One of the greatest personalities of EA has gone.

Daniel Pierre passed away on 4^th November 2022.

It was a special privilege to work closely to Daniel. When we met for dinner, we used to recall the good old times of the beginning of COFRAC and of EA. He was proud – with reasons! –  of what had been achieved with all the colleagues on the Executive Committee, in the General Assembly and the Secretariat. From the merge of EAC and EAL to the setting up of EA in June 2000, Daniel has also been very much involved in the preparation of Regulation 765.

Daniel was happy to recall the vivid discussions in the EA meetings, the good times spent on the margins of the meetings and very often said how lucky he had been to have been given the opportunity to have a leading role in such a time, in such a field. He was proud and committed to the values of accreditation and fully devoted to promoting and continuously reinforcing the European model, in every occasion.

Daniel was an exceptional professional, he was the image of energy, a very good and humane man also, with his family and friends. Having the sense of people, he was a solicitous person, and, despite all his achievements, he always remained humble.

Michèle his wife said he passed away just as he lived, “like the cork of a bottle of champagne”!

Thank you, Daniel, RIP!

Martine Blum, EA Secretariat

Daniel served as the EA Chair from January 2000 – the 1^st Chairman of the newly established EA – to December 2006 and the EA Vice Chair from January 2010, during the setting up of the Secretariat in Paris, until December 2013 when he stopped his professional activities. Daniel was also the Vice Chair of ILAC between 2001 and 2004 and the ILAC Chair from 2005 to 2010.