1. International Conformity Assessment System
Introductory note:
The information contained in this presentation was compiled by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). The primary purpose of the chart is to attempt to portray a representation of the various actors in global conformity assessment – on one slide.
While many organizations have many subdivisions, only those subdivisions most directly related to conformity assessment are shown.
The chart is one perspective of the system, with emphasis on identification and representation of the various entities. The chart would look different if the entities were drawn proportional to their relative work volumes in the systems, or if they were drawn proportional to their respective standards and conformity assessment revenues or budgets.
Such a representation will have inaccuracies which will require correction. The chart is a work in progress and we welcome comments and suggestions for consistent improvement for purposes of accuracy and education.
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2. Snapshot of the International Conformity Assessment System with relationships to regional and national systems
National
Stds Developers
NSBs, NCs, SDOs, SSOs, Consortia, etc.
Regional
International
Accreditation
Govs
CA Requirements
IAF
ILAC
Voluntary
Standards, Testing Criteria,
Use Cases, Other CA Criteria
Mandatory
Tech Regs
(inc. Laws)
IEC
ISO
MLA
MRA
CAB
CASCO
ISO/IEC Guides
17000 – Conformity Assessment
17011 – Accreditation
17020 – Inspection Bodies
17021 – Management Systems
Guide 65 – Products (17065)
17024 – Personnel
17025 – Testing Labs
14065 – Greenhouse Gas Verification
17050 – Self Declaration of Conformity
Liaison Members
BIPM
IAF
IFAN
IFIA
IQNet
ILAC
IPC
OIML
UILI
IAF-ILAC-ISO
MOU
Joint Working Group
Systems
IECQ
IECEx
IECEE – CB Scheme
IECEE – CB-FCS
Scheme
Importers
Purchaser/User
Companies
Suppliers
PAC
IAAC
SADCA EA
APLAC
PAC MLA
IAAC MLA
EA MLA
APLAC MRA
Various National Accreditation Bodies (see separate slides 14+)
Buildings,
Facilities,
Mines,
Procedures,
Services, etc.
Corporate Inventory/
Project Assertion
Personnel
Certification Bodies
Testing/Cal. Labs
Products
(Processes, Services)
QMS/EMS
Greenhouse Gas
Verifiers
Inspection Bodies
3rd Party:
Independent Party testing, inspection, certification, etc.
2nd Party:
Buyer testing, etc.
1st Party:
Producer and Supplier testing, etc.

3. What is Conformity Assessment?
ISO/IEC 17000:
“demonstration that specified requirements relating to a product, process, system, person or body are fulfilled”
“NOTE…includes activities…such as testing, inspection and certification as well as the accreditation of conformity assessment bodies”

4. Conformity Assessment’s Role
Confidence
Money
Supplier
Buyer, User
Standards and
Contract
Standards and
Technical
Requirements
Technical
Requirements
Product, Service or System
Supplier's
Certification
Registration
Inspection
Regulation
Declaration
Testing
Calibration
Laboratory
Laboratory
Certification
Accreditation
Registrar
Inspection
Accreditation
Accreditation
Government
Accreditation
Accreditation
This slide is courtesy of Underwriters Laboratories

5. The Conformity Assessment Balance
value
confidence
for suppliers
for acceptance
interests

6. Confidence/Regulation Spectrum
complete trust
paperclip
produce
very
regulated
unregulated
pharmaceuticals
100% inspection

7. Conformity Assessment and Risk
Perceived Risk
Independence and Rigor of Conformity Assessment
Supplier’s Declaration
1st party
conformity assessment
Certification
3rd party

8. Conformity assessment bodies Supplier Organization
Accredited Third-Party Hierarchy (ISO/IEC standard for accreditation bodies)
Accreditation bodies
Assess competence 1
Conformity assessment bodies
Assess conformity 2
Supplier Organization
1: More specifically, ABs access fulfillment of competence requirements
2: More specifically, CABs assess fulfillment of product, process, service, or personnel requirements

9. Third Party Conformity Assessment Structure
ISO/IEC 17011
Accreditation Bodies (ABs)
ISO/IEC
Guide 65
ISO/IEC
17024
ISO/IEC
17021
ISO/IEC
17025
ISO/IEC
17020
ISO/IEC
14065
CABs
Product Certifiers
Personnel Certifiers
QMS/EMS Certifiers
Test Labs
Inspection Bodies
Greenhouse Gas Verifiers
Products (Procedures, Services)
Personnel
QMS/EMS (ISO 9000/ ISO 14000)
Products (Procedures, Services)
Buildings, Facilities, Mines, Procedures, Services, etc.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions

10. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Party Conformity Assessment
First-Party Conformity Assessment
Conformity Assessment measures completed internally by companies, suppliers or importers
Second-Party Conformity Assessment
Conformity Assessment measures completed by acceptance interests (e.g., buyers, purchasers, regulators, users)
Third-Party Conformity Assessment
Conformity Assessment measures completed by an independent party called a Conformity Assessment Body (CAB, e.g., testing laboratory, inspection body, etc.) which is accredited by another independent party called an Accreditation Body (AB).
A party qualifies as independent in that they do not possess an interest in the person or organization that provides the object for conformity assessment or any user interests in that object.

11. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Party Conformity Assessment
Testing
Completed by 1st, 2nd, or 3rd parties, testing occurs at the end of the design or production cycle to determine that one or more characteristics of an object comply with the appropriate technical standards and requirements.
Inspection
Completed by 1st, 2nd, or 3rd parties as a series of examinations of a product design, product, process, or installation that determines its conformity to specific requirements.
Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity (SDoC)
Procedure by which a 1st party conveys assurance that the object of conformity fulfills specified requirements.
Certification/Registration
Attestation by a 3rd party declaring that specified requirements pertaining to a product, person, process, or management system have been met. Certification also involves an element of surveillance. Under international standards, the term self-certification does not exist.
Accreditation
Statement from an independent 3rd party (Accreditation Body) declaring that specific requirements related to conformity assessment bodies have been met and that the accredited body is competent to perform certain functions. Accreditation bodies conduct evaluations based on criteria set forth in the ISO/IEC Guides.

12. Roles in Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRAs)
Regulatory Authority (RA)
Government agency which develops and publishes mandatory technical regulations.
Designating Authority (DA)
Government entity responsible for designating competent conformity assessment bodies (CABs).
Accreditation Body (AB)
Responsible for accrediting competent CABs in accordance with international standards and to the importing party’s technical requirements.
Conformity Assessment Body (CAB)
Responsible for testing and/or approving products in accordance to the importing party’s technical requirements.
Supplier
Manufacturers and importers of products must ensure that they comply with all necessary requirements.
Consumer
Consumers are the end users of products and as a result, trust that products sold on the market are safe to own and operate.

13. Clarification of Terms (Mutual Recognition Arrangements and Agreements)
Multilateral/Mutual Recognition Arrangements are non-governmental commitments between accreditation bodies to accept each others accreditations, eliminating the need for CABs to be re-accredited by various national accreditation bodies, thereby reducing barriers to trade:
IAF, PAC, IAAC, and EA have Multilateral Recognition Arrangements (MLAs)
ILAC and APLAC have Mutual Recognition Arrangements (MRAs)
Mutual Recognition Agreements/Arrangements (MRAs) are government-to-government agreements that help to facilitate trade by promoting acceptance of the results of each party’s conformity assessment procedures by allowing products to be tested in one country to another country’s technical requirements. This reduces the time it takes a product to be placed on the market, reduces costs, and increases transparency of technical regulations, laws, policies, and procedures. “Arrangements” are agreed templates for such “Agreements.”

14. International Accreditation Organizations
International Accreditation Forum (IAF)
World association of Accreditation Bodies in the fields of management systems, products, services, personnel and other similar programs of conformity assessment.
The list of current IAF members and MLA signatories is available at the IAF Website.
International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC)
An international cooperation of laboratory and inspection accreditation bodies.
The list of current ILAC members and MRA signatories is available at the ILAC Website.

15. International Accreditation Forum (IAF)
MLA Signatories
The mechanism by which IAF implements its objective is the IAF Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA). Accreditation body members of IAF are admitted to the 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 member of the MLA it is required to recognize the certificates issued by certification/registration bodies accredited by all other members of the MLA.
IAF has also granted Special Recognition to two Regional Accreditation Groups, the European co-operation for Accreditation (EA) and the Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (PAC), on the basis of acceptance of the mutual recognition arrangements established within these organizations. Membership of the IAF MLA is recognized as being satisfied by membership of either the EA MLA or PAC MLA and IAF members who are also signatories of these regional MLAs are automatically accepted into the IAF MLA.
Special Recognition was granted to the Interamerican Accreditation Cooperation (IAAC) for Quality Management Systems.
Please click here for a full list of the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA) Signatories.

16. International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC)
MRA Signatories
The ILAC Arrangement supports international trade by promoting international confidence and acceptance of accredited laboratory data. Technical barriers to trade, such as retesting products each time they enter a new economy would be reduced. The aim of the ILAC Arrangement is to develop a global network of accredited testing, calibration and inspection facilities that can be relied on to provide accurate data.
Each ILAC Arrangement signatory must go through an intensive evaluation carried out by peers and in accordance with the relevant rules and procedures outlined in the ISO/IEC guidance documents.
The European cooperation for Accreditation (EA), the Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (APLAC) and the Inter-American Accreditation Cooperation (IAAC) are the current ILAC-recognized regions with acceptable mutual recognition arrangements (MRAs) and evaluation procedures. The Southern African Development Community in Accreditation (SADCA) is currently developing their MRA evaluation processes for recognition by ILAC.
Please click here for a full list of the ILAC Arrangement (MRA) Signatories.

17. IEC Conformity Assessment Board (IEC CAB)
The IEC Conformity Assessment Board (IEC-CAB), represents the IEC’s Conformity Assessment community. It sets IEC’s conformity assessment policy and oversees all IEC conformity assessment activities (IECEE, IECQ, and IECEx).
The IEC has three multilateral conformity assessment systems: the IECEE, the IECQ, and the IECEx. Using IEC standards for certification at the national level ensures that a certified product has been manufactured and type-tested to well-established international standards.
IECEE: The IEC System of Conformity Assessment Schemes for Electrotechnical Equipment and Components. The IECEE has two branches:
CB Scheme for mutual recognition of test certificates for electrotechnical equipment and components
CB-FCS Scheme for mutual recognition of conformity assessment certificates for electrotechnical equipment and components
IECQ: The IEC Quality Assessment System for Electronic Components
IECEx: The IEC System for Certification to Standards relating to Equipment for use in Explosive Atmospheres.
The US National Committee to the IEC (USNC) is a committee of ANSI.
The US member body to the IECEE is the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) which works in collaboration with the USNC.

18. IECEx: IEC System for Certification to Standards relating to Equipment for use in Explosive Atmospheres.
The IECEx has as part of its scheme an international mark.  (
Review of the program rules (next slide) can provide parties with a better understanding of what is involved with a global conformity assessment mark from an operational view.
Use of the “Ex Mark” is based on a Type 5 product certification scheme.
The Ex Mark Licensing system for IECEx and the operational documents have been produced on the basis that a full and thorough Conformity Assessment System exists to underpin the Mark Licensing system.
Thus a manufacturer can only get a Mark License if their products are covered by an IECEx Certificate through the IECEx 02 Certified Equipment Scheme, which has its own set of rules and Operational Documents.

19. IECEx Rules
The administration of the IECEx System is governed by the IECEx Rules which are available for free: (
IECEx 01 IEC System for Certification to Standards relating to Equipment for use in Explosive Atmospheres (IECEx System) - Basic Rules
IECEx 02 IEC Scheme for Certification to Standards relating to Equipment for use in Explosive Atmospheres (IECEx Scheme) - IECEx 02 – Equipment Certification Program covering equipment for use in explosive atmospheres - Rules of Procedure
IECEx 03 IEC Scheme for Certification to Standards relating to Equipment for use in Explosive Atmospheres (IECEx Scheme) - IECEx Certified Service Facilities Program covering repair and overhaul of Ex equipment - Rules of Procedure
IECEx 04 IEC Scheme for Certification to Standards relating to Equipment for use in Explosive Atmospheres (IECEx Scheme) - IECEx Conformity Mark Licensing System – Regulations
IECEx 04 Supplement A IECEx Guide - Guidance for making Application for and Use of IECEx Conformity Mark

20. ISO Committee on Conformity Assessment (CASCO)
ISO/CASCO is ISO’s policy development committee on conformity assessment.
CASCO has a number of external liaisons with international organizations concerns with various specific aspects such as accreditation and testing. The aim underlying many of these liaisons is to promote cross-border mutual recognition arrangements (MRAs) between conformity assessment bodies, including accreditation bodies.
CASCO also has a liaison with ISO’s standardization partner, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). The vast majority of CASCO documents are published as joint ISO and IEC documents (guides).
ANSI is the US National Standards Body member to ISO. The ANSI International Conformity Assessment Committee (ICAC) is the US mirror committee which formulates input to CASCO.

21. Regional Accreditation Organizations
Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (PAC)
PAC is the APEC Specialist Regional Body for the Accreditation of certification and registration bodies. It is an association of accreditation bodies and other interested parties whose objective is to facilitate trade and commerce among economies in the Asia Pacific region (one of the five APEC-SCSC SRBs together with PASC, APLAC, APMP, APLMF). The U.S. member to PAC is ANSI.
Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (APLAC)
APLAC is the APEC Specialist Regional Body for the Accreditation of laboratories, inspection bodies and reference material producers. It is a group of accreditation bodies in the Asia Pacific region responsible for accrediting calibration, testing and inspection facilities (one of the five APEC-SCSC SRBs together with PASC, PAC, APMP, APLMF). U.S. members to APLAC are: A2LA, IAS, ACLASS, National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP-NIST), Perry Johnson Laboratories, and the Laboratory Accreditation Bureau.
InterAmerican Accreditation Cooperation (IAAC)
An association of accreditation bodies in the Americas and other organizations interested in conformity assessment. The U.S. full members to the IAAC are: A2LA (and MLA signatory), ACLASS, ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB), American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors / Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB) (Associate), IAS, National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP-NIST). The U.S. IAAC stakeholder members are: Intertek Testing Services (ITS).
European Cooperation for Accreditation (EA)
EA is a network of nationally recognized accreditation bodies located in the European geographical area. The U.S. testing and calibration organization, A2LA, has a contract of cooperation with the EA.
Southern African Development Community Accreditation (SADCA)
The regional accreditation structure of Standardization, Quality Assurance, Accreditation and Metrology (SQAM) tasked with defining a suitable accreditation infrastructure, enabling organizations in the SADC Member States to access accreditation services from internationally recognized National Accreditation Bodies within their countries.

22. Pacific Accreditation Cooperation - MLA
Multilateral Recognition Arrangement Members of the who have successfully completed a peer review process for accreditation of certification bodies have signed a Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA) for Quality Management Systems (QMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and/or accreditation of Product Certification Bodies (Product).
Under the terms of the arrangement, certification bodies accredited by PAC MLA signatories are recognized as equivalent, and users of services can have the same confidence in organizations accredited by one PAC member as in those accredited by other PAC members.
For a complete list of PAC MLA signatories please click here.

23. PAC MLA Signatories (as of Aug 2009)
Name of Organization
QMS MLA
EMS MLA
Product MLA
JAS-ANS (Australia, New Zealand) X
SCC (Canada)
CNAS (PR China)
HKAS (Hong Kong, China)
NABCB (India)
KAN (Indonesia)
JAB (Japan)
KAB (Korea)
KAS (Korea)
Standards Malaysia
EMA (Mexico)
PAO (Philippines)
SAC (Singapore)
TAF (Chinese Taipei)
NAC (Thailand)
ANSI (US)
BoA/STAMEQ (Vietnam)

24. Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation - MRA
Multilateral Recognition Arrangement
One of the primary aims of APLAC is to harmonize accreditation practices in the region and to extend the APLAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA). The APLAC MRA forms a regional network of laboratories and inspection bodies accredited by accreditation bodies that have been peer-evaluated and recognized as being competent. This network facilitates the acceptance of test, calibration and inspection reports in the region, thus contributing to the facilitation of trade.
Currently 27 of 37 full APLAC members are signatories to the APLAC MRA for various scopes.
For a full list of APALC MRA signatories and their scopes, please click here.

25. APLAC MRA Signatories (as of Aug 2009)
PNAC (Pakistan) – testing
PAO (Philippines) – testing, calibration
AAC Analitica (Russian Federation) – testing
SAC (Singapore) – testing, calibration, inspection
TAF (Chinese Taipei) – testing, calibration, inspection
DMSc (Thailand) – testing
DSS (Thailand) - testing
TLAS (Thailand) – testing, calibration
A2LA (US) – testing, calibration, inspection
ACLASS (US) – testing, calibration
IAS (US) – testing, calibration, inspection
LAB (US) – testing, calibration
NVLAP (US) – testing, calibration
PJLA (US) – testing, calibration
BOA (Vietnam) – testing, calibration, inspection
JAS-ANZ (Australasia) - inspection
NATA (Australia) – testing, calibration, inspection
SCC (Canada) – testing, calibration
CALA (Canada) – testing
CNAS (PR China) – testing, calibration, inspection
HKAS (Hong Kong) – testing, calibration, inspection
NABL (India) – testing, calibration, inspection
KAN (Indonesia) – testing, calibration, inspection
JAB (Japan) – testing, calibration
IA Japan – testing, calibration
VLAC (Japan) – testing
KOLAS (Republic of Korea) – testing, calibration
Standards Malaysia – testing, calibration
EMA (Mexico) – testing, calibration, inspection
IANZ (New Zealand) – testing, calibration, inspection
PNAC (Pakistan) – testing, calibration

26. InterAmerican Accreditation Cooperation - MLA
Multilateral Recognition Arrangement
The IAAC Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA) is an agreement among accreditation bodies by which they recognize the accreditations issued by each other.
By reducing the need for multiple assessments, IAAC’s MLAs facilitate international trade by encouraging regional and worldwide acceptance of valid certificates, registrations and results issued by signatory accreditation bodies.
IAAC MLA Signatories are highlighted in the IAAC Members section.

27. IAAC MLA Signatories (as of Aug 2009)
Name of Organization
Scope
OAA (Argentina)
QMS, EMS, products, testing and calibration laboratories
Cgcre/INMETRO (Brazil)
SCC (Canada)
ECA (Costa Rica)
Testing laboratories
ONARC (Cuba)
Testing and calibration laboratories
OGA (Guatemala)
ema (Mexico)
INDECOPI-SNA (Peru)
QMS
A2LA (US)
ANSI-ASQ (US)
QMS, EMS, testing and calibration laboratories
ASCLD/LAB (US)

28. European cooperation for Accreditation - MLA
Multilateral Recognition Arrangement
The EA MLA is an agreement signed between the EA accreditation body members to recognize the equivalence, reliability and therefore acceptance of accredited certifications, inspections, calibration certificates and test reports across Europe.
The MLA eliminates the need for suppliers of products or services to be certified in each country where they sell their products or services.
EA has MLAs for calibration, testing, product certification, quality systems certification, certification of persons, EMS certification, and inspection.
Click here for a full list of EA MLA signatories.

29. EA MLA Signatories (as of Aug 2009)
BMWA (Austria)
BELAC (Belgium)
BAS (Bulgaria)
CAI (Czech Republic)
DANAK (Denmark)
EAK (Estonia)
FINAS (Finland)
COFRAC (France)
DACH, DAP, DKD, TGA (Germany)
ESYD (Greece)
INAB (Ireland)
SINAL, SINCERT, SIT (Italy)
LATAK (Latvia)
LA (Lithuania
NAB-MALTA (Malta)
RvA (Netherlands)
NA (Norway)
PCA (Poland)
IPAC (Portugal)
RENAR (Romania)
SNAS (Slovakia)
SA (Slovenia)
ENAC (Spain)
SWEDAC (Sweden)
SAS (Switzerland)
TURKAK (Turkey)
UKAS (United Kingdom)

30. EA Bilateral Agreements
Organization, Country
Scope
NATA (Australia)
Testing, calibration, inspection
INMETRO (Brazil)
Testing, calibration
HKAS (Hong-Kong)
TELARC now IANZ (New Zealand)
SANAS (South Africa)
Testing, calibration, EMS, inspection
A2LA (US)
JAS-ANZ (Australia New Zealand)
Products, EMS
SAC (Singapore)
TUNAC (Tunisia)
ISRAC (Israel)

31. Common Acronyms
TERMS
AB Accreditation Body
ANS American National Standard
CA Conformity Assessment
CAB Conformity Assessment Body (e.g. testing laboratory, inspection body, certification body, etc.), can be accredited by an AB
DA Designating Authority
EMS Environmental Management System
IECEE IEC System for Conformity Testing, Safety of Electrical Equipment
IECEx IEC System for Certification to Standards Relating to Equipment for use in Explosive Atmospheres
IECQ IEC Quality Assessment System for Electronic Components
MLA Multilateral Recognition Arrangement
MRA Mutual Recognition Arrangement
MRA Mutual Recognition Agreement
NC National Committee (to IEC)
NSB National Standards Body (to ISO)
QMS Quality Management System
RA Regulatory Authority
SDO Standards Developing Organization
SDoC Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity
SSO Standards Setting Organization
TBT Technical Barriers to Trade (WTO Agreement/Committee)
Please click here for additional acronyms, definitions, and resources related to standards and conformity assessment.

32. Acronyms (continued) ORGANIZATIONS
A2LA American Association for Laboratory Accreditation
ACIL American Council of Independent Laboratories
ACLASS Assured Calibration and Laboratory Accreditation Select Service
ANAB ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board
ANSI American National Standards Institute
AOAC Association of Official Analytical Chemists, International
APLAC Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation
COPANT Pan-American Standards Commission
EA European Accreditation Cooperation
IAAC InterAmerican Accreditation Cooperation
IAF International Accreditation Forum
IAS International Accreditation Service
ICAC ANSI’s International Conformity Assessment Committee
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
IEC-CAB IEC Conformity Assessment Board
ILAC International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation
ISO International Organization for Standardization
ISO CASCO ISO Council Committee on Conformity Assessment
NACLA National Cooperation for Laboratory Accreditation
NCSL National Conference of Standards Laboratories
NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers Association
NFSTC National Forensic Science Technology Center
NVLAP National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program
PAC Pacific Accreditation Cooperation
PASC Pacific Area Standards Congress
SADCA South African Development Community Accreditation
USNC U.S. National Committee of the IEC (Committee of ANSI)

33. American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
General Information
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is a private, non-profit organization that administers and coordinates the U.S. voluntary standardization and conformity assessment systems. As the voice of these system, the Institute works in close collaboration with stakeholders from industry, government and other stakeholder groups to identify consensus-based solutions to national and global priorities.
The Institute's mission is to enhance both the global competitiveness of U.S. business and the U.S. quality of life by promoting and facilitating voluntary consensus standards and conformity assessment systems, and safeguarding their integrity.
ANSI was founded in 1918 through a public-partnership between three government agencies and five private-sector organizations.
Today ANSI’s membership is comprised of government agencies, companies, standards developing organizations (SDOs), conformity assessment bodis (CABs), academia, and other interests. ANSI represents the interests of more than 125,000 companies and 3.5 million professionals worldwide.
ANSI is the U.S. representative and dues-paying member of the two major non-treaty international standards organizations, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and, via the U.S. National Committee (USNC), the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).
ANSI is the U.S. representative of two major regional standards organizations: the Pacific Area Standards Congress (PASC) and the Pan American Standards Commission (COPANT).
ANSI is the U.S. member of the Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (PAC). The ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB) is a U.S. member of the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and the Inter-American Accreditation Cooperation (IAAC). The ANSI Federation membership also includes Accreditation Bodies which are also U.S. member bodies to various international accreditation fora.
ANSI is the sole accreditor of developers of American National Standards (ANSs).

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