Under 2.948 of the FCC rules CFR47 it states "For laboratories outside the United States, the name of the mutual recognition agreement or arrangement under which the accreditation of the laboratory is recognized." However, it is my understanding that this is referring to a government to government MRA not an accreditor to accreditor MRA.
Until and unless the US itself has an MRA with a particular nation, the accrediting body of that nation is not recognized by the US as appropriate. Consequently it would not seem to matter if NVLAP or A2LA had agreements with these agencies or not. The test report could not be accepted by the FCC for DoC until the US itself has an MRA in place with that country. This is after all the whole purpose of the EMC MRAs isn't it - i.e. not to allow countries which do not allow US labs testing rights until reciprocal agreements are made between countries. Dennis Ward Evaluation Engineer American TCB Certification Resource for the Wireless Industry www.atcb.com 703-847-4700 fax 703-847-6888 direct - 703-880-4841 cell - 209-769-8316 NOTICE: This E-Mail message and any attachment may contain privileged or company proprietary information. If you received this message in error, please return to the sender. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: 07/16/2007 9:30 AM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Lab accreditation - DoC for FCC Part 15 Dear Experts, NVLAP of USA is a signatory of the APLAC MRA (Mutual Recognition Agreement). NABL (National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories) of India also is a signatory of APLAC MRA. A laboratory is accredited by NABL India for FCC Part 15 & 18 measurements as per ISO 17025. Based on the EMI / EMC report of this laboratory equipment manufacturer can claim DoC to FCC PART 15 for a computer peripheral (unintentional radiator). Is my understanding correct. NABL India is a signatory of ILAC MRA and both NVLAP & A2LAP of US are signatories of this MRA. Sincerely K.Balasubramanian Manager - Hardware Support. - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________
