World Accreditation Day is celebrated on June 9
Accreditation becomes relevant as a support tool for companies to facilitate their access to international markets and face emerging commercial challenges with greater guarantees.
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Greater supply chain complexity, regulatory differences In each country, greater consumer awareness of aspects such as sustainability, food security, or cybersecurity, The need for constant adaptation to new technological developments… These are just some of the challenges that the international trade today.
In an environment where standards and conformity assessment affect 80% of world trade, as estimated by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the United States Department of Commerce, the international accreditation organizations ILAC (International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation) e IAF (International Accreditation Forum) On the occasion of World Accreditation Day, they highlight the role that accreditation plays in responding to the emerging business trends that influence the processes of import and exportIn this regard, they have prepared a document that highlights the accreditation system's ability to adapt to technological advances or changes in consumer behavior and the regulatory environment, in order to continue supporting companies in international trade.
ENAC has recently reaffirmed its status as a signatory to all recognition agreements, meaning that the more than 1.800 entities accredited by ENAC maintain international recognition.
The ILAC and IAF document points out how the quality infrastructure – a system comprised of standardization, metrology, and accreditation – is an increasingly used tool by companies to address these challenges and to avoid, as far as possible, the barriers known as Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) which sometimes prevent the importing country from recognizing the certificates and declarations of conformity issued in the exporting country.
Specifically, international recognition of accreditation through international agreements is a passport for export, as it facilitates the use of reports or certificates issued by entities accredited by accreditation bodies, as in Spain ENAC, the National Accreditation Entity, have the support and recognition of local accreditation bodies in more than 100 countries, including all of the European Union and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), and United States, Canada, Japan, China, Australia, Brazil, or Indiawhich facilitates trade by reducing barriers to access foreign markets.
Recently, ENAC has reaffirmed its status as a signatory to all recognition agreements, which implies that the More than 1.800 entities accredited by ENAC maintain international recognition which makes them a valuable tool for Spanish companies when it comes to breaking into new markets
The document published by international accreditation organizations to mark World Accreditation Day includes practical examples of how accreditation has helped companies worldwide to overcome the new challenges of the international market.
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