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At the Global Accreditation Cooperation Incorporated General Assembly meeting held in Bangkok (Thailand) on 23-24 October 2025, a total of…

EA is organising, on 29 September, with the European Commission, a workshop to provide an opportunity for EA National Accreditation Bodies to exchange views with the European Commission on the proposed MRV simplification measures.

Maureen Logghe (BELAC, the Belgium National Accreditation Body) and Cecilie Laake (NA, the Norwegian NAB) have just been re-elected as EA President and Vice-President.

Fifty-five participants attended two Train-the-Trainer sessions organized by the EA Laboratory Committee on Accreditation of Proficiency Testing Providers

The European Commission is working on an improvement of the Ecodesign Directive 2009/125/EC. This directive has a long track record…

EA has published a directory of National Accreditation Bodies that intend to offer accreditation of verifiers for EU CBAM.

The European Commission services recently published a survey targeting verifiers or other persons interested in applying for CBAM accreditation.

The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), which entered into force on 1 January 2026, is a climate policy tool designed to prevent carbon leakage and ensure fair competition between EU and non-EU producers.

The theme for World Accreditation Day (WAD) 2024 is “Empowering Tomorrow and Shaping the Future.”

The European Commission published new Guidance on CBAM verification and accreditation for Verifiers and National Accreditation Bodies.

EA published the document EA-3/02 EA Policy for the Accreditation of Certification Bodies Providing Certification of PDO1, PGI2 and TSG3 on 13 January 2026.

EA is organizing with the European Commission an online workshop on the Machinery Regulation and its impact on the Lifts Directive for the notifying authorities and national accreditation bodies working in these two sectors.

A fire laboratory assesses the performance of a product by testing according to a test method.