Name : IAF-ILAC Statement on Replacement of Assessments During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Category : IAF-ILAC Joint Publications (A Series)

Description : The IAF and ILAC General Assemblies have supported the publication of this statement, Replacement of Assessments During the COVID-19 Pandemic, developed by a Joint IAF/ILAC Executive Committee Task Force. The implementation date for this statement is the date of publication, i.e. March 2021.

Issue : 1

Code : IAF-ILAC Statement

Version Number : Publication Version

Issue Date : 04 Mar 2021

Application Date : 04 Mar 2021

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Name : IAF-ILAC Statement re Delayed Evaluations 12 March 2020

Category : IAF-ILAC Joint Publications (A Series)

Description : This statement has been released by IAF and ILAC as a result of the increasing restrictions on travel and mandatory quarantine periods following travel due to the COVID-19 outbreak. It includes additional guidelines agreed by the IAF MLA MC and ILAC AMC to help ensure the transition of all accreditation bodies that are signatories to the ILAC MRA and IAF MLA to the 2017 version of ISO/IEC 17011 continues to be managed consistently across all regions in the final six to eight months of this transition period.

Issue : 1

Code : IAF-ILAC Statement

Version Number : Publication Version

Issue Date : 12 Mar 2020

Application Date : 12 Mar 2020

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Name : IAF/ILAC A1:06/2023 IAF/ILAC Multi-Lateral Mutual Recognition Arrangements (Arrangements): Requirements and Procedures for Evaluation of a Regional Group

Category : IAF-ILAC Joint Publications (A Series)

Description : This document provides IAF and/or ILAC with requirements or criteria for evaluating Regional Groups for the purpose of recognition. The date for application of this document is 29 June 2023.

Issue : 1

Code : A1:06/2023

Version Number : 1

Issue Date : 29 Jun 2023

Application Date : 29 Jun 2023

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Name : IAF/ILAC A2:09/2025 IAF/ILAC Multilateral Mutual Recognition Arrangements (Arrangements): Requirements and Procedures for Evaluation of an Accreditation Body

Category : IAF-ILAC Joint Publications (A Series)

Description : This document outlines the general requirements to be used by IAF and ILAC and their recognised Regional Groups when evaluating the competence of an accreditation body for the purpose of qualifying to sign the applicable arrangement(s).

Issue : 1

Code : A2:09/2025

Version Number : 1

Issue Date : 09 Sep 2025

Application Date : 10 Mar 2027

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Name : IAF/ILAC A3:06/2023 IAF/ILAC Multi-Lateral Mutual Recognition Arrangements (Arrangements): Template report for the peer evaluation of an Accreditation Body based on ISO/IEC 17011:2017

Category : IAF-ILAC Joint Publications (A Series)

Description : The purpose of this document is to provide a tool for the evaluation and report preparation process, allowing an AB under evaluation to present information, facts and figures about its performance and to provide a means for the evaluation team to present confirmation of this information within the evaluation report.

Issue : 1

Code : A3:06/2023

Version Number : 1

Issue Date : 29 Jun 2023

Application Date : 29 Jun 2023

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Name : IAF/ILAC ISO/IEC 17011:2017 Transition Plan

Category : IAF-ILAC Joint Publications (A Series)

Description : In preparation for the publication of the revised ISO/IEC 17011 Conformity assessment – General requirements for accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies in November 2017, IAF and ILAC have developed a plan to ensure that all accreditation bodies that are signatories to the IAF MLA and ILAC MRA have transitioned to ISO/IEC 17011:2017 three years from its date of publication in accordance with 2016 JGA Delhi Resolution 1 - Transition to ISO/IEC 17011:2017 and 2017 JGA Vancouver Resolution 2 - Implementation of transition to ISO/IEC 17011:2017.

Issue : 1

Code : IAF/ILAC ISO/IEC 17011:2017

Version Number : Publication Version

Issue Date : 29 Oct 2017

Application Date : 29 Oct 2017

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