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The Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (APLAC) On November 19, 1997, A2LA signed the Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (APLAC) mutual recognition arrangement. The arrangement is intended to facilitate the acceptance of test and calibration data with a number of Asia-Pacific countries whose national accreditation bodies have signed the APLAC arrangement. APLAC promotes the recognition and acceptance in all the signatory countries of certificates and reports issued by organizations accredited by national accreditation bodies who have signed the arrangement. By signing the arrangement, the signatory accreditation bodies commit to promoting acceptance of the test reports/calibration reports issued by the laboratories accredited by the signatory accreditation bodies. However, accreditation bodies cannot guarantee acceptance by their stakeholders. As such, one of A2LA's primary functions is to assist A2LA-accredited laboratories in gaining acceptance of their data in the countries of the APLAC arrangement signatories. Likewise, A2LA is committed to helping laboratories accredited by the APLAC arrangement signatories obtain acceptance in the United States. Through the APLAC MRA evaluation process, a uniform level of competence of the accredited bodies is assured, and the need for multiple assessments is diminished or eliminated. Ideally, a supplier would only need one certificate or report to satisfy the entire Asia-Pacific market and all governments. In addition to A2LA, signatories to the APLAC MRA as of June 30, 2002 include: NATA (Australia) A2LA staff is able to provide specific details regarding the names and contact information for the accreditation body in a specific country/economy listed above. |
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