NABCB Accreditation : Benefits and Uses

WHAT IS CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT

The process for

demonstrating that specified
requirements relating to a
product, process, system,
person or body are fulfilled
Conformity assessment
helps customer to
select products and services

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 MAIN CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES
Testing
Determination of one or more
characteristics of an object of conformity
assessment
Inspection
Examination of a product design, product,
process or installation and determination
of its conformity with specific requirements
or, on the basis of professional judgement,
with general requirements
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Certification
Third party assurance that: product
(services), process, personnel,
organization or management system
conforms to specific requirements
Validation & Verification
Confirmation of claim, through the
provision of objective evidence, that the
requirements for a specific intended future
use or application/past have been fulfilled
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 CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT

Testing – It involves laboratories which undertake

• Testing of products like food, drugs, toys etc

• Calibration of items to SI units
• Medical Laboratories which test blood, urine etc

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 TYPES OF CERTIFICATIONS

Process Personnel Product Systems

certification certification certification certification

Organic, Define competence in ISI Mark, Management systems

GlobalGAP terms of knowledge and
skills – evaluate – certify –
Personnel (Yoga teachers,
Welders, Crane operators)
Agmark standards like ISO 9001,
ISO 14001, ISO
45001,ISO 22000, ISO
27001, ISO 50001 - and
the tribe is growing!!!

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 CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT CLAIMS

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IN ACTION
How do you determine if a product meets a
technical requirement

Action Conformity Assessment activity

Design the mobile device Test design in laboratory

Mobile meets the technical specifications
and standards
Manufacture the mobile
Mobile sets in storage
Distribute to local shops
Test samples from production line
Quality management system (QMS) in place
in the factory (certification of QMS)
Inspect samples of the sets prior to
distribution to make sure no damage
Take samples from the shop to ensure it
meets specification (Market Surveillance)
the regulator may do this

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 ACCREDITATION
Third-party attestation related to a conformity assessment body
conveying formal demonstration of its competence to carry out
specific conformity assessment tasks – ISO/IEC 17000

Conformity Assessment Body is a body that performs conformity

assessment activities and that can be the object of accreditation –
ISO/IEC 17000
A global system for
creating confidence
Conformity Assessment activities includes testing, calibration,
between economies
with the objective to inspection, certification of management systems, persons, products,
promote economic processes and services, provision of proficiency testing, production
growth and free trade of reference materials, validation and verification – ISO/IEC 17000

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ACCREDITATION AND INTERNATIONAL
EQUIVALENCE

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 THE INTERNATIONAL ECOSYSTEM FOR QUALITY

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 ACCREDITATION STANDARDS
Standards Conformity Assessment Bodies

ISO/IEC 17011 Requirements for Accreditation Bodies

ISO/IEC 17020 Requirements for Inspection Bodies

ISO/IEC 17021-1 Requirements for Management Systems Certification Bodies – ISO 9001, 14001, 22000, 27006 …

ISO 22003 Requirements for Certification Bodies for FSMS – basis for operation of CBs as well as their
accreditation – cross refers to ISO 17021
ISO/IEC 17065 Requirements for Certification Bodies Certifying Products, Processes and Services

ISO/IEC 17024 Requirements for Certification Bodies Certifying Personnel

ISO 14065 Requirements for Green House Gases Validation & Verification Bodies

ISO/IEC 17025 Requirements for Testing & Calibration Laboratories

ISO/IEC 17043 Requirements for Proficiency Testing Providers (PTPs)

ISO 17034 Requirements for Reference Material Producers (RMPs)

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 INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK
Peer
Evaluation

ACCREDITATION

International Standards

CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES

Standards / regulatory
requirements / scheme criteria

PRODUCT & SERVICE PROVIDERS

CONFIDENCE TRUST ASSURANCE

GOVERNMENT CONSUMERS PURCHASERS

NABCB and NABL together form part of international system of accreditation and equivalence operated under the aegis of the International
Accreditation Forum (for Certification Bodies) and International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (for Inspection Bodies and Laboratories)

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 EQUIVALENCE FRAMEWORK

International ILAC / IAF

Multilateral Agreements

Regional EA IAAC APAC AFRAC

Multilateral Agreements (Europe) (Americas) (Asia Pacific) (Africa)

National National National National

Accreditation Accreditation Accreditation Accreditation
Bodies Bodies Bodies Bodies

NAB’s NAB’s NAB’s NAB’s

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 GLOBAL VISION

A single worldwide program of conformity assessment which reduces risk for business, regulators and the
consumer, by ensuring that accredited services can be relied upon.

Government and Regulators relying on the IAF and ILAC Arrangements (MLA / MRA) to further develop or
enhance trade agreements.

To support the freedom of world trade by eliminating technical barriers, realizing the free-trade goal of
‘Tested, Inspected or Certified Once and Accepted Everywhere'

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 BENEFITS OF ACCREDITATION
Assurance of Technical
Competence, Reliability and Customer Satisfaction,
Integrity of Conformity Minimizes Complaints
Assessment Bodies

Increased Operational Facilitates Selection of

Efficiency, Effective Risk Suppliers, Promotes Confidence
Management, Saves Time & in Imports, Avoids Re-
Money testing/inspection

Demonstrates Compliance to Enhances Competitiveness,

Standards / Regulations / Marketing Advantage, Increased
Requirements Business

International
Equivalence/Acceptance/Recognition
through Multilateral Mutual Recognition
Arrangements and allow international
acceptance of reports.

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 BENEFITS OF ACCREDITATION

International Recognition Avoids re-testing/inspection

& Reduces costs

• Multilateral arrangements between national accreditation bodies support to make

accreditation an internationally-recognised means of system of approval to demonstrate
compliance against agreed standards and requirements. This helps in providing confidence and
helps in development of robust framework on which to further develop and enhance
Government-to-Government (G2G) bilateral and multilateral international trade agreements.
• Thus, Conformity assessment services enhance export and integration in international trade.
• Harmonizing conformity assessment procedures has far reaching benefits for international
trade by eliminating the costly, multiple demands for testing or certifying products, and
related barriers.
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Regulations and Government Increased efficiency

Organization

• Regulators and Government bodies require level of confidence in the products /

services which they regulate/approve. Since accreditation assures technical
competence, Regulators can rely on accreditation and prescribe Third-party NABCB
accredited conformity assessment.
• Accreditation often helps to improve harmonization within national regulatory and
legislative structures across the country.
• Some of the Regulator / Government bodies who rely on NABCB accreditation are
PNGRB, FSSAI, DGCA, DGQA, BIS, BEE.
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 BENEFITS OF ACCREDITATION

Marketing advantage & Customer confidence &

Increased business satisfaction

• Manufacturers are confident that their products or services meet required

criteria;
• Suppliers are secure in the knowledge that the product or service they are
offering for sale meets necessary criteria and can be confidently used for the
purpose intended;
• Consumers are assured that the products or services purchased meet the
necessary requirements and are suitable for the purpose intended; and

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 BENEFITS OF ACCREDITATION
Harmonisation of Processes
to bridge standards and Continual Improvement
conformity assessment

• Implementation of NABCB accreditation supports conformity assessment

bodies in harmonisation of their processes and ensuring compliance to
implementation of standards. It also helps in continual improvement.

• NABCB accreditation supports in strengthening quality system as there are

periodic assessments to ensure competence and system implementation.
Improvement in Staff confidence

• Accreditation helps in increase of choice and range of goods & services

available in the market and ensures that these meet relevant standards of
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 NABCB | NATIONAL ACCREDITATION BOARD FOR CERTIFICATION BODIES
SECTORS COVERED

 Food products  Ship building

 Textiles and Textiles products  Aerospace

 Leather and Leather products  Electricity supply

 Wood and Wood products  Gas supply

 Pulp & Paper and paper products  Water supply

 Chemicals, Chemical products and fibres  Construction

 Pharmaceuticals  Transport Storage & Communication

 Rubber & Plastic products  Public Administration

 Concrete, Cement, Lime, Plaster etc.  Education

 Basic & Fabricated Metal products …………and many more

 Machinery & Equipment

 Electrical and Optical Equipment

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 INTERNATIONAL EQUIVALENCE
NABCB Accreditation Bodies to comply with ISO/IEC 17011 Peer Assessment – if
successful, signatory to MRAs
 Signed PAC MLA for QMS – Aug 2002
 IAF MLA for QMS – Sept 2002 - Signed
PAC MLA for EMS – July 2007
 IAF MLA for EMS – Oct 2007; PAC MLA
for Product Certification – May 2013 NABCB accreditation equivalent 17,500+
 IAF MLA for Product Certification – worldwide and certificates with
August 2013 NABCB accreditation symbol Accredited Certificates
 MRAs for Inspection – APLAC in Sept. acceptable internationally through ~100 Accredited CBs
2013
 ILAC in Sept. 2013; FSMS – PAC MLA in 100,000+
June 2014 Inspection Reports / Certificates
 IAF GlobalG.A.P in Oct 2014; ISMS – through ~60 Accredited IBs
PAC MLA June 2015, IAF MLAs for FSMS
and ISMS in Oct 2015
 PAC MLA for GlobalG.A.P. in Oct 2015
 PAC MLA for EnMS in June 2017
 IAF MLA for EnMS in Oct 2018
 PAC MLA for OHSMS in Dec 2018 To Sum Up – India has world class
 APAC MRA for Personnel Certification in accreditation infrastructure
June 2019 and IAF MLA for Personnel
Certification in Aug 2019,APAC MRA for
MDQMS in May 2020.

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 GOVERNMENT & REGULATORS RELY ON ACCREDITATION
Many Government Ministries, Regulators rely on Accreditation. Some of them are...

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 Statistics (As on 21 May 2021)
Accreditation Programmes Accreditations Applications
Quality Management Systems (QMS) 41 11
Environmental Management Systems (EMS) 14 05
Inspection Bodies (IB) 73 19
Food Safety Management Systems (FSMS) 19 12
Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems (OHSMS) 10 05
Product Certification (PCB) 19 07
Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) 06 03
Energy Management Systems (EnMS) 05 01
Information Technology Service Management Systems (ITSMS) 01 02
Personnel Certification (PrCB) 07 02
Road Traffic Safety Management Systems (RTSMS) - -
Trustworthy Digital Repositories Management Systems (TDRMS) 01 -
Greenhouse as Validation and Verification Bodies (GHG) 02 03
Business Continuity Management Systems (BCMS) - 01
Medical Devices QMS (MDQMS) 12 07

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 ACCREDITATIONS GRANTED GLOBALLY

NABCB: Bangladesh, NABL: Bahrain, Bangladesh,

Bhutan, Mauritius, Nepal, Bhutan, Dubai, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait,
Nigeria, Qatar, UK Lebanon, Mauritius, Nepal, Oman,
Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Sudan,
Thailand, UAE

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 ABOUT QUALITY COUNCIL OF INDIA

Quality Council of India

Creating an Ecosystem of Quality

NATIONAL
ACCREDITATION BODY

Established by Govt. of India and Indian Industry

Functionally autonomous | Financially independent

Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade

is the nodal point in the

Ministry of Commerce and Industry

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 THE INDIAN ECOSYSTEM FOR ACCREDITATION
About QCI QCI Leadership
 Set up in Jan 1997 by the Government of India with
ASSOCHAM, CII & FICCI
 QCI is an independent autonomous organization under
the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal
Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt. Mr. Adil Zainulbhai Dr. R. P. Singh
Chairman Secretary General
of India.
 QCI was established as the National Accreditation QCI Mandate
 Provide Accreditation Framework in the country
Body and to lead a quality movement by undertaking a
 Spread quality movement in India
National Quality Campaign  Provide right and unbiased information on Quality &
 Chairman of QCI is appointed by the Hon’ble Prime related Standards
Minister of India  Represent India’s interest in International fora.
 Help establish quality of Indian products and services

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 QCI : ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE
Council

Governing Body

Secretary General Secretariat

QUALITY
ACCREDITATION PROMOTION SPECIAL PROJECTS GROUP

NABCB NABL NABH NABET NBQP PPID PADD ZED

National National Board Project Planning Project Analysis Zero Defect and
National National National
Accreditation for and Implementation and Documentation Zero Effect Division
Accreditation Accreditation Accreditation
Board for Testing Quality Promotion Division Division
Board for Board for Hospitals Board for
Certification and Calibration and Healthcare Education and
Bodies Laboratories Providers Training

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 NABCB ACCREDITED CB & IB SEARCH

Website link for Accredited CABs

http://nabcb.qci.org.in/accreditation/

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 INFORMATION

National Accreditation Board for

Certification Bodies (NABCB)
Quality Council of India

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