News

EA held a MAC Refresher Training for Team Members authorized in Calibration (EN ISO/IEC 17025), Reference Material Producers (EN ISO/IEC…

The EA MLA Mark is not an ordinary mark. It is a collective European & international mark that reflects a shared commitment by all NABs signatories to the EA MLA to competence, transparency, harmonisation, and the specific role and value of the European Accreditation system.

The references of the “EN ISO 20387:2020 Biotechnology – Biobanking – General requirements for biobanking” are published in the Official Journal of the EU as of 23 February 2026.

The EA Multilateral Agreement Council (MAC) held its 53rd meeting on 1 October 2025 in Brussels, Belgium.

The EA MAC is responsible for the effective and impartial management and monitoring of the peer evaluation process.

As signatory to the EA MLA the accreditation system operated by UKAS continues to be accepted by the other signatories as equivalent to their own accreditation system

Interview of Maria Papatzikou, Chair of the EA MLA Council, and Daniela Ionescu, Secretary of the EA MLA Council

The EA Multilateral Agreement Council (MAC) has held its 52nd meeting on 7-8 May 2025 in Tbilisi, Georgia.

The EA MAC considered the outcome of the re-evaluation of EAK (Estonia), and took several decisions.

EA conducted a training session in December 2023 for potential evaluators.

EA is pleased to announce the launch of its new Multilateral Agreement mark, the EA MLA Mark, as a new tool for the EA members and their accredited Conformity Assessment Bodies.

EA held a MAC Refresher Training for Team Members on 22-23 November 2023 in Brussels (Belgium).

The EA Multilateral Agreement (MLA) was signed by 44 EA Members by end of 2022.

The EA MAC has just held its 48th meeting on 26-27 April 2023 in Belgrade, Serbia.