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IAF & ILAC annual meetings 2015 were held

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Annual meetings of the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) were held in the period between 26th October and 6th November 2015 in Milan, Italy. Milica Lukešević, ATS Acting Director, and Jovana Zečević, Head of the Inspection and Certification Department, attended the IAF & ILAC annual meetings on behalf of the Accreditation Body of Serbia (ATS).

29 resolutions were adopted at the 29th IAF General Assembly (GA), held in the period between 4th and 6th November 2015, whereas the most important ones are as follows:

- resolutions on the adoption of the report on the Financial Affairs of IAF and the Report of the Financial Auditor on the Financial Operations of IAF (31st December 2014 as presented), and on  the adoption of the IAF Budget for 2016

- resolution on on the admission to the IAF MoU of the following Members: NAA, BSCA,  IARM and SEMAC

- resolution on the transition period for ISO/IEC 27006:2015 Information technology - Security techniques - Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of information security management systems will be two years from the date of publication of the standard, i.e. 30th September 2017

- resolution on the transition period for the next revision of ISO 13485:2003 Medical devices - Quality management systems - Requirements for regulatory purposes will be three years from the date of publication of the revised standard

- resolution envisaging that IAF Accreditation Body members shall have legally enforceable arrangements with their accredited CABs that prevents the CAB from issuing non-accredited management systems certificates in scopes for which they are accredited. The General Assembly further agreed that the transition period will be one year from the date of endorsement.

- resolution confirming that references to ISO/IEC 17021 in IAF documents shall be understood to refer to ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015 in relation to CABs that have completed the transition and after the transition period. However, ABs and CABs will need to take account of the changes in ISO/IEC 17021-1 when using IAF documents which may not be revised until after the transition period to reference ISO/IEC 17021-1.

- resolution confirming the IAF MLA scope extensions of the following IAF Regional Body Members:

  • Pacific – Sub-Scopes: Level 4: ISO/TS 22003, ISO/IEC 27006 and GlobalG.A.P General Regulations; Level 5: ISO 22000, ISO/IEC 27001 and Product, GlobalG.A.P. IFA Control Points and Compliance Criteria
  • IAAC Americas - Level 4: GlobalG.A.P. General Regulations; Level 5: Product, GlobalG.A.P. IFA Control Points and Compliance Criteria
  • EA Europe - Level 4: GlobalG.A.P. General Regulations; Level 5: Product, GlobalG.A.P. IFA Control Points and Compliance Criteria

- resolution on the admissions to the IAF MLA of the following IAF Members: IARM – Main Scope: Product Certification – ISO/IEC 17065 (EA) and ONAC Colombia - Main Scopes: Product Certification – ISO/IEC 17065, Management System Certification – ISO/IEC 17021; Sub-Scopes: Level 5: ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 (IAAC)

- resolution on the MLA scope extensions of the following IAF AB Members: IAS, OUA, BoA, CNAS, EMA, JAB, JAS-ANZ, KAB, KAN, NABCB, SAC, SLAB, TAF, JAB, and NABCB

- resolution confirming the election of the following Directors to the IAF Board for three year terms ending at the 2018 General Assembly:

  • Xiao Jianhua (CNAS), elected as IAF Chair
  • Emanuele Riva (ACCREDIA), elected as IAF Vice-Chair
  • Sheronda Jeffries (QuEST Forum), elected as Director representing Users and Industry Association Members
  • Geir Samuelsen (NA), elected as Director representing High Income Economy Accreditation Body Members

 - resolution confirming the election of the following IAF Committee Chairs for three year terms ending at the 2018 General Assembly Meeting:

  • Ekanit Romyanon (NSC), re-elected as Technical Committee Chair
  • Jon Murthy (UKAS), re-elected as Communications and Marketing Committee Chair
  • Sheronda Jeffries (QuEST Forum), elected as User Advisory Committee Chair
  • Norman Brunner (AA), elected as MLA Committee Chair
  • Geir Samuelsen (NA), elected as Accreditation Body Information Exchange Group Co-Chair
  • Andrea Barroso Melo Monteiro de Queiroz (CGCRE), elected as Development Support Committee Chair
  • resolution confirming the membership of the Financial Oversight Committee (FOC) (Jan van der Poel) for the complete years of 2016, 2017 and 2018

18 resolutions were adopted at the 19th ILAC General Assembly (ILAC GA held in the period between 4th and 6th November 2015, whereas the most important ones are as follows:

- resolution confirming the status of the following organisations as Associates: BAB, OSA, ACCAB, IQAS and ONA

- resolutions confirming re-evaluations and continued recognition for the following regional cooperation bodies: APLAC and IAAC, and continued signatory status to the ILAC MRA for NCA

- resolutions confirming the status of the new signatories to the ILAC Arrangement for the following ABs (BAB, SADCAS, OSA, JANAAC, Standards Malaysia, ONA, IARM, NAAU and OUA), admittance of another organisation as an Affiliate (MLSCN), admittance of the organisations as Stakeholders (ASCOLAB, AOIL and IOL), suspension of the ILAC MRA signatory for the accreditation of testing laboratories (KCA), and termination of the membership of the organisations for non-payment of fees (ANSA, LNCSM and WQA)

- resolutions accepting the report of the Financial Audit Committee on the 2014 accounts and endorsing the appointment of the members of the Financial Audit Committee (Kwei Fern Chang and Mr Paul Stennett), and the financial report for the period 1st January 2015 to 30th September 2015

- resolution approving the 2016 Budget as proposed by the Executive Committee

- resolution approving the continuation of the provision of the ILAC Secretariat by NATA (Australia) for a four year period beginning 1st January 2016 to 31st December 2019

 - resolutions confirming close cooperation with, the following international organisations:

  • Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM)
  • World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)


IAF and ILAC Joint General Assembly meeting was held during the annual IAF-ILAC meeting in Milan when 5 resolutions were jointly adopted, whereas the most important ones are as follows:

- resolutions adopting the reports of the International Organisation for Standardization (ISO) and in particular the activities of CASCO, and reports of the following international organisations: ITU, OIML and UNIDO

- resolution confirming re-signing of a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between IEC, ILAC and IAF.