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ILAC Membershhip Requirements (Calibration & Testing Lab)

ILAC is an organizing body for carrying out assessment of calibration & testing labs. This guideline provides requirements to develop and maintain it

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ILAC Membershhip Requirements (Calibration & Testing Lab)

ILAC is an organizing body for carrying out assessment of calibration & testing labs. This guideline provides requirements to develop and maintain it

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Main Tasks of ILAC and IAF

1.

Harmonization of accreditation practices between


members (establishing guidances)

2.

Establishing multilateral recognition


agreements/arrangements (peer evaluations)

3.

Promoting accreditation as a tool for facilitating trade

4.

Helping developping countries

1. Harmonization of accreditation practices


Implementation of ISO/IEC 17011
standard (reinforcement of the impartiality
of accreditation bodies)
Joint ILAC/IAF work on a guidance
document
Joint ILAC/IAF training of peer evaluators
Joint ILAC/IAF Inspection Committee

2. Establishing multilateral recognition


agreements/arrangements
Principle
AB
Country A
Laboratory
Certification Body
Test
Certificate

AB
Country B
Laboratory
Certification Body
Test
Certificate

Lists of signatories (see websites :


www.ilac.org and www.iaf.nu
52 signatories in ILAC, 35 signatories in IAF
Cooperation ILAC/IAF for the management of
their MLAs

3. Promoting accreditation as a tool for facilitating


trade
New joint working group ILAC/IAF
Cooperation with interested organisations through
MoUs
ILAC/IAF/ISO
ILAC/IAF/UNIDO
ILAC/IEC
IAF/IEC (under discussion)
ILAC/CIPM
ILAC/OIML (under discussion)

As an example of outcome
Joint ISO-ILAC-IAF Communiqu
on the
Management Systems Requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2005, General
Requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories

A laboratory's fulfilment of the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2005


means the laboratory meets both the technical competence
requirements and management system requirements that are
necessary for it to consistently deliver technically valid test results and
calibrations. The management system requirements in ISO/IEC
17025 (Section 4) are written in language relevant to laboratory
operations and meet the principles of ISO 9001:2000 Quality
Management Systems Requirements and are aligned with its
pertinent requirements.

4.

Helping developping countries


4.1 The needs
Access to a recognized accreditation system
Competent evaluators
Traceability to SI units (metrology). Access to
Reference Materials
Access to Proficiency Testing schemes

4.

Helping developping countries to set up their own


accreditation scheme
4.2 The means

Pre-peer evaluations

Training of assessors

Publications, translations, seminars

Joint developpment support committee ILAC/IAF

Continued cooperation with UNIDO

Too small budget


(2006 :
IAF

ILAC

: 10 000 US $

: 24 000 US $)

UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION - UNIDO

UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION - UNIDO

Conclusion : A lot is still to be done


We will focus on :
- pre-peer evaluations (lessons already learned : legal
amendments are a burden (governmental bodies), lack of
participation in PT schemes)
- access to PT schemes
- update of the publication

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