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12. MLA Signatories
The mechanism by which IAF implements its objective is the IAF Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA). Accreditation body members of IAF are admitted to the MLA only after a most stringent evaluation of their operations by a peer evaluation team which is charged to ensure that the applicant member complies fully with both the international standards and IAF requirements. Once an accreditation body is a member of the MLA it is required to recognize the certificates issued by certification/registration bodies accredited by all other members of the MLA.
IAF has granted Special Recognition to two Regional Accreditation Groups, the European co-operation for Accreditation (EA) and the Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (PAC), on the basis of the acceptance of the mutual recognition arrangements established within these organizations. Membership of the IAF MLA is recognized as being satisfied by membership of either the EA MLA or the PAC MLA and IAF members who are also signatories of these regional MLAs are automatically accepted into the IAF MLA. Special Recognition was granted to the Interamerican Accreditation Cooperation (IAAC) for the Quality Management Systems (QMS) MLA at the IAF Annual Meetings held in Cancun, Mexico in November 2006.
The first fourteen members to join the IAF Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA) for QMS signed the Arrangement in Guangzhou, China on 22 January 1998. At the IAF Annual Meetings held in Cape Town, South Africa in October 2004, the IAF MLAs for Environmental Management Systems (EMS) and Product Certification became operational with 27 EMS MLA and 21 Product MLA certificates being signed.
The number of IAF MLA Signatories at November 2007 is as follows:
IAF QMS MLA: 3 Regional Accreditation Groups (EA, PAC & IAAC) and 39 Accreditation Bodies
IAF EMS MLA: 2 Regional Accreditation Groups (EA & PAC) and 36 Accreditation Bodies
IAF Product MLA: 2 Regional Accreditation Groups (EA & PAC) and 28 Accreditation Bodies
IAF is encouraging more of its members to join the MLA, as soon as they have passed a rigorous evaluation process, to ensure that their accreditation programs are of world standard.
The consequence of joining the IAF MLA is that ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 conformity assessment certificates issued by certification/registration bodies accredited by any one of the members of the MLA will be recognised in the world wide IAF program.
Contact details of the accreditation bodies which are signatories to the MLA are listed on the IAF Members pages. Those members which are signatories are denoted by “Date Admitted to the MLA”.
The signatories of the IAF MLA programs at the present date are indicated below:
The mechanism by which IAF implements its objective is the IAF Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA). Accreditation body members of IAF are admitted to the MLA only after a most stringent evaluation of their operations by a peer evaluation team which is charged to ensure that the applicant member complies fully with both the international standards and IAF requirements. Once an accreditation body is a member of the MLA it is required to recognize the certificates issued by certification/registration bodies accredited by all other members of the MLA.
IAF has granted Special Recognition to two Regional Accreditation Groups, the European co-operation for Accreditation (EA) and the Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (PAC), on the basis of the acceptance of the mutual recognition arrangements established within these organizations. Membership of the IAF MLA is recognized as being satisfied by membership of either the EA MLA or the PAC MLA and IAF members who are also signatories of these regional MLAs are automatically accepted into the IAF MLA. Special Recognition was granted to the Interamerican Accreditation Cooperation (IAAC) for the Quality Management Systems (QMS) MLA at the IAF Annual Meetings held in Cancun, Mexico in November 2006.
The first fourteen members to join the IAF Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA) for QMS signed the Arrangement in Guangzhou, China on 22 January 1998. At the IAF Annual Meetings held in Cape Town, South Africa in October 2004, the IAF MLAs for Environmental Management Systems (EMS) and Product Certification became operational with 27 EMS MLA and 21 Product MLA certificates being signed.
The number of IAF MLA Signatories at November 2007 is as follows:
IAF QMS MLA: 3 Regional Accreditation Groups (EA, PAC & IAAC) and 39 Accreditation Bodies
IAF EMS MLA: 2 Regional Accreditation Groups (EA & PAC) and 36 Accreditation Bodies
IAF Product MLA: 2 Regional Accreditation Groups (EA & PAC) and 28 Accreditation Bodies
IAF is encouraging more of its members to join the MLA, as soon as they have passed a rigorous evaluation process, to ensure that their accreditation programs are of world standard.
The consequence of joining the IAF MLA is that ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 conformity assessment certificates issued by certification/registration bodies accredited by any one of the members of the MLA will be recognised in the world wide IAF program.
Contact details of the accreditation bodies which are signatories to the MLA are listed on the IAF Members pages. Those members which are signatories are denoted by “Date Admitted to the MLA”.
The signatories of the IAF MLA programs at the present date are indicated below:
| Location | Signatory | MLA & Date Admitted |
| Argentina | Organismo Argentino de Accreditacion (OAA) |
QMS 17 Sep 2005 EMS 17 Sep 2005 Product 17 Sep 2005 |
| Australia& New Zealand | Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand (JAS-ANZ) |
QMS 22 Jan 1998 EMS 9 Oct 2004 Product 9 Oct 2004 |
| Austria | Federal Ministry for Economic) | QMS 25 Sep 2003 |
| Affairs and Labor (BMWA) |
EMS 9 Oct 2004 Product 9 Oct 2004 |
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| Belgium | BELAC | QMS 29 Sep 1999 EMS 9 Oct 2004 Product 9 Oct 2004 |
| Brazil | National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality (INMETRO) | QMS 23 Aug 1999 EMS 8 Dec 2005 |
| Canada | Standards Council of Canada (SCC) | QMS 22 Jan 1998 EMS 9 Oct 2004 Product 9 Oct 2004 |
| China | China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment (CNAS) | QMS 29 Oct 1999 EMS 9 Oct 2004 |
| Czech Republic | Czech Accreditation Institute, (Ceský Institut pro Akreditaci, o.p.s.) (CAI) | QMS 29 Sep 1999 EMS 9 Oct 2004 Product 9 Oct 2004 |
| Denmark | Danish Accreditation (DANAK) | QMS 22 Jan 1998 EMS 9 Oct 2004 Product 9 Oct 2004 |
| Finland | The Finnish Accreditation Service (FINAS) | QMS 22 Jan 1998 EMS 9 Oct 2004 Product 9 Oct 2004 |
| France | Comite Francais d’Accreditation (COFRAC) | QMS 30 Mar 1998 EMS 9 Oct 2004 Product 9 Oct 2004 |
| Germany | German Accreditation Council (DAR) on behalf of - TGA (Traegergemeinschaft fuer Akkreditierung GmbH) - DATech in TGA GmbH - DAP (Deutsches Akkreditierungssystem Pruefwesen GmbH) | QMS 22 Jan 1998 &
EMS 9 Oct 2004 Product 9 Oct 2004 Product 9 Oct 2004 |
| Greece | Hellenic Accreditation System (ESYD) | QMS 24 Mar 2006 EMS 24 Mar 2006 Product 24 Mar 2006 |
| Hong Kong China | Hong Kong Accreditation Service (HKAS) | QMS 9 Oct 2004 |
| India | National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies (NABCB) | QMS 22 Sep 2002 EMS 26 Oct 2007 |
| Indonesia | Accreditiation Body of Indonesia (Komite Akreditasi Nasional) (KAN-BSN) | QMS 10 Nov 2000 EMS 9 Oct 2004 |
| Ireland | The Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB) | QMS 29 Oct 1999 EMS 9 Oct 2004 Product 9 Oct 2004 |
| Italy | Sistema Nazionale per l’Accreditamento degli Organsimi di Certificazione (SINCERT) | QMS 22 Jan 1998 EMS 9 Oct 2004 Product 9 Oct 2004 |
| Japan | The Japan Accreditation Board for Conformity Assessment (JAB) | QMS 22 Jan 1998 EMS 9 Oct 2004 |
| Republic of Korea | Korea Accreditation Board (KAB) | QMS 29 Sep 1999 EMS 9 Oct 2004 |
| Republic of Korea | Korean Accreditation System (KAS) | Product 26 Oct 2007 |
| Malaysia | Department of Standards Malaysia (DSM) | QMS 29 Sep 1999 EMS 9 Feb 2006 |
| México | Mexican Accreditation Entity, (Entidad Mexicana de Acreditacion) (EMA) | QMS 3 Nov 2001 EMS 9 Oct 2004 Product 9 Oct 2004 |
| Netherlands | Dutch Accreditation Council (Raad Voor Accreditatie) (RvA) | QMS 22 Jan 1998 EMS 9 Oct 2004 Product 9 Oct 2004 |
| Norway | Norwegian Accreditation (NA) | QMS 16 Apr 1998 EMS 9 Oct 2004 Product 9 Oct 2004 |
| Philippines | Philippine Accreditation Office (PAO) | QMS 22 Sep 2002 EMS 26 Oct 2007 |
| Poland | Polish Centre for Accreditation (PCA) | QMS 16 Feb 2005 EMS 16 Feb 2005 Product 16 Feb 2005 |
| Portugal | Portuguese Institute for Accreditation (IPAC) | QMS 18 Mar 2006 EMS 18 Mar 2006 Product 18 Mar 2006 |
| Singapore | Singapore Accreditation Council (SAC) | QMS 29 Sep 1999 Product 23 Jan 2007 |
| Slovakia | Slovak National Accreditation Service, (Slovenskä Närodnä Akreditaÿnä Sluzba) (Slovakia) (SNAS) | QMS 19 Sep 2003 EMS 9 Oct 2004 Product 9 Oct 2004 |
| Slovenia | Slovenian Accreditation (SA) | QMS 7 Oct 2006 EMS 7 Oct 2006 Product 7 Oct 2006 |
| South Africa | South African National Accreditation System (SANAS) | QMS 29 Oct 1998 EMS 9 Oct 2004 Product 9 Oct 2004 |
| Spain | Entidad Nacional de Acreditacion (ENAC) | QMS 22 Jan 1998 EMS 9 Oct 2004 Product 9 Oct 2004 |
| Sweden | Swedish Board for Accreditation and Conformity Assessment (SWEDAC) | QMS 22 Jan 1998 EMS 9 Oct 2004 Product 9 Oct 2004 |
| Switzerland | State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), Swiss Accreditation Service (SAS) | QMS 22 Jan 1998 EMS 9 Oct 2004 Product 9 Oct 2004 |
| Chinese Taipei | Taiwan Accreditation Foundation (TAF) | QMS 22 Sep 2002 EMS 9 Oct 2004 Product 26 Oct 2007 |
| Thailand | National Accreditation Council of Thailand, The Office of (NAC) | QMS 10 Nov 2000 EMS 9 Oct 2004 |
| United Kingdom | United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) | QMS 22 Jan 1998 EMS 9 Oct 2004 Product 9 Oct 2004 |
| USA | American National Standards Institute - American Society for Quality National Accreditation Board (ANAB) | QMS 22 Jan 1998 EMS 9 Oct 2004 |
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