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NATIONAL ACCREDITATION BOARD FOR CERTIFICATION BODIES (NABCB) Quality Council of India (QCI), 2 nd Floor, Institution of Engineers Building, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi – 110002 Phone: +91-11-2337 8056 / 57; Fax: +91-11-2337 8678; Web: www.qcin.org; E-mail: nabcb@qcin.org 1.0 Scope This document specifies the requirements that an inspection body shall meet if it is to be recognized by the Board as competent and reliable in the providing inspection services. 2.0 Accreditation Criteria The Inspection Bodies seeking accreditation for Inspection in specific technical areas shall comply with the requirements as specified in the international standard ISO/IEC 17020:2012 “Conformity assessment – Requirements for the operation of various types of bodies performing inspection” The standard ISO/IEC 17020:2012 can be obtained online from ISO website ‘www.iso.org’ or its equivalent Indian adopted standard can be procured from the Bureau of Indian Standards. 3.0 Guidance Documents for Inspection Bodies NABCB has adopted relevant ILAC and APLAC requirements and guidance documents as applicable to the Inspection Bodies as part of its criteria to be read with the criteria as above. NABCB has adopted the IAF/ILAC Joint Document “IAF/ILAC A4: Guidance on the Application of ISO/IEC 17020”. Applicant and accredited inspection bodies shall comply with the guidance given in this document. This document provides guidance to inspection bodies to comply with the requirements of ISO/IEC 17020 and is used for assessment of inspection bodies in a harmonized manner by the accreditation bodies’ world over. This guidance document forms the basis of mutual recognition arrangements between accreditation bodies, and is considered necessary for the consistent application of ISO/IEC 17020. This document can be freely downloaded from ILAC website ‘www.ilac.org’ or directly accessing the link given below: https://www.ilac.org/ilaciafjoint.html NABCB has also adopted the APLAC Document “APLAC TC 006: APLAC Guidance Notes on ISO/IEC 17020”. Applicant and accredited inspection bodies shall comply with the guidance given in this document. This document provides guidance notes additional to the IAF/ILAC A4 Guidance Document on accreditation of inspection bodies. It is intended primarily to assist inspection bodies to understand issues that will be examined by accreditation bodies during assessments. It is to be used in conjunction with the IAF/ILAC A4 document. This document can be freely downloaded from APLAC website ‘www.aplac.org’ or directly accessing the link given below: http://www.aplac.org/publications.html Since the guidance documents may be revised from time to time by the organization which has published it, its latest version shall apply unless announced otherwise by the NABCB. 4.0 Scope of Accreditation NABCB would categorize the scope of accreditation based on the broad ‘NABCB Classification of Scope Sectors’. The inspection body shall while applying for accreditation to NABCB specify its detailed scope. The scope of accreditation after assessment shall be issued to reflect the demonstrated technical competence of the inspection body. BCB 110 (IB) / Jan 2013 Page 2 of 7
NATIONAL ACCREDITATION BOARD FOR CERTIFICATION BODIES (NABCB) Quality Council of India (QCI), 2 nd Floor, Institution of Engineers Building, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi – 110002 Phone: +91-11-2337 8056 / 57; Fax: +91-11-2337 8678; Web: www.qcin.org; E-mail: nabcb@qcin.org 5.0 Policy on Measurement Traceability Traceability is the property of a measurement result whereby the result can be related to stated references, usually national or international standards, through a documented unbroken chain of comparisons (i.e. calibrations), each having stated measurement uncertainties. The purpose of requiring traceability is to ensure that measurements are accurate representations of the specific quantity subject to measurement, where measurement results form the basis of inspection results. ILAC Document - ILAC P10 “ILAC Policy on Traceability of Measurement Results” available on ILAC website ‘www.ilac.org’ forms the basis of NABCB Policy on Measurement Traceability. Traceability of measurement results is a fundamental topic for equivalence as well as harmonization of measurement results provided by conformity assessment bodies including inspection bodies and to ensure confidence amongst accreditation bodies to maintain international Mutual Recognition Arrangements. NABCB Policy on Measurement Traceability applicable to all NABCB applicant/accredited Inspection Bodies is as follows: i. Inspection Bodies shall be able to demonstrate that calibration of critical equipment, whether owned by itself or others, used in inspection and hence the measurement results generated by that equipment, relevant to the applied / accredited scopes of accreditation, are traceable to the International System of Units (SI units). ii. NABCB accepts as an evidence of traceability to national and international standards of measurements of those calibrations performed by: a) National Metrology Institutes such as NPL-India or other CIPM (International Committee for Weights and Measures) MRA Signatories; b) Calibration laboratories accredited by NABL-India, an ILAC and APLAC MRA Signatory, or those demonstrating compliance to ISO/IEC 17025; c) Calibration laboratories accredited by other ILAC MRA Signatories. iii. Where traceability as stated above is not technically possible or reasonable or available, the inspection body and the client and other interested parties may agree to using certified reference materials provided by a competent supplier or using specified methods and/or consensus standards that are clearly described and agreed by all parties. 6.0 Policy on use of Testing Laboratories as part of Inspection Inspection Bodies use the services of laboratories for testing as a part of its inspection activities. NABCB Policy on use of laboratories for testing by the Inspection Bodies is as follows: i. When as a part of inspection, for confirming product compliance to relevant standard, analytical tests are required to be carried out in an laboratory, the inspection personnel may draw sample(s) and send it to their own laboratory or an independent external laboratory. Inspection bodies shall ensure that the laboratories to which samples are sent for testing shall either be accredited or compliant to ISO/IEC 17025 for the scope of tests being subcontracted. ii. When as a part of inspection, the inspection body is required to review test reports for the purpose of assessing conformity to specified requirements/criteria, the testing shall have been carried out in laboratories complying with ISO/IEC 17025 as established by the inspection body or accredited to ISO/IEC 17025. BCB 110 (IB) / Jan 2013 Page 3 of 7
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