Amandine Combe
The EA Multilateral Agreement Council (MAC) held its 54th meeting on 6 and 7 May 2026 in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
EA is organising a workshop with the European Commission for National Accreditation Bodies in which the European Commission will provide an update on the implementation of the EU Methane Regulation
EA is organizing with the European Commission an online workshop on the Machinery Regulation and its impact on the Lifts Directive for the notifying authorities and national accreditation bodies working in these two sectors.
EA published the revision of the document EA-4/20 Guidance for the assessment of laboratories against EN ISO 15189:2022 Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) on 21 April 2026
The EA MAC considered the outcome of the evaluation of ALGERAC (Algeria) and the re-evaluation of NAB-Malta (Malta), and took several decisions.
The European Commission services recently published a survey targeting verifiers or other persons interested in applying for CBAM accreditation.
EA is organising on 28 April with ENISA a workshop on the implementation of the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/482, aiming at enhancing harmonisation among NABs.
ISO/IEC 17020:2026 and ISO/IEC 17024:2026 have been published by ISO respectively on 31 March and 1 April 2026
EA is organizing, with the European Commission and ENISA, an online workshop on the CRA.
EA has published a directory of National Accreditation Bodies that intend to offer accreditation of verifiers for EU CBAM.
In November 2025, the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2358 laying down rules on certification schemes, certification bodies, and audits under Regulation (EU) 2024/3012 has been published in the Official Journal of the EU.