Voluntary standard mark is a standard mark in a form of a triangle, and it has angle 60’c, in the center of a triangle has a full size of letter “ລ”. Be hide of “ລ” has an equal thickness of each side or equivalent 1/12 of one side length of the triangle. Bottom of letter “ລ” assembly to a triangle which it has angle 30’c close to another side of a triangle. A voluntary standard is a standard determined criteria and formulated by the manufacturer in order to ensure a quality of the product and goods through advisory and recognize the standards management body.
Mandatory standards mark is the same as voluntary standards mark which has round circus cover the triangle and distance between round circus and from an apex of the triangle are equivalent to the thickness of “ລ”. Mandatory standards are specified criteria that relating to security, safety, hygiene, health, and environment or standard for product and goods under the Government’s strategies determined at each period.
To obtain a permit for the use of the standard mark to attaché with product and goods, the producer shall apply an application for a permission on the use of standards mark which it consists of an information and documents (according to the form of the standards management body) determined as below:
1. The sample of product and goods 1set with packaging,
2. Production plan(brief),
3. List of materials used for production,
4. Tools and methods used for testing the quality of product and goods,
5. Reference documents (Business license, certificate of trademark registration).
Procedures for permission on the use of the standard mark:
1. After examination of evidence and documents found that is complies with, the standards management body shall dispatch a technical team to inspect on factory site for assessment of product quality management and standards management body will take those samples to retest.
2. In case, product and goods are not yet meet standard which specified by standards management body will give recommendation for an improvement to criteria of specified standard, after an improvement, a technical team will re-inspect, if found that are met standard, standards management body will issue a certificate of permission on the use of standard mark to applicant.
3. Monitoring and inspecting of factory, standards management body will separately determine, after an inspection, a technical team will bring the information data to study and keep that information confidentially and inform to owner factory for accepting and take action for an improvement.
For more information, please contact the following:
Department of Standardization & Metrology
Ban Danxang Chanthabouly District
P.O. Box 2279, Vientiane Lao PDR
Tel: +856 21 732093
Fax: +856 21 732331
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.laostandards.gov.la
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