IAF has seen significant membership growth over the past three months, gaining three new Accreditation Body (AB) Members and two new Association Members. These additions bring the total number of IAF Members to 107, representing 12.6% growth over the past five years. There are currently 81 AB Members, 20 Association Members, and 6 Regional Accreditation Group Members.
IAF AB Members have also made significant strides in their coverage under the IAF Multilateral Recognition Agreement (MLA). July and August saw three new signatories: IOAS, which was accepted on 04 July for the main scope of ISO/IEC 17065; NAH, which was accepted on 04 July for the main scopes of ISO/IEC 17065, ISO/IEC 17024 and ISO/IEC 17021-1 and the Level 5 sub-scopes of ISO 9001 and ISO 14001; and NAAU, accepted on 16 August for the main scopes of ISO/IEC 17065, ISO/IEC 17024 and ISO/IEC 17021-1 and the Level 5 sub-scopes of ISO 9001 and ISO 14001.
A number of Members who were already signatories have achieved scope extensions:
The National Center of Accreditation (NCA), accepted for the main scope of ISO/IEC 17021-1 and Level 5 sub-scope of ISO 9001 on 13 July
The Department of Standards Malaysia (Standards Malaysia), accepted for the Level 4 sub-scopes of ISO/TS 22003 and ISO/IEC 27006 and the Level 5 sub-scopes of ISO 22000 and ISO/IEC 27001 on 12 July
The National Accreditation Center of Iran (NACI), accepted for the Level 4 sub-scope of ISO/TS 22003 and Level 5 sub-scopes of ISO 22000 and ISO 14001 on 19 July