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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2012

REPORT FROM DIRECTOR GENERAL

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About IFIA

A federation of organizations that provide

testing, inspection and certification (TIC) services, internationally

Established in 1982
Global membership of 40 TIC companies
A combined turnover of over €12 billion and 200,000

employees

Approximately 44% of membership turnover in

Europe, 26% in Asia Pacific, 20% in North America and 10% Rest of World

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Objectives

To improve the methods, standards, safety

procedures and rules used by its members

To establish legally defensible terms and

conditions of business

To promote global recognition of the profession

as being associated with trust and integrity

To defend the interests of its members and

promote the value of their services

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IFIA Membership 2012

A1 (turnover >€800 Million)

ALS Group Bureau Veritas Intertek SGS TŰV Rheinland Underwriters Laboratories

B1 (€300M - €500M)

Canadian Standards Association

B2 (€100M - €300M)

Cotecna Saybolt

C1 (€10M - €100M)

Alfred H Knight Amspec Camin Cargo Control Certispec Control Union World Group Geo Chem Overseas Merchandise Inspection (OMIC) Schutter Rotterdam Sucofindo

C2 turnover (<€10M)

Abeni Surveyors Baltic Control Cargo Inspections Group Coastal Gulf & International Control Union International Control Quality Inspecoes Cugnier Certificadora CWM Survey & Inspection Engineering Bureau Franke Helmsman QTS Inspecta International Inspekt RGH Maloney Commodity Services National Marine Consultants Oil Test Internacional P T Carsurin Ravi Energie Seatrans Consulting SGT Services (Thailand) SOEX Superinspect Universal Inspectorate & Services

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Finances

Range of subscription £4150 (C2) - £40,000 (A1)

(constant for nine years)

Member subscriptions for 2013 estimated to

generate £450,000

Projected total income 2013: £700,500
Projected expenditure 2013: c £695,200
Main additional income generator (balanced by

expenditure): Inspector Certification (Petroleum)

Reserves at start of 2012: £412,864

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Committees

Agricultural & Vegetable Oils Petroleum & Petrochemical Metals & Minerals Government Services Industrial Services Consumer & Industrial Products Social Auditing Accreditation Compliance Legal

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Membership/corresponding members

All IFIA members active in a sector are

encouraged to participate as committee members

Those unable to do so in sectors where the

committees is developing material that is binding on the membership automatically become corresponding members

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Agriculture & Vegetable Oils

Code of Practice covering key elements of the service

members provide under development to replace old

Guidelines. Particular emphasis on the contractual context
New bulletins
The issuing of Phytosanitary Certificates
Certification of “Sound, loyal and merchantable”
Inspector Certification Programme in vegetable oil

inspection area to be available on-line as from next year

Active participation in GAFTA, FOSFA and through

ASCB (Brazil) with ANEC (Brazil)

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Petroleum & Petrochemicals

One Committee with two Regional Technical Committees

(i) Americas (ii) Africa/Asia/Europe (AAE)

Code of Practice underway to cover key elements of the

service with particular emphasis on safety

Set of nearly 30 bulletins under review/update
Collection of safety data
Inspector Certification becoming available on-line
globally. Now self financing in the Americas as well as

AAE

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Metals & Minerals

Draft Code of Practice in relation to the integrity of data

handling and Umpire Analysis under preparation in a sub- committee

When this is agreed, the full Committee will be asked to

identify what should be covered in a broader Code of Practice to replace the existing Guidelines

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Government Services

The IFIA Code of Practice on Consignment Based

Conformity Assessment has now been published.

An auditor check list has been developed for this, and

the five IFIA member companies presently engaged in this service will undergo annual audits starting in 2013 (as for PSI)

Liaison with WTO, WCO and EU DG Trade to give a

positive impression of independent inspection to the parties that are developing international trade agreements

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Industrial Services

Newly re-formed Committee identifying areas where

conflicting standards, or the absence of standards, inhibits business

To be followed by prioritizing actions to develop needed

solutions with appropriate parties

Discussion with Shell over unreasonable demands on

internationally organized inspection companies under their new Supplier Qualification System

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Consumer & Industrial Products

Survey of consumer products 1) submitted to CIPC members for testing and

2) purchased on the European market with CE marking but no independent testing now completed over three years

Results demonstrate high level of non-compliance (82%), including 8%

significant safety failures

These results being used to spearhead a campaign (including forming

alliances with consumer groups and “good” industry) for mandatory third party testing for regulated products as against supplier’s declaration. Contribution to partnership with CEOC

Action in US towards OSHA, CPSC, NIST etc
Consideration of a mutual recognition program for certain product certification

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Social Auditing

The five IFIA Members engaged in his service find that

– the procedures they have in place – the communications they have with each other – they can demonstrate that they have tackled corruption now enable them to deliver this service effectively

The IFIA system is therefore being maintained and expanded

beyond China

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Accreditation

Key principles based on opposing accreditation activities

that cause unnecessary cost reconfirmed as IFIA’s input to the accreditation system

Worked with CEOC to prevent ILAC (international

accreditation) imposing its own requirements over and above the new ISO/IEC 17020 on inspection companies

New IFIA representation on EA Advisory Board

(European Accreditation) provides basis for alliances in pursuing our aims

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Compliance

The IFIA Compliance Code has been updated
to specifically require that IFIA companies in group

membership demonstrate to their auditors that their compliance programmes are being properly implemented throughout every branch of their

rganisation
to clarify the business relationships to which members

are expected to extend their compliance programme (Intermediaries, J V Partners, Agents, Subcontractors, Franchisees, but NOT Contractors or Suppliers)

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Legal

The IFIA Membership requirements have been

tightened to include:

An absolute requirement that subsidiaries may not

become members unless any parent or sister company engaged in TIC joins as part of the same membership

New provisions to include Health and Safety

management

Clearer definition of the “organization” that

constitutes a member’s group membership, all of which has to be subject to IFIA’s membership requirements

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Issues addressed in Council

MoU with CEOC
Brazilian Association of Supervisors and Controllers (ASCB)
Systems Certification and IFIA
Government owned/controlled TIC organizations and IFIA
Use of IFIA’s Associated Membership and Affiliated Body