2013/04 1 aplac pr 007 issue no 33 aplac - its role and structure
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2013/04 1APLAC PR 007 issue no 33
APLAC - ITS ROLE AND STRUCTURE
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APLAC - ITS ROLE & STRUCTURE
• What is APLAC?
• The Role of APLAC
• Structure of APLAC
• Accreditation
• APLAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement
• APLAC MRA - supporting G2G MRAs and trade in the APEC region
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Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation
• Established 1992
• Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) inaugural signing 1997
• Inaugural signing of extended MRA for inspection November 2003
• Inaugural signing of extended MRA for RMP December 2007
• Incorporated in 2006: APLAC Constitution
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APLAC Membership
• Laboratory, inspection body and reference material producer (RMP) accreditation bodies in APEC economies
• Laboratory, inspection body and reference material producer (RMP) accreditation bodies in other economies with approval of three-fourths majority
• Commitment to compliance with ISO/IEC 17011
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APLAC Membership ctd
• Laboratories accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 (ISO 15189 for medical laboratories)
• Inspection bodies accredited to ISO/IEC 17020
• RMPs accredited to ISO Guide 34
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Current APLAC Membership
• All APEC economies except Chile
• Also Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Mongolia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
• 38 full members
• 9 associate members
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APLAC Full Members
• Australia: NATA
• Brunei Darussalam
• Canada: SCC; CALA; QMP-LS
• People’s Republic of China: CNAS
• Hong Kong China: HKAS
• India: NABL, NABCB
• Indonesia: KAN
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APLAC Full Membership, ctd
• Japan: JAB; IAJapan; VLAC
• Korea: KOLAS
• Malaysia: Standards Malaysia
• Mexico: ema
• Mongolia: MNAS
• New Zealand: IANZ
• Pakistan: PNAC
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APLAC Full Membership, ctd
• Papua New Guinea: PNGLAS
• Peru: Indecopi
• Philippines: PAO
• Russia: AAC Analitica
• Singapore: SAC
• Sri Lanka: SLAB
• Chinese Taipei: TAF
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APLAC Full Membership, ctd
• Thailand: BLQS-DMSc; BLA-DSS; NSC-ONAC
• USA: A2LA; ACLASS & FQS; AIHA-LAP, LLC ; IAS; A-S-B; NVLAP; PJLA Inc.
• Vietnam: BoA
• Australasia: JAS-ANZ
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APLAC Associate Membership
• Australia: PTA
• Bangladesh: BAB
• Bhutan, NAFP
• Korea: KTR; NIER; RRA; KASTO
• Chinese Taipei: NIEA
• Thailand: FHI 360 (Thailand Office)
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APLAC’s Role
• Development of laboratory, inspection body, RMP and PTP accreditation procedures and practices in the APEC region
• Promotion of laboratory, inspection body and RMP accreditation as a trade facilitation tool
• Assistance to developing accreditation systems
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APLAC’s Role
• Recognition of competent test and calibration facilities, inspection bodies and reference material producers in the APEC region
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APLAC’s Role
• Cooperation with other regional laboratory and inspection body accreditation organisations such as EA, IAAC, SADCA, AFRAC
• Strong links with APEC SCSC & other APEC Specialist Regional Bodies, APLMF, APMP, PAC, PASC
• APLAC is a recognised Regional Cooperation Body of ILAC
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APLAC’s Structure
• General Assembly
• Board of Management
• MRA Council
• 5 permanent Committees
– Proficiency Testing Committee
– Public Information Committee
– Technical Committee
– Training Committee
– Nominations Committee
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APLAC’s Structure
N om inatonsCom m ittee
Com m ittee 1Train ing
Com m ittee
Com m ittee 2Public
I nform ationCom m ittee
Com m ittee 3Proficiency
TestingCom m ittee
Com m ittee 4Technical
Com m ittee
Boardof
M anagem ent
M R ACouncil
G eneralAssem bly
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APLAC’s Structure
• Board of Management
– meets at least twice a year
– oversees management of APLAC’s activities
– oversees the work of the APLAC committees
• Committees report to members at each annual General Assembly
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Proficiency Testing
• Calibration
• Measurement (some with APMP)
• Testing
• Inter-regional Programs
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Public Information
• “APLAC News Notes” published every 3 months by a different APLAC member each time
• Publicity and information material
• APLAC web site: http://www.aplac.org
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Technical
• Guidance and interpretation documents– APLAC documents
• management reviews; internal audits• reporting compliance with a specification• measurement uncertainty in testing• guidance on ISO/IEC 17020• guidance for food testing laboratories• guidance on accreditation of RMPs
– adoption of ILAC and EA documents
• Input into ILAC documents
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Training
• Accreditation body staff
• APLAC & ILAC MRA evaluators
• Train the trainers
– Technical assessors
– Laboratory staff
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APLAC - Primary Objective
• Acceptance of test, calibration and inspection reports and reference material certificates amongst all signatories’ economies
– demands mutual confidence in technical competence
• Confidence cannot be legislated
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APLAC - Subsidiary Objectives
• Information exchange
• Exchange of experts
• Training
• Proficiency Testing
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APLAC MRA Signatories
• NATA
• CALA
• QMP-LS
• SCC
• CNAS
• HKAS
• NABL
• KAN
• JAB
• IAJapan
• VLAC
• KOLAS
• Standards Malaysia
• ema
• MNAS
• IANZ
• PNGLAS
• PNAC
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APLAC MRA Signatories ctd
• PAO
• AAC Analitica
• SAC
• SLAB
• TAF
• BLA-DSS
• BLQS-DMSc
• NSC-ONAC
• AIHA-LAP, LLC
• A2LA
• ACLASS & FQS
• A-S-B
• IAS
• NVLAP
• PJLA Inc.
• BoA
• JAS-ANZ
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Accreditation
• Assessment of laboratory, inspection body and RMP performance against international criteria (ISO/IEC 17025; ISO/IEC 17020; ISO Guide 34)
• Means of determining competence of laboratories, inspection bodies and RMPs to perform specific measurements, calibrations, tests or inspections, or to certify reference materials competently
• Formal recognition of that competence
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Accreditation ctd
• 3rd party attestation related to a conformity assessment body conveying formal demonstration of its competence to carry out specific conformity assessment tasks (ISO/IEC 17000)
• Key phrases
– competence
– specific…. tasks
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Accreditation ctd
• Demonstrated competence
– Specific tests
– Defined measurements
– Types of calibrations
– Particular testing techniques
– Specific types of inspections
– Specific types of reference materials
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Accreditation ctd
• Technical competence
• Integrity
• Transparency (as defined by WTO TBT)
• Fairness
• Scope of accreditation
– products; types of test parameters types of inspections;matrices
– measurement techniques, range, accuracy
– test specification; test method
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Accreditation Hierarchy of Criteria
1 General technical competence and systems compliance criteria
2 Additional field-specific criteria, eg for emc testing laboratories
3 Additional test, calibration, inspection method criteria
ISO/IEC17025/17020
Supplementary, Field-specific
criteria (eg Electrical Testing)
Technical Requirements of Specific Test Methods and Procedures
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Accreditation Hierarchy of Criteria
1 General technical competence and systems compliance criteria
2 Additional field-specific criteria, eg for emc testing laboratories
3 Additional test, calibration, inspection method criteria
4 Additional, regulator-specific criteria (eg reporting formats, labelling etc)
ISO/IEC17025/17020
Supplementary, Field-specific
criteria (eg Electrical Testing)
Technical Requirements of Specific Test Methods and Procedures
Regulatory Requirements
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APLAC MRA
• Single multilateral MRA for testing and calibration, 1997
• Extended to include inspection, 2003
• ISO 15189 separated out, 2007
• Extended to include RMP, 2007
• Replaced network of bilateral MRAs
• Regional component of global ILAC Arrangement, November 2000 (test and calibration only)
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APLAC MRA ctd
• Facility accredited by one MRA partner has equivalent competence to facility accredited by other partners
• Each signatory acknowledges equivalence of all other signatories
• Signatories demonstrate compliance with ISO/IEC 17011
• Procedure: APLAC MR 001
• Re-evaluation every 4 years maximum
– shorter interval for various causes
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APLAC Procedure MR 001
• Application; pre-evaluation; evaluation
• Maintenance of signatory status
• Criteria for accreditation bodies
– ISO/IEC 17011
• Qualifications of evaluators
– Expanded on in APLAC MR 004
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APLAC Procedure MR 001 ctd
• Criteria for accredited bodies
– ISO/IEC 17025: laboratories
– ISO 15189: medical laboratories
– ISO/IEC 17020: inspection bodies
– ISO Guide 34: RMPs
– ISO Guide 43: PTPs
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APLAC MRA - Supplementary Requirements
• Access to appropriate measurement traceability system
• Avoidance of conflict of interest
• Confidentiality
• Access to adequate comprehensive proficiency testing programs
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APLAC MRA - Evaluation Team
• Peer review
• Balance of skills and technical expertise
• Evaluators
– experienced in laboratory accreditation
– technical expertise
– proficiency testing experience
– free from conflict of interest
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APLAC MRA - Evaluation
• Preparation
• On-site visit
– accreditation body
– accredited & applicant facilities
• Report
– corrective actions identified
– acceptance of corrective actions
– schedule for implementation
• Full review by APLAC MRA Council
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APLAC MRA - Maintenance of Signatory Status
• Accreditation body notifies changes
– name; legal status; organisation structure
– key staff
– operational procedures
• Re-evaluation
– maximum every 4 years
– after a shorter period with due cause
– focus on changes
– new team leader
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APLAC MRA - Assisting Trade
• APLAC MRA enhances acceptance of test, calibration and inspection reports, and RM certificates amongst signatory economies
• APLAC MRA signatories recognise equivalence of each others’ accredited facilities
• APLAC MRA is an international recognition for accredited laboratories, inspection bodies and RMPs
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APLAC MRA - Assisting Trade
• APLAC MRA reduces or eliminates need for re-testing or re-inspection of imported goods
• Entry into global ILAC Arrangement (for testing and calibration only)
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APLAC MRA & Regulators
• Laboratories and inspection bodies accredited for compliance with domestic & foreign regulations
• MRA evaluations assure competence to assess to domestic & foreign regulations
• APLAC MRA underpins APEC G2G MRAs
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Contact APLAC
• web site: http://www.aplac.org
• email: [email protected]