1. Gantsetseg.S Senior Officer, Accreditation Department, MASM
Mongolian Accreditation System
MNAS
Accreditation – Trade facilitation measure
Gantsetseg.S
Senior Officer,
Accreditation Department, MASM

2. Mongolian Accreditation System
MNAS
What is MNAS?
MASM (MNAS) is the sole accreditation body, has been operated by law on S&CA to assess competence, against internationally recognised standards, of organisations that provide certification, testing, inspection and calibration services

3. Brief history Mongolian Accreditation System
MNAS
Brief history
Law on Standardization & Quality certification
Law on Traceability of Measurement Uniformity.
Approval of General rules for Laboratory accreditation system and Certification body accreditation system
First accreditation of laboratory
First accreditation of product certification body.
Accreditation office was created
Approval of ISO/IEC as a national standard.
A new Law on Standardization and Conformity assessment covering accreditation came into operation.
2004 – Joined to APLAC as a Full member.
Joined to APLAC as an associate member
2009 – Joined to PAC as a member
2009- First accreditation of management system audit & certification body.

4. Mongolian Accreditation System
MNAS
MNAS’s Principles
It operates in the general interest of national economy
Governmental regulatory agency (MASM)
We work to international standards
open, transparent, consensual
development of CA bodies accreditation practices and procedures
harmonization of accreditation procedures and practices

5. Монголын итгэмжлэлийн тогтолцоо
MNAS
MNAS ‘s objectives
enhances acceptance of test and calibration data, and inspection reports and certificates amongst country and internationally amongst the concluded bilateral and multilateral agreements
reduces or eliminates need for re-testing or re-inspection or re-certification of imported goods 5

6. What do we want to achieve?
Mongolian Accreditation System
MNAS
What do we want to achieve?
Serving the needs of governments in protecting
the inhabitants and the environment
Ensuring free international trade without barriers (entering APLAC MRA / ILAC MLA/ PAC MRA)
Serving the interests of the endusers getting the
Products he wants to get 6

7. One Test / One Assessment Acceptance / Recognition
Mongolian Accreditation System
MNAS
One Test / One Assessment
One Certificate
World – Wide
Acceptance / Recognition 7 7

8. S: supplier CAB: conformity AB: Accreditor
Internationally recognised system
ILAC MLA/APLAC MRA
Multilateral recognition
Peer evaluation/Multilateral agreement
Country B
Country A
Country C AB
CAB S
S: supplier
CAB: conformity
Assessment body
AB: Accreditor 8

9. Bilateral recognition
Монголын итгэмжлэлийн тогтолцоо
MNAS
Bilateral recognition
Country A
Country B
Government
Government
Accreditation body
Accreditation body
Certification body
Certification body 9 9

10. MNAS’s Accreditation Process
Mongolian Accreditation System
MNAS
MNAS’s Accreditation Process

11. MNAS requirements for CAB’s
Mongolian Accreditation System
MNAS
MNAS requirements for CAB’s
Test and calibration laboratories
Inspection bodies
Product certifiers
Quality system certifiers
Proficiency testing provider
ISO/IEC 17025
ISO/IEC 17020
ISO/IEC Guide 65
ISO/IEC 17021
ISO/IEC Guide 43

12. Accreditation Hierarchy of Criteria
ISO/IEC
17025/17020
Supplementary,
Field-specific
criteria (eg Electrical Testing)
Technical Requirements of Specific Test Methods and Procedures
Regulatory Requirements
1 General technical competence and systems compliance criteria
2 Additional field-specific criteria, eg for emc testing laboratories
3 Additional test, calibration, inspection method criteria
4 Additional, regulator-specific criteria (eg reporting formats, labelling etc)
11/05
APLAC PR007 issue no 17 12 12

13. Accreditation Process
Mongolian Accreditation System
MNAS
Accreditation Process
Application
Planning/
Review
Documents
Pre
Assessment
(Optional)
Report
Verification of
Corrective
Action
Report
Assessment of
Performance
(witness)
Assessment of
Process /
System
Recommendation
Report
Accreditation

14. Accreditation Mark, Certificate
Mongolian Accreditation System
MNAS
Accreditation Mark, Certificate
MNAS
MONGOLIAN
ACCREDITATION
SYSTEM

15. Conformity Assessment Bodies
Mongolian Accreditation System
Accredited
Conformity Assessment Bodies
MNAS
Laboratories
(testing) – 116
(calibration) – 43
(Proficiency testing providers) - 1
(medical) - preparing
Certification bodies
(product) – 20
(management system) - 1
(personnel) – none
Inspection bodies – preparing

16. Testing laboratories -116
Mongolian Accreditation System
MNAS
Accredited
Testing laboratories -116

17. Export product testing
Mongolian Accreditation System
MNAS
Export product testing
Processing
Mining
Wool & Cashmere (CWTC, Gobi LLC, Custom Office lab...)
Meat processing (CVL, IoV ...)
Leather (“Armono” corp, CVL...)
Fluior spare (CGL, Custom office lab...)
Gold (PML, CGL, Аctlabs, SGS, Alex Stewart ...)
Copper (“Erdenet mining, CGL, Аctlabs, SGS, Alex Stewart ...)
Coal (CGL, Аctlabs, SGS, Alex Stewart ....)
Zink (Tsairt mineral” LLC, CGL)
Iron (Zhung Uan, CGL .... ) 17 17 17

18. Encourage of export product testing
Mongolian Accreditation System
MNAS
Encourage of export product testing
International standard test methods
(ISO, CAC, ASTM, OIE, AOAC) )
Competence of testing lab (personal skill development, advanced equipment.)
Proficiency testing/interlaboratory comparison
Foreign invested laboratories (Аctlabs, SGS, Alex Stewart, Zhun Uyang)
Accreditation by foreign Accreditation body
(DAP-CGL) 18 18

19. Veterinary laboratories network State veterinary laboratory
Mongolian Accreditation System
MNAS
Veterinary laboratories network
State veterinary laboratory 19 19

20. Soum veterinary laboratories 200???10
Veterinary services laboratories
MoFAI
Department of vet
CVL
City & Provinces veterinary laboratories (21)
Soum veterinary laboratories 200???10
veterinary laboratories of food market (39),
meat processing factories (16) 20

21. Investment (provinces)
1000
500
250
mil
tug
ADB IFAAO JICA Merci Corp EU/other
Uvs
Zav
Kho
Gal
Arh
Bul
Khu
Khe
Dor
Bay
Niis
Bkh
Dgb
Ugb
Ubh
Suk
Gsb
Sel
Tuv
Orh
Dar 21

22. Investment (CVL) Up-grading Epi mil tug 1000 HPLC 500 ELISA, PCR 250
1000
500
250
mil
tug
FAO Mongolia IAEA KOICA HOLLAND EU/KO
BASIC
ELISA, PCR
RESIDUE
HPLC
Epi
Up-grading 22

23. ÃÎÖ ÕÀËÄÂÀÐÒ ªÂ×ÍÈÉ ÎÍÎØËÎÃÎÎ, ÑÓÄÀËÃÀÀÍÛ
ÃÎÖ ÕÀËÄÂÀÐÒ ªÂ×ÍÈÉ ÎÍÎØËÎÃÎÎ, ÑÓÄÀËÃÀÀÍÛ
BSL III LABORATORY
24 hours in a day
365 days in a year 23

24. Innovation & competence of Veterinary services laboratories
ADB loan (rehabilitated)
USAID Merc rahabilated
IFAD loan (rehabilitated.)
To be rehabilitated by KOICA
JICA (rehabilated)
MGL Gov., IAEA, KOICA
To be rehabilitated by WB project
EU (rehabilated) 24

25. Mongolian Accreditation System
MNAS
Food product testing
Central laboratory of State professional inspection agency has been equipped by Chine Government aid in 65 million Yuan, which provide testing for imported food stuffs for chemical and biological contaminations such as, pest residues, toxins and exp. 25 25 25 25

26. Wool and Cashmere Testing Centre
Mongolian Accreditation System
MNAS
Wool and Cashmere Testing Centre
Mongolian wool and cashmere industry needs, to process raw material domestically and produce export oriented high quality cashmere products
Wool and Cashmere Testing Centre (WCTC) is being established as a division of the Mongolian Textile Institute (MTI) 26 26 26

27. ? ? ? Mongolian Accreditation System Processed cashmere
MNAS
EU market
Product produced in Mongolia ? ?
Yarn (import)
Made in Mongolia ?
Processed cashmere
(export)
Made in Mongolia
NO QUALITY CONTROL!!! 27 27 27 27 27 27

28. Accredited Testing Laboratories
Physical & Mechanical Testing Laboratory, the physical and mechanical properties of raw and early stage processed wool and cashmere, hair, secondary raw material, tops, pure and blended wool and cashmere yarn, knitwear, woven fabric, carpet and rug, non-woven, felt and felt boots are tested.
Textile Chemistry Laboratory, tests of grease & moisture content, the effects of chemical substances, dyestuffs, detergents, man-made fibres, chemical and mechanical treatments, surface roughness and topographic profile are recorded and tested
Dyeing laboratory, tests of colourfastness, pH, fibre content, properties of variety types of dyestuffs and their effects on different materials are studied, colour formulas for colour combinations are developed and catalogued.

29. Supplementary activities
CENTRAL
GEOLOGICAL
LABORATORY
When it comes to analyzing minerals in Mongolia
Mongolian Accreditation System
MNAS
ACTIVITY of CGL
Main activities
Supplementary activities
Production of color stone
souvenirs
Production of household
cleaning materials
Repair and maintenance ,
installation services of laboratory
equipments
Testing & analytical services to the
mining and mineral industry
Providing of inter laboratory
comparison, external quality
Control and professional
consultancy and expertise
Production based research
and training
Development of CRM for
minerals composition 29 29 29 29 29

30. When it comes to analyzing minerals in Mongolia
ГЕОЛОГИЙН ТӨВ
ЛАБОРАТОРИ
CENTRAL
GEOLOGICAL
LABORATORY
When it comes to analyzing minerals in Mongolia
Test results of CGL are accepted in frame of 43 countries in the world … 30

31. Proficiency testing programme or Interlaboratory comparison
International, regional proficiency testing/comparison
Cambodia
Viet Nam
China
Thailand
APLAC, GeoPT,
GeoStat, EANET
Proficiency testing programme or Interlaboratory comparison
Indonesia
Russia
Republic of Korea
Japan
Lao PDR
Philippines 31 31
Myanmar
Mongolia
Malaysia

32. International, regional proficiency testing/ Inter laboratory comparison
Lab. A
PT sample
Network center
APLAC or other
PT Organizer
Test result
Õýâëýë
Lab. B
Lab. Ñ 32 32

33. Монголын итгэмжлэлийн тогтолцоо
MNAS
Future cooperation …
Cross accreditation of export product testing laboratories (CVL of Mongolia, Laboratories of Erlian & other exit and entry bureau, exp)
Encourage of acceptance of third party CAB’s results, such as CQC and exp. 33 33

34. Continual improvement
Future
Customer
Continual improvement
Accredited laboratory
Factory & Market
ISO17025 …
ISO9000 … 34 34 34

35. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
Mongolian Accreditation System
MNAS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION