ILAC News 38

International Updatecontinued from previous page• Does your national regulation requiresubsequent verifications for certaincategories of measuring instruments?If the answer was “yes” to any of thequestions, then additional questions wereasked: whether the responsible bodies needto be accredited and if “yes” according towhich reference standards.Twenty OIML Members sent in replies.Among them, twelve were sent by countriesoutside Europe. These replies are summarizedin Figures 4–11.Fig 8 Initial verification by the manufacturer“Analysis of the figuresmay demonstrate atendency for accreditationto be more widelyrequired for bodiesresponsible forsubsequent verification.”312ISO/IEC 17025(Manufacturer’stest laboratory)ISO 9001 certification byan accredited CBISO 9001 certification by anaccredited CB + ISO/IEC17025 (manufacturer’stesting laboratory)No formal conclusions may be drawn.Analysis of the figures may demonstratea tendency for accreditation to be morewidely required for bodies responsible forsubsequent verification. This is probably dueto the fact that for several years, nationalregulations authorize designated third-partybodies to perform subsequent (in service)verifications of measuring instruments.Fig 9 Reference requirements applicable to the manufacturerCB: Certification BodyJoint ILAC/OIML Working Program2010–2011In accordance with the Memorandum ofUnderstanding (MoU) signed in November2007 between ILAC and the OIML, the jointWorking Program has now been revised onthe basis of the conclusions of the ILAC/OIML Meeting held on 1 April 2010 andapproved by the ILAC Chair and CIMLPresident.Laurent Vinson (ILAC) and RégineGaucher (OIML) are responsible for theimplementation of this Program, whichis included for your information and alsoavailable from the ILAC website.(see Working Program on next page)Fig 10 Number of countries which request subsequent verification and which requestaccreditation of subsequent verification bodies11111116ISO/IEC 17205ISO/IEC 17020 +ISO/IEC 17205ISO 9001 +ISO/IEC 17025ISO/IEC 17020National requirements basedon ISO 9001National requirements basedon ISO/IEC 17020National requirements basedon ISO/IEC 17025Other national requirementsFig 11 Number of countries regarding the requirements applicable to subsequentverification bodies when accreditation is required12 Issue 38 | October 2010