Multilateral Agreement, MLA

As an accredited certification body fulfilling requirements of ISO/IEC 17021 through a national accreditation body and GOB | GCC Accreditation Platform, our trademark and associative marks provide worldwide recognition and international acceptance. Further, align in fulfilling ISO/IEC 17024, ISO/IEC 27006, and ISO/TS 22003 are important to the competence of BRS professionals and food safety respectively, when carrying ISO/IEC 17021 accreditation under accreditation.

As an accredited certification body through the RvA we carry MLA signatory body for environmental and quality management systems. BRS provides an internationally recognized mean for goods and services to cross boundaries throughout the world. The MLA makes accreditation a "passport" that facilitates access to world regions and international markets through the IAF (International Accreditation Forum) for quality and environmental systems. For non MLA BRS carries accreditation under the GOB | GCC.

BRS mark on certificates of registration is your assurance of the benefits of the MLA for qms and ems.

How does the MLA [Multilateral Agreement(s)] works?

Through the Accreditatioon Platform, the International Accreditation Forum signatories bodies (less than 40 countries) an MLA between approximetely 40 countries, providing mutual confidence, and the acceptance of accredited certificates of registration. The MLA helps in reducing the need for suppliers of products or services to carry a certificate of registration in each country where they operate or sell products and services as applies for QMS and EMS only.

Individual members that are signatories to the MLA are subject to peer evaluations. The purpose of evaluation is to verify the signatories' continuing conformity with the internationally accepted criteria ISO 17011 and thus maintain an acceptable level of consistency.

What is the basic difference between accreditation and certification?

Certification demonstrates your organization's conformity to a standard or specification requirement whether EMS ISO 14001, EMAS, QMS ISO 9001 under an accreditation platform for FSMS ISO 22000, HACCP MS, QMS ISO 13485, OSHMS - OHSAS 18001, ISMS ISO/IEC 27001, or Social responsibility Accountability operates under the GOB accreditation platform. Whereas accreditation is to assure that a certification body demonstrates specific technical competence and impartiality in granting certification.