Conformity assessment practices
... the basis for mutual recognition
The TBT Committee lists five non-exclusive approaches that are useful in facilitating the acceptance of conformity assessment results among Members (document G/TBT/9 - Second triennial review of the operation and implementation of the agreement on technical barriers to trade), namely:
- accreditation;
- the unilateral recognition of results of foreign conformity assessment as equivalent;
- Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRAs) for conformity assessment between governments;
- co-operative (voluntary) arrangements between domestic and foreign conformity assessment bodies; and
- the use of Supplier's Declaration of Conformity (SDoC).
