Accreditation
 2nd and last level of control in the conformity assessment
chain
 Operates in the voluntary and in the mandatory fields for:
• calibration
• testing
• inspection
• certification (products, personnels, systems)
 Independant and impartial
 Transparent and open
 International recognition through MLA’s.
 Legal entity under the Dutch Law (non for profit)
 Members:
 45 Full Members (signatories to the Arrangement)
representing 36 economies
 15 Associates representing 14 economies
 22 Affiliates representing 18 economies
 4 Regional Cooperation Bodies
 19 Stakeholders
ILAC Arrangement
From EA
Country
Austria
Belgium
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Italy
The Netherlands
Norway
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Name
BMWA
BELTEST
BKO/OBE
CAI
DANAK
FINAS
COFRAC
DAP, DACH, DATech,
DASMIN
DKD
ESYD
NAB
SINAL
SIT
RvA
NA
RENAR
SNAS
SA
ENAC
SWEDAC
SAS
UKAS
Scope
Testing and Calibration
Testing
Calibration
Testing and Calibration
Testing and Calibration
Testing and Calibration
Testing and Calibration
Testing
Calibration
Testing and Calibration
Testing and Calibration
Testing
Calibration
Testing and Calibration
Testing and Calibration
Testing
Testing and Calibration
Testing and Calibration
Testing and Calibration
Testing and Calibration
Testing and Calibration
Testing and Calibration
ILAC Arrangement
From APLAC
Country
Australia
Canada
People’s Republic of
China
China
India
Indonesia
Japan
Japan
Republic of Korea
Malaysia
New Zealand
Singapore
Chinese Tapei
Thailand
Thailand
USA
USA
USA
Vietnam
Name
Scope
NATA
SCC
CNAL
Testing and Calibration
Testing and Calibration
Testing and Calibration
HKAS
NABL
KAN
JAB
IA Japan
KOLAS
DSM
IANZ
SAC
CNLA
TLAS
BLQS-DMSc
A2LA
NVLAP
IAS
VILAS/STAMEQ
Testing and Calibration
Testing and Calibration
Testing and Calibration
Testing and Calibration
Testing and Calibration
Testing and Calibration
Testing and Calibration
Testing and Calibration
Testing and Calibration
Testing and Calibration
Testing and Calibration
Testing
Testing and Calibration
Testing and Calibration
Testing
Testing and Calibration
ILAC Arrangement
From IAAC
Country
Brazil
Name
INMETRO
Scope
Testing and Calbiration
From SADCA
Country
Afrique du Sud
Name
SANAS
Scope
Testing and Calibration
Unaffiliated
Country
Israël
Name
ISRAC
Scope
Testing and Calibration
Organisation Structure
General
Assembly
Arrangement
Council
Arrangements
Management
Committee
Executive
Committee
Accreditation
Policy
Committee
Technical
Accreditation
Issues
Committee
Secretariat
Public Affairs
Laboratory
Committee
Committee
Joint
Development
Support
Committee
Finance &
Audit
Committee
 Legal entity incorporated in Delaware (USA) (Non for profit)
 Members:
 41 Accreditation Body Members (of which 32 are MLA
signatories)
 15 Associates (stakeholders)
4
Regional Groups
 2 Special Recognition Interest Liaison Group (ISO,
QUEST)
IAF MLA SIGNATORIES
From EA
Country
Austria
Belgium
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Romania
Slovakia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Name
BMWA
BELCERT
CAI
DANAK
FINAS
COFRAC
DAR/TGA
DAR/DAP, DAR/DATECH
NAB
SINCERT
RvA
NA
RENAR
SNAS
ENAC
SWEDAC
SAS
UKAS
Scope
QMS, EMS, Product
QMS, EMS, Product
QMS, EMS, Product
QMS, EMS, Product
QMS, EMS, Product
QMS, EMS, Product
QMS, EMS,
Product
QMS, EMS, Product
QMS, EMS, Product
QMS, EMS, Product
QMS, EMS, Product
QMS, Product
QMS, EMS, Product
QMS, EMS, Product
QMS, EMS, Product
QMS, EMS, Product
QMS, EMS, Product
IAF MLA SIGNATORIES
From PAC
Country
Australia & New Zealand
Canada
China
Hong Kong, China
India
Indonesia
Japan
Korea
Malaysia
Mexico
Philippines
Singapore
Taïwan
Thailand
Name
JAS-ANZ
SCC
CNAB
HKAS
NABCB
KAN
JAB
KAB
DSM
EMA
BAS
SAC
TAF
NAC
Scope
QMS, EMS, Product
QMS, EMS, Product
QMS, EMS
QMS
QMS,
EMS
EMS
EMS
QMS
QMS, EMS, Product
QMS
QMS
QMS, EMS
QMS, EMS
IAF MLA SIGNATORIES
From IAAC
Country
Brazil
Name
INMETRO
Scope
QMS
From SADCA
Country
South Africa
Name
SANAS
Scope
QMS, EMS, Product
Unaffiliated
Country
ANSI RAB
Name
United States of
America
Scope
QMS, EMS
Organisation Structure
IAF Members
Board of Directors
Executive Committee
(includes Directors)
Secretary
MLA Committee
Technical Committee
Development Support
Committee
 Legal entity under the Dutch Law (Non for profit)
 Members:
 39 Full Members (among which 31 signatories to
the MLA)
 3 Associate members
 12 Contracts of cooperation
 Stakeholders are not members of EA but are
constituting the EA Advisory Board
www.
www.europeaneuropean-accreditation.
accreditation.org
EA
European cooperation for Accreditation
MLA SIGNATORIES
June
2004
Non signatories
Calibration; testing; products,
quality systems and
personnel certification;
inspection
Calibration; testing; products
quality systems and
personnel certification
Calibration; testing; products
and quality systems certification
Testing ; products certification
and quality systems certification
Environnemental
management
Systems certification
Associate members
Calibration; testing
Calibration; testing;
products certification
Calibration; testing,
inspection
Organisation Structure
EA
ADVISORY BOARD
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
ACCREDITORS
Secretariat
EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
MLA
Committee
Publications,
Promotion&legal
Affairs Committee
Certification
Committee
Inspection
Committee
Laboratory
Committee
WG
WG
WG
WG
WG
WG
WG
WG
WG
Main Tasks of ILAC, IAF and EA
 Harmonization of accreditation practices between
members (establishing guidances)
 Establishing a multilateral recognition
agreement/arrangement (peer evaluations)
 Promoting accreditation as a tool for facilitating trade
 Helping developping countries to set up their own
accreditation scheme
Facilitating trade
(nationally and internationally)
 Reducing the need for multiple assessments « one stop
testing, one stop certification »
 Traceability of measurements to SI Units
 Recognition by Industry
 Recognition by Regulators: MOUs between EA/European
Commission, EA/EFTA
 Cooperation with standardization: MOU between
ILAC/IAF/ISO signed in march 2004
 cooperation in technical work
 complaint exchange procedure
Helping developping countries
 Joint ILAC/IAF Committee
 identify needs (trainings, translations,…)
 Organize seminars
 Money allocated in 2004:
 ILAC budget = 10 000 $
 IAF budget = 20 250 $
 Countries already helped: Argentina, Nicaragua, Peru,
Trinidad and Tobago, Chili, Guatemala, Panama, Columbia,
Costa Rica
 In project: Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and some
African countries not yet selected
 Cooperation with UNIDO: separate MOU’s signed
between ILAC/UNIDO and IAF/UNIDO
 At the European level, EA coordinates projects financed
by the European Union (e.g PHARE, MEDA)
CONCLUSION
Accreditation carried out by IAF and ILAC
MLA’s signatories offers the best means to
reduce and even eliminate conformity
assessment-related trade barriers and
facilitate trade.
Its pilars are: independancy, impartiality,
transparency and openness