Mr. N. Venkateswaran, AIC Chair welcomed all the AIC members and other participants for the annual meeting of ILAC AIC held on 17^th October 2025 at Bangkok. More than 100 participants attended the meeting. In addition to ILAC AIC, two working groups (WG) meeting conducted in-person at Bangkok – WG ISO/IEC 17025 and WG Metrology.

The Chair updated about all the 11 AIC WG’s activities including respective sub working groups and informed the following:

• WG ISO/IEC 17025 meeting held on 16 October 2025 in-person at Bangkok. About 60 participants have attended the meeting. Brief update provided about Liaisons. Detailed discussion held on Sampling as laboratory activity.
• Webinar on ISO 16140-3 ‘Method verification’ completed successfully on 28 August 2025 (11:00 – 12:30 hrs UTC), about 300 participants attended the webinar.
• Liaison with EGOLF related to Fire Testing Laboratories is closed in view of no one volunteering nor any items for discussion.
• Update on Revision status of ILAC G26, ILAC G8, ILAC P10 and ILAC G7.
• Specific FORUM on DX in metrology

Following are the key updates from AIC meetings:

WG ISO/IEC 17025: Revision of Annexure C of ILAC G19 to align with ISO 15189: 2022 (Document circulated for comments) and ILAC P10 – Updates provided about the Draft annex (guidance) on CRMs not covered by ILAC P10 clauses 4 and 6.

WG ISO 15189: Editorial corrections in ILAC G26 (Guidance for the Implementation of a Medical Accreditation Scheme) agreed by the members.

WG ISO 17034: ISO/TC334 resolves to support the early revision of the ISO 17034 standard.

WG ISO 20387: The revision of ISO 20387 Biotechnology – Biobanking – General requirements for biobanks is under process and the chair updated that this WG is separated from WG 17034.

WG ISO/IEC 17043: The draft amendment (DAM1) of ISO 13528: 2022 is out for voting (5th September 2025 to 28th November 2025), with a target date for publication of 3rd July 2026.

WG Horse Racing ILAC-IFHA: Revision of ILAC G7: 04/2021 is under progress.

Liaison with ISO/TC 272 (WG Forensic): The Chair updated that the standards of Forensic Sciences were published in June 2025 viz – ISO 21043-1 2nd ed. Part 1: Vocabulary & ISO 21043-3 Part 3: Analysis &

ISO 21043-4 Part 4: Interpretation & ISO 21043-5 Part 5: Reporting.

Liaison Eurachem: Next Eurachem GA will be held on 14-15 May 2026 in Lisbon, Portugal. An associated workshop will be held on 11-12 May 2026 “Quality in Analytical Measurements: Uncertainty Evaluation and Results Interpretation”.

Liaison JCGM:

• Verbal update provided about the discussions taking place regarding the proposal for new definition of “measurement uncertainty”.

Liaison JCTLM:

• Verbal update provided regarding stakeholders meeting and workshop on “Result harmonization in medical laboratories: accomplishments and challenges” during 01-02 December 2025.

The additional items discussed during the meeting were update about GAFTA (Grain and Feed Trade Association) and WP.6 Activities (35th Session of the Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies (WP.6), held on 09-10 September 2025).

Discussion on the Global Accreditation Cooperation Incorporated Strategic Plan: The chair invited discussion among the members on strategic issues relevant to the development of the Global Accreditation Cooperation Incorporated Strategic Plan. There were very few feedbacks from members. It was suggested to conduct a survey and take opinions from members.

The chair thanked all the WG convenors of AIC for their contributions and all the AIC members for their support and co-operation.

The Chair informed that this is the last meeting of ILAC AIC and the next meeting will be conducted under the Global Accreditation Cooperation Incorporated as “Technical Committee 1”.