ILAC MRA 2012 Annual Report
Introduction
ILAC, the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation is the
international authority on laboratory and inspection body accreditation, with a
membership consisting of accreditation bodies and stakeholder organisations
throughout the world.
ILAC provides the infrastructure that supports the world-wide demonstration of
competence and equivalence of testing (including medical) and calibration
laboratories, inspection bodies and other types of bodies serving or
supporting laboratories and inspection bodies through accreditation.
Accreditation of laboratories and inspection bodies supports activities within
and between economies including trade, protection of health, safety and the
environment for the public benefit. Its fundamental purpose is to provide
confidence in the competence of bodies supporting these activities.
The ILAC Arrangement is an international, multilateral mutual recognition
arrangement for accreditation bodies. Participating accreditation bodies agree
to promote acceptance of the equivalence of calibration, test and inspection
reports produced by accredited facilities. Each accreditation body undergoes
peer evaluation according to ILAC rules and procedures prior to becoming a
signatory to the ILAC Arrangement.
ILAC, the recognised regional cooperation bodies of ILAC and the
accreditation body signatories all commit significant time and resources
through the peer evaluation process to maintain and improve the integrity,
consistency and recognition of the ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement
(MRA). This annual report provides information on the activities carried out as
part of the peer evaluation process to ensure that regulators and consumers
of laboratory and inspection data are able to maintain confidence in the
results produced under the ILAC MRA.
The ILAC MRA
The ILAC MRA is an agreement signed by the signatory accreditation bodies
to recognise the equivalence of the accreditation programs operated within
the scope of their signatory status.
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The aim of the ILAC MRA is provide recipients of laboratory and inspection
body reports confidence that the results have been generated by a technically
competent facility through accreditation by an accreditation body that is a
signatory to the ILAC MRA.
The ILAC MRA provides assurance that laboratories and inspection bodies in
different economies are operating to the same standards, as the accreditation
programs of the accreditation bodies that are signatories to the ILAC MRA are
all evaluated on an on-going basis to confirm equivalence.
The details of the ILAC MRA are included in ILAC P5 ILAC Mutual
Recognition Arrangement (Arrangement) available from
https://ilac.org/procseries.html
Scope of the ILAC MRA
The scope of the ILAC MRA covers:
•
Calibration laboratories: ISO/IEC 17025
•
Testing laboratories: ISO/IEC 17025
•
Medical testing laboratories: ISO 15189
•
Inspection bodies: ISO/IEC 17020
Signatories to the ILAC MRA
The ILAC MRA is based on the established and peer evaluated multi-lateral
arrangements (MRA/MLAs) of the recognised regional cooperation bodies.
Accreditation bodies that are Associate members of ILAC and a signatory to a
recognised regional MRA/MLA are automatically accepted as signatories to
the ILAC MRA.
Where there is no recognised regional cooperation body available for an
accreditation body to be a member, ILAC provides the opportunity for these
accreditation bodies to be peer evaluated as an unaffiliated accreditation
body.
As of Dec 2012 there were:
•
•
3 regional cooperation bodies recognised under the ILAC MRA - Asia
Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Co-operation (APLAC), European cooperation for Accreditation (EA) and Interamerican Accreditation
Cooperation (IAAC);
4 unaffiliated accreditation bodies - EGAC (Egypt), NCA (Kazakhstan),
SANAS (South Africa) and DAC (United Arab Emirates); and
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•
74 signatories via the MRA/MLAs of the recognised regions from 61
economies.
The list of signatories to the ILAC MRA, including the details on the scope of
each signatory, as at December 2012 is attached as Appendix 1. The current
version of this list of signatories is available from
https://www.ilac.org/ilacarrangement.html and in brochure format from
https://ilac.org/prom_brochure.html
Evaluations
During 2012, 3 re-evaluations and 2 scope extension activities to cover
inspection body accreditation of the regional cooperation bodies were
finalised.
Two re-evaluations of unaffiliated accreditation bodies were conducted and
finalised.
A pre-evaluation and an initial evaluation of an accreditation body were
conducted.
In addition to these evaluations carried out by ILAC, the recognised regional
cooperation bodies carried out the following peer evaluation visits:
•
•
•
APLAC - 12;
EA – 12; and
IAAC – 6.
Evaluator Resources
Twelve evaluators were involved in the re-evaluation and scope extension
visits carried for the regional cooperation bodies. Two of these re-evaluations
were conducted as joint evaluations with IAF.
Fifteen evaluators were involved in the 4 unaffiliated body visits conducted in
2012. One of these was a joint re-evaluation with IAF.
Decisions by the ILAC Arrangement Council
The ILAC Arrangement Council reviewed and considered 7 evaluation reports
based on the recommendation of the ILAC AMC.
These reports included the following findings:
•
•
•
Non-conformities: 46
Concerns: 77
Comments: 82
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Extension of the scope of the ILAC MRA to include inspection body
accreditation
At the ILAC Arrangement Council meeting held on 24 October 2012, the ILAC
MRA was extended to include the accreditation of inspection bodies. The
MRA/MLAs for inspection of the recognised regions APLAC, EA and IAAC
were recognised and 39 accreditation bodies from 39 economies became
inaugural signatories for this scope extension.
As of December 2012 there were 43 signatories to the ILAC MRA for
inspection body accreditation.
The ILAC MRA Mark
The signatories to the ILAC MRA and their accredited calibration and testing
laboratories are able to use the ILAC MRA Mark via licensing agreements and
in accordance with ILAC R7 Rules for the Use of the ILAC MRA Mark thereby
receiving the benefits of being able to readily promote their international
recognition status and the acceptance of the results generated under these
accreditations.
As at December 2012, 52 signatories to the ILAC MRA had signed licensing
agreements to use the ILAC MRA Mark.
On-going development of the ILAC MRA
•
ILAC is working to address the legal issues that need resolving prior to
allowing accredited inspection bodies to use the ILAC MRA Mark.
•
ILAC membership currently includes 3 regional cooperation bodies,
African Accreditation Cooperation (AFRAC), Arab Accreditation
Cooperation (ARAC) and Southern African Development Community in
Accreditation (SADCA) that are working towards peer evaluation of
their MRA/MLAs to become recognised regional cooperation bodies to
the ILAC MRA.
•
Work is currently in progress to further extend the ILAC MRA to include
accreditation programs covering Reference Material Producers (ISO
Guide 34) and Proficiency Testing Providers (ISO/IEC 17043).
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Additional Information
The ILAC website (https://ilac.org/home.html) provides information on the
ILAC MRA (https://ilac.org/ilacarrangement.html) and also includes brochures
(https://ilac.org/prom_brochure.html) and information on World Accreditation
Day (https://ilac.org/world_accreditation_day.html) celebrated on the 9 June
each year.
The ILAC Secretariat
PO Box 7507
Silverwater NSW 2128
Australia
Phone: +61 2 9736 8374
Email: ilac@nata.com.au
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Signatories to the ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement
No.
Accreditation Body
Economy
Scope
1
Organismo Argentino de Acreditacion (OAA)
Argentina
1
2
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia (NATA)
Australia
2
3
Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand (JAS-ANZ)
Australia/New
Zealand
2
4
Akkreditierung Austria
Austria
3
5
(e) (p)
Belgium
4
Belgian Accreditation Structure (BELAC)
(f)
Brazil
5
7
Coordenação Geral de Acreditação
General Coordination for Accreditation (CGCRE)
(r)
Canadian Association for Laboratory Accreditation Inc. (CALA)
Canada
6
8
Standards Council of Canada (SCC)
Canada
6
9
Instituto Nacional de Normalización (INN)
Chile
7
(b) (o)
6
10
China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment
(CNAS)
People’s Republic
of China
8
11
Hong Kong Accreditation Service (HKAS)
China, Hong Kong
9
12
Ente Costarricense de Acreditación (ECA)
Costa Rica
10
13
Croatian Accreditation Agency (HAA)
Croatia
11
14
National Accreditation Body of Republica de Cuba (ONARC)
Cuba
12
MRA Signatories 78
Updated 20 December 2012
Original
Signing Date
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Testing ISO/IEC 17025
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
11 Aug 2005
11 Aug 2005
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
24 Oct 2012
Inspection IOS/IEC 17020
07 Nov 2012
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Testing ISO/IEC 17025
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
Testing ISO/IEC 17025
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
Testing ISO/IEC 17025
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
22 Sept 2002
22 Sept 2002
24 Oct 2012
01 Aug 2006
01 Aug 2006
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
17 Nov 2005
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
08 Oct 2010
08 Oct 2010
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
24 Oct 2012
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
24 Oct 2012
16 Jan 2007
22 Mar 2010
24 Oct 2012
29 Apr 2010
29 Apr 2010
24 Oct 2012
17 Sept 2005
17 Sept 2005
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Signatories to the ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement
No.
Accreditation Body
Economy
Scope
15
Cyprus Organisation for the Promotion of Quality (CYS) Cyprus
Accreditation Body (CYSAB)
Cyprus
13
16
Czech Accreditation Institute (CAI)
Czech Republic
14
17
Danish Accreditation (DANAK)
Denmark
15
18
Organismo De Acreditacion Ecuatoriano (OAE)
Ecuador
16
19
(x)
Egypt
17
20
(g)
Finland
18
21
Comite Francais d’Accreditation (COFRAC)
France
19
22
(w)
Germany
20
23
(j)
Greece
21
24
Oficina Guatemalteca de Acreditación (OGA)
Guatemala
22
25
Hungarian Accreditation Board (NAT)
Hungary
23
26
National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories
(NABL)
India
24
27
National Accreditation Body of Indonesia (KAN)
Indonesia
25
Egyptian Accreditation Council (EGAC)
Finnish Accreditation Service (FINAS)
Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle GmbH (DakkS)
Hellenic Accreditation System S.A. (ESYD)
MRA Signatories 78
Updated 20 December 2012
Original
Signing Date
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
18 Oct 2011
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
Testing ISO/IEC 17025
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
Testing ISO/IEC 17025
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Testing ISO/IEC 17025
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
24 Oct 2012
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
24 Oct 2012
03 Dec 2011
03 Dec 2011
24 Oct 2012
10 Oct 2009
10 Oct 2009
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
24 Oct 2012
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
24 Oct 2012
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
24 Oct 2012
22 May 2004
22 May 2004
30 Nov 2012
26 June 2008
14 Mar 2012
28 Apr 2010
28 Apr 2010
24 Oct 2012
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
20 June 2001
30 Dec 2003
24 Oct 2012
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Signatories to the ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement
No.
Accreditation Body
28
(h)
29
Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB)
Economy
Scope
Ireland
26
Israel Laboratory Accreditation Authority (ISRAC)
Israel
27
30
(l)
Italy
28
31
(a)
Japan
29
32
Japan Accreditation Board (JAB)
Japan
29
33
Voluntary EMC Laboratory Accreditation Center INC (VLAC)
Japan
29
34
National Centre of Accreditation (NCA)
Kazakhstan
30
35
Korea Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (KOLAS)
Republic of Korea
31
36
Office Luxembourgeois d’Accréditation et de Surveillance (OLAS)
Luxembourg
32
37
Department of Standards Malaysia (Standards Malaysia)
Malaysia
33
38
entidad mexicana de acreditación a.c. (ema)
Mexico
34
39
Mongolian Agency for Standardization and Metrology, Accreditation
Department (MNAS)
Mongolia
35
40
Dutch Accreditation Council (RvA)
The Netherlands
36
L’Ente Italiano di Accreditamento (ACCREDIA)
International Accreditation Japan (IAJapan)
MRA Signatories 78
Updated 20 December 2012
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
Testing ISO/IEC 17025
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
Testing ISO/IEC 17025
Testing ISO/IEC 17025
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Testing ISO/IEC 17025
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
Testing ISO/IEC 17025
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
Original
Signing Date
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
24 Oct 2012
03 Nov 2001
03 Nov 2001
24 Oct 2012
02 Nov 2000
07 Oct 2010
07 Nov 2012
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
28 July 2003
24 Oct 2012
16 Jan 2007
27 Oct 2010
27 Oct 2010
02 Nov 2000
20 June 2001
14 Apr 2011
19 Apr 2012
24 Oct 2012
16 Jan 2003
19 Nov 2003
17 Nov 2005
17 Nov 2005
24 Oct 2012
07 June 2012
07 June 2012
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
24 Oct 2012
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Signatories to the ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement
No.
Accreditation Body
Economy
Scope
41
International Accreditation New Zealand (IANZ)
New Zealand
37
42
(k)
Norway
38
43
Pakistan National Accreditation Council (PNAC)
Pakistan
39
44
45
Papua New Guinea Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (PNGLAS)
Organismo Nacional de Acreditacion (ONA)
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
40
41
46
(q)
Philippines
42
Poland
43
47
Norsk Akkreditering (NA)
Philippine Accreditation Office (PAO)
Polish Centre for Accreditation (PCA)
48
Instituto Portugues de Acreditacao (IPAC)
Portugal
44
49
Romanian Accreditation Association (RENAR)
Romania
45
50
Association of Analytical Centers “Analitica”
(AAC “Analitica”)
Russian Federation
46
51
Accreditation Body of Serbia (ATS)
Serbia
47
52
Singapore Accreditation Council (SAC)
Singapore
48
53
Slovak National Accreditation Service (SNAS)
Slovakia
49
54
Slovenian Accreditation (SA)
Slovenia
50
MRA Signatories 78
Updated 20 December 2012
Original
Signing Date
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
Testing ISO/IEC 17025
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Testing ISO/IEC 17025
Testing ISO/IEC 17025
Testing ISO/IEC 17025
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
24 Oct 2012
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
24 Oct 2012
21 May 2009
21 May 2009
12 May 2010
27 April 2012
17 Nov 2005
17 Nov 2005
19 Jan 2005
19 Jan 2005
24 Oct 2012
10 May 2006
10 May 2006
24 Oct 2012
22 May 2004
28 May 2009
Testing ISO/IEC 17025
21 May 2009
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
24 May 2012
24 May 2012
24 Oct 2012
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
24 Oct 2012
11 June 2001
11 June 2001
24 Oct 2012
28 Nov 2003
28 Nov 2003
24 Oct 2012
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Signatories to the ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement
No.
Accreditation Body
Economy
Scope
55
South African National Accreditation System (SANAS)
South Africa
51
56
Entidad Nacional de Acreditacion (ENAC)
Spain
52
57
Sri Lanka Accreditation Board for Conformity Assessment (SLAB)
Sri Lanka
53
58
Swedish Board for Accreditation and Conformity Assessment
(SWEDAC)
Sweden
54
59
Swiss Accreditation Services (SAS)
Switzerland
55
60
(d)
Chinese Taipei
56
Thailand
57
Thailand
57
61
62
Taiwan Accreditation Foundation (TAF)
Bureau of Laboratory Accreditation, Department of Science Service,
Ministry of Science and Technology (BLA-DSS)
(m)
The Bureau of Laboratory Quality Standards, Department of Medical
Sciences, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand (BLQS-DMSc)
(i) (t)
63
National Standardization Council of Thailand – Office of the
National Accreditation Council (NSC – ONAC)
Thailand
57
64
The Accreditation Institute of the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia (IARM)
The former
Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia
58
Tunisia
59
65
Tunisian Accreditation Council (TUNAC)
66
Turkish Accreditation Agency (TURKAK)
Turkey
60
67
Dubai Accreditation Department (DAC)
United Arab
Emirates
61
MRA Signatories 78
Updated 20 December 2012
Original
Signing Date
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
24 Oct 2012
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
24 Oct 2012
09 Dec 2009
08 June 2012
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
24 Oct 2012
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
24 Oct 2012
Testing ISO/IEC 17025
23 Aug 2006
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Testing ISO/IEC 17025
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
Testing ISO/IEC 17025
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
04 April 2003
03 Nov 2001
03 Nov 2001
24 Oct 2012
19 Apr 2012
19 Apr 2012
24 Oct 2012
02 Apr 2008
02 Apr 2008
10 May 2006
10 May 2006
24 Oct 2012
18 Oct 2009
18 Oct 2009
24 Oct 2012
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Signatories to the ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement
No.
Accreditation Body
Economy
Scope
Original
Signing Date
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
Testing ISO/IEC 17025
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
24 Oct 2012
22 Oct 2010
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
24 Oct 2012
64
Testing ISO/IEC 17025
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection
14 Sept 2006
14 Sept 2006
05 Dec 2012
USA
64
Testing ISO/IEC 17025
22 Aug 2010
USA
64
Testing ISO/IEC 17025
07 April 2009
USA
64
Accreditation Services Bureau (A-S-B)
USA
64
76
National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP)
USA
64
77
Perry Johnson Laboratory Accreditation, Inc. (PJLA)
USA
64
78
(n)
Vietnam
65
Testing ISO/IEC 17025
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
Testing ISO/IEC 17025
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Testing ISO/IEC 17025
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Testing ISO/IEC 17025
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
02 Nov 2000
09 May 2005
05 Nov 2012
06 Dec 2007
06 Dec 2007
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
06 June 2008
21 May 2009
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
24 Oct 2012
68
United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS)
United Kingdom
62
69
Organismo Uruguayo De Acreditación (OUA)
Uruguay
63
70
American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA)
USA
64
USA
AIHA Laboratory Accreditation Program, LLC (AIHA-LAP, LLC)
American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory
Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB)
74
(c)
75
(s)
71
72
73
ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board
doing business as ACLASS & FQS
International Accreditation Service, Inc (IAS)
Bureau of Accreditation (BoA)
MRA Signatories 78
Updated 20 December 2012
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Signatories to the ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)
(k)
(l)
(m)
(n)
(o)
(p)
(q)
(r)
(s)
(t)
(w)
(x)
IAJapan was formed from a restructure of JCSS and JNLA on 1 April 2002.
CNAL was formed from a restructure of CCIBLAC and CNACL on 20 Feb 2003
IAS was formed from a restructure of ICBO on 1 Dec 2002
TAF was formed from a restructure of CNLA on 16 April 2005
BELTEST and BKO/OBE originally signed the MRA
Diretoria de Credenciamento e Qualidade/Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Normalizacao e Qualidade Industrial (INMETRO) originally signed the MRA
FINAS, Finnish Accreditation Service Centre for Metrology and Accreditation originally signed the MRA. Their name changed to Finnish Accreditation
Service (FINAS)
The Irish National Accreditation Board (NAB) originally signed the MRA. NAB changed their name to Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB)
Thai Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (TLAS) originally signed the MRA. TLAS changed their name to TISI
Hellenic Accreditation Council originally signed the MRA. Hellenic Accreditation Council changed their name to Hellenic Accreditation System S.A. (ESYD)
Norwegian Accreditation originally signed the MRA. Norwegian Accreditation changed their name to Norsk
Akkreditering (NA)
Sistema Nazionale per l’Accreditamento originally signed the MRA. Sistema Nazionale per l’Accreditamneto changed their name to Sistema Nazionale per
l’Accreditamneto di Laboratori (SINAL).
ACCREDIA was formed as a result of the incorporation of SINAL and SINCERT and was accepted as signatory to the EA MLA on 29 May 2009 for testing
only.
SIT (original signing date – 9 April 2003 for calibration only) was incorporated into COPA. EA MLA signatory status was transferred to COPA on 4
November 2009. Signatory status of COPA to the ILAC MRA was withdrawn effective 21 May 2010 as a result of the termination of COPA’s membership in
EA as per EA Resolution 2010 (25) 3.
ACCREDIA assumed the responsibilities for the accreditation of calibration laboratories in Italy from July 2010 as
COPA was no longer operational. ACCREDIA was accepted as a signatory to the EA MLA for calibration on 7
October 2010.
Bureau of Laboratory Quality Standards (BLQS) Department of Medical Sciences (DMSc) originally signed the MRA. Their name changed to The Bureau of
Laboratory Quality Standards, Department of Medical Sciences, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand (BLQS-DMSc)
Vietnam Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (VILAS/STAMEQ) originally signed the MRA. Their name changed to Bureau of Accreditation (BoA)
CNAS was formed from the merger of CNAL and CNAB
BELTEST and BKO/OBE ceased to exist on 1 August 2006
PAO was reinstated as a signatory by the APLAC MRA Council for testing and calibration on 10 December 2008. This follows the suspension as a result of
the Resolution of the APLAC MRA Council on 5 June 2008 whereby the signatory status for calibration and testing for PAO was suspended.
Canadian Association for Environmental Analytical Laboratories (CAEAL) originally signed the MRA. CAEAL changed its name to Canadian Association for
Laboratory Accreditation Inc. (CALA) on 23 June 2008
Assured Calibration and Laboratory Accreditation Select Services was acquired by ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board and are now know as ANSI-ASQ
National Accreditation Board doing business as ACLASS as of 18 September 08. As of 1 January 2012, ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board acquired
Forensic Quality Services (FQS) a signatory to the ILAC MRA for testing since 10 December 2010 and are now known as ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation
Board doing business as FQS.
TLAS changed their name to National Standardization Council of Thailand – Office of the National Accreditation Council on 29 January 2009.
DakkS was formed from a merger of DGA and DKD in December 2009.
DGA was formed from a merger of Deutsches Akkreditierungssytem Prufwesen (DAP), Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle (DACH), and Deutsche
Akkreditierungsstelle Technik in Trägergemeinschaft für Akkreditierung German Association for Accreditation GmbH (DATech in TGA GmbH).
National Laboratories Accreditation Bureau (NLAB) merged into EGAC as of 28 December 2009.
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