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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.98.253
25 May 1998
(98-2138)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  THAILAND
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
2. Agency responsible:  Office of the National Accreditation Council (ONAC), Ministry of
Industry
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:  Thai Industrial Standards Institute, Ministry of Industry
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [X], other:
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where appl icable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Accreditation of Certification
Bodies
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  NAC-GR-AS02-01 The
Conduct of Accreditation Assessment (9 pages, English language)
6. Description of content:  Describes the procedures for the conduct of accreditation
assessments carried out by the Office of the National Accreditation Council.  It summarizesthe administrative procedures followed by the NAC Office in the accreditation process, and
details the various stages involved in the in itial assessment, surveillance and reassessment
audits.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  To be in
line with the international accreditation system.
8. Relevant documents:
1. JAS-ANZ Procedure No. 5:  The conduct of accreditation assessments.
2. ISO 10011-2:  Guidelines for auditing quality systems - Part 2:  Qualification criteria
for quality systems auditors.
3. TIS 14012 (ISO 14012):  Guidelines for environmental auditing - Qualification
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9. Proposed date of adoption:   24 December 1997
Proposed date of entry into force:  Not applicable
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the circulation date
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
other body: