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The European Cooperation for Accreditation (EA) Multilateral Agreement (MLA) has once again demonstrated its significance

The EA Multilateral Agreement Council (EA MAC) is responsible for the effective and impartial management and monitoring

The EA Multilateral Agreement Council (MAC) held its 50th meeting on 24-25 April 2024 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

The Refresher Training session for TL and DTL was held on 10-11 December 2025, with 20 participants from 15 NABs, led by Kristina Hallman, Leopoldo Cortez, Nicole Vanlaethem and Daniela Ionescu.

The Refresher Training for Team Leaders (TL) and Deputy Team Leaders (DTL) was held on the 13th and 14th December 2023

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

ATCG, the National Accreditation Body of Montenegro, became an EA MLA signatory in October 2023

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

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

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

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 54th meeting on 6 and 7 May 2026 in Utrecht, the Netherlands.