EA received a letter from Ms Kerstin Jorna (European Commission, Director-General of DG GROW), which is important for the accreditation and conformity assessment community.

The letter includes the following (excerpt):

National Accreditation Bodies and Conformity Assessment Bodies established in a Member State of the EU must comply with EU sanctions against Russia and Belarus (www.sanctionsmap.eu).

In this respect, EA Members established in a Member State of the EU cannot offer accreditation services to Conformity Assessment Bodies established in Russia and Belarus if these bodies are listed in the EU sanctions list.

Moreover, we recommend to the EU based National Accreditation Bodies in the current circumstances to terminate their accreditation services to Conformity Assessment Bodies established in Russia and Belarus.

The above refers not only to new accreditations, but also to the renewal of existing accreditations and to the monitoring of Conformity Assessment Bodies.

Conformity Assessment Bodies cannot assess and certify products of operators established in Russia and Belarus if:

a) these operators are listed in the EU sanctions list;

b) these products are subject to an import ban in the EU.

Moreover, we recommend to the EU based Conformity Assessment Bodies that in the current circumstances they consider terminating their conformity assessment services for products of operators established in Russia and Belarus, even if these products are not subject to an import ban in the EU.

The complete letter is available for download here.

You can find the EA statement on the War in the Ukraine here.