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Spanish infographic now available to support the ILAC MRA 2018 Annual report.
As a result of a recent ballot, ILAC G27:07/2019 Guidance on measurements performed as part of an inspection process has been published.
This document is intended to provide guidance on measurements carried out as part of an inspection activity for both inspection bodies and the accreditation bodies assessing inspection bodies.
The latest version of G27 is available here.
Emirates National Accreditation System (ENAS) is now a Full Member of ILAC.
ENAS has become a signatory to the ILAC MRA for testing (ISO/IEC 17025) and calibration (ISO/IEC 17025). ENAS originally joined ILAC as an Associate member on 8 November 2005, and we are now pleased to welcome ENAS as a Full Member of ILAC.
The full list of signatories to the ILAC MRA is available here.
The ILAC MRA, as announced last month, now includes the accreditation of proficiency testing providers (PTP) using ISO/IEC 17043.
Since announcing this extension last month and the recognition of the EA MLA to the ILAC MRA covering the accreditation of PTP, there are now 13 signatories to the ILAC MRA for the accreditation of PTP using ISO/IEC 17043 namely BELAC (Belgium), FINAS (Finland), CAI (Czech Republic), DANAK (Denmark), DAkkS (Germany), EGAC (Egypt), EYSD (Greece), ACCREDIA (Italy), RvA (The Netherlands), SNAS (Slovakia), ENAC (Spain), TURKAK (Turkey) and UKAS (United Kingdom). This represents more than 135 proficiency testing providers currently covered by the ILAC MRA.
The full list of signatories to the ILAC MRA is available from https://ilac.org/signatory-search/. This directory is searchable by economy and scope of signatory status as well as the name and acronym of the accreditation bodies that are signatories to the ILAC MRA. The scope of recognition of the recognised regions to the ILAC MRA is available from https://ilac.org/ilac-mra-and-signatories/recognised-regional-cooperation-bodies/. Information on the acceptance of calibration, testing (including medical) and inspection results and programs provided by PTPs via the ILAC MRA is available from https://ilac.org/ilac-mra-and-signatories/.
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As in previous years, this report provides information on the activities carried out as part of the global peer evaluation process in 2018 in order to ensure that both regulators and consumers of laboratory and inspection data, are able to maintain confidence in the results produced under the ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA). The ILAC MRA 2018 Annual Report is available here. |
The ILAC MRA has now been extended to include the accreditation of proficiency testing providers (PTP) using ISO/IEC 17043!
This extension of the ILAC MRA has been implemented as a result of the recent publication of ILAC R6 that allows for the expansion of the MRA with a positive decision by the Arrangement Council of one region and the decision of the members of the ILAC Arrangement Council, taken in May 2018, that endorsed the recommendation of the AMC to recognise the EA MLA for the accreditation of PTP, as a result of the extra-ordinary evaluation of EA carried out in 2017.
We are therefore pleased to advise that the recognition of the EA MLA to the ILAC MRA now includes the accreditation of PTP using ISO/IEC 17043. In addition, there are now 5 signatories to the ILAC MRA for the accreditation of PTP using ISO 17043, namely FINAS (Finland), CAI (Czech Republic), RvA (The Netherlands), ENAC (Spain) and UKAS (United Kingdom).
The full list of signatories to the ILAC MRA is available from https://ilac.org/signatory-search/. This directory is searchable by economy and scope of signatory status as well as the name and acronym of the accreditation bodies that are signatories to the ILAC MRA. The scope of recognition of the recognised regions to the ILAC MRA is available from https://ilac.org/ilac-mra-and-signatories/recognised-regional-cooperation-bodies/. Information on the acceptance of calibration, testing and inspection results and programs provided by PTPs via the ILAC MRA is available from https://ilac.org/ilac-mra-and-signatories/.
