【法规名称】
【颁布时间】 2002-09-22
【法规编号】 43102 什么是编号？
【正 文】
INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATION FORUM INC. MULTILATERAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENT
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1 INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATION FORUM (IAF, INC.) MULTILATERAL RECO-GNITION AGREEMENT (MLA) 1 This Agreement is based on the results of evaluations carried out in accordance with the relevant rules and procedures of t-he intemational Acreditation Forum (IAF). 2 The parties to this agreement are the accreditation bodies on whose behalf the Agreement has been signed (the "participatingbodies", collectively the "MLA Group") 3 Each participating body shall agree to abide by the terms and conditions of the MLA. Each participating body shall: (i) maintain conformance with ISO/IEC Gude 61, and related IAFguidance documents; (ii) ensure that all accredited bodies comply with ISO/IEC Guide62 or ISO/IEC Guide 65, as approprite, and related IAF gui-dance documents. 4 On the basis of the perceived equivalence of the systems forthe accreditation of management system bodies and/or productcertification bodies (hereinafter referred to as "systems") o-perated by the participating bodies, each participating bodywill: (i) recognize the operation of the other systems - within the p-rograms as defined in this Agreement - as equivalent to itsown; (ii) recommend and promote the acceptance of the certificates ofconformity or certificates of competence within the recogn-ized scopes from the bodies accredited by the participatingbodies as being on an equal basis with those of its own ac-credited bodies. 5 Each participating body shall: (i) investigate all complaints initiated by a participating bodyresulting from certificates of conformity or certificates ofcompetence issued by the bodies it has accredited within itsaccreditation programs; (ii) notify all other participating bodies as soon as possibleof any significant changes that have occurred or will occurin its status, in the operational practices of its ysystem or in its accreditation programs; (iii) contribute as appropriate to the work of the MLA group; (iv) participate as appropriate in the meetings of the workinggroup(s) of the MLA Group; (v) progvide auditors/assessors for the evaluation, re-evaluati-on and surveillance to the accreditaton programs of the MLAGroup members and applicants; (vi) co-operate with other accrediation bodies so that the MLAmay be extended; (vii) use all information in a confidential and professional ma-nner. 6 if, in accordance with the relevant rules and procedures, itis agreed that an additional accreditation body that operates a system may participate in the agreement, an MLA Signature S-heet shall be signed by the new accreditation body and duly a-uthorized by the IAF Chair. The new signatory shall be addedto the list in Annex A of this Agreement. The same procedureshall be followed if it is agreed that a participant to the A-greement may extend its accreditation programs. 7 if a participating body wishes to eithdraw from this Agreementor withdraw parts of its accrediation program for any reasonwhatsoever, that body shall notify the other participating bo-dies to this Agreement in writing through the MLA managementCommittee not later than three months in advance of withdrawi-ng. upon withdrawal of a body or changing the extent of its a-ccreditation programs, that body's MLA Signature Shee shall beobsoleted and the list in Annex A revised accordingly. 8 Any amendment of the text of this Multilateral Recognition Ag-reement shall be made in accordance with the MLA Group rulesof procedure. 9 This Agreement consists of ten (10) Clauses plus an Annex lis-ting each participating body, along with the extent of its ac-creditation programs. 10 This Agreement come into force on: 22 January 1998 |
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