日本展示会認証協議会は８月22日、「展示会統計に係る第三者認証制度」の調査方法および認証マーク使用期間について、９月１日から現行制度の一部を改正することを発表した。
展示会統計に係る第三者認証制度は、透明性・信頼性の高い展示会統計情報を提供するため、展示会主催者が公表する数値（来場者数、出展者数、出展面積）がガイドラインで定めた定義と指標に基づいていることを証明する制度として、平成24年度から運用が開始された。
しかし、初年度での認証は４社８件。
Japan Exhibition authentication Council announced on August 22 that they will partially amend the current system about the investigation method of "Third-party Certification System relating to the exhibition statistics" and the period of use of certification mark from September1.
The operation of "Third-party certification system relating to the exhibition statistics" was started from the fiscal year 2012 for the propose of providing highly transparent and reliable statistics and informations about exhibitions as a system to prove that the figures(number of visitors, number of exhibitors, exhibit area) announced by exhibition organizers are based on definitions and indicators set forth in the guidelines.
However, the authentications in the first year are 4 companies and 8 cases.
会期中調査にともなう主催者の負担が大きい、 認証申請料（30万円※税別） が高いなどの意見を受け、協議会は認証制度を設計した経済産業省と調査機関の窓口である日本公認会計士協会東京会と協議を重ね、現行制度の一部改正をまとめた。
主な改正点は、会期中調査実施にともなう主催者負担の解消と認証マーク使用期間を延長したことである。
経済産業省商務情報政策局生活文化創造産業課の佐藤慎思係長は、「今回の改正を機に、この認証制度を積極的に利用していただきたいと考えています」と語った。
By the opinion that a person in charge of sponsoring research during conference is large and application fee for authorization (300,000 yen plus tax) is high, the council discussed with Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, which designed a system of authorization, and Tokyo Chapter of Japan Certified Accountant Assoiation, which is the contact place of research institution several times, and summarized part of revision of the current system.
The main revision is reduction of responsibility of sponsor in the research during conference and extention of the period when authorization mark is used.
Mr.Shinshi Sato, assistant manager at Life Culture Creating Industry Section at Commerce Information Policy Department at Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said, "By this revision, we want people to use this authorization system as much as possible."
