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About national center of accreditation

National Center of Accreditation (NCA) is a sole National Accreditation Body for conformity assessment defined by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On the establishment of a republican state enterprise on the right of economic management “National Center of Accreditation” dated June 28, 2021 No. 439).

NCA carries out its activities in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan d.d. July 5, 2008, ‘On Accreditation in the field of conformity assessment’,
Standard of ST RK ISO/IEC 17011 ‘Conformity assessment – General requirements for accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies.’,
and other regulatory legal acts of RK, as well as the requirements of International Accreditation Organizations.

		International organizations on accreditation
1		Since 2010 – National Center of Accreditation is full member of International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) and signature to the ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) on testing and calibration laboratories accreditation (ISO/IEC 17025). ILAC MRA Agreement Download ILAC MRA Agreement 15189 of November 8, 2018 Download
2		Since 2013 – National Center of Accreditation is full member of International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and signature to the IAF Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA) on product certification bodies accreditation (ISO/IEC 17065). IAF MLA Agreement 2013 Download Since 2017 – National Center of Accreditation is signature to the IAF Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA) on management system certifications bodies accreditation (ISO/IEC 17021 (9001). . IAF MLA Agreement 2017 Download IAF MLA Agreement of October 30, 2018 Download
		Regional organizations on accreditatio
3		Since 2012 – National Center of Accreditation is full member of Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (PAC) and signature to the PAC Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA) on product certification bodies accreditation (ISO/IEC17065). PAC MLA multilateral recognition arrangement 2012 Download Since 2017 – National Center of Accreditation is signature to the PAC Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA) on management system certifications bodies accreditation (ISO/IEC 17021 (9001)) and on Personnel certification bodies accreditation (ISO/IEC 17024). PAC MLA multilateral recognition arrangement 2017 Download Since March 15, 2018, the National Accreditation Center has been a signatory to the PAC MLA Multilateral Recognition Agreement on accrediting environmental management system certification bodies (ISO / IEC 17021 (ISO 14001) and on accrediting food safety management systems certification bodies (ISO / IEC 17021 (ISO 22000). Multilateral Recognition Agreement PAC MLA ISO / IEC 17021 (ISO 14001) Download PAC MLA Multilateral Recognition Agreement (ISO / IEC 17021 (ISO 22000) Download
4		Since 2017 – National Center of Accreditation is full member of Asia - Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (APLAC) and signature to the APLAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) on testing and calibration laboratories accreditation (ISO/IEC 17025). APLAC mutual recognition arrangement Download Mutual recognition agreements APLAC MRA of October 30, 2018 Download
5		NCA Code of Ethics Download
6		The Asia-Pacific accreditation cooperation (APLAC) was established on January 1, 2019 by the merger of two regional accreditation organizations, the Asia - Pacific laboratory accreditation cooperation (APLAC) and the Pacific accreditation cooperation (PAC).

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