Deputy Head of Federal Accreditation Service Sergey Migin Preparation for the accession of the Russian Federation to ILAC and IAF

International and regional associations of accreditation bodies 2 International organizations for accreditation:  International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC)  International Accreditation Forum (IAF) ILAC and IAF are based on direct membership of accreditation bodies. IAF counts more than 100 members ILAC – 146 members representing 112 economies Regional associations: EA, APLAC, PAC, IAAC, SADCA, AFRAC, ARAC

International associations: challenges and solutions 3 Challenges: Strong Resource Constraints Competition with regional associations The lack of harmonization between global and regional levels Solutions: Ensuring the correct use of accreditation for purposes of state regulation in accordance with international regulations Flexibility, allowing, in selected areas, small deviations of the accreditation rules established in the regional associations and also by the regulators, from a global approach The autonomy of the regional associations in decisions on matters of a technical nature Ensure equivalence of results through the application of standard and standards of conformity assessments

Schedule of approximation of the Russian accreditation system with international standards 4 The entry into force of Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation on October 19, 2012 № 602 The entry into force of the Federal law on accreditation July 1, 2014 Evaluation visit 2016 The signing of agreements with international organizations Partial harmonization Full harmonization Evaluation Recognition

International standards 5 GOST R ISO/IEC “Conformity assessment. Requirements for the operation of various types of bodies performing inspection” GOST R ISO/IEC “Conformity assessment. Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems” GOST R ISO/IEC “Conformity assessment. General requirements for bodies operating certification of persons” GOST ISO/IEC “General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories” GOST ISO/IEC “Conformity assessment. General requirements for proficiency testing” GOST R ISO/IEC “Conformity assessment. Requirements for bodies certifying products, processes and services”

International structures in the sphere of accreditation 6 International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) International Accreditation Forum (IAF) European co-operation for accreditation (EA) Regional cooperation for accreditation of Eurasian region countries The organization for economic cooperation and development (OECD)

International and regional representation 7