Accreditation and Conformity Assessment
EA has published the document EA-6/05 INF EU CBAM: Cooperation of Foreign National Accreditation Bodies with Local National Accreditation Bodies in third countries on 5 October 2026.
Following the first Workshop on 3 June 2026, EA is organizing a second workshop with the European Commission on Regulation (EU) 2024/1787 on the reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector
The European Commission has adopted Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/1425, laying down new rules for the calculation, verification and reporting of data on recycled plastic content in single-use plastic beverage bottles.
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.

