The State Enterprise – Uzbek Centre for Accreditation of Conformity Assessment Bodies (SE-UZBEKACCREDITATION), Uzbekistan, is welcomed as an Affiliate member of ILAC.
We welcome SE-UZBEKACCREDITATION and look forward to working with our SE-UZBEKACCREDITATION colleagues.
Read MoreAs a result of a recent ballot, ILAC R1:03/2018 Management of ILAC Documents has been published.
This document provides the rules and procedures for the classification and publication of ILAC documents. This now includes the need to provide a table as an Annex in ILAC documents detailing the key changes in revised documents.
The latest version of R1 is available from here.
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Azerbaijan Accreditation Centre (AZAK) is welcomed as an Associate Member of ILAC. AZAK has been an Affiliate member since 5 October 2012.
We welcome AZAK as an Associate Member and look forward to continuing working with our AZAK colleagues.
Read MoreOn 01 January 2018, the OIML replaced their Basic OIML Certificate System and the OIML Mutual Acceptance Arrangement (MAA) with the OIML Certification System (OIML-CS). The OIML-CS is a system for issuing, registering and using OIML Certificates and their associated OIML type evaluation reports for types of measuring instruments (including families of measuring instruments, modules, or families of modules), based on the requirements of OIML Recommendations.
Accordingly, the previous Joint ILAC-OIML Assessment Procedure in the Field of Legal Metrology, published in 2014, has been revised to include information on the new OIML-CS.
Participation in the OIML-CS requires the OIML Issuing Authorities and their associated Test Laboratories to demonstrate compliance with ISO/IEC 17065 and ISO/IEC 17025 respectively. For participation in Scheme A, compliance of the OIML Issuing Authorities and their associated Test Laboratories shall be demonstrated by peer evaluation on the basis of accreditation or peer assessment.
The revised version of the Joint ILAC-OIML Assessment Procedure in the Field of Legal Metrology is available from here.
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The ILAC MCC and Joint IAF/ILAC CMC have reviewed a number of brochures, including:
These revised brochures are available from here.
Read MoreAs a result of recent ballots, a number of IAF/ILAC A-series documents have been reviewed and approved for publication:
These documents are available from here.
Read MoreWe welcome Lithuanian Accreditation Bureau (LA), Lithuania, as a Full Member of ILAC.
LA joined ILAC as an Associate Member on 19 January 2018. As LA is a signatory to the EA MLA for the accreditation of calibration and testing laboratories using ISO/IEC 17025, medical testing laboratories using ISO 15189 and inspection bodies using ISO/IEC 17020, LA has also been granted signatory status to the ILAC MRA and therefore, Full membership of ILAC.
We welcome LA as a Full Member and look forward to working with our LA colleagues.
The full list of signatories to the ILAC MRA is available here.
Read MoreDominican Accreditation Agency (ODAC), Dominican Republic, is welcomed as an Associate member of ILAC.
We welcome ODAC and look forward to working with our ODAC colleagues.
Read MoreThe USCPSC issued a final rule on 15 December 2017 regarding new safety standards for children’s folding chairs and stools. The rule at 16 CFR Part 1232 incorporates by reference, ASTM F2613-17a (Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Children’s Chairs and Stools). Further information regarding the final rule is available here.
This final rule will be effective from the 15th June 2018.
Third party testing authorities that wish to be CPSC-accepted for this new regulation must submit an application, available here. Please note that to be considered for CPSC-acceptance, the scope of accreditation must include a specific reference to “16 CFR Part 1232”.
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