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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.98.252
19 May 1998
(98-2048)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  THAILAND
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
2. Agency responsible:  Office of the National Accreditation Council (ONAC), Ministry of
IndustryAgency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:  Thai Industrial Standards Institute, Ministry of Industry
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [X], other:
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where appl icable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Bodies Operating Assessment
and Certification of Quality System
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  NAC-QR-EN01-01
Criteria for Bodies Operating Assessment and Certification of Quality System (17 pages,
English language)
6. Description of content:  Specifies general requirements for a third-party body operating
quality system certification to meet if it is to be recognized as competent and reliable in the
operation of quality system certification.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  To be in
line with the international accreditation system.
8. Relevant documents:
1. ISO/IEC Guide 2:  General terms and their definitions concerning standardization
and related activities.
2. TIS 5062:  General requirements for bodies operating quality systems certification.
(ISO/IEC Guide 62:  General requirements for bodies operating assessments and
certification/registration of quality system).
3. ISO 8402:  Quality management and quality assurance - Vocabulary.
4. ISO 10011-1:  Guidelines for auditing quality system - Part 1:  Auditing.
5. ISO 10011-2:  Guidelines for auditing quality system - Part 2:  Qualification criteria
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9. Proposed date of adoption:  24 December 1997
Proposed date of entry into force:  Not applicable
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the circulation date
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
other body: