MRA Single multilateral MRA for testing and calibration, 1997 Extended to include inspection, 2003 ISO separated out, 2007 Extended to include RMP, 2007 Replaced network of bilateral MRAs Regional component of global ILAC Arrangement, November 2000 (test and calibration only) 16

10 APLAC MRA Facility accredited by one MRA partner has equivalent competence to facility accredited by other partners Each signatory acknowledges equivalence of all other signatories Acceptance of test, calibration and inspection reports and reference material certificates amongst all signatories economies demands mutual confidence in technical competence Confidence cannot be legislated 17 APLAC MRA Signatories NATA CAEAL SCC CNAL HKAS NABL KAN JAB IA Japan VLAC KOLAS Standards Malaysia ema IANZ SAC 18

11 APLAC MRA Signatories ctd TAF DSS DMSc TLAS A2LA ACLASS LAB IAS NVLAP PJLA BoA JAS-ANZ 19 PAC MLA QMS signed initially in 1998 EMS signed initially in 2003 Product signed initially in 2004 Regional component of global IAF MLA, signed in 1998 for QMS; in 2004 for EMS and product 20

12 PAC MLA Certification bodies accredited by PAC MLA signatories are recognised as equivalent Users of services can have same confidence in organisation accredited by one PAC MLA signatory as in those accredited by other PAC MLA signatories 21 PAC MLA Signatories SCC CNAS HKAS NABCB KAN JAB KAB KAS Standards Malaysia ema PAO SAC TAF NAC ANSI BoA JAS-ANZ 22

13 MRA & MLA - Assisting Trade APLAC MRA and PAC MLA enhance acceptance of reports and certificates amongst signatory economies APLAC MRA and PAC MLA signatories recognise equivalence of each others accredited facilities APLAC MRA and PAC MLA are international recognitions for accredited CABs 23 MRA & MLA- Assisting Trade APLAC MRA and PAC MLA reduce or eliminate need for re-testing, reinspection or re-certification of imported goods Entry into global ILAC Arrangement (for testing and calibration) and global IAF MLA (for certification) 24

14 MRA & Regulators Laboratories and inspection bodies accredited for compliance with domestic & foreign regulations MRA evaluations assure competence to assess to domestic & foreign regulations APLAC MRA and PAC MLA underpin APEC G2G MRAs (TEL and EE MRAs) 25 Summary Business & trade rely on CABs Accreditation APLAC MRA and PAC MLA Support for APEC activities 26

15 Thank You for Your Attention APLAC : PAC: Any Questions? 27