INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTS

International documents are publications primarily from EA and Global ACI. Global ACI is an association formed by the former organisations IAF and ILAC. During a transitional period, documents prepared by IAF and ILAC will remain active.

There are two types of international documents aimed at accreditation clients:

• Mandatory Documents: Compliance is mandatory pursuant to Executive Order 913 on the accreditation of companies.
• Guidance Documents: These serve as advisory guidelines.

Within EA and Global ACI, mandatory documents are marked with an M (Mandatory), and guidance documents are marked with a G (Guidance). Additionally, EA includes a category for informative documents (INF).

Documents prepared by Global ACI can be accessed here: 

Documents prepared by EA can be accessed here: 

The content of several of these documents remains unchanged from the IAF and ILAC documents they replace, as specified in section "1. INTRODUCTION" of the respective documents.

At IAF, documents are designated as either MD (Mandatory Document) or ID (Informative Document).

At ILAC, mandatory documents are designated as ILAC-P, whereas guidance documents are named ILAC-G (Guidance).

During the transitional phase, until all items are fully replaced by Global ACI, documents prepared by IAF and ILAC can be found here: 

All documents relevant to accreditation are specified under accreditation requirements on DANAK's website.