EA is pleased to announce the launch of its new Multilateral Agreement mark, the EA MLA Mark, as a new tool for the EA members and their accredited Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs) to demonstrate competence, compliance, and confidence in the services they offer.
A report or certificate showing the mark will help the market or the authorities identify that the report or certificate has been issued by an accredited CAB and that the results and services can be trusted.
Within the European Union, National Authorities shall recognize and accept results provided by bodies accredited by EU CABs. The mark will help them recognize such reports immediately.
Registration: status and coverage
The mark is registered as a collective mark of the EU and at the international level with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), in 43 EA NAB countries where the NAB is a signatory of the EA MLA: Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, Tunisia, Türkiye, Ukraine, United Kingdom.
What does the mark tell you?
The EA MLA mark gives the market, industry, prescribers, and regulators additional confidence in conformity assessment results provided by Conformity Assessment Bodies accredited by EA MLA signatories.
The EA MLA mark demonstrates that the NAB is an EA MLA signatory; it may also be used to show that a certificate or a report has been issued by an accredited Conformity Assessment Body under accreditation and that the conformity assessment results are reliable and can be trusted.
In concrete terms…
It says “European Recognition,” i.e., evidence that the National Accreditation Body has been successfully peer evaluated and is a signatory of the EA MLA. Subsequently, it also shows that the CAB is accredited by a NAB signatory of the EA MLA.
It means you can trust the body using the mark:
- for the scope for which the NAB has been peer evaluated by EA,
- and for the scope for which the CAB has been assessed by the NAB.
It says the body is competent and impartial. It is a stamp showing the accreditation benefits, such as competence and impartiality.
If you see the EA MLA mark, it must be in combination with the national accreditation mark. The MLA mark cannot be used to promote services or results in a field for which the CAB is not accredited and/or the NAB has not signed the MLA.
For more information on the EA MLA Mark, click here.
You have a question? Please contact secretariat@european-accreditation.org