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

EA conducted a newcomer training session in June 2026 for potential peer evaluators.

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.

EA published the EA MLA Report 2025.

The EA MAC considered the outcome of the evaluation of ALGERAC (Algeria) and the re-evaluation of NAB-Malta (Malta), and took several decisions.

As of 19 June 2026, the mark has been registered in all EA MLA member countries, and a new EA-3/01 Supplement 3 for Switzerland has been published.

EA held a MAC Refresher Training for Team Members authorized in Management System Certification (EN ISO/IEC 17021-1), Persons Certification (EN…

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

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 European co-operation for Accreditation (EA) is recognized by the European Commission to operate the peer evaluation system according Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 on accreditation.

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

The EA MAC considered the outcome of the re-evaluation of AA (Austria) and RENAR (Romania), and took several decisions.

The EA MAC considered the outcome of the re-evaluation of DPA (Albania) and evaluation and re-evaluation of TUNAC (Tunisia), and took several decisions.

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.