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The following is a list of frequently asked questions (FAQs) that may address the query that you have. If your question is not listed here, please mail us at info@jas-aas.org. You will receive a response within two working days.

What is JAS-AAS?

Answer: The Joint Accreditation System of America and Asia Services, Inc. (JAS-AAS) is the international accreditation body developing the business culture, system and environment between America, Asia and Europe.

Likewise, JAS-AAS is autonomous public sector body, to assess against internationally agreed standards, organizations that provide certification, testing,  inspection and calibration services. We operate as a public benefit organization, limited by guarantee.

Does JAS-AAS have a regulatory role?

Answer:  JAS-AAS is not a regulator. It does not have any legal or regulatory enforcement powers. JAS-AAS does however have an ‘oversight’ function and works to ensure that those organizations’ it accredits meet the applicable international accreditation standards.

What are the benefits of being JAS-AAS accredited?

Answer: JAS-AAS accredited certification, testing, calibration, and inspection reduce the need for each customer to assess suppliers individually. Likewise, this reduces the need for multiple assessments of suppliers and as a consequence helps to reduce barriers to trade.

Accreditation, with its many potential benefits for the quality of goods and in the provision of services throughout the supply chain, underpins practical applications of an increasingly wide range of activities across all sectors of the economy, from fishing to forestry, construction to communications.

How do I check that an organization who has JAS-AAS accreditation?

Answer: You can search the JAS-AAS website to find accredited Certification & Inspection Bodies & Testing Bodies. Additionally, the tests and scope they are accredited for are listed on the organization’s accreditation schedule.

How do I check my organization certified from JAS-AAS accreditation body?

Answer: You can search  the JAS-AAS website to find Certification details.

How do I check my organization certified from JAS-AAS accreditation body?

Answer: You can search  the JAS-AAS website to find Certification details.

How do I check my personnel certified from JAS-AAS accreditation body?

Answer: You can search  the JAS-AAS website to find Certification details.

Will the certificate issued by a JAS-AAS accredited organization be recognized in other countries?

Answer: If the organization issues the certificate under its scope of accreditation, it would recognize the certificate.

Can JAS-AAS advise me on what standards my product has to meet in order to get it to market?

Answer: Unfortunately, We cannot provide such a service, as we do not have any official role in the generation of product conformity requirements or technical regulations. Additionally, a good place to start to obtain this information is from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy.

I am interested in setting up a new accreditation or certification scheme, how do I go about getting JAS-AAS recognition for this scheme?

Answer: JAS-AAS operates a new product development program, enabling us to develop innovative ways to reflect and serve the market sectors in which we operate. To determine if a new accreditation system or field is valid, we must analyze its validity of the proposal in order to establish whether:

What is accreditation?

Answer: Accreditation is the independent evaluation of certification bodies against recognized standards to ensure their impartiality and competence to carry out specific activities, such as tests, calibrations, inspections and certifications.

The IAF operates in the fields of management systems, products, services, personnel, and other similar programs of conformity assessment, while the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) manages laboratory and inspection accreditation at the global level.
Through the application of national and international standards, government, procurers and consumers can therefore have confidence in the calibration and test results, inspection reports and certifications provided.

Many countries have accreditation bodies that ensure authorized oversight of certifying bodies.

What is conformity assessment?

Answer: Conformity assessment demonstrates that what suppliers are providing actually meets the specified or claimed requirements. Conformity assessment encompasses testing, inspection, and certification for products, services, processes, systems, organizations, and people.

As products and services become more technological, consumer confidence depends on standards compliance. Conformity assessment is therefore an indispensable part of an economy’s business and standards and conformance infrastructure.

What is an accreditation body?

Answer: An accreditation body is an authoritative body that performs accreditation. In some instances, the government grants authority to it. The IAF operates in the fields of management systems, products, services, personnel, and other similar programs of conformity assessment. On the other hand, the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) manages laboratory and inspection accreditation at the global level.

Its primary function is to assess, against internationally agreed standards, organizations that provide certification, testing, inspection and calibration services (collectively known as conformity assessment bodies). Accreditation demonstrates the competence, impartiality and performance capability of these organizations.

Accreditation bodies normally operate as non-profit distributing organizations.

The IAF operates in the fields of management systems, products, services, personnel and other similar programs of conformity assessment. The International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) manages laboratory and inspection accreditation at the global level.

What is an accredited body?

Answer: An organization that provides certification, testing, calibration, inspection and other conformity assessment services can seek accreditation. An accredited body has demonstrated that it fully meet the requirements of relevant national and international standards.

The criteria for determining a certification body’s competence are based on relevant national or international standards (such as ISO/IEC 17024, ISO/IEC Guide 65, ISO/IEC 17021). These criteria include: the qualifications, required knowledge, and skills, training, and experience of staff; appropriate equipment that they properly calibrate and maintain; implements adequate quality assurance procedures; and follows appropriate sampling practices.

Accredited bodies can be private or government-owned, from lone traders to massive multi-disciplinary, multi-site corporations.
The IAF operates in the fields of management systems, products, services, personnel and other similar programs of conformity assessment. Additionally, the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) manages laboratory and inspection accreditation at the global level.

What is certification?

Answer: Certification is a “third-party attestation related to products, processes, systems or persons,” as defined by ISO/IEC 17000 Conformity Assessment—Vocabulary and General Principles.

Most often, organizations associate certification with ISO 9001 and the environmental management systems standard ISO 14001. However, certification programs exist for a range of management systems standards. Additionally, It includes the ISO/IEC 2700 program for information security management and the ISO 22000 program for food safety management.

Moreover, Product certification verifies that a product—including services and processes—meets contract, regulation, or specification requirements.

Accreditation is voluntary in most countries, however many certification bodies seek it to demonstrate their expertise.