International Accreditation Forum (IAF)

Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA) Signatories

EMS MLA – 9 December 2005

Number / Location / Signatory / MLA & Date Admitted
1. / Argentina / Organismo Argentino de Accreditacion (OAA) / EMS17 Sep 2005
2. / AustraliaNew Zealand / Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand (JAS-ANZ) / EMS9 Oct 2004
3. / Austria / Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Labor (BMWA) / EMS9 Oct 2004
4. / Belgium / BELCERT / EMS9 Oct 2004
5. / Brazil / National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality (INMETRO) / EMS8 Dec 2005
6. / Canada / Standards Council of Canada (SCC) / EMS9 Oct 2004
7. / China / China National Accreditation Board for Certifiers (CNAB) / EMS9 Oct 2004
8. / CzechRepublic / Czech Accreditation Institute, (Ceský Institut pro Akreditaci, o.p.s.) (CAI) / EMS9 Oct 2004
9. / Denmark / Danish Accreditation (DANAK) / EMS9 Oct 2004
10. / Finland / The Finnish Accreditation Service (FINAS) / EMS9 Oct 2004
11. / France / Comite Francais d'Accreditation (COFRAC) / EMS9 Oct 2004
12. / Germany / GermanAccreditation Council (DAR) on behalf of
- TGA (Traegergemeinschaft fuer Akkreditierung GmbH)
- DAP (Deutsches Akkreditierungssystem Pruefwesen GmbH)
- DATech (Deutsche Akkreditierungstelle Technik E.V) / EMS9 Oct 2004
13. / Indonesia / Accreditiation Body of Indonesia (Komite Akreditasi Nasional) (KAN-BSN) / EMS9 Oct 2004
14. / Ireland / The Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB) / EMS9 Oct 2004
15. / Italy / Sistema Nazionale per l’Accreditamento degli Organsimi di Certificazione (SINCERT) / EMS9 Oct 2004
16. / Japan / The Japan Accreditation Board for Conformity Assessment (JAB) / EMS9 Oct 2004
17. / Republic of Korea / Korea Accreditation Board (KAB) / EMS9 Oct 2004
18. / México / Mexican Accreditation Entity, (Entidad Mexicana de Acreditacion) (EMA) / EMS9 Oct 2004
19. / Netherlands / Dutch Accreditation Council (Raad Voor Accreditatie) (RvA) / EMS9 Oct 2004
20. / Norway / Norwegian Accreditation (NA) / EMS9 Oct 2004
21. / Poland / Polish Centre for Accreditation (PCA) / EMS16 Feb 2005
22. / Slovakia / Slovak National Accreditation Service, (Slovenskä Närodnä Akreditaÿnä Sluzba) (Slovakia) (SNAS) / EMS9 Oct 2004
23. / South Africa / South African National Accreditation System (SANAS) / EMS9 Oct 2004
24. / Spain / Entidad Nacional de Acreditacion (ENAC) / EMS9 Oct 2004
25. / Sweden / Swedish Board for Accreditation and Conformity Assessment (SWEDAC) / EMS9 Oct 2004
26. / Switzerland / Swiss Federal Office of Metrology and Accreditation, Swiss Accreditation Service (SAS) / EMS9 Oct 2004
27. / Chinese Taipei / Taiwan Accreditation Foundation (TAF) / EMS9 Oct 2004
28. / Thailand / National Accreditation Council of Thailand, The Office of (NAC) / EMS9 Oct 2004
29. / United Kingdom / United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) / EMS9 Oct 2004
30. / USA / American National Standards Institute - American Society for Quality National AccreditationBoard (ANAB) / EMS9 Oct 2004

Members/MLA Members/IAF EMS MLA Members Dec 2005