Accreditation and Conformity Assessment
The European Commission published new Guidance on CBAM verification and accreditation for Verifiers and National Accreditation Bodies.
EA is organising, on 29 September, with the European Commission, a workshop to provide an opportunity for EA National Accreditation Bodies to exchange views with the European Commission on the proposed MRV simplification measures.
The EA Inspection Committee organized a training session on 1-2 July 2026 to review the new edition of ISO/IEC 17020:2026
EA has published today the revised EA-2/17 EA Document on Accreditation for Notification Purposes and its 3 Supplements.
On 20 May, the global metrology community celebrates World Metrology Day, marking the anniversary of the signature of the Metre Convention in 1875, the international agreement that established the foundation for global collaboration in measurement science.
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 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 has published a directory of National Accreditation Bodies that intend to offer accreditation of verifiers for EU CBAM.

