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- Participation
in programs of peer evaluation and re-evaluation;
- Exchange
of information on the development and operation
of accreditation systems;
- Participation
of personnel from IAAC MLA members in assessment,
re-assessment or surveillance visits to conformity
assessment bodies performed by other IAAC MLA
member bodies; and
- Participation
in IAAC meetings.
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| The
IAAC MLA Group is the organizational unit formed
by accreditation bodies that are signatories of
the IAAC MLA.
By reducing the need for multiple assessments,
IAAC’s MLAs facilitate international trade
by encouraging regional and worldwide acceptance
of valid certificates, registrations and results
issued by signatory accreditation bodies.
Participation in the IAAC MLA can raise the status
of, and increase confidence in, signatory accreditation
bodies nationally and internationally by means
of the formal links with competent accreditation
bodies in other countries.
The conditions for joining IAAC’s MLAs are:
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- Full membership
in IAAC;
- Agreement
to abide by the terms and conditions of the
IAAC MLA;
- Demonstration,
through evaluations and through witnessing of
its assessment process, that it satisfies the
following requirements:
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conformance
with pertinent ISO/IEC guides and related IAF or
ILAC guidance documents;
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| b) |
conformance
of all accredited bodies with the relevant ISO/IEC
guides
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completion
of at least one accreditation process in each of
the accreditation programs for which it applies.
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availability
of sufficient evidence to demonstrate that the applicant
body’s arrangements for management review and
internal audit have been implemented, are effective,
and will be maintained.
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