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 ESYD (Greece) and made the decision as follows:

ESYD, the National Accreditation Body of Greece, remains 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 2027 (considering the standard 4-year intervals from the initial evaluation).

This decision is valid from the 28^th of March 2025.

For further information on the EA MLA and the peer evaluation, click here.