OVERVIEW ON THE MONGOLIAN SYSTEM OF CERTIFICATION AND ACCREDITATION BYAMBAA.S Specialist,

1. OVERVIEW ON THE MONGOLIAN SYSTEM OF CERTIFICATION AND ACCREDITATION BYAMBAA.S Specialist, Strategic planning and policy integration department of MASM Beijing 2009.10.13

2. MONGOLIAN SYSTEM OF CERTIFICATION AND ACCREDITATION Related legislations: • The Constitution of Mongolia; • Law on Standardization and conformity assessment; • Other legislations; • International agreements.

3. MONGOLIAN SYSTEM OF CERTIFICATION AND ACCREDITATION Principles: • Independency • Authenticity and honesty • Offering same condition to every applicants • Openness and availability • Security of applicant’s information

4. MONGOLIAN SYSTEM OF CERTIFICATION AND ACCREDITATION Criterions of assessment: • Standards • Technical regulations • Other, related normative documents Accountability: If the Conformity assessment organization made wrong summarization, legal accountability should be imposed.

5. MONGOLIAN SYSTEM OF CERTIFICATION AND ACCREDITATION Legal status of certification and accreditation: • Mandatory • Voluntary

6. MONGOLIAN SYSTEM OF CERTIFICATION AND ACCREDITATION 1. Objects of mandatory certification: а. Products; в. Services; • Harmful to Public interest • Harmful to Health • Harmful to Environment • Harmful to Security of the country

7. MONGOLIAN SYSTEM OF CERTIFICATION AND ACCREDITATION 2. Objects of Voluntary certification: • Other products; • Management systems such as quality management and environmental management systems; • Authorization of experts; • Issuance of Conformity mark • Issuance of Eco mark

8. MONGOLIAN SYSTEM OF CERTIFICATION AND ACCREDITATION Types of organizations that should be accredited: • Product testing laboratory; • Certification organization; • Technical supervision organization; • Metrology laboratory;

9. MONGOLIAN SYSTEM OF CERTIFICATION AND ACCREDITATION Objects of Mandatory accreditation: Conformity assessment organization that makes conformity assessment on following products: • Harmful to Public interest • Harmful to Health • Harmful to Environment • Harmful to Security of the country

10. CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT ACCREDITATION MANDATORY VOLUNTARY CERTIFICATION • Health of human, animals, flora • Security (radiation, fire etc.) • Ecology Other product testing laboratories Management system ISO 9000 ISO 14000 HAССP Products and services Supplier’s declaration Testing laboratory Expert

11. MONGOLIAN SYSTEM OF CERTIFICATION AND ACCREDITATION Certification procedure-1 “Procedure about supplement of conformity marked product and service to the market and their entrance through the state border” /Government act number 222, approved in 2003/

12. MONGOLIAN SYSTEM OF CERTIFICATION AND ACCREDITATION Certification procedure-2 List of products and services which should be certified mandatorily: / Government act number 127, approved in 2005/ - 30 group of products - 12 types of services

13. MONGOLIAN SYSTEM OF CERTIFICATION AND ACCREDITATION • Mongolian agency for standardization and metrology: - Accreditation - Certification /some products, services and systems/ • Local divisions for standardization and metrology/20/ - Certification of products and services in their aimags. • Accredited certification organizations /building material, livestock hospital etc./

14. MONGOLIAN SYSTEM OF CERTIFICATION AND ACCREDITATION Facilitation of trade-1: Make agreements about recognition of testing and certification result and its usage. Make agreements between Mongolia and: • International organizations, • Regional organizations, • Other countries

15. MONGOLIAN SYSTEM OF CERTIFICATION AND ACCREDITATION Facilitation of trade-2 According to the agreement following products should not be certified again during export and import: • Products that certified and conformity marked, • Products that were issued Mongolian national conformity mark

16. MONGOLIAN SYSTEM OF CERTIFICATION AND ACCREDITATION Facilitation of trade -3 About accreditation: • Join into MRA; • Mutual accreditation of certification bodies; • Mutual recognition of certification bodies.

17. MONGOLIAN SYSTEM OF CERTIFICATION AND ACCREDITATION • Some mutual agreements-1: • The agreement about cooperation in certification of import and export goods’ quality and recognition of such certification, made between government of Mongolia and government of China, 1994

18. MONGOLIAN SYSTEM OF CERTIFICATION AND ACCREDITATION Some mutual agreements between two coutnries-2 • Agreement about Cooperation on quality assessment of export and import goods, made between Mongolian Ministry or Industry ad Trade and Russian State Committee of Standardization, Metrology and Certification, of 1996. • Agreement about Cooperation in field of standardization, metrology and certification, made between MASM and Ukrainian State committee of Standardization, metrology and certification, of 1999 он • Other

19. MONGOLIAN SYSTEM OF CERTIFICATION AND ACCREDITATION Directions of cooperation between MASM,CNCA: - Incorporate seminars - Leader’s meeting • Product certification • Accreditation of laboratories • Information exchange • Mutual practice observation • Instruction