IAF网站中关于认证证书多边互认的条款内容
一、以下文章来自IAF网站原文（www.iaf.nu）
ABOUT US IAF简介
Accreditation is the independent evaluation of conformity assessment bodies against recognised standards to ensure their impartiality and competence. Through the application of national and international standards, government, procurers and consumers can have confidence in the calibration and test results, inspection reports and certifications provided.
认证认可是一项独立评估认证机构是否达到标准的活动，其目标为保障认证的公平性与专业性。通过严格执行国内、国际标准，政府、采购商、消费者均可对测试结果、校准、检查报告、认证予以充分信任。
Accreditation bodies are established in many countries with the primary purpose of ensuring that conformity assessment bodies are subject to oversight by an authoritative body.
目前全球许多国家均已成立认可组织，其职责为监督管辖区域内的认证机构。
Accreditation bodies, which have been evaluated by peers as competent, sign arrangements that enhance the acceptance of products and services across national borders, thereby creating a framework to support international trade through the removal of technical barriers.
专业认可组织被行业内部接受后，需要签署一项促进产品国际流通性的协议。这项协议已经成为固定框架，有利于消除国际贸易中的技术壁垒。
These arrangements are managed by the International Accreditation Forum (IAF), in the fields of management systems, products, services, personnel and other similar programmes of conformity assessment, and the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC), in the field of laboratory and inspection accreditation. Both organisations, ILAC and IAF work together and coordinate their efforts to enhance the accreditation and the conformity assessment worldwide.
国际认可论坛（IAF）负责订立上述协议与框架，保障管理体系、产品、服务、人员等各方面的标准执行。国际实验室认可合作组织（ILAC）负责实验室与检验方面的认可。ILAC与IAF通力合作，保证全球范围内认证认可工作的一致性与专业性。
ROLE OF IAF IAF效用
The primary purpose of IAF is two-fold. Firstly, to ensure that its accreditation body members only accredit bodies that are competent to do the work they undertake and are not subject to conflicts of interest. The second purpose of the IAF is to establish mutual recognition arrangements, known as Multilateral Recognition Arrangements (MLA), between its accreditation body members which reduces risk to business and its customers by ensuring that an accredited certificate may be relied upon anywhere in the world. IAF的效用主要体现在两方面。一是确保成员组织仅在资质能力范围内开展工作，并不卷入利益冲突；二是在成员组织中制定多边相互承认协议（MLA），通过使证书在全球均得到认可从而减少商业与客户将面临的风险。
The MLA contributes to the freedom of world trade by eliminating technical barriers to trade. IAF works to find the most effective way of achieving a single system that will allow companies with an accredited conformity assessment certificate in one part of the world, to have that certificate recognised else where in the world. The objective of the MLA is that it will cover all accreditation bodies in all countries in the world, thus eliminating the need for suppliers of products or services to be certified in each country where they sell their products or services. Certified once - accepted everywhere.
多边相互承认协议(MLA)致力于消除贸易技术壁垒，促进全球贸易自由流通。IAF一直在探索一种最有效的方式打造一个统一的体系，使得已经获得管理体系证书的企业机构在进入其他市场时，能够得到当地市场的认可。 MLA计划将其范围扩展到全球各个国家，从而供应商不需要为其产品在不同的销售地多次进行认证，真正做到“一次认证，全球畅通”。
What are the benefits of the IAF MLA? 多边相互承认协议的益处
Accreditation bodies around the world, which have been evaluated by peers as competent, have signed an arrangement that enhances the acceptance of products and services across national borders.
专业认可组织被行业内部接受后，均参与签署一项促进产品、服务国际流通性的协议。
The purpose of the arrangement, the IAF Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA), is to ensure mutual recognition of accredited certification between signatories to the MLA, and subsequently acceptance of accredited certification in many markets based on one accreditation.
该协议即为多边相互承认协议（MLA），目标为保障成员间相互承认成员组织颁发的管理体系证书，并承认在非本地理区域已经进行过的认证。
For Government - The IAF MLA provides governments with a credible and robust framework on which to further develop and enhance government to government bilateral and multilateral international trade agreements. The long-term aim is the fully accepted use and recognition, by both public and private industries, of accredited certification, including certificates from other countries. In this way, the free-trade goal of “certified once, accepted everywhere” will be realised.
关于政府-IAF MLA 为各国政府提供了一个健全、值得信赖的国际贸易协议，促进政府间的双边、多边贸易。IAF MLA长期目标是使各国公共或私人企业，均承认认证的合法有效性，包括在其他国家获得的认证证书。采用此种方式，有利于实现“一次认证，全球畅通”的目标。
For Regulators - The IAF MLA represents an internationally recognised ‘stamp of approval’ to demonstrate compliance against agreed standards and requirements. Consequently, risk is minimised, as decisions will be based on reliable certificates. Many specifiers, such as government agencies, have recognised the importance of credible accreditation programs that are developed against internationally recognised standards. Accreditation and the IAF MLA help regulators meet their own legislated responsibilities by providing a globally recognised system to accept accredited certification.
关于管理者- IAF MLA采用国际通行的“盖章同意”方式表示通过管理体系标准要求。相应的，由于有证书供参考，商业活动的风险大大降低。全球众多管理者，包括政府组织等都已经意识到认证认可活动的重要性。通过接受国际通行的认证，认可组织与IAF MLA帮助管理者高效得达到法律法规要求。
For Business - the IAF MLA provides businesses that are procuring products and services with greater confidence in their consistency of quality. Businesses can therefore select suppliers from further afield in the knowledge that they will receive products and services that conform to a recognised standard.
关于商业人士- IAF MLA使得商贸采购有保障，保持货物质量的一致性。商业人士可在众多已接受认证的供应商中自由选择。
For Manufacturers - Having products assessed and certified as conforming to a particular standard allows manufacturers and service providers to distinguish themselves from less reputable suppliers, thereby creating a competitive advantage.
关于生产方-管理体系认证有助于帮助产品在众多竞争中脱颖而出，区别于其他同类产品，从而享有竞争优势。
The IAF MLA ensures that standards, specifications and conformity assessment methods are the same, allowing one certificate or certification to be recognised around the world. This lowers the cost of accredited certification and reduces the risk of products or services being rejected by international trading partners.
IAF MLA承诺所有体系标准、规格细则、合格评审的一致性，从而使认证证书在全球不同地区均得到认可。IAF MLA能够大大节省认证费用、降低由于贸易伙伴拒绝接受产品、服务而带来的风险。
For Consumers - Consumer confidence can be gained from goods or services that bear a mark or carry a certificate of conformity. The IAF MLA ensures that such goods and services placed on the market, from which ever country of origin, meet standards of quality and safety.
关于消费者-消费者可以对拥有认证证书或认证标志的标准予以充分的信任。IAF MLA保证所有经过认证的产品，不论产地，均符合质量与安全的标准。
IAF MLA 国际认可论坛多边相互承认协议
Accreditation body members of IAF are admitted to the IAF MLA only after a most stringent evaluation of their operations by a peer evaluation team which is charged to ensure that the applicant member complies fully with both the international standards and IAF requirements. Once an accreditation body is a signatory of the IAF MLA it is required to recognise the certificates issued by conformity assessment bodies accredited by all other signatories of the IAF MLA, with the appropriate scope.
IAF MLA同行评审团队对一个新加入的成员均会进行极为严格的评审，检验其是否符合国际通行标准与IAF基本要求。一旦成为IAF MLA成员，即表示该组织在范围一致的情况下接受IAF MLA其他成员所颁发的认证证书，
The IAF MLA consists of a five level arrangement, with levels two and three constituting the Main scope and levels 4 and 5 constituting the Sub-scope. More information on the structure of the MLA can be found under IAF PR 4:2010 Structure of IAF MLA and Endorsed Normative Documents in Procedure Documents (PR Series).
IAF MLA共分五层，其中第二层与第三层构成IAF MLA主要范围，第四层与第五层构成支范围。更多MLA结构问题，请参阅IAF MLA PR 4:2010结构展示与已签发的规范“流程文件”（PR系列）。
Although the IAF MLA is signed by individual accreditation bodies, the IAF MLA relies heavily on the MLA of the three regional accreditation groups; the European co-operation for Accreditation (EA), the Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (PAC) and the InterAmerican Accreditation Cooperation (IAAC), as it is these groups which perform the majority of the peer evaluation activity not the IAF.
目前全球已有众多认可组织签约IAF MLA,但IAF MLA主要三个区域认可组织为：欧洲认可合作组织（EA）、太平洋认可合作组织（PAC）与美洲认可合作组织（IAAC）。现进行同行评审的任务主要有此三个组织进行，而并非IAF。
To gain confidence in the work of the regional accreditation groups, the IAF evaluated and accepted the process and outcomes of the three regional accreditation group MLAs for the Main scope of ISO/IEC 17021 and the sub-scope of ISO 9001 and two regional accreditation groups, EA and PAC for the Main scopes of ISO/IEC 17021 and ISO/IEC Guide 65 and Sub-scope of ISO 14001. Regional accreditation groups are evaluated every four years by the IAF. Membership of the IAF MLA is recognised as being satisfied by membership of any of the EA MLA, the PAC MLA or the IAAC MLA, within the appropriate scope.
为了增强成员中主要认可机构的信心，IAF对其工作进行了评估，主要集中在ISO/IEC17021与ISO9001。另外EA与PAC的评估工作集中在ISO/IEC17021、ISO/IEC指导65与ISO14001下属范围。IAF每四年对认可机构进行评估。获得IAF MLA成员身份即意味着被EA MLA、PAC MLA与IAAC MLA所同时接受。
IAF is encouraging more of its members to join the MLA as soon as they have passed a rigorous evaluation process to ensure that their accreditation programs are of world standard. The consequence of joining the IAF MLA is that conformity assessment certificates issued, within the scope of the IAF MLA, by conformity assessment bodies accredited by any one of the members of the IAF MLA will be recognised in the world wide IAF program.
一旦通过同行严格的评估成为IAF成员后，IAF通常鼓励新成员加入MLA。加入MLA的好处之一在于在相同项目范围内，IAF MLA任何成员颁发的证书均受到其他IAF成员的认可。
Contact details of the accreditation bodies which are signatories to the MLA are listed on the IAF Members pages. Those members which are signatories are denoted by “Date Admitted to the MLA”.
MLA成员的具体联系方式请参阅IAF成员页面。每个成员后均注明有“加入MLA的具体日期”。
The Purpose of the MLA 多边相互承认协议的目标
The purpose of the arrangement, the IAF Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA), is to ensure mutual recognition of accredited certification between signatories to the MLA, and subsequently acceptance of accredited certification in many markets based on one accreditation.
多边相互承认协议（MLA）目标为保障成员间相互承认成员组织颁发的管理体系证书，不同地理位置的市场接受同一次的认证。
Accreditations granted by IAF MLA signatories are recognised worldwide based on their equivalent accreditation programs, therefore reducing costs and adding value to business and consumers.
IAF MLA认证项目在全球IAF MLA签约成员组织之间通用，此举可为企业节省成本、增加附加值、扩展客源。
Accreditation body members of IAF are admitted to the MLA only after stringent evaluation of their operations by a peer evaluation team.
IAF成员只有在通过同行评审团队及其严格的评估过后，方有资格申请加入多边相互承认协议。
As a strategic objective, IAF is committed to increasing the transparency of the peer evaluation process and its outcomes. IAF and its Accreditation Body members invest significant effort and resource to maintain the integrity and consistency of the MLA through the peer evaluation process.
IAF把增加同行评估与评估结果的透明性作为IAF发展的战略目标之一。IAF与个成员组织一直倾尽全力致力于使整个同行评估流程的公正性与可持续性发展。
The IAF MLA Annual Report sets out the detailed activity that is carried out as part of the peer evaluation process, to ensure that regulators, specifiers, and businesses can have confidence in the Arrangement. The IAF MLA Report is published on an annual basis.
在IAF MLA的年度报告中，其中一个重要部分即阐述了同行评估流程的工作明细。此举只要是希望加强管理者、政策制定者、商务人士对IAF的信心与信赖。IAF MLA年度报告每年均进行公告。
IAF网站中关于认证证书多边互认的条款内容
一、以下文章来自IAF网站原文（www.iaf.nu）
ABOUT US IAF简介
Accreditation is the independent evaluation of conformity assessment bodies against recognised standards to ensure their impartiality and competence. Through the application of national and international standards, government, procurers and consumers can have confidence in the calibration and test results, inspection reports and certifications provided.
认证认可是一项独立评估认证机构是否达到标准的活动，其目标为保障认证的公平性与专业性。通过严格执行国内、国际标准，政府、采购商、消费者均可对测试结果、校准、检查报告、认证予以充分信任。
Accreditation bodies are established in many countries with the primary purpose of ensuring that conformity assessment bodies are subject to oversight by an authoritative body.
目前全球许多国家均已成立认可组织，其职责为监督管辖区域内的认证机构。
Accreditation bodies, which have been evaluated by peers as competent, sign arrangements that enhance the acceptance of products and services across national borders, thereby creating a framework to support international trade through the removal of technical barriers.
专业认可组织被行业内部接受后，需要签署一项促进产品国际流通性的协议。这项协议已经成为固定框架，有利于消除国际贸易中的技术壁垒。
These arrangements are managed by the International Accreditation Forum (IAF), in the fields of management systems, products, services, personnel and other similar programmes of conformity assessment, and the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC), in the field of laboratory and inspection accreditation. Both organisations, ILAC and IAF work together and coordinate their efforts to enhance the accreditation and the conformity assessment worldwide.
国际认可论坛（IAF）负责订立上述协议与框架，保障管理体系、产品、服务、人员等各方面的标准执行。国际实验室认可合作组织（ILAC）负责实验室与检验方面的认可。ILAC与IAF通力合作，保证全球范围内认证认可工作的一致性与专业性。
ROLE OF IAF IAF效用
The primary purpose of IAF is two-fold. Firstly, to ensure that its accreditation body members only accredit bodies that are competent to do the work they undertake and are not subject to conflicts of interest. The second purpose of the IAF is to establish mutual recognition arrangements, known as Multilateral Recognition Arrangements (MLA), between its accreditation body members which reduces risk to business and its customers by ensuring that an accredited certificate may be relied upon anywhere in the world. IAF的效用主要体现在两方面。一是确保成员组织仅在资质能力范围内开展工作，并不卷入利益冲突；二是在成员组织中制定多边相互承认协议（MLA），通过使证书在全球均得到认可从而减少商业与客户将面临的风险。
The MLA contributes to the freedom of world trade by eliminating technical barriers to trade. IAF works to find the most effective way of achieving a single system that will allow companies with an accredited conformity assessment certificate in one part of the world, to have that certificate recognised else where in the world. The objective of the MLA is that it will cover all accreditation bodies in all countries in the world, thus eliminating the need for suppliers of products or services to be certified in each country where they sell their products or services. Certified once - accepted everywhere.
多边相互承认协议(MLA)致力于消除贸易技术壁垒，促进全球贸易自由流通。IAF一直在探索一种最有效的方式打造一个统一的体系，使得已经获得管理体系证书的企业机构在进入其他市场时，能够得到当地市场的认可。 MLA计划将其范围扩展到全球各个国家，从而供应商不需要为其产品在不同的销售地多次进行认证，真正做到“一次认证，全球畅通”。
What are the benefits of the IAF MLA? 多边相互承认协议的益处
Accreditation bodies around the world, which have been evaluated by peers as competent, have signed an arrangement that enhances the acceptance of products and services across national borders.
专业认可组织被行业内部接受后，均参与签署一项促进产品、服务国际流通性的协议。
The purpose of the arrangement, the IAF Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA), is to ensure mutual recognition of accredited certification between signatories to the MLA, and subsequently acceptance of accredited certification in many markets based on one accreditation.
该协议即为多边相互承认协议（MLA），目标为保障成员间相互承认成员组织颁发的管理体系证书，并承认在非本地理区域已经进行过的认证。
For Government - The IAF MLA provides governments with a credible and robust framework on which to further develop and enhance government to government bilateral and multilateral international trade agreements. The long-term aim is the fully accepted use and recognition, by both public and private industries, of accredited certification, including certificates from other countries. In this way, the free-trade goal of “certified once, accepted everywhere” will be realised.
关于政府-IAF MLA 为各国政府提供了一个健全、值得信赖的国际贸易协议，促进政府间的双边、多边贸易。IAF MLA长期目标是使各国公共或私人企业，均承认认证的合法有效性，包括在其他国家获得的认证证书。采用此种方式，有利于实现“一次认证，全球畅通”的目标。
For Regulators - The IAF MLA represents an internationally recognised ‘stamp of approval’ to demonstrate compliance against agreed standards and requirements. Consequently, risk is minimised, as decisions will be based on reliable certificates. Many specifiers, such as government agencies, have recognised the importance of credible accreditation programs that are developed against internationally recognised standards. Accreditation and the IAF MLA help regulators meet their own legislated responsibilities by providing a globally recognised system to accept accredited certification.
关于管理者- IAF MLA采用国际通行的“盖章同意”方式表示通过管理体系标准要求。相应的，由于有证书供参考，商业活动的风险大大降低。全球众多管理者，包括政府组织等都已经意识到认证认可活动的重要性。通过接受国际通行的认证，认可组织与IAF MLA帮助管理者高效得达到法律法规要求。
For Business - the IAF MLA provides businesses that are procuring products and services with greater confidence in their consistency of quality. Businesses can therefore select suppliers from further afield in the knowledge that they will receive products and services that conform to a recognised standard.
关于商业人士- IAF MLA使得商贸采购有保障，保持货物质量的一致性。商业人士可在众多已接受认证的供应商中自由选择。
For Manufacturers - Having products assessed and certified as conforming to a particular standard allows manufacturers and service providers to distinguish themselves from less reputable suppliers, thereby creating a competitive advantage.
关于生产方-管理体系认证有助于帮助产品在众多竞争中脱颖而出，区别于其他同类产品，从而享有竞争优势。
The IAF MLA ensures that standards, specifications and conformity assessment methods are the same, allowing one certificate or certification to be recognised around the world. This lowers the cost of accredited certification and reduces the risk of products or services being rejected by international trading partners.
IAF MLA承诺所有体系标准、规格细则、合格评审的一致性，从而使认证证书在全球不同地区均得到认可。IAF MLA能够大大节省认证费用、降低由于贸易伙伴拒绝接受产品、服务而带来的风险。
For Consumers - Consumer confidence can be gained from goods or services that bear a mark or carry a certificate of conformity. The IAF MLA ensures that such goods and services placed on the market, from which ever country of origin, meet standards of quality and safety.
关于消费者-消费者可以对拥有认证证书或认证标志的标准予以充分的信任。IAF MLA保证所有经过认证的产品，不论产地，均符合质量与安全的标准。
IAF MLA 国际认可论坛多边相互承认协议
Accreditation body members of IAF are admitted to the IAF MLA only after a most stringent evaluation of their operations by a peer evaluation team which is charged to ensure that the applicant member complies fully with both the international standards and IAF requirements. Once an accreditation body is a signatory of the IAF MLA it is required to recognise the certificates issued by conformity assessment bodies accredited by all other signatories of the IAF MLA, with the appropriate scope.
IAF MLA同行评审团队对一个新加入的成员均会进行极为严格的评审，检验其是否符合国际通行标准与IAF基本要求。一旦成为IAF MLA成员，即表示该组织在范围一致的情况下接受IAF MLA其他成员所颁发的认证证书，
The IAF MLA consists of a five level arrangement, with levels two and three constituting the Main scope and levels 4 and 5 constituting the Sub-scope. More information on the structure of the MLA can be found under IAF PR 4:2010 Structure of IAF MLA and Endorsed Normative Documents in Procedure Documents (PR Series).
IAF MLA共分五层，其中第二层与第三层构成IAF MLA主要范围，第四层与第五层构成支范围。更多MLA结构问题，请参阅IAF MLA PR 4:2010结构展示与已签发的规范“流程文件”（PR系列）。
Although the IAF MLA is signed by individual accreditation bodies, the IAF MLA relies heavily on the MLA of the three regional accreditation groups; the European co-operation for Accreditation (EA), the Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (PAC) and the InterAmerican Accreditation Cooperation (IAAC), as it is these groups which perform the majority of the peer evaluation activity not the IAF.
目前全球已有众多认可组织签约IAF MLA,但IAF MLA主要三个区域认可组织为：欧洲认可合作组织（EA）、太平洋认可合作组织（PAC）与美洲认可合作组织（IAAC）。现进行同行评审的任务主要有此三个组织进行，而并非IAF。
To gain confidence in the work of the regional accreditation groups, the IAF evaluated and accepted the process and outcomes of the three regional accreditation group MLAs for the Main scope of ISO/IEC 17021 and the sub-scope of ISO 9001 and two regional accreditation groups, EA and PAC for the Main scopes of ISO/IEC 17021 and ISO/IEC Guide 65 and Sub-scope of ISO 14001. Regional accreditation groups are evaluated every four years by the IAF. Membership of the IAF MLA is recognised as being satisfied by membership of any of the EA MLA, the PAC MLA or the IAAC MLA, within the appropriate scope.
为了增强成员中主要认可机构的信心，IAF对其工作进行了评估，主要集中在ISO/IEC17021与ISO9001。另外EA与PAC的评估工作集中在ISO/IEC17021、ISO/IEC指导65与ISO14001下属范围。IAF每四年对认可机构进行评估。获得IAF MLA成员身份即意味着被EA MLA、PAC MLA与IAAC MLA所同时接受。
IAF is encouraging more of its members to join the MLA as soon as they have passed a rigorous evaluation process to ensure that their accreditation programs are of world standard. The consequence of joining the IAF MLA is that conformity assessment certificates issued, within the scope of the IAF MLA, by conformity assessment bodies accredited by any one of the members of the IAF MLA will be recognised in the world wide IAF program.
一旦通过同行严格的评估成为IAF成员后，IAF通常鼓励新成员加入MLA。加入MLA的好处之一在于在相同项目范围内，IAF MLA任何成员颁发的证书均受到其他IAF成员的认可。
Contact details of the accreditation bodies which are signatories to the MLA are listed on the IAF Members pages. Those members which are signatories are denoted by “Date Admitted to the MLA”.
MLA成员的具体联系方式请参阅IAF成员页面。每个成员后均注明有“加入MLA的具体日期”。
The Purpose of the MLA 多边相互承认协议的目标
The purpose of the arrangement, the IAF Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA), is to ensure mutual recognition of accredited certification between signatories to the MLA, and subsequently acceptance of accredited certification in many markets based on one accreditation.
多边相互承认协议（MLA）目标为保障成员间相互承认成员组织颁发的管理体系证书，不同地理位置的市场接受同一次的认证。
Accreditations granted by IAF MLA signatories are recognised worldwide based on their equivalent accreditation programs, therefore reducing costs and adding value to business and consumers.
IAF MLA认证项目在全球IAF MLA签约成员组织之间通用，此举可为企业节省成本、增加附加值、扩展客源。
Accreditation body members of IAF are admitted to the MLA only after stringent evaluation of their operations by a peer evaluation team.
IAF成员只有在通过同行评审团队及其严格的评估过后，方有资格申请加入多边相互承认协议。
As a strategic objective, IAF is committed to increasing the transparency of the peer evaluation process and its outcomes. IAF and its Accreditation Body members invest significant effort and resource to maintain the integrity and consistency of the MLA through the peer evaluation process.
IAF把增加同行评估与评估结果的透明性作为IAF发展的战略目标之一。IAF与个成员组织一直倾尽全力致力于使整个同行评估流程的公正性与可持续性发展。
The IAF MLA Annual Report sets out the detailed activity that is carried out as part of the peer evaluation process, to ensure that regulators, specifiers, and businesses can have confidence in the Arrangement. The IAF MLA Report is published on an annual basis.
在IAF MLA的年度报告中，其中一个重要部分即阐述了同行评估流程的工作明细。此举只要是希望加强管理者、政策制定者、商务人士对IAF的信心与信赖。IAF MLA年度报告每年均进行公告。
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