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 The EA Multilateral Agreement Council (EA MAC) is responsible for the effective and impartial management and monitoring of the peer evaluation process.

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

EA held a remote MAC Refresher Training on 16–17 June for Team Members authorized in Management System Certification, Persons Certification, and Validation and Verification.

The EA Multilateral Agreement (MLA) was signed by 44 EA Members by the end of 2023.

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

The EA Multilateral Agreement Council (MAC) held its 54th meeting on 6 and 7 May 2026 in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

19 participants from 15 National Accreditation Bodies (NABs) participated in the training led by Hélène Mehay, Sergio Guzzi, and Ankica Barišić on 5-6 November 2025.