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Title: Trade Facilitation Through Mutual Recognition Of Calibration Certificates And Test Reports
Author: J A Gilmour
Source: 2001 Measurement Science Conference
Year Published: 2001
Abstract: Lack of acceptance of test reports is acknowledged by WTO and others to be one of the most serious technical barriers to trade. During the last twenty-five years much effort has gone into finding a solution a solution to this problem and many organisations have been involved in the process. This paper describes the role of laboratory accreditation in providing foreign users of calibration certificates and test reports with confidence in the competence of laboratories in exporting countries. In particular, it describes the evolution of mutual recognition agreements between laboratory accreditation bodies as a cost effective mechanism to achieve the goal of tested once, accepted everywhere

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