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Accreditation plays a vital role in ensuring trust, quality, and compliance across all sectors, especially in the increasingly regulated sectors.

The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), which entered into force on 1 January 2026, is a climate policy tool designed to prevent carbon leakage and ensure fair competition between EU and non-EU producers.

The EA President, Maureen Logghe, participated on 12 March in the Quality Infrastructure in a Digital World roundtable at the CIM – International Metrology Congress.

A fire laboratory assesses the performance of a product by testing according to a test method.

Fifty-five participants attended two Train-the-Trainer sessions organized by the EA Laboratory Committee on Accreditation of Proficiency Testing Providers

EA has published a directory of National Accreditation Bodies that intend to offer accreditation of verifiers for EU CBAM.

The EA Train-the-trainer course on ISO 15189:2022 was held between 6-9 June 2023 in Paris, France.

The European Commission is working on an improvement of the Ecodesign Directive 2009/125/EC. This directive has a long track record…

EA published the document EA-3/02 EA Policy for the Accreditation of Certification Bodies Providing Certification of PDO1, PGI2 and TSG3 on 13 January 2026.

On World Standards Day 2025, CEN, CENELEC, EA, EURAMET, EUROLAB, PROSAFE and WELMEC come together to celebrate the vital role of partnerships in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals…

IntroductionPursuant to Article 2 (10) of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008, accreditation is defined as an attestation by a national accreditation…

On October 14, 2024, the European Commission adopted a new regulation on cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements.

Maureen Logghe (BELAC, the Belgium National Accreditation Body) and Cecilie Laake (NA, the Norwegian NAB) have just been re-elected as EA President and Vice-President.