Accreditation Bodies

Signatories to the ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement
No.
Accreditation Body
Economy
Scope
General Directorate of Accreditation (DPA)
Albania
Organismo Argentino de Acreditacion (OAA)
Argentina
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia (NATA)
Australia
Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand (JAS-ANZ)
Australia/New
Zealand
Akkreditierung Austria
Austria
Bangladesh Accreditation Board (BAB)
Bangladesh
(e) (p)
Belgium
Institute for Accreditation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BATA)
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Belgian Accreditation Structure (BELAC)
MRA Signatories
Updated 14 November 2016
Testing ISO/IEC 17025

Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020
Testing ISO 15189
Original
Signing Date
16 May 2016
11 Aug 2005
11 Aug 2005
26 Oct 2013
02 Nov 2000
13 Jan 2016
02 Nov 2000
24 Oct 2012
07 Nov 2012

22 Sept 2002
22 Sept 2002
24 Oct 2012
09 Mar 2015
29 June 2015
01 Aug 2006
01 Aug 2006
29 Mar 2013
21 Nov 2012
21 Nov 2012
21 Nov 2012
Page 1 of 11

No.
Accreditation Body
Economy
BOTSWANA
Southern African Development Community Accreditation Service

(SADCAS)
Angola
Congo
Lesotho
Madagascar
Malawi
Mozambique
Namibia
Seychelles
Swaziland
Tanzania
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Scope
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
(f)
10
Coordenao Geral de Acreditao

General Coordination for Accreditation (CGCRE)
Brazil
21
11
Executive Agency Buldgarina Accreditation Service
Bulgaria
22
12
13
(r)
Canadian Association for Laboratory Accreditation Inc. (CALA)

Institute for Quality Management in Healthcare (IQMH)
Canada
Canada
23
23
14
Standards Council of Canada (SCC)
Canada
23
15
Instituto Nacional de Normalizacin (INN)
Chile
24
(b) (o)
16
China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment

(CNAS)
Peoples Republic
of China
25
17
Hong Kong Accreditation Service (HKAS)
China, Hong Kong
26
MRA Signatories
Original
Signing Date

04 Nov 2015
04 Nov 2015

Testing ISO 15189
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
27 Feb 2013
4 Oct 2016
4 Oct 2016
4 Oct 2016
17 Nov 2005
05 Dec 2012
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
08 Oct 2010
08 Oct 2010
08 Aug 2016
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
24 Oct 2012
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
24 Oct 2012
Page 2 of 11

No.
Accreditation Body
Economy
Scope
18
Organismo Nacional de Acreditacin de Colombia (ONAC)
Colombia
27
19
Ente Costarricense de Acreditacin (ECA)
Costa Rica
28
20
Croatian Accreditation Agency (HAA)
Croatia
29
21
National Accreditation Body of Republica de Cuba (ONARC)
Cuba
30
22
Cyprus Organisation for the Promotion of Quality (CYS) Cyprus

Accreditation Body (CYSAB)
Cyprus
31
23
Czech Accreditation Institute (CAI)
Czech Republic
32
24
Danish Accreditation Fund (DANAK)
Denmark
33
25
Servicio de Acreditacin Ecuatoriano (SAE)
Ecuador
34
26
(x)
Egypt
35
27
Organismo Salvadoreo de Acreditacion (OSA)
El Salvador
36
28
(g)
Finland
37
Egyptian Accreditation Council (EGAC)
Finnish Accreditation Service (FINAS)
MRA Signatories

Testing ISO 15189
Original
Signing Date
7 April 2014
7 April 2014
16 Jan 2007
22 Mar 2010
24 Oct 2012
29 Apr 2010
29 Apr 2010
24 Oct 2012
17 Sept 2005
17 Sept 2005
18 Oct 2011
27 Feb 2013
07 Aug 2014
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
02 Apr 2014
10 Oct 2009
02 Apr 2014
19 Dec 2014
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
24 Oct 2012
Page 3 of 11

No.
Accreditation Body
Economy
Scope
29
Comite Francais dAccreditation (COFRAC)
France
38
30
(w)
Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle GmbH (DakkS)
Germany
39
31
(j)
Hellenic Accreditation System S.A. (ESYD)
Greece
40
32
Oficina Guatemalteca de Acreditacin (OGA)
Guatemala
41
33
National Accreditation Authority (NAH)
Hungary
42
(aa)
Hungarian Accreditation Board (NAT) TERMINATED
Hungary
35
National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories

(NABL)
National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies (NABCB)
36
National Accreditation Body of Indonesia (KAN)
Indonesia
44
37
(h)
Ireland
45
34
Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB)
MRA Signatories
India
43
India
43

Testing ISO 15189
TERMINATED
Testing ISO 15189
Original
Signing Date
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
02 Apr 2013
11 Nov 2016
11 Nov 2016
11 Nov 2016
28 Apr 2010
28 Apr 2010
24 Oct 2012
31 Dec 2015
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
16 Sept 2013
20 June 2001
14 Mar 2013
30 Dec 2003
24 Oct 2012
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
24 Oct 2012
Page 4 of 11

No.
Accreditation Body
Economy
Scope
38
Israel Laboratory Accreditation Authority (ISRAC)
Israel
46
39
(l)
Italy
47
40
Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC)
Jamaica
48
41
(a)
Japan
49
42
Japan Accreditation Board (JAB)
Japan
49
43
Voluntary EMC Laboratory Accreditation Center INC (VLAC)
Japan
49
44
National Centre of Accreditation (NCA)
Kazakhstan
50
45
Korea Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (KOLAS)
Republic of Korea
51
46
(z)
The Kyrgyz
Republic
52
47
Office Luxembourgeois dAccrditation et de Surveillance (OLAS)
Luxembourg
53
48
Department of Standards Malaysia (Standards Malaysia)
Malaysia
54
49
entidad mexicana de acreditacin a.c. (ema)
Mexico
55
LEnte Italiano di Accreditamento (ACCREDIA)
International Accreditation Japan (IAJapan)
The Kyrgyz Center of Accreditation (KCA) SUSPENDED
MRA Signatories

Testing ISO 15189
SUSPENDED
Original
Signing Date
03 Nov 2001
03 Nov 2001
24 Oct 2012
02 Nov 2000
07 Oct 2010
07 Nov 2012
31 Aug 2013
18 Sept 2015
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
23 Oct 2013
4 Nov 2015
14 Apr 2011
19 Apr 2012
24 Oct 2012
16 Jan 2003
19 Nov 2003
02 July 2015
17 Nov 2005
17 Nov 2005
24 Oct 2012
Page 5 of 11

No.
Accreditation Body
Economy
Scope
50
Mongolian Agency for Standardization and Metrology, Accreditation

Department (MNAS)
Mongolia
56
51
Dutch Accreditation Council (RvA)
The Netherlands
57
52
International Accreditation New Zealand (IANZ)
New Zealand
58
53
National Accreditation Office (ONA)
Nicaragua
59
54
(k)
Norway
60
55
Pakistan National Accreditation Council (PNAC)
Pakistan
61
56
57
Papua New Guinea Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (PNGLAS)

Organismo Nacional de Acreditacion (ONA)
Papua New Guinea

Paraguay
62
63
58
National Institute for Quality (INACAL-DA)
Peru
64
59
(q)
Philippines
65
Poland
66
Portugal
67
60
61
Norsk Akkreditering (NA)
Philippine Accreditation Bureau (PAB)
Polish Centre for Accreditation (PCA)
Instituto Portugues de Acreditacao (IPAC)
MRA Signatories

Original
Signing Date
07 June 2012
07 June 2012
09 Sept 2016
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
24 Oct 2012
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
24 Oct 2012
14 Jan 2015
12 May 2016
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
24 Oct 2012
21 May 2009
21 May 2009
12 May 2010
27 April 2012
15 April 2013
17 Nov 2005
17 Nov 2005
19 Jan 2005
19 Jan 2005
24 Oct 2012
10 May 2006
10 May 2006
24 Oct 2012
Page 6 of 11

No.
Accreditation Body
Economy
Scope
Original
Signing Date
22 May 2004
28 May 2009
28 Nov 2013
62
Romanian Accreditation Association (RENAR)
Romania
68

63
Association of Analytical Centers Analitica

(AAC Analitica)
Russian Federation
69
21 May 2009
64
GCC Accreditation Center (GAC)
SAUDI ARABIA
Bahrain
Kuwait
Oman
Qatar
UAE
Yemen
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
20 June 2016
65
Accreditation Body of Serbia (ATS)
Serbia
77
66
Singapore Accreditation Council (SAC)
Singapore
78
67
Slovak National Accreditation Service (SNAS)
Slovakia
79
68
Slovenian Accreditation (SA)
Slovenia
80
69
South African National Accreditation System (SANAS)
South Africa
81
70
Entidad Nacional de Acreditacion (ENAC)
Spain
82

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
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
24 Oct 2012
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
24 Oct 2012
MRA Signatories
Page 7 of 11

No.
Accreditation Body
Economy
Scope
71
Sri Lanka Accreditation Board for Conformity Assessment (SLAB)
Sri Lanka
83
72
Swedish Board for Accreditation and Conformity Assessment

(SWEDAC)
Sweden
84
73
Swiss Accreditation Services (SAS)
Switzerland
85
74
(d)
Chinese Taipei
86
Thailand
87
75
Taiwan Accreditation Foundation (TAF)
Bureau of Laboratory Accreditation, Department of Science Service,

Ministry of Science and Technology (BLA-DSS)
76
Thailand
87
(i) (t) (y)
77
National Standardization Council of Thailand Office of the

National Standardization Council (NSC ONSC)
Thailand
78
The Accreditation Institute of the former Yugoslav Republic of

Macedonia (IARM)
The former
Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia
88
Tunisia
89
Turkey
90
79
80
Tunisian Accreditation Council (TUNAC)
Turkish Accreditation Agency (TURKAK)
MRA Signatories
23 Aug 2006
04 April 2003

Testing ISO 15189
03 Nov 2001
03 Nov 2001
24 Oct 2012
19 Apr 2012
6 May 2015
19 Apr 2012
24 Oct 2012
02 Apr 2008
02 Apr 2008
06 Oct 2014
10 May 2006
10 May 2006
24 Oct 2012
87
(m)
The Bureau of Laboratory Quality Standards, Department of

Medical Sciences, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand (BLQS-DMSc)

Original
Signing Date
09 Dec 2009
08 June 2012
18 Jan 2016
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
24 Oct 2012
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
24 Oct 2012

Page 8 of 11

No.
Accreditation Body
Economy
Scope
81
National Accreditation Agency of Ukraine (NAAU)
Ukraine
91
82
Dubai Accreditation Department (DAC)
United Arab
Emirates
75
83
United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS)
United Kingdom
92
84
American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA)
USA
93
(s)
USA
ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB)
85
(bb)
American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory

Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB)
93
(bb)
Accreditation Services Bureau (A-S-B)

dba Laboratory Accreditation Bureau (L-A-B)
86
AIHA Laboratory Accreditation Program, LLC (AIHA-LAP, LLC)
USA
93
87
(c)
USA
93
88
National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP)
USA
93
89
Perry Johnson Laboratory Accreditation, Inc. (PJLA)
USA
93
International Accreditation Service, Inc (IAS)
MRA Signatories

Original
Signing Date
24 Sept 2014
24 Sept 2014
11 Dec 2014
18 Oct 2009
18 Oct 2009
24 Oct 2012
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
24 Oct 2012
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
24 Oct 2012
14 Sept 2006
14 Sept 2006
05 Dec 2012
07 April 2009

06 Dec 2007
06 Dec 2007

22 Aug 2010
02 Nov 2000
09 May 2005
05 Nov 2012
02 Nov 2000
02 Nov 2000
06 June 2008
21 May 2009
Page 9 of 11

No.
Accreditation Body
Economy
Scope
90
Organismo Uruguayo De Acreditacin (OUA)
Uruguay
94
91
(n)
Vietnam
95
Bureau of Accreditation (BoA)
MRA Signatories

Testing ISO 15189
Original
Signing Date
22 Oct 2010
9 April 2015
02 Nov 2000
05 Dec 2012
02 Nov 2000
24 Oct 2012
Page 10 of 11

(a)
IAJapan was formed from a restructure of JCSS and JNLA on 1 April 2002.
(b)
CNAL was formed from a restructure of CCIBLAC and CNACL on 20 Feb 2003
(c)
IAS was formed from a restructure of ICBO on 1 Dec 2002
(d)
TAF was formed from a restructure of CNLA on 16 April 2005
(e)
BELTEST and BKO/OBE originally signed the MRA
(f)
Diretoria de Credenciamento e Qualidade/Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Normalizacao e Qualidade Industrial (INMETRO) originally signed the MRA
(g)
FINAS, Finnish Accreditation Service Centre for Metrology and Accreditation originally signed the MRA. Their name changed to Finnish Accreditation Service (FINAS)
(h)
The Irish National Accreditation Board (NAB) originally signed the MRA. NAB changed their name to Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB)
(i)
Thai Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (TLAS) originally signed the MRA. TLAS changed their name to TISI
(j)
Hellenic Accreditation Council originally signed the MRA. Hellenic Accreditation Council changed their name to Hellenic Accreditation System S.A. (ESYD)
(k)
Norwegian Accreditation originally signed the MRA. Norwegian Accreditation changed their name to Norsk Akkreditering (NA)
(l)
Sistema Nazionale per lAccreditamento originally signed the MRA. Sistema Nazionale per lAccreditamneto changed their name to Sistema Nazionale per lAccreditamneto 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 COPAs 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.
(m)
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)
(n)
Vietnam Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (VILAS/STAMEQ) originally signed the MRA. Their name changed to
Bureau of Accreditation (BoA)
(o)
CNAS was formed from the merger of CNAL and CNAB
(p)
BELTEST and BKO/OBE ceased to exist on 1 August 2006
(q)
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.
(r)
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
(s)
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. As of 30.01.15, ACLASS/FQS moved to the single branding of
ANAB.
(t)
TLAS changed their name to National Standardization Council of Thailand Office of the National Accreditation Council on 29 January 2009.
(w)
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
Trgergemeinschaft fr Akkreditierung German Association for Accreditation GmbH (DATech in TGA GmbH).
(x)
National Laboratories Accreditation Bureau (NLAB) merged into EGAC as of 28 December 2009.
(y)
National Standardization Council of Thailand - Office of the National Accreditation Council (NSC-ONAC) changed their name to National Standardization Council of Thailand - Office of the
National Standardization Council (NSC-ONSC) on 27 March 2014.
(z)
The signatory status of KCA to the ILAC MRA for the accreditation of testing laboratories using ISO/IEC 17025 was suspended on 4 November 2015 as per the ILAC Arrangement Council
decision at the 15th Meeting held on 4 November 2015.
(aa)
Activities terminated on 31st December 2015
(bb)
On 18 December 2015, ANAB acquired ASB dba LAB and on 21 April 2016, ANAB acquired ASCLD/LAB. The original signing dates for these accreditation bodies are still shown in this
table, as the evaluation processes to review the impact of these mergers on the accreditation programs are still in progress
MRA Signatories
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Signatories to the ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement

General Directorate of Accreditation (DPA)

Organismo Argentino de Acreditacion (OAA)

National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia (NATA)

Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand (JAS-ANZ)

Bangladesh Accreditation Board (BAB)

Institute for Accreditation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BATA)

Belgian Accreditation Structure (BELAC)

Updated 14 November 2016

Testing ISO/IEC 17025

Inspection ISO/IEC 17020

Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189

Signatories to the ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement

Southern African Development Community Accreditation Service

Coordenao Geral de Acreditao

Executive Agency Buldgarina Accreditation Service

Canadian Association for Laboratory Accreditation Inc. (CALA)

Standards Council of Canada (SCC)

Instituto Nacional de Normalizacin (INN)

China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment

Hong Kong Accreditation Service (HKAS)

China, Hong Kong

Updated 14 November 2016

Testing ISO/IEC 17025

Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189

Signatories to the ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement

Organismo Nacional de Acreditacin de Colombia (ONAC)

Ente Costarricense de Acreditacin (ECA)

Croatian Accreditation Agency (HAA)

National Accreditation Body of Republica de Cuba (ONARC)

Cyprus Organisation for the Promotion of Quality (CYS) Cyprus

Czech Accreditation Institute (CAI)

Danish Accreditation Fund (DANAK)

Servicio de Acreditacin Ecuatoriano (SAE)

Organismo Salvadoreo de Acreditacion (OSA)

Egyptian Accreditation Council (EGAC)

Finnish Accreditation Service (FINAS)

Updated 14 November 2016

Testing ISO/IEC 17025

Signatories to the ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement

Comite Francais dAccreditation (COFRAC)

Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle GmbH (DakkS)

Hellenic Accreditation System S.A. (ESYD)

Oficina Guatemalteca de Acreditacin (OGA)

National Accreditation Authority (NAH)

Hungarian Accreditation Board (NAT) TERMINATED

National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories

National Accreditation Body of Indonesia (KAN)

Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB)

Updated 14 November 2016

Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189

Signatories to the ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement

Israel Laboratory Accreditation Authority (ISRAC)

Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC)

Japan Accreditation Board (JAB)

Voluntary EMC Laboratory Accreditation Center INC (VLAC)

National Centre of Accreditation (NCA)

Korea Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (KOLAS)

Office Luxembourgeois dAccrditation et de Surveillance (OLAS)

Department of Standards Malaysia (Standards Malaysia)

entidad mexicana de acreditacin a.c. (ema)

LEnte Italiano di Accreditamento (ACCREDIA)

International Accreditation Japan (IAJapan)

The Kyrgyz Center of Accreditation (KCA) SUSPENDED