The Annual Meeting, acting on the recommendation of the Technical Committee, resolved that the following documents, having been approved by IAF Members, now be published by IAF as amended editorially in the Technical Committee on 16 and 17 September in response to comments made by IAF Members attached to their votes: ⢠IAF Guidance on Cross Frontier Accreditation (to be...
The Annual Meeting received with appreciation the report of the Convener of the Chairmanâs Advisory Group on Promotions as presented.
The General Assembly received with appreciation the following liaison reports: - ISO/IEC report presented on behalf of the Secretary General of ISO; - ISO/TC 176 report presented on behalf of the Chairman of ISO/TC 176 (ref IAF 18 -Item 8.1.1); - ISO/IEC CASCO report presented on behalf of the Chairman of ISO/IEC CASCO; - IATCA report presented on behalf of...
The General Assembly received with appreciation the presentations and status reports provided by Committee Chairmen and Conveners on the IAF Strategic Directions, Customer Satisfaction Task Group, impact analysis and transition for ISO/IEC 17011, implementation of the Cross Frontier Accreditation Policy, status of the IAF MLA Mark registration and applications, the need for a MLA for Certification of Persons and Future...
The General Assembly, acting on the recommendation of the MLA Committee, resolved that the A-series documents (A1, A2 and A3) become the main part of the IAF MLA P&P document and be implemented no later than 1 January 2006, noting that ISO/IEC 17011 should be considered in the implementation of A3. Note: The A-series requirements for evaluation will be...
The General Assembly resolved that - IAF endorses the adoption of ISO/IEC 17011 for IAF use; - The IAF Accreditation Body Members shall fulfil the requirements of ISO/IEC 17011 by 1 January 2006; - The peer evaluations conducted in 2005 by IAF and regional MLA groups shall be based on ISO/IEC 17011. However, nonconformities shall only be raised against the...
The General Assembly, acting on the recommendation of the Technical Committee, resolved to recommend that the work program of the ISO 9001 Auditing Practices Group be expanded to include the development of papers on good auditing practices for accreditation.
The General Assembly received with appreciation the report on the ISO 9001 Advisory Group.
The General Assembly, acting on the recommendation of the Technical Committee, resolved that the draft revision to IAF Guidance on the Application of ISO/IEC Guide 65 be circulated to all IAF Members for approval by 30 day ballot.
The General Assembly, acting on the recommendation of the Technical Committee, resolved that the IAF TC working group developing guidance on the application of ISO/IEC 17011 be reconstituted as a Task Group under the Joint IAF-ILAC Management Group for maintenance of the A series documents, joint training activity for peer evaluators and the development of guidance on the application of...
The General Assembly, acting on the recommendation of the Technical Committee, resolved that the draft white paper entitled âThe relationship between ISO 14001 management system conformity assessments and regulatory complianceâ (ref. TC/30/04), be circulated to all IAF Members for 60 day comment.
The General Assembly, acting on the recommendation of the Technical Committee, resolved that draft revisions to IAF Guidance on the Application of ISO/IEC Guide 62 and IAF Guidance on the Application of ISO/IEC Guide 66, with new guidance on temporary sites, be circulated to all IAF Members for 60 day comment and subsequent approval by 30 day ballot.
The General Assembly, acting on the recommendation of the Technical Committee, resolved that the draft IAF Guidance on the transition to ISO 14001:200X (ref TC/10/04rev1) be circulated to all IAF Members for approval by 30 day ballot.
The General Assembly, acting on the recommendation of the Technical Committee, resolved that IAF issue a Communique, jointly with ISO, to the effect that there be a phased transition period of 18 months for implementing the revision to ISO 14001, following its publication. The 18 month period is to facilitate the transition during the normal certification cycle.
The General Assembly, acting on the recommendation of the Technical Committee to approve the recommendation of the IAF-ILAC Joint Working Group on Inspection, resolved that the guidance to be published in October 2004 become effective from 1 January 2005.
The General Assembly received with appreciation the report by the Treasurer on the Financial Affairs of IAF for the period 1 January to 31 July 2004 as circulated and presented. The Convener of the Chairmanâs Advisory Group on Promotions was directed not to spend the amount of US$30,000 that was previously approved for the 2004 budget
The General Assembly received with appreciation the report of the Convener of the Chairmanâs Advisory Group on Promotions as presented and resolved that the Group should proceed with the development and implementation of the Promotions Strategy as budgeted.
The General Assembly received with appreciation the following liaison reports: - ISO/TC 176 report presented on behalf of the Chairman of ISO/TC 176 (ref IAF 19 -Item 8.1.1); - ISO CASCO report presented on behalf of the Chairman of ISO CASCO (ref IAF 19 -Item 8.1.2); - IPC report presented on behalf of the Chairman of IPC (ref IAF 19...
The General Assembly received with appreciation the presentations and status reports provided by Committee Chairmen and Conveners on the IAF Strategic Directions, Customer Satisfaction Task Group, transition for ISO/IEC 17011, Cross Frontier Accreditation Policy implementation, status of the IAF MLA Mark registration and applications and Future Annual meetings.
The General Assembly, acting on the recommendation of the MLA Committee, resolved that the A-series documents (A1, A2 and A3) be updated to reference ISO/IEC 17011, for implementation by 1 January 2006.
Given that a training course provider is not a conformity assessment body and so by definition assessment and approval of a training course provider is not accreditation; and given that as ISO/IEC 17011:2004, clause 4.3.6.a, states that an accreditation body will not provide any service that affects its impartiality such as those conformity assessment services that Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs)...
The General Assembly, acting on the recommendation of the Technical Committee, the Executive Committee and the JCCC, endorsed the draft Terms of Reference of the Joint Working Group (JWG) for Guidance to ISO/IEC 17011.
The General Assembly received with appreciation the report of the Convener of the Chairmanâs Advisory Group on Promotions as presented.
The General Assembly, noting that the technical requirements for the Inspection MLMRA have been agreed by the JWGI, and acting on the recommendation of the JMC, and the JCCC, resolved to commence the Inspection MLMRA peer evaluations, as soon as the guidance on ISO/IEC 17011 has been approved by ILAC and IAF.
The General Assembly received with appreciation the following liaison reports: - the ISO/TC 176 report as received (ref IAF 20â13.1); - the ISO CASCO report presented on behalf of the Chairman of ISO CASCO (presented at the JGA); - the IPC report presented on behalf of the Chairman of IPC (ref IAF 20â12.2.2);and - the IAQG liaison report as presented...
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...
The General Assembly received with appreciation the report from the Co-Convener of the ISO 9000 Advisory Group (ref IAF GA20 â7.2) as presented.
The General Assembly, acting on the recommendation of the Technical Committee, resolved that the transition period for conforming to ISO/IEC 17021:2006 be 24 months from the date of publication of the standard by ISO. Therefore, on 15 September 2008, accreditation to ISO/IEC Guide 62:1996 and ISO/IEC Guide 66:1999 will no longer be valid. The annexes of IAF GD2 or IAF...
The IAF and ILAC Joint General Assembly, acting on the recommendation of the JCCC, resolves that when a Conformity Assessment Body (CAB), accredited by an Accreditation Body (AB), is providing certification to any standard used as a basis for accrediting CABs (e.g. ISO/IEC 17025 or ISO 15189), the AB shall initiate its process for suspension of accreditation, as this behaviour...
The IAF and ILAC Joint General Assembly, acting on the recommendation of the JCCC, endorses a new work item to be undertaken by the Joint Inspection Group (JIG) to draft a single top level document that approaches the forensic process as a whole and provides common guidance for both ISO/IEC 17020 and ISO/IEC 17025 in areas where the activities overlap....
The IAF and ILAC Joint General Assembly received with appreciation the presentations and reports provided by ISO, ICSCA, IEC/CAB, UNIDO, OIML and UNFCCC.
The General Assembly received with appreciation the ISO/TC 176 report (ref IAF GA 21_13A) and the IAQG liaison report (ref IAF GA 21_13B) as presented.
The General Assembly received with appreciation the presentations and status reports provided on the Re-engineering of Accreditation, a QMS Certification Validation Experiment, Proposals for improving the credibility of MS certification, Improvement of IAF MLA evaluations and the Outcomes of the San Francisco and Beijing Industry Days/Formation of the User Advisory Committee.
The General Assembly, acting on the recommendation of the MLA Committee, resolved to - establish a MLA for accreditation of certification bodies for persons in IAF, noting that the MLA will be a part of the IAF MLA based on ISO/IEC 17011 and ISO/IEC 17024, as a framework MLA with specific Certification Schemes for Persons endorsed by IAF as sub-scopes;...
The IAF and ILAC Joint General Assembly received with appreciation the presentations and reports from the following international organizations: ⢠European Commission (EC) ⢠International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) ⢠International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) and ISO/CASCO ⢠International Organisation for Legal Metrology (OIML) ⢠Industry Cooperation for Standards and Conformity Assessment (ICSCA) ⢠United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) â˘...
The IAF and ILAC Joint General Assembly agree to revise IAF/ILAC A3:05/2007 IAF/ILAC MRAs: Key Performance Indicators â A Tool for the Evaluation Process to remove the KPIs and create a self-assessment report based on the clauses of ISO/IEC 17011.
The General Assembly received with appreciation the GLOBALGAP Report (ref IAF GA 22-13-3) as presented.
The General Assembly received with appreciation the report (ref IAF GA 22-11) from the Chair of the User Advisory Committee (UAC) as presented.
The Joint General Assembly received with appreciation the presentations and reports from the following international organizations: ⢠International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) ⢠International Organisation for Standardization (ISO) and ISO/CASCO ⢠International Organisation for Legal Metrology (OIML) ⢠United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) ⢠United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
The Joint General Assembly agrees that the wording provided by IEC (refer to notes 1 and 2) conforms with the intent of Joint General Assembly Sydney Resolution 7. The Joint General Assembly supports the preparation of a joint communiquĂŠ by the ILAC and IAF Executives publicising this resolution. Note 1: For IECEE System: Certificate of Approval of a Manufacturer's Testing...
The General Assembly received with appreciation the liaison reports and presentations from ISO/TC 176 (ref IAF GA23_13-1), IAQG (ref IAF GA23_13-2), GFSI (ref IAF GA23_13-3) and GLOBALGAP.
The General Assembly received with appreciation the report (ref IAF GA23_11) from the Chair of the User Advisory Committee (UAC) as presented.
The General Assembly, acting on the recommendation of the Executive Committee, resolved to extend the IAF MLA to cover the sub-scope for accreditation of Food Safety Management System Certification Bodies, noting that - the sub-scope will be a part of the main scope for Management Systems in accordance with ISO/IEC 17021 of the IAF MLA based on ISO/IEC 17011, -...
The Joint General Assembly received with appreciation the presentations and reports from the following international organizations: ⢠International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) ⢠International Organisation for Standardization (ISO) ⢠International Organisation for Legal Metrology (OIML) ⢠United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ⢠United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) ⢠International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
The General Assembly received with appreciation the report (ref IAF GA24_11) from the Chairman of the User Advisory Committee (UAC) as presented.
The General Assembly noted the admission to the IAF MLA signatories, since the 2009 General Assembly, of the following IAF Members: ⢠NSC, Thailand (PAC); Main scope â ISO/IEC Guide 65; ⢠NAT, Hungary (EA); Main scope â ISO/IEC 17021 and ISO/IEC Guide 65; Sub-scope ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ⢠INDECOPI, Peru (IAAC); Main scope ISO/IEC 17021; sub-scope ISO 14001;...
The General Assembly, acting on the recommendation of the Technical Committee, resolved that the transition period for the implementation of the revision of ISO/IEC 17021 will be 24 months from the date of publication.
The General Assembly, acting on the recommendation of the Technical Committee, resolved that due to time restrictions, a modified balloting process concerning the transition to ISO/IEC 17021 be approved, whereby after a positive Technical Committee decision regarding acceptability of the informative transition document, it be circulated to all IAF members for 30 day ballot.
The General Assembly, acting on the recommendation of the Technical Committee, resolved that there will not be any accredited certification to ISO 26000 (publication date 1 November 2010). ISO 26000 explicitly states that it is not intended or appropriate for certification, and any certification would be a misuse of the standard. Therefore, Certification Bodies are strongly urged not to promote...
The General Assembly, acting on the recommendation of the Technical Committee, requested that Accreditation Bodies translate the "expected outcomes" documents into their local language(s) (as used on their website and other promotional material) and make them available and that they ⢠promote the documents within their own organizations, with particular emphasis on their assessors, ⢠communicate and promote to their...
