MONDAY, APRII. 9, 1990
AGREEMENTS REN 'E TECHNICAL TRADE BARRIER
A
TECHNICAL POSSIBLE
TRADE WITH (MONDAY) WITH THE WITH LABORATORY
KONG'S TO HONG BARRIER AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED STATES WAS REMOVED TODAY SIGNING OF
AGREEMENTS RECOGNITION MUTUAL ACCREDITATION SCHEMES OPERATING IN THE TWO COUNTRIES.
HONG THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR T.H. BARMA, REPRESENTING THE
(HOKLAS), SIGNED MEMORANDA OF KONG LABORATORY ACCREDITATION SCHEME
OF TESTING ASSOCIATION NATIONAL AND THE
ASSOCIATION AMERICAN
WITH
THE
UNDERSTANDING (MOU'S) LABORATORIES (NATA) OF AUSTRALIA LABORATORY ACCREDITATION (A2LA).
INDICATED THE
FOR
IMPORTANCE
HONG SCHEMES IN
MR BARMA SAID THAT AGREEMENTS KONG PLACED ON ESTABLISHING LINKS WITH CREDIBLE AND MAJOR THE INTERNATIONAL TESTING COMMUNITY.
IMPROVEMENT
OF THEIR QUALITY ASSURANCE
HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD JUST LAUNCHED A QUALITY PROGRAMME TO ENCOURAGE MANUFACTURERS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY
AND METHODS GOODS THROUGH MODERN PRACTICES.
MANAGEMENT
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT SERVICES PROVIDED RELIABLE AND TO
"LABORATORY TESTING PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN IN INDUSTRY AND IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT SUCH TESTING BY LOCAL LABORATORIES ARE SHOWN TO BE COMPETENT AND HAVE ATTAINED RECOGNITION OVERSEAS," MR BARMA SAID.
HE SAID HOKLAS HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
FOR A WIDE RANGE THE BENEFITS
TODAY, THERE WERE 22 LABORATORIES ACCREDITED OF SERVICES AND MORE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF APPLYING AS OF ACCREDITATION WERE BEGINNING TO BE RECOGNISED.
MR BARMA
TEST CERTIFICATES SAID, UNDER THE TWO AGREEMENTS,
BE WOULD
ACCEPTED IN LABORATORIES ACCREDITED ISSUED BY HOKLAS
HAD AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED STATES WITH THE SAME VALIDITY AS IF THEY BEEN ISSUED BY AUSTRALIAN AND AMERICAN ACCREDITED LABORATORIES.
BY NATA AND ISSUED LIKEWISE, CERTIFICATES LABORATORIES WOULD BE ACCEPTED HERE WITHOUT QUESTION.
WILL.
A2LA
ACCREDITED
AT INTEGRITY
BY THE
GOODS BETWEEN "IT FOLLOWS FROM THESE AGREEMENTS THAT TRADE IN
WHERE ACCOMPANIED THE UNITED STATES AND AUSTRALIA AND HONG KONG,
NO LONGER BE INTERRUPTED ENDORSED TEST CERTIFICATES, POINTS OF IMPORTATION BY CUSTOMS QUERIES OVER THE TECHNICAL OR THE VERACITY OF TEST DATA,
++
CAN,
HE SAID.
TRADE FACILITATE THEREFORE,
EXISTING IN INTERNATIONAL
BY
ELIMINATING ONE OF THE TECHNICAL BARRIERS
TRADE,
DEVELOPMENT "THIS
HE ADDED.
/MR BARMA
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