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[FR Doc No: 94-20264]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

International Laboratory Accreditation Conference (ILAC) 1994

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Meeting notice.

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SUMMARY: A pre-conference meeting will be held for persons interested 
in the International Laboratory Accreditation Conference (ILAC) meeting 
scheduled for October 17-21, 1994 in Hong Kong. Persons planning to 
attend the ILAC 94 meeting or wishing to participate in the review of 
the conference agenda and related issues should attend this pre-
conference meeting. ILAC is an informal organization of approximately 
45 nations and 12 international organizations whose purpose is to 
promote: (1) The development of national programs for accrediting 
testing laboratories, (2) the employment of harmonized accreditation 
criteria, and (3) the development of bilateral or multilateral 
arrangements which would encourage importers to accept the results of 
tests and data made by laboratories that have been accredited under a 
laboratory accreditation program in exporting nations.

DATES: The pre-conference meeting will be held Friday, October 7, 1994 
from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in conference room 3708 at the 
Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, 
DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anyone wishing to attend these meetings or seeking additional 
information should contact Mr. John L. Donaldson, Chief, Standards Code 
and Information Program: by mail at the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology, Administration Building, Room A629, Gaithersburg, MD 
20899; by telephone at 301-975-4029 or by fax on 301-963-2871.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Conferences in support of ILAC's stated 
purpose have been held since 1977 to develop information about 
laboratory accreditation systems, to provide a forum for discussing 
differences among such systems, to describe basic principles and 
criteria for operating such systems, and to develop bilateral or other 
arrangements which would establish mutual recognition of such systems 
or of test reports issued by laboratories accredited under such 
systems. These bilateral arrangements are intended to minimize 
technical barriers to trade.
    The U.S. delegation is chaired by the Chief of the Standards Code 
and Information Program of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology. Those interested in attending the meeting in Hong Kong as a 
member of the U.S. Delegation, using his or her own financial resources 
for registration fees, hotel accommodations, food, and travel expenses, 
can do so by registering with the Conference Secretariat, HOKLAS, Hong 
Kong's accreditation body. Such persons should have a background in 
standards development, laboratory accreditation, product testing or 
product certification activities. Conference registration materials are 
available from NIST.
    Notice is given that the U.S. Delegation at its October 7th meeting 
will review documents distributed in advance of the ILAC meeting to be 
held in Hong Kong during October 17-21, 1994. All persons planning to 
attend the ILAC meeting, as well as those interested in the meeting but 
unable to attend, are invited to participate in this pre-conference 
meeting. At the meeting the agenda will be reviewed along with 
committee reports and issues and recommendations to be considered at 
the plenary meeting. U.S. delegation consensus positions will be 
developed as appropriate.

    Dated: August 12, 1994.
Samuel Kramer,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 94-20264 Filed 8-17-94; 8:45 am]
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