Mra Signatories 25

Signatories to the ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement
No. Accreditation Body Economy Scope Original

Signing Date
1 General Directorate of Accreditation (DPA) Albania 1 Testing ISO/IEC 17025 16 May 2016
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 15 Oct 2017
2 Algerian Accreditation Body (ALGERAC) Algeria 2 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 15 Oct 2017
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020 15 Oct 2017
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189 11 Aug 2005
3 Organismo Argentino de Acreditacion (OAA) Argentina 3 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 11 Aug 2005
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 02 Nov 2000
Testing ISO 15189 13 Jan 2016
4 National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia (NATA) Australia 4
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 02 Nov 2000
Australia/New
5 Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand (JAS-ANZ) 4 Inspection ISO/IEC 17020 07 Nov 2012
Zealand
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189 22 Sept 2002
6 Akkreditierung Austria (Akkreditierung) Austria 5 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 22 Sept 2002
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 09 Mar 2015
7 Bangladesh Accreditation Board (BAB) Bangladesh 6
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 29 June 2015
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189 01 Aug 2006
(e) (p)
8 Belgian Accreditation Structure (BELAC) Belgium 7 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 01 Aug 2006
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020 29 Mar 2013
Bosnia and
9 Institute for Accreditation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BATA) 8 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 21 Nov 2012
Herzegovina
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020 21 Nov 2012
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Signing Date
BOTSWANA 9
Angola 10
Congo 11
Lesotho 12
Madagascar 13 Testing ISO/IEC 17025 04 Nov 2015
Malawi 14
Southern African Development Community Accreditation Service Testing ISO 15189 28 Oct 2017
10 Mozambique 15
(SADCAS) Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 04 Nov 2015
Namibia 16
Seychelles 17 Inspection ISO/IEC 17020 28 Oct 2017
Swaziland 18
Tanzania 19
Zambia 20
Zimbabwe 21
(f) Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189 02 Nov 2000
Coordenação Geral de Acreditação
11 Brazil 22 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 02 Nov 2000
General Coordination for Accreditation (CGCRE)
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020 27 Feb 2013
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189 4 Oct 2016
12 Executive Agency Buldgarina Accreditation Service Bulgaria 23 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 4 Oct 2016
(r)
13 Canadian Association for Laboratory Accreditation Inc. (CALA) Canada 24 Testing ISO/IEC 17025 17 Nov 2005
14 Institute for Quality Management in Healthcare (IQMH) Canada 24 Testing ISO 15189 05 Dec 2012
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189 02 Nov 2000
15 Standards Council of Canada (SCC) Canada 24
16 Instituto Nacional de Normalización (INN) Chile 25 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 08 Oct 2010
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020 08 Aug 2016
(b) (o) Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189 02 Nov 2000
China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment People’s Republic
17 26 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 02 Nov 2000
(CNAS) of China
18 Hong Kong Accreditation Service (HKAS) China, Hong Kong 27 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 02 Nov 2000

Signing Date
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 7 April 2014
19 Organismo Nacional de Acreditación de Colombia (ONAC) Colombia 28
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 7 April 2014
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 16 Jan 2007
Testing ISO 15189 11 Sep 2017
20 Ente Costarricense de Acreditación (ECA) Costa Rica 29
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 22 Mar 2010
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189 29 Apr 2010
21 Croatian Accreditation Agency (HAA) Croatia 30 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 29 Apr 2010
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 17 Sept 2005
22 National Accreditation Body of Republica de Cuba (ONARC) Cuba 31 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 17 Sept 2005
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020 29 Mar 2017
Cyprus Organisation for the Promotion of Quality (CYS) Cyprus
23 Cyprus 32 Inspection ISO/IEC 17020 27 Feb 2013
Accreditation Body (CYSAB)
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 07 Aug 2014
24 Czech Accreditation Institute (CAI) Czech Republic 33 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 02 Nov 2000
25 Danish Accreditation Fund (DANAK) Denmark 34 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 02 Nov 2000
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 03 Dec 2011
26 Servicio de Acreditación Ecuatoriano (SAE) Ecuador 35 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 03 Dec 2011
(x) Testing ISO 15189 02 Apr 2014
27 Egyptian Accreditation Council (EGAC) Egypt 36
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 10 Oct 2009
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020 02 Apr 2014
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 19 Dec 2014
28 Organismo Salvadoreño de Acreditacion (OSA) El Salvador 37
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 17 Mar 2017
29 Ethiopian National Accreditation Office (ENAO) Ethiopia 38 Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189 28 Oct 2017
Signing Date
(g)
30 Finnish Accreditation Service (FINAS) Finland 39 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 02 Nov 2000
31 Comite Francais d’Accreditation (COFRAC) France 40 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 02 Nov 2000
(w)
32 Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle GmbH (DakkS) Germany 41 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 02 Nov 2000
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189 22 May 2004
(j)
33 Hellenic Accreditation System S.A. (ESYD) Greece 42 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 22 May 2004
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189 26 June 2008
34 Oficina Guatemalteca de Acreditación (OGA) Guatemala 43 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 14 Mar 2012
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020 02 Apr 2013
Testing ISO 15189 11 Nov 2016
35 National Accreditation Authority (NAH) Hungary 44
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020 09 May 2017
National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189 02 Nov 2000
36 India 45
(NABL) Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 02 Nov 2000
37 National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies (NABCB) India 45 Inspection ISO/IEC 17020 16 Sept 2013
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 20 June 2001
Testing ISO 15189 14 Mar 2013
38 National Accreditation Body of Indonesia (KAN) Indonesia 46
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 30 Dec 2003
(h)
39 Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB) Ireland 47 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 02 Nov 2000

Signing Date
40 Israel Laboratory Accreditation Authority (ISRAC) Israel 48 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 03 Nov 2001
(l)
41 L’Ente Italiano di Accreditamento (ACCREDIA) Italy 49 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 07 Oct 2010
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 31 Aug 2013
42 Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC) Jamaica 50
Testing ISO 15189 18 Sept 2015
(a) Testing ISO/IEC 17025 02 Nov 2000
43 International Accreditation Japan (IAJapan) Japan 51
44 Japan Accreditation Board (JAB) Japan 51 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 28 July 2003
45 Voluntary EMC Laboratory Accreditation Center INC (VLAC) Japan 51 Testing ISO/IEC 17025 16 Jan 2007
Jordan Accreditation & Standardization Systems - Accreditation Unit Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189 29 Oct 2017
46 Jordan 52
(JAS-AU) Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 29 Oct 2017
47 National Centre of Accreditation (NCA) Kazakhstan 53
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 27 Oct 2010
48 Kenya Accreditation Services (KENAS) Kenya 54 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 28 Oct 2017
49 Korea Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (KOLAS) Republic of Korea 55 Testing ISO 15189 12 Jan 2017
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 20 June 2001
(z) The Kyrgyz Testing ISO/IEC 17025 23 Oct 2013
50 The Kyrgyz Center of Accreditation (KCA) SUSPENDED 56
Republic SUSPENDED 4 Nov 2015
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189 19 Jan 2018
Republic of
51 Lithuanian National Accreditation Bureau (LA) 57 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 19 Jan 2018
Lithuania
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020 19 Jan 2018

Signing Date
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189 14 Apr 2011
52 Office Luxembourgeois d’Accréditation et de Surveillance (OLAS) Luxembourg 58 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 19 Apr 2012
53 Department of Standards Malaysia (Standards Malaysia) Malaysia 59 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 19 Nov 2003
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020 02 July 2015
54 entidad mexicana de acreditación a.c. (ema) Mexico 60 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 17 Nov 2005
National Centre of Accreditation of the Republic of Moldova
55 Moldova 61 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 11 Oct 2017
(MOLDAC)
Mongolian Agency for Standardization and Metrology, Accreditation
56 Mongolia 62 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 07 June 2012
Department (MNAS)
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020 09 Sept 2016
57 Dutch Accreditation Council (RvA) The Netherlands 63 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 02 Nov 2000
58 International Accreditation New Zealand (IANZ) New Zealand 64 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 02 Nov 2000
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 14 Jan 2015
59 National Accreditation Office (ONA) Nicaragua 65
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020 12 May 2016
(k)
60 Norsk Akkreditering (NA) Norway 66 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 02 Nov 2000
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 21 May 2009
61 Pakistan National Accreditation Council (PNAC) Pakistan 67
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 21 May 2009
(cc)
Papua New Guinea Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (PNGLAS) Testing ISO/IEC 17025 12 May 2010
62 Papua New Guinea 68
SUSPENDED SUSPENDED 14 Aug 2017
63 Organismo Nacional de Acreditacion (ONA) Paraguay 69 Testing ISO/IEC 17025 27 April 2012
Signing Date
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 15 April 2013
64 National Institute for Quality (INACAL-DA) Peru 70 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 15 April 2013
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020 15 April 2013
(q) Testing ISO/IEC 17025 17 Nov 2005
65 Philippine Accreditation Bureau (PAB) Philippines 71
Polish Centre for Accreditation (PCA)
66 Poland 72 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 19 Jan 2005
67 Instituto Portugues de Acreditacao (IPAC) Portugal 73 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 10 May 2006
68 Romanian Accreditation Association (RENAR) Romania 74 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 28 May 2009
Association of Analytical Centers “Analitica”
69 Russian Federation 75 Testing ISO/IEC 17025 21 May 2009
(AAC “Analitica”)
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 11 July 2017
70 Federal Service for Accreditation (RusAccreditation) Russian Federation 75
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 11 July 2017
SAUDI ARABIA 76
Bahrain 77
Kuwait 78
71 GCC Accreditation Center (GAC) Oman 79 Testing ISO/IEC 17025 20 June 2016
Qatar 80
UAE 81
Yemen 82
72 Accreditation Body of Serbia (ATS) Serbia 83 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 24 May 2012
73 Singapore Accreditation Council (SAC) Singapore 84 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 02 Nov 2000

Signing Date
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189 11 June 2001
74 Slovak National Accreditation Service (SNAS) Slovakia 85 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 11 June 2001
75 Slovenian Accreditation (SA) Slovenia 86 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 28 Nov 2003
76 South African National Accreditation System (SANAS) South Africa 87 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 02 Nov 2000
77 Entidad Nacional de Acreditacion (ENAC) Spain 88 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 02 Nov 2000
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189 09 Dec 2009
78 Sri Lanka Accreditation Board for Conformity Assessment (SLAB) Sri Lanka 89 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 08 June 2012
Swedish Board for Accreditation and Conformity Assessment
79 Sweden 90 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 02 Nov 2000
(SWEDAC)
80 Swiss Accreditation Services (SAS) Switzerland 91
(d)
81 Taiwan Accreditation Foundation (TAF) Chinese Taipei 92 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 02 Nov 2000
Bureau of Laboratory Accreditation, Department of Science Service,
82 Thailand 93 Testing ISO/IEC 17025 23 Aug 2006
Ministry of Science and Technology (BLA-DSS)
(m)
93
The Bureau of Laboratory Quality Standards, Department of
83 Thailand Testing ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 15189 04 April 2003
Medical Sciences, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand (BLQS-DMSc)
(i) (t) (y)

93 Testing ISO/IEC 17025 03 Nov 2001
National Standardization Council of Thailand – Office of the
84 Thailand Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 03 Nov 2001
National Standardization Council (NSC – ONSC)
Signing Date
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 19 Apr 2012
The former Testing ISO 15189 6 May 2015
The Accreditation Institute of the former Yugoslav Republic of
85 Yugoslav Republic 94
Macedonia (IARM) Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 19 Apr 2012
of Macedonia
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 02 Apr 2008
Tunisian Accreditation Council (TUNAC)
86 Tunisia 95 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 02 Apr 2008
87 Turkish Accreditation Agency (TURKAK) Turkey 96 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 10 May 2006
Testing ISO/IEC 17025 24 Sept 2014
88 National Accreditation Agency of Ukraine (NAAU) Ukraine 97 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 24 Sept 2014
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020 11 Dec 2014
United Arab
89 Dubai Accreditation Department (DAC) 81 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 18 Oct 2009
Emirates
90 United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) United Kingdom 98 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 02 Nov 2000
91 American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) USA 99 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 02 Nov 2000

Signing Date
(s)
ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB) USA Testing ISO/IEC 17025 14 Sept 2006
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 14 Sept 2006
Inspection ISO/IEC 17020 05 Dec 2012
92 (bb)
American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory 99 Testing ISO/IEC 17025 07 April 2009
Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB)
(bb)
Accreditation Services Bureau (A-S-B) Testing ISO/IEC 17025 06 Dec 2007
dba Laboratory Accreditation Bureau (L-A-B) Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 06 Dec 2007
93 AIHA Laboratory Accreditation Program, LLC (AIHA-LAP, LLC) USA 99 Testing ISO/IEC 17025 22 Aug 2010
(c)
94 International Accreditation Service, Inc (IAS) USA 99 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 09 May 2005
95 National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) USA 99
96 Perry Johnson Laboratory Accreditation, Inc. (PJLA) USA 99 Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 21 May 2009
97 Organismo Uruguayo De Acreditación (OUA) Uruguay 100
Calibration ISO/IEC 17025 9 April 2015
(n) Testing ISO 15189 05 Dec 2012
98 Bureau of Accreditation (BoA) Vietnam 101

(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 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.
(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
Trägergemeinschaft für 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.
(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
(cc) The signatory status of PNGLAS to the ILAC MRA for the accreditation of testing laboratories using ISO/IEC 17025 was suspended on 14 August 2017 as a result of suspension to the
APLAC MRA.
Note: The activities and signatory status of Hungarian Accreditation Board (NAT) were terminated on 31st December 2015.

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