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Japan Plywood Inspection Corporation
History
Ⅰ.History of JAS Law and Japan Plywood Inspection Corporation (JPIC)
1949

JPIC was established as incorporated association.

1950

Enactment of the Agricultural and Forestry Products Standard Law( Pre - JAS Law )JPIC was designated as a Registered Grading Organizationby the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

1953
1955

JPIC was established as nonprofit organization(a public corporation).

1961

JAS certification manufacturer system started by the Ministryof Agriculture and Forestry.
JPIC was designated as organization , via which application forcertification should be accepted.

1970

Enforcement of the Law concerning Standardization and Proper
Labeling of Agricultural and Forestry and Products (JAS Law).

1987

Overseas JAS certification manufacturer system started.

1999

Public Announcement of Revision of JAS Law 1999.
Enactment of certification system by Registered Certifying Body (RCB).

2000

Enforcement of Revision of JAS Law.
started certification service.

2006

Enforcement of Revision of JAS Law. Abolishment of JAS Certification
System by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries andRegistered Grading Organization System. JPIC was registered as RCBand started certification service under the revision of JAS Law 2006.

2012

JPIC was certified as the public service corporation.
And JPIC as the public interest incorporated foundation started all services.

2018

Enforcement of Revision of JAS Law.
「認定」→「認証」;
Change of “Certification” as Japanese designated name, etc.

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JPIC was registered as RCB andOrganization
Ⅱ. Organization of Japan Plywood Inspection Corporation

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Certification Procedure
Ⅲ.Procedures of JAS certification[1] Inquiry for JAS certification

・The applicant shall submit the preliminary application form such as
Request for the scope of certification. ( It is following pages form. )Detail form of each Product items for certification also need. It's in next returned info.
・Accordingly the Request, JPIC answer for the inquiry and arrange the estimate
for the expenses for certification fee and maintenance fee.

[2] Submission for JAS application documents

・After JAS certification applicant consent to the estimate for the expenses,
JPIC send the applicant JAS certification application form.
・Accordingly JAS certification form, the applicant have to arrange manufacture
detail standard and regulation documents by the applicant themselves in Japaneselanguage. And the applicant submit to JPIC the JAS application documents.

[3] Acceptance for JAS application documents

・After JPIC accept the complete JAS certification application documents,
JPIC arrange schedule for visiting to manufacturer and JAS seminar,
inspection of products and evaluation on the site.

Note : JPIC have to judge on the certification within period four(4) months fromthe date of acceptance JAS application documents according to JPIC regulation.
[4] Evaluation of conformance for the requirements for the JAS certification
ⅰ. Evaluation for documents

ⅱ. Evaluation on the siteⅲ. Inspection of products[5] Judgments on the certification (JAS Certification Evaluation Committee)

・JAS committee evaluate JAS certification application documents,evaluation reports on the site and inspection results.
・In case of that some corrective points are reported, JPIC inform the applicant by
the report of evaluation results. And the applicant report the corrective measures.

[6] Decision on the certification (JAS final Evaluation Committee)

・JAS final Evaluation Committee composed qualified internal auditors finallyevaluate for JAS certification.
[7] An agreement on JAS certification・Granting the certificationⅰ. An agreement on JAS certification

ⅱ. Registration for JAS certification
ⅲ. Notification of JAS certification
ⅳ. Certificate
・Director General of JPIC judges the acceptance or rejection based on
the results of evaluation and informs the result to the applicant.

[8] Affix the JAS stamp or label on products

・JAS certified manufacturer can affix the JAS stamp or label on products
from the date of notification of certification.

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[ Request for the scope of certification form ]4

That's all

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