1. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 1 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa Welcome to the ISO Regional Workshop On Conformity Assessment May 9th 2007 Johannesburg, South Africa Guest Speaker: Dr. Thomas Facklam Managing Director of TGA GmbH (Germany) Chairman of the IAF – International Accreditation Forum

2. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 2 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa What do we want to achieve? Serving the needs of governments in protecting the inhabitants and the environment Ensuring free international trade without barriers Serving the interests of the consumer getting the products he wants

3. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 3 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa Content: The legal framework –WTO TBT Regional, national law The conformity assessment system Multilateral recognition agreements Governmental and private schemes The IAF cross frontier policy and its effect for local accreditation bodies

4. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 4 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa Regulations – legal requirements and applicable laws are established by: WTO - on the global level e.g. EC / APLAC- on the regional level Governments- on the national level

5. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 5 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa Conformity assessment has a significant role in global trade The movement of goods and services world wide is only possible if the recipient accepts the good or service. The basis for accepting goods varies from just believing that everything is o.k. to performing complicated test and certification procedures required by law before a good could be delivered. Within this conformity assessment environment the mostly used conformity assessment tool is the (should be) SDoC, determination through third parties conformity assessment services like calibration, testing and certification is used due to specific needs.

6. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 6 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa Conformity assessment procedures · Any procedure used, directly or indirectly, to determine that relevant requirements in technical regulations or standards are fulfilled. · They include, inter alia, procedures for sampling, testing and inspection; evaluation, verification and assurance of conformity; registration, accreditation and approval as well as their combinations.

7. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 7 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa The relations between the trade arrangements and the co- operation organisations for accreditation

8. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 8 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa Products Certification of Products Cert. body for products ISO Guide 65 Organizations Certification of Management Systems Cert. body for management sys. ISO 17021 Persons Certification of Persons Cert. body for persons ISO 17024 Accreditation body for Certification bodies ISO/IEC 17011 Laboratories Testing and Calibration Testing and Calibration Laboratories ISO/IEC 17025 Accreditation body for laboratories ISO/IEC 17011 Inspection bodies Inspection Inspection bodies ISO 17020 Accreditation body for Inspection bodies ISO/IEC17011 Standards used for Accreditation

9. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 9 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa International Trade The Present Situation in Many Countries COUNTRY A National Legislation National Standards National CA Procedures –Testing by Lab in C‘try A –Certification by CB in C‘try A –Factory Inspection by CB in C’try A –Mandatory Product Mark A COUNTRY B National Legislation National Standards National CA Procedures –Testing by Lab in C‘try B –Certification by CB in C‘try B –Factory Inspection by CB in C’try B –Mandatory Product Mark B CA= Conformity Assessment CB= Certification Body

10. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 10 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa ISO/IEC 17011:2003 Definitions: 3.2 accreditation body - authoritative body that performs accreditations Note: The authority of an accreditation body is typically derived from government Accreditation Body (AB) Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) User of CAB services Ensuring competent services IAF MLA Peer Assessment

11. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 11 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa Global Conformity Assessment Regime A web of Accreditation Bodies (ABs) operating acc. to internationally accepted documents and providing internationally accepted conformity assessment results leading to: One accreditation - accepted everywhere One standard (set of), one test/certification/registration, accepted everywhere Capacity to meet regulatory requirements, consumer safety concerns and market demands

12. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 12 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa How mutual recognition works Management System / Product/Personnel/ laboratories and tests CERTIFICATION BODIES ISO/IEC Guides & Stnds Management System / Product/Personnel/ laboratories and tests CERTIFICATION BODIES DESIGNATES ACCREDITS CERTIFIES ACCREDITATION BODY B ACCREDITATION BODY A CONFIDENCE VOLUNTARY MUTUAL RECOGNITION REGULATOR G2G MUTUAL RECOGNITION REGULATOR ACCREDITS DESIGNATES

13. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 13 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa European Market US Market Authorities 1 Testhouse 2 4 Supplier § 1 3 5 Authorities US-Regulation Testhouse Supplier MRA: What is “Mutual Recognition” ?

14. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 14 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa Conformity Assessment - Final Goal One Standard SDoCCertificate Global Acceptance One Test preferred option exception

15. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 15 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa Regional and International Systems: Regional and international conformity assessment systems can contribute to solving the problems of multiple testing and certification/registration for traders and industries. It is useful for conformity assessment bodies to participate in confidence building and proficiency testing programmes of international systems in order to build confidence.

16. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 16 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa In order to enable the world wide acceptance of testing and certification services, accreditation has been introduced as a tool to ensure the competence and the credibility of the conformity assessment bodies. Accreditation is carried out by different accreditation bodies. In order to facilitate acceptance of the results of these accreditation bodies and of the accredited service, international associations of accreditation bodies, such as the – IAF International Accreditation Forum (Certification bodies/registrars, Inspection bodies) and – ILAC International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (Laboratories, inspection bodies) have been established. IAF/ILAC facilitate the recognition of accredited conformity assessment services through a Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA).

17. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 17 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa Who are we? IAF Inc. (International Accreditation Forum) Established in 1993 — As a forum of national accreditation bodies for management system certification/registration; and Incorporated as a non-profit corporation in the State of Delaware, USA, in September 1998.

18. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 18 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa IAF – is an international association of organizations who accredit management system-, persons-, and process- certification/registration bodies (c/r bodies) who have agreed to work together on a worldwide basis and to understand and co-operate with governments, industry, customer and end user stakeholders to achieve common trade facilitation objectives.

19. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 19 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa Co-operation in Accreditation World level Regional level National level NAB IAF APLAC PAC AsiaPacific- IAAC America EA Europe Conformity Assessment

20. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 20 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa Signatories of the multi lateral agreement (MLA) / Accreditation Bodies not participating in a regional MLA IAAC Members Signatories of Multilateral Agreements (MLA)

21. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 21 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa Signatories of the IAF MLAs New Signatories: IAF QMS MLA: 2 AB members IAF EMS MLA: 2 regional groups and 26 AB members IAF Product MLA: 2 regional groups and 21 AB members The IAF EMS MLA and IAF Product MLA became operational at the MLA signing ceremony on 9 October 2004. The numbers of the signatories of the IAF MLAs are: - IAF QMS MLA: 3 regional groups and 38 ABs; - IAF EMS MLA: 2 regional groups and 34 ABs; - IAF Product MLA: 2 regional groups and 26 ABs.

22. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 22 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa IAF QMS MLA Signatories Australia & New Zealand (JAS-ANZ), Argentina (OAA), Austria (BMWA), Belgium (BELCERT), Brazil (INMETRO), Canada (SCC), China (CNAB, CNACR), Czech (CAI), Denmark (DANAK), Finland (FINAS), France (COFRAC), Germany (DAR), Hong Kong (HKAS), India (NABCB), Indonesia (KAN-BSN), Iran (IAS), Ireland (NAB), Italy (SINCERT), Japan (JAB, JASC), Korea (KAB, KAS, NAA), Malaysia (DSM), Mauritius (Mauritas), Mexico (EMA), Netherlands (RvA), Norway (NA), Philippines (BAS), Poland (PCA), Singapore (SAC), Slovenia (SA), Slovakia (SNAS), South Africa (SANAS), Spain (ENAC), Sweden (SWEDAC), Switzerland (SAS), Taiwan (TAF), Thailand (NAC), Tunesia (TUNAC), U.K. (UKAS), U.S.A. (ANSI/RAB NAP) EA MLA group, PAC MLA group, IAAC MLA group, SADCA MLA group

23. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 23 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa IAF EMS MLA Signatories BELCERT (Belgium, EA), BMWA (Austria, EA), CAI (Czech Republic, EA), CNAB (China, PAC), COFRAC (France, EA), DANAK (Denmark, EA), ema (Mexico, PAC), DAR / TGA (Germany, EA), ENAC (Spain, EA), FINAS (Finland, EA), HKAS (Hong Kong, China, PAC)INAB (Ireland, EA), JAB (Japan, PAC), JAS-ANZ (Australia & New Zealand, PAC), KAB (Korea, PAC), KAN (Indonesia, PAC), NA (Norway, EA), NAC (Thailand, PAC), EA) RvA (Netherlands, EA), SAS (Switzerland, EA), SCC (Canada, PAC), SINCERT (Italy, EA), SNAS (Slovakia, EA), SWEDAC (Sweden, EA), TAF (Chinese Taipei, PAC) and UKAS (United Kingdom, EA)

24. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 24 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa IAF Product MLA Signatories BELCERT (Belgium, EA), BMWA (Austria, EA), CAI (Czech Republic, EA), COFRAC (France, EA), DANAK (Denmark, EA), DAR / DAP, DATech (Germany, EA), ENAC (Spain, EA), FINAS (Finland, EA), INAB (Ireland, EA), NA (Norway, EA), EA), RvA (Netherlands, EA), SAS (Switzerland, EA), SINCERT (Italy, EA), SNAS (Slovakia, EA), SWEDAC (Sweden, EA), and UKAS (United Kingdom, EA)

25. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 25 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa New IAF QMS MLA Mark Specimen of the German MLA Logo TGA-ZM-NN-NN-NN

26. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 26 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa IAF GD 3:2003 Cross Frontier Accreditation A.This document provides guidance on Section 3 of ISO/IEC Guide 61 for the accreditation of management system certification/registration bodies. B.This document is intended to strengthen the international network of accreditation bodies (ABs) for certification/registration bodies (CRBs) provided through IAF. It should assist the World trade Organisation Technical Barriers to Trade agreement (WTO/TBT) (as well as other regional trade agreements) objective of facilitating international trade by removing technichal barriers to trade through mutual recognition between the national based conformity assessment systems. Issue 1, Version 2 1.Principle

27. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 27 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa C.For this to be achieved, the ABs operate as a network, each providing an equivalent accreditation service. D. The signatories to the IAF Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA) normally operate from a national base, providing accreditation of CRBs for their home market. The effect of the IAF MLA, based on IAF peer evaluation, is that the accredited CRBs should receive recognition fraom the whole global market for the certificates for conformity that they issue under their scopes of accreditation. E. There are however situations where CRBs will seek more than one accreditation, or a „foreign“ accreditation, and it is the CRB`s right to do so. Nevertheless, IAF strongly encourages CRBs to have local country accreditation whenever it is available. (Only when all countries or economies have Abs that are signatories oft the IAF MLA, and when the user market hat fully recognized and accepted the mutual recognition behind the IAF MLA, is the market likely to cease ist demands for multiple accreditation.) IAF`s objective is to offer ist mechanism for mutual recognition so that duplicate accreditation will no longer looked for in the market place. Issue 1, Version 2 IAF GD 3:2003

28. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 28 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa TGA – Scheme for Cross Frontier Accreditation (CFA) Getting Started: TGA GmbH  IAF – MLA  Accreditation Fields (QMS, EMS, SCC, Personnel, etc.)  Quality – Manual / Procedures for assessments  Assessors  CFA – Contract / MoU  Procedures  Joint „calibration“ assessment  Assessment Plans (Work order) Local Accreditation Body  IAF – MLA ?  Accreditation Fields ?  Assessors ? CRB  TGA – Accreditation  Local Accreditation ?  Branch Offices /Critical Locations ? Permission for CFA

29. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 29 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa TGA – Scheme for Cross Frontier Accreditation (CFA)  Procedure 1 a/b:CFA for existing CRB (surveillance and re-accreditation)  Procedure 2: CFA for new applicant CRB (accreditation) Procedure 1 a:CFA - Office Assessments for existing german CRB operating Branch Offices in foreign countries TGA Local AB Exchange of Assessment Reports CRB Certification Body CRB Certification Office CRB Auditing Office Annual surveillance 5 – year surveillance Initial assessment & annual surveillance Initial surveillance

30. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 30 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa TGA – Scheme for Cross Frontier Accreditation (CFA) Procedure 1 b:CFA-Office Assessments for existing CRB in foreign countries TGALocal AB Exchange of Assessment Reports Initial / Re- assessment Annual surveillance CRB Certification Body Certification Body

31. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 31 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa TGA – Scheme for Cross Frontier Accreditation (CFA) Procedure 2 :Office Assessments for new applicants CRB in foreign countries TGALocal AB CRB Certification Body Exchange of Assessment Reports Initial / Re- Assessment Annual Surveillance Certification Body

32. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 32 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa Summary of IAF Survey on Cross Frontier Accreditation - 1st Survey to Foreign ABs in May – June 2004 - 2nd Survey to Local ABs in Aug – Sept 2004 - 3rd Survey will be concluded by the 1st of May 2006 Responsible: Mr. Xiao Jianhua IAF MLA MC, Chair

33. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 33 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa IAF Resolution 2003-14 The IAF Guidance on Cross Frontier Accreditation shall be implemented by the IAF MLA signatories within 6 months of publication. (Note: 1 May 2004) The IAF MLA MC shall, in cooperation with the regional members, prepare an evaluation plan for the IAF MLA signatories having accredited CRBs with foreign branches in the Guidance document. An evaluation of the ABs shall begin immediately after the guidance has come into force.

34. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 34 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa Conducted by the MLA MC with support of regional MLA groups in May 2004 Responded by all IAF MLA signatories as Foreign ABs in June 2004 Reported to the IAF Executive Committee and MLA Committee and shared with the Cross Frontier Practices Task Group in June 2004 1st Survey - Foreign ABs

35. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 35 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa Questionnaire 1)We have accepted the IAF Cross Frontier Policy. 2)We have put a policy in place. 3)We are implementing this policy and related procedures right now. 4)We have identified all Economies where each accredited CRB operates a "Critical Location". 5)We have agreements in place with other MLA Signatories. 6)The current number of arrangements we have in place are. Any other comments you may have: 1st Survey - Foreign ABs

36. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 36 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa Outcome All 32 signatories of the IAF QMS MLA except not applicable: 1) have accepted the IAF guidance 2) put their policy in place 3) are implementing the policy and related procedures as required 1st Survey - Foreign Abs

37. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 37 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa 1st Survey - Foreign Abs 4) Except few signatories which are followed up by the IAF MLA MC, all economies where each accredited CRB operates a ‘Critical Location’ were identified 5) & 6) Some IAF MLA signatories established specific arrangements for cooperation in cross frontier accreditation and some indicated that they would cooperate with other ABs as much as possible but need some time to complete the process

38. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 38 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa 2nd Survey - Local ABs Recommended by the Cross Frontier Practices Task Group Conducted by the MLA MC in July - August 2004 Responded by18 MLA signatories as Local ABs by 8 Sept 2004 Reported to the IAF Executive Committee and MLA Committee and shared with the Cross Frontier Practices Task Group in October 2004 in Cape Town

39. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 39 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa 2nd Survey - Local ABs Questionnaire 1)How many CRBs accredited by foreign ABs are providing certificates in your economy/country on the basis of your information? 2)How many of these CRBs have offices, of any type, in your economy / country on the basis of your information? 3)How many of these CRB offices are classified as "critical locations" by the head offices of the CRBs and relevant foreign ABs on the basis of your information? 4)How many different accreditation marks are offered by each critical location on the basis of your information?

40. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 40 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa 5)How many of these CRBs are also accredited by you as a local AB? 6)How many foreign ABs have contacted you for critical location help with respect to: - Joint team activity? - Auditing on their behalf? - Acting as a Sub-contractor? - Exchange reports (Initial, Surveillance, Witness, etc.)? - Observing their accreditation assessment? - Interpreting? 2nd Survey - Local ABs

41. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 41 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa 2nd Survey - Local ABs Outcome - 18 IAF MLA Signatories as local ABs responded - Most of the local ABs responded with estimation

42. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 42 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa 2nd Survey - Local ABs 1) About 269 – 314 CRBs accredited by foreign ABs are providing certificates in the 18 countries 2) About 242 – 267 CRBs have offices in the 18 countries 3) The estimated numbers of critical locations are 205 – 226 in the countries 4) The estimated numbers of different accreditation marks offered by each critical location in the countries are different from 1 to 20 5) About 1/3 of the critical locations are also accredited by local ABs

43. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 43 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa 6) About 55% of the 18 local ABs - contacted by 1 foreign AB About 28% of local ABs - requested by 2 – 5 foreign ABs About 17% of local ABs - not contacted by foreign ABs Note: I n their response, s ome ABs may not consider the previous cross frontier cooperative arrangement before the IAF Guidance. 2nd Survey - Local ABs

44. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 44 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa 2nd Survey - Local ABs - Joint team activities: 6 local with 1 or 2 foreign - Auditing on their behalf: 7 local with 1 or 2 foreign - Acting as Sub-contractor: 5 local for 1 or 2 foreign - Exchange reports: 3 local with 1 or 3 foreign - Observing assessment: 4 local with 1 or 2 foreign - Interpreting: 3 local ABs for 1 or 3 foreign

45. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 45 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa Remark The implementation of the IAF Policy is an ongoing activity. The AB Members are taking positive steps to advance the implementation of the IAF Policy. The different approaches are being used for cross frontier cooperation among ABs, including bilateral arrangements with different approaches and multilateral arrangements.

46. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 46 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa Remark The Cross Frontier Practices Task Group recommended the actions to be taken to facilitate the implementation of the Guidance. The MLA MC, in cooperation with regional MLA groups, will continually evaluate/monitor the implementation of the IAF Policy.

47. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 47 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa Resolution (History) IAF Resolution 2004-32 - Cross Frontier Accreditation - The Annual Meeting, acting on the recommendation of the MLA Committee, resolved that the MLA MC, in cooperation with regional MLA groups, shall evaluate the implementation of the IAF Policy on Cross Frontier Accreditation by each MLA signatory. The regional MLA groups shall report the progress of the evaluation/monitoring to the IAF MLA MC for review in June 2005.

48. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 48 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa IAF Resolution 2005-12 – (Agenda Item 6.1) Cross Frontier Accreditation Policy - The General Assembly, acting on the recommendation of the Technical Committee resolved that the principles of the IAF Cross Frontier Accreditation Policy apply to all fields of accredited certification offered under IAF membership. IAF Resolution 2005-22 - (Agenda item 6.2) Implementation of the Cross Frontier Accreditation Policy - The General Assembly, acting on the recommendation of the MLA Committee, accepted the report of the Cross Frontier Accreditation Practices Task Group and urged that action be taken to confirm a date by which all foreign critical locations are assessed on-site with results to be reported by the MLA Committee at the 2006 General Assembly.

49. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 49 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa IAF Resolution 2006-14 – (Agenda Item 8) Assessment of Foreign Critical Locations for QMS and EMS - The General Assembly, acting on the recommendation of the MLA Committee, resolved that all Foreign Critical Locations (FCLs) included in accreditation scopes for ISO 9001 QMS and ISO 14001 EMS on or before 31 December 2006 shall be initially assessed on-site at least once by an IAF MLA member AB for all scopes of accreditation for ISO 9001 QMS and ISO 14001 EMS being covered by the FCLs, no later than 31 December 2007. IAF Resolution 2006-15 – (Agenda Item 8) Assessment of Foreign Critical Locations for Product Certification - The General Assembly, acting on the recommendation of the MLA Committee, resolved that all Foreign Critical Locations (FCLs) included in accreditation scopes for product certification on or before 31 December 2006 shall be initially assessed on-site at least once by an IAF MLA member AB for scopes of accreditation for product certification being covered by the FCLs, no later than 31 December 2008.

50. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 50 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa Additional Report from the IAF MLA Committee to the IAF Executive Committee in Rome 15. March 2006 Cross Frontier Accreditation (Today) The IAF MLA MC at its meeting revised the draft questionnaire for monitoring the implementation of CFA to be returned by all MLA signatories by 1 May 2006. The new draft was circulated to all members of the IAF MLA MC with copy to all members of the Cross Frontier Practice Task Group for comments by 20 March. Except for other questions, the following items are covered in the survey: List of All Foreign Critical Locations Each MLA Signatory will be asked to provide a list of all Foreign Critical Locations of the CBs accredited by the AB in a standard format, including the name of the CB, Foreign Critical Locations and countries/economies and dates when they were or will be assessed on-site and etc;

51. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 51 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa Name of ABs with cooperative relationship Each MLA Signatory will be asked to give the names of ABs either with specific documented agreements or with cooperative relationship based on IAF MLA but without specific documented agreements. For those specific documented agreements, the MLA Signatory will also identify whether they are bilateral cooperative arrangement [B] or multilateral arrangement [M]. Cooperative methodologies Each MLA Signatory will be asked to advise their comments and experience on the advantage and difficulty and their preference and proposals regarding: Different manners of cross frontier accreditation cooperation: specific documented agreements among ABs or cooperative relationship among ABs based on IAF MLA but without specific documented agreements. Different mechanisms of cross frontier accreditation cooperation: bilateral cooperative arrangement or multilateral arrangement. Different types of cross frontier accreditation cooperation: a) Using local assessor as team member or leader, b) Joint team activity, c) assessing on your behalf, d) Acting as a Sub-contractor, e) Exchange reports (Initial, Surveillance, Witness, etc.), f) Observing your accreditation assessment, g) Interpreting.

52. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 52 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa 2006 IAF Survey on the implementation of the Cross Frontier Policy

53. Conformity Assessment for sustainable development and trade: IAF and ILAC Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the IAF Cross Frontier Policy on accreditation Thomas Facklam Frankfurt/Main 04. May 2007 Slide 53 ISO Regional Workshop on Conformity Assessment, 9. May, Johannesburg, South Africa Thank you very much for your attention!