According to the statistics of the State Administration for Market Regulation, there are more than 130 service certification institutions with over 2000 service certification staff and nearly 8000 valid authentication certificates at present in our country.

Certification can be relatively expensive, particularly if national certification and accreditation bodies are non existent, or if self certification or certification by national bodies is not accepted in overseas markets.

While firms face the challenge of establishing an EMS with a view to seeking third party certification, local certification bodies, particularly those in developing countries, have to equip themselves in order to compete with the many foreign certification bodies that operate in their countries.

Once such procedures are seen to be sound and beyond question, the accreditation of NIs in international forums could be commensurate with the institution's accreditation to the ICC.

Several developing countries have accredited certification bodies.

Accreditation allows the educational establishments to issue diplomas and award degrees that are recognised by the state.

It would be useful if States could confirm or deny those qualifications.

There was little empirical evidence of ISO 14001 certificates being rejected by clients in developed countries.

One could consider a second tier National Institution' status whereby accredited NIs can participate and speak in their own right, and non accredited NIs could participate as observers but would only have a speaking role as part of their government's delegation or possibly as an accredited NGO.

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The issue of accreditation of NIs is thus determinant of the nature of the participation of NIs in international forums.

Five companies have now been certified.

At the international level, there have been intense discussions for the creation of an accreditation system, the Sustainable Tourism Stewardship Council that would accredit the various international, regional, national and sub national schemes.

The OECD Inventory of Approaches to Authentication and Certification in a Global Networked Society surveys activities in OECD Member countries related to authentication and certification on global networks, including laws, policies and initiatives in the public and private sectors, and at both the national and international level.

Recognizing the need for universal adherence to and implementation of the rule of law at both the national and international levels, we pledge to

The State party contends that there is no evidence to support that claim.

Several countries have recognized this and have thus implemented witness protection programmes.

Since then, the State authorities have proved they are taking this responsibility seriously.

In order to ensure effective implementation of the Convention, States should submit their reports on time and establish national implementation mechanisms that reflected national situations and aspirations, and also engage in effective networking at the national and global levels with a view to increasing awareness and promoting effective implementation of the Convention.

To date, the ICC has accredited 50 NIs to form what is known as the Group of NIs of the ICC.

What is more, there is no guarantee that the evidentiary value of its findings would be acceptable in a court, whether national or international.

The costs of certification carried out by local ISO registrars in developing countries tend to be much lower.A. Davie, quot ISO 14001 Issues for Developing Countries quot , in Christopher Sheldon (ed.), op. cit..

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After more than 10 years of development since 2004, the service certification project in our country had gone through a process of developing from scratch. A series of influential service certification had appeared, including the financial service certification, mother and baby nursing service certification, after sales service certification, electronic commerce service certification, and health care service certification.

Forest certification can help exporters to demonstrate that their forest products derive from sustainably managed sources and many countries report considerable progress in that regard, often associated with the development of national certification standards.

Another serious problem is that currently there are only very few Asian certification institutions for EurepGAP and that there is no national certification scheme in Asia being benchmarked as equivalent to EurepGAP.

Mr. H.C.W. GUNDLACH, Chairman, International Accreditation Forum (IAF), General Manager, Dutch Council for Accreditation (RVA), Netherlands

Clearly, not every State viewed its security as assured under the current NPT regime.

Thirdly, many developing country firms wanting to participate in ISO 14000 tend to depend largely on consultancy services provided by developed countries, and the success of ISO 14000 registration with local certification bodies in developing countries will depend largely on the acceptability of such certification in the importing country.

At the time of drafting, seven companies have been certified under the scheme and others are in the process of doing so.

The certificate was not certified because it was already certified by the same certificate.

Flynn, Assistant to the former President for National Security Affairs, admitted that he gave a false testimony to the FBI.

May I take it that those States are hereby appointed members of the Credentials Committee?

This will require the establishment, strengthening and international recognition of services for calibration and metrology, product testing, product and enterprise certification, laboratory accreditation, and mutual recognition between accreditation bodies.

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However, the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States has concluded that those allegations are unfounded and that credible evidence to substantiate them is completely lacking.

Of the 50 countries that pledged, 13 increased, 28 maintained and 1 decreased their pledges, with 7 resuming their pledges and 1 pledging for the first time.

It chooses to ignore the internationally acknowledged evidence regarding States that join international arrangements but do not comply with them.

The Committee aims to take into account international standards in order to facilitate mutual recognition. So far, eight Chinese companies have receive ISO 14001 certification.Dr. Ye Ruqiu, NEPA, China, personal communication, 1997.

I also think that non nuclear weapon States do have a legitimate right to address the issue of effective security assurances.

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