These guidelines have been prepared to assist laboratory accreditation bodies to harmonise their practices for expressions of scopes of accreditation. Such harmonisation would be of considerable benefit to international users of test, measurement and calibration data. It would also facilitate the process of establishing mutual recognition agreements between laboratory accreditation bodies. The performance specification for horseracing laboratories that has been adopted by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities. The guidelines give rules for supplier and client concerning the assessment and reporting of compliance or non-compliance for a single unit of product using an agreed test method.
Legal requirements supersede any agreement.
These guidelines aim at establishing the framework by which laboratories seeking accreditation, and technical assessors, will be able to propose and evaluate the CRMs relevant to their specific needs. These guidelines provide a procedure for a harmonised approach to conducting surveillance and reassessment of accredited laboratories. These Guidelines have been developed for evaluation of the competence of reference materials producers with a view to the eventual establishment of internationally accepted criteria. This document is for providers of proficiency testing schemes who wish to demonstrate their competence by formal compliance with a set of internationally-acceptable requirements for the planning and implementation of proficiency testing schemes. The guidelines in this document have been developed to encourage accreditation bodies to adopt a harmonised approach for the use of their logos and for the manner in which laboratories or inspection bodies may refer to their accreditation status.