KAB Policies for Accreditation Service Operation

Compliance to Applicable International Standards and National Laws

• KAB strictly adheres to applicable international standards or criteria and related laws in operating accredited services. KAB is also a full member of the IAF and APAC, faithfully following the obligations of its members and responsibly complying with the requirements of the scheme owners. KAB is committed to the prevention and elimination of conformity assessment malpractices, in particular to maintain a sound and reliable market for conformity assessment.

Impartial and Nondiscriminatory Accreditation Services

• KAB applies its policies and procedures to all CABs in nondiscriminatory manner. KAB accreditation services are not conditional upon the size of the applicant or membership of any association or group, nor upon the number of CABs already accredited. KAB does not offer unfair monetary or other conditions in the process of providing accreditation services nor does it present membership of a certain association or group as an application condition. KAB provides accreditation services as long as applicant CAB’s activity is within the accreditation scope of KAB, or proposed activity is adequate for as a new accreditation scheme.

Efforts and consultation for timely provision of accredited services

• KAB will make every effort to provide timely accreditation services to CAB without undue delay, and will actively communicate with CAB to achieve this. Particularly, in the accreditation decision-making process, after the necessary assessment results are completed, KAB proceed with the decision-making process without undue delay. Even in the case of accreditation schemes for which KAB does not currently provide accreditation services, the CAB or stakeholders actively review the validity of the accreditation scheme if it wishes to introduce a new accreditation scheme.

Conducting assessments and measures for incomplete assessments

• Accreditation assessment is conducted following the procedures in Accreditation Manual(KAB-AM-CAB), in accordance with CAB's application, or in accordance with the annual assessment plan established by KAB agreed with CAB. If the required assessment is not completed within the validity period of the accreditation, or the specific assessment is not carried out or delayed within the period of the periodic surveillance period and time determined by KAB, KAB could start the procedure for imposing sanctions. Please refer to Annex F of Accreditation Manual(KAB-AM-CAB) for detailed criteria and procedures for sanctions.