[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 1, Parts 0 to 299]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR285.4]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
 CHAPTER II--NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT 
                               OF COMMERCE
 
PART 285--NATIONAL VOLUNTARY LABORATORY ACCREDITATION PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart A--General Information
 
Sec. 285.4  References.

    NVLAP is designed to be compatible with domestic and foreign 
laboratory accreditation programs to ensure the universal acceptance of 
test data produced by NVLAP-accredited laboratories. In this regard, 
these Procedures are compatible with:

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    (a) The most recent official publications of ISO Guides 2, 25, 30, 
38, 43, 45, 49, 58, and Standards 8402, 9001, 9002, 9003, and 9004.
    (b) International vocabulary of basic and general terms in metrology 
(VIM) and Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement, issued 
by International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM), International 
Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), International Federation of Clinical 
Chemistry (IFCC), International Organization for Standardization (ISO), 
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), International 
Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), and International 
Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML).