The EA Multilateral Agreement Council (EA MAC) is responsible for the effective and impartial management and monitoring of the peer evaluation process. It is responsible for the decisions on the EA MLA signatory status of National Accreditation Bodies and on results of peer evaluations to be taken for all signatories to the EA MLA.

The EA MAC considered the outcome of the re-evaluation of COFRAC (France), FINAS (Finland), and SWEDAC (Sweden) and decided as follows:

COFRAC, the National Accreditation Body of France, remains and EA MLA signatory in the fields of Calibration (EN ISO/IEC 17025), Testing (EN ISO/IEC 17025), including Medical Examinations (EN ISO 15189), Inspection (EN ISO/IEC 17020), Proficiency Testing Providers (EN ISO/IEC 17043), Certification of Management Systems (EN ISO/IEC 17021-1), Certification of Products (EN ISO/IEC 17065), Certification of Persons (EN ISO/IEC 17024), Validation and Verification (EN ISO/IEC 17029) and Reference Material Producers (EN ISO 17034).
The next full re-evaluation shall take place in October 2028 (considering the standard 4 years intervals from the initial evaluation).

FINAS, the National Accreditation Body of Finland, remains and EA MLA signatory in the fields of Calibration (EN ISO/IEC 17025), Testing (EN ISO/IEC 17025), including Medical Examinations (EN ISO 15189), Inspection (EN ISO/IEC 17020), Proficiency Testing Providers (EN ISO/IEC 17043), Certification of Management Systems (EN ISO/IEC 17021-1), Certification of Products (EN ISO/IEC 17065), Certification of Persons (EN ISO/IEC 17024) and Validation and Verification (EN ISO/IEC 17029).
The next full re-evaluation shall take place in May 2028 (considering the standard 4 years intervals from the initial evaluation).

SWEDAC, the National Accreditation Body of Sweden, remains and EA MLA signatory in the fields of Calibration (EN ISO/IEC 17025), Testing (EN ISO/IEC 17025), including Medical Examinations (EN ISO 15189), Inspection (EN ISO/IEC 17020), Proficiency Testing Providers (EN ISO/IEC 17043), Certification of Management Systems (EN ISO/IEC 17021-1), Certification of Products (EN ISO/IEC 17065), Certification of Persons (EN ISO/IEC 17024) and Validation and Verification (EN ISO/IEC 17029).
The next full re-evaluation shall take place in November 2028 (considering the standard 4 years intervals from the initial evaluation).

The MAC Decisions are valid from the 10^th of October 2025.

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