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

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

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.

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

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

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

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 55th meeting on 30 September in Roissy, France. 59 participants from 42 National Accreditation Bodies (NABs) attended the EA MAC meeting.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.