Transcript CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT INFRASTRUCTURE IN NEPAL Mr Shambhu Jha Electrical Engineer Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology, Nepal republic of.

CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE IN NEPAL
Mr Shambhu Jha
Electrical Engineer
Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology,
Nepal republic of
NEPAL
A multi-cultural, multi-linguistic, multireligious democratic republic country.
 Area:147,181 km2
 Population 29.5 million estimated (July 2008)
 Per capita Income 900 US $
 Literacy: 69%
 Religion: Hindu(80.6%), Buddhist (10.7%),
Muslim(4.2%), Kirant(3.6%) and others(0.9%)
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LEGAL FRAME WORK FOR CA IN NEPAL
The functions of NBSM ( Nepal Bureau of
Standards and Metrology) is guided by two acts Nepal Standards (certification mark) Act 1980
 Standards Weights and Measures Act 1969
 Nepal Standards Act is in the process of revision
 A new bill – Accreditation Act is also in the draft
stage
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Nepal Electricity act
 Nepal telecom act
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FUNCTIONS OF NBSM
Formulation of national standards
 Provides services to NCS, Nepal Council for
Standards
 Inspection
 Certification
 Testing and calibration services
 Training and Trade facilitation
 Coordinates for Laboratory Accreditation
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STANDARDS FORMULATION
NBSM carries out the tasks like formulation,
cancellation and review of standards and
presents it to NCS for approval.
 There are 900 Nepal standards developed so far.
 More than 80% of Nepal Standards are
harmonized with international standards.
 We are in the process of adopting code of good
practice of TBT Agreement.
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PRODUCT CERTIFICATION
NBSM offers product certification services to
Nepalese industries
 140 industries ( no of licenses 200 ) have been
granted licenses to use NS-mark in 59 products
 We are in the process to implement ISO Guide 65
for international recognition
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SYSTEM CERTIFICATION
NBSM has just started system certification
services.
 The system has been accreditated from NABCB,
India
 More than 300 organizations in Nepal are
certified in different management systems
(QMS, EMS, FSMS) by foreign certification
bodies, mostly from India
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INSPECTION
 NBSM
carries out inspection for the purpose
of technical regulation fulfillment
(mandatory Products),
 To verify the requirements of contractual
agreement (Lot certification)
 monitoring of product in the market and
 Against the consumer complaints
 Pre-shipment inspection
 Post surveillance of NS certified products
ACCREDITATION
No organization in Nepal for providing
accreditations
 NBSM involved in private laboratory
accreditation under the NEPLAS (Nepal
Laboratory Accreditation Scheme)program
 NEPLAS international y not recognition
 A great need for establishing an umbrella
organization in the country for providing
accreditation felt
 At present, we are going to establish a national
accreditation focal point
 Nepal Accreditation Act yet to be approved from
parliament
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METROLOGY
Legal Metrology
 Industrial Metrology – mass, temperature,
Pressure
 Scientific Metrology
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PROBLEMS
Weak coordination and cooperation among different
institutions
 Non recognition of certification & testing
 Lack of testing and calibration facilities
 Cost of conformity assessment- high
 Industries- loosing export market
 Regulator- Insufficient mechanism to ensure public
safety ( electrical products)
 Dependence on test certificate for interoperatability
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