CAB, ILAC & IAF Steering Committee

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October 2010

 
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Terms of Reference:

The CAB, ILAC & IAF Steering Committee will develop and facilitate the implementation of the following elements of collaboration:


* Common understanding of the requirements laid down in ISO/IEC 17025, General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories, and ISO/IEC Guide 65, General requirements for bodies operating product certification systems, applicable to the electrotechnical sector (ISO stands for the International Organization for Standardization.)

* Reassessments of CBs and TLs using CA Systems expertise

* Use of harmonized assessment forms

* Use of harmonized assessment preparation guidelines


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Information about the IEC(CAB)-ILAC-IAF Steering Committee Meeting

Saturday, October 23rd 2010 in Shanghai

Chairman:

Pierre de Ruvo
IECEE Executive Secretary

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Members:


CAB Representatives


ILAC/IAF Representatives

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 Toshiyuki Kajiya
Panasonic		 Daniel Pierre
ILAC Chairman		 pro
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Gosta Fredriksson
IECEE Chairman 		Randy Dougherty
IAF Chairman
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 Joe Gryn
UL		 Regina Robertson
ILAC AIC
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 Mike Lawson
Intertek Testing & Certification Ltd.		 Norbert Borzek
IAF Technical Committee Chair
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 Chris Agius
IECQ and IECEx Secretary 		Norbert Mueller
ILAC&IAF Liaison Officer

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 Ted Gaertner
KEMA Quality B.V.		 Peter Unger
ILAC Vice Chairman
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photo mcmanama Kerry McManama
IECEx Chairman 		Xiao Jianhua
IAF Vice Chairman

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IECQ Chairman 		Guenther Beer
IAF (User Group)
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ILAC/IAF Secretaries:

 

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ILAC Secretary 		John Owen
IAF Secretary
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IEC(CAB)-ILAC-IAF Steering Committee - Meeting Documents


Item Subject Document(s)
1 To appoint the Secretary of the meeting  
2 Opening of the meeting  
3 Approval of the Agenda IEC-ILAC-IAF1642DA-REV.1
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To confirm the roles and functions (project) of the

IEC(CAB)-ILAC-IAF Steering Committee

  
4.1 
Approval of changes to the “project” and its Terms of Reference
  
4.2 
Monitoring and review of the “project”
  
4.3 
Assistance to the “project” when required
  
4.4 
Resolution of “project” conflicts
  
4.5 
Formal acceptance of “project” deliverables"
  
4.6

Setting of Working Groups to prepare operational elements and

tools to serve the “project”

  
5
    To agree on the content of the “Tripartite MoU” IEC-ILAC-IAF
  
6
    To resume the outstanding topics that were dealt with by the former Technical Panels
  
6.1
    JGA (Sydney) Resolution 7
  
6.2
    Joint Re-assessments model (as opposed to the new “one-stop Re-Assessment” model)
  
6.3
    Common understanding of ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO/IEC Guide 65
 
6.4
    Determination of calibration intervals of measuring instruments
  
6.5
    Definition of Product Consultancy for Certification Bodies and Testing Laboratories
 
7 To review the result of the trial experience over the one-stop Reassessment mdel IEC-(CAB)-ILAC-IAF  
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    To discuss:

    a) the IEC Systems Peer Assessment Programme

    b) Conditions for use of Accreditation Logo on Reports/Certificates

  
9
    To consider the queries received by the Parties (IEC-ILAC-IAF) and deliberate common Policies
  
9.1
    How will non conformances recorded during these assessments be handled?
  
9.2
    Process involving appointment of assessors
  
9.3
    Training of assessors in completing IEC assessment forms
  
9.4
    How will extension of scope be handled?
  
9.5
    Who will be responsible for finalizing and sending out the report to the IEC CA Systems?
  
10
    Any other business
  
11
    Future meetings
  
12
    Close of the meeting
  

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