Baghdad Liaison Office
According to the GPSI (GPSI: Government Program for the Supervision of Imports), the Liaison Office represents Bureau Veritas GSIT Division towards COSQC, other Authorities and the private operators in the importing country for the program.
Functions include the following duties but they are not limited to the description below:-
In addition to the above functions, the Laison Office:
Application
There shall be no discrimination and all importers and their files must be treated in accordance with the rule, regulations and BV Group Quality Management Systems / Procedures. GSD has laid down specific operating procedures for PSI contracts and these must be applied. No exception is permitted without the express permission of Bureau Veritas GSIT Head Office.
2.1 Request for verification
The Liaison office is responsible for the appropriate handling of the requests of verification in Iraq. Also, the Liaison office is responsible for the following:-
Data verification of requests of verification given by the importer.
Transfer of requests of verification data and scans to the relevant Bureau Veritas office.
Amendment recording in ATLAS.
Agreement between the importer and the Liason office.
The importer fills in the requests of verification to which the proforma invoice is attached.
Additional information may be requested when necessary.
For all internal operations, the LO refers to its own specific instructions which reflects BV GSIT quality procedures.
2.2. Files Co-ordination
The liaison office must follow up on all ongoing files in order assist importers.
The liaison office questions directly the ATLAS programme to obtain instantly a file status which can be transmitted to the client when required.
For all internal operations, the LO refers to its own specific instructions.
2.3 This part is certainly the most sensitive task and it must be dealt carefully and personally by the LO Manager in coordination with BUREAU VERITAS GHIT HO.
For these operations, the LO refers to CDG PG 06.
2.4 Control of Certificate
The Liaison office is responsible for the following:-
Checking that certificates are complete before printing (no data missing and no contradicting information)
Printing certificates
Singing and stamping the original copies, affixing the BUREAU VERITAS GSIT Hologram (where required), recording in BV IT system the unique number of the hologram and of the security .
Dispatching the certificates.