European Cooperation for Accreditation of Laboratories (EAL)
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Founded
1994-05-31
History
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Build up and maintain mutual confidence among nationally recognized accreditation schemes operated by members and associate members and comprising the accreditation bodies themselves and their accredited laboratories and activities; support implementation by accreditation bodies of European standards for laboratory accreditation; open and maintain channels for continuous flow of technical knowledge between accreditation schemes operated by members and associate members and other relevant bodies; maintain and develop multilateral agreements on equivalence of operation of calibration and testing laboratory accreditation schemes administered by members and on acceptance of certificates and reports issued by laboratories accredited by them, based on mutual confidence; maintain and develop bilateral agreements between EAL agreement group(s), consisting of signatories to EAL multilateral agreements and accreditation bodies that are not members of EAL, or regional systems of such accreditation bodies, on the equivalence of operation of calibration and testing laboratory accreditation schemes administered by them and on acceptance of certificates and reports issued by laboratories accredited by them, based on mutual confidence; represent the European conformity assessment community in the field.
Activities
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Observer to: U-XF5278 - European Collaboration on Measurement Standards (EUROMET); D-XD3123 - European Federation of National Associations of Measurement, Testing and Analytical Laboratories (EUROLAB). Links with: E-XE2442 - European Commission (EC); D-XD0766 - EFTA. Links indicated by: D-XD3547 - Euro-Asian Cooperation of National Metrological Institutions (COOMET).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Observer to: F-XF5280 - EURACHEM; F-XF2664 - WELMEC; H-XD2631 - European Organisation for Conformity Assessment (EOTC). Links with: F-XF4579 - International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC); H-XD3346 - Nordic Technical Accreditation. Links indicated by: U-XK1048 - European Committee for Information Technology Testing and Certification (ECITC).
Publications
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- Research, Standards → Inspection, Tests
- Research, Standards → Laboratories
- Research, Standards → Measurement
- Research, Standards → Standards
- Research, Standards → Certification
- Solidarity → Cooperation
UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XF3391
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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