## Signatories to the ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangem ent

MRA Signatories 66 Updated 16 May 2011 Page 1 of 4 No. Accreditation Body Economy Scope Original Signing Date 1 Organismo Argentino de Acreditacion (OAA) Argentina 1 Testing Calibration 11 Aug 2005

11 Aug 2005 2 National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia (NATA) Australia 2 Testing Calibration 2 Nov 2000

2 Nov 2000 3 Bundesministerium fur Wirtschaft, Familie und Jugend (BMWA) Austria 3 Testing Calibration 22 Sept 2002

22 Sept 2002 4 (e) (p) Belgian Accreditation Structure (BELAC) Belgium 4 Testing Calibration 1 Aug 2006

1 Aug 2006 5 (f) Coordenação Geral de Acreditação General Coordination for Accreditation (CGCRE) Brazil 5 Testing Calibration 2 Nov 2000

2 Nov 2000

6 Standards Council of Canada (SCC) Canada 6 Testin g Calibration 2 Nov 2000

2 Nov 2000 7 Canadian Association for Laboratory Accreditation Inc. (CALA) (r) Canada 6 Testing 17 Nov 2005

8 Instituto Nacional de Normalización (INN) Chile 7 Testing Calibration 8 Oct 2010

8 Oct 2010 9 (b) (o) China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment (CNAS) People’s Republic of China 8 Testing Calibration 2 Nov 2000

2 Nov 2000 10 Ente Costarricense de Acreditación (ECA) Costa R ica 9 Testing Calibration 16 Jan 2007

22 Mar 2010 11 Croatian Accreditation Agency (HAA) Croatia 10 T esting Calibration 29 April 2010

29 April 2010 12 National Accreditation Body of Republica de Cuba (ONARC) Cuba 11 Testing Calibration 17 Sept 2005

17 Sept 2005 13 Czech Accreditation Institute (CAI) Czech Republ ic 12 Testing Calibration 2 Nov 2000

2 Nov 2000 14 Danish Accreditation (DANAK) Denmark 13 Testing Calibration 2 Nov 2000

2 Nov 2000 15 (x) Egyptian Accreditation Council (EGAC) Egypt 14 Testing Calibration 10 Oct 2009

10 Oct 2009 16 (g) Finnish Accreditation Service (FINAS) Finland 15 Te sting Calibration 2 Nov 2000

2 Nov 2000 17 Comite Francais d’Accreditation (COFRAC) France 16 Testing Calibration 2 Nov 2000

2 Nov 2000 18 (w) Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle GmbH (DakkS) Germany 17 Testing Calibration 2 Nov 2000

2 Nov 2000 19 (j) Hellenic Accreditation System S.A. (ESYD) Greece 18 Testing Calibration 22 May 2004

22 May 2004 20 Oficina Guatemalteca de Acreditación (OGA) Guatemala 19 Testing 26 June 2008

21 Hungarian Accreditation Board (NAT) Hungary 20 T esting Calibration 28 April 2010

28 April 2010 22 Hong Kong Accreditation Service (HKAS) Hong Kong

, China 21 Testing Calibration 2 Nov 2000

2 Nov 2000 23 National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) India 22 Testing Calibration 2 Nov 2000

2 Nov 2000 24 National Accreditation Body of Indonesia (KAN) Indonesia 23 Testing Calibration 20 June 2001

30 Dec 2003 25 (h) Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB) Ireland 2 4 Testing Calibration 2 Nov 2000

2 Nov 2000

## Signatories to the ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangem ent

MRA Signatories 66 Updated 16 May 2011 Page 2 of 4 No. Accreditation Body Economy Scope Original Signing Date 26 Israel Laboratory Accreditation Authority (ISRAC) Israel 25 Testing Calibration 3 Nov 2001

3 Nov 2001 27 (l) Sistema Italiano di Accreditamento (ACCREDIA) Italy 26 Testing Calibration 2 Nov 2000

7 Oct 2010 28 Japan Accreditation Board for Conformity Assessment (JAB) Japan 27 Testing Calibration 2 Nov 2000

28 July 2003 29 (a) International Accreditation Japan (IAJapan) Japan 2 7 Testing Calibration 2 Nov 2000

2 Nov 2000 30 Voluntary EMC Laboratory Accreditation Center INC (VLAC) Japan 27 Testing 16 Jan 2007

31 National Centre of Accreditation (NCA) Kazakhstan 28 Testing Calibration 27 Oct 2010

27 Oct 2010 32 Korea Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (KOLAS) Republic of Korea 29 Testing Calibration 2 Nov 2000

20 June 2001 33 Office Luxembourgeois d’Accréditation et de Surveillance (OLAS) Luxembourg 30 Testing 14 Apr 2011

34 Department of Standards Malaysia (Standards Malaysia) Malaysia 31 Testing Calibration 16 Jan 2003

19 Nov 2003 35 entidad mexicana de acreditación a.c. (ema) Mexi co 32 Testing Calibration 17 Nov 2005

17 Nov 2005 36 Dutch Accreditation Council (RvA) The Netherland s 33 Testing Calibration 2 Nov 2000

2 Nov 2000 37 International Accreditation New Zealand (IANZ) New Zealand 34 Testing Calibration 2 Nov 2000

2 Nov 2000 38 (k) Norsk Akkreditering (NA) Norway 35 Testing Calibration 2 Nov 2000

2 Nov 2000 39 Pakistan National Accreditation Council (PNAC) Pakistan 36 Testing Calibration 21 May 2009

21 May 2009 40 Papua New Guinea Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (PNGLAS) Papua New Guinea 37 Testing 12 May 2010

41 (q) Philippine Accreditation Office (PAO) Philippines 3 8 Testing Calibration 17 Nov 2005

17 Nov 2005 42 Polish Centre for Accreditation (PCA) Poland 39 Testing Calibration 19 Jan 2005

19 Jan 2005 43 Instituto Portugues de Acreditacao (IPAC) Portug al 40 Testing Calibration 10 May 2006

10 May 2006 44 Romanian Accreditation Association (RENAR) Romania 41 Testing Calibration 22 May 2004

28 May 2009 45 Association of Analytical Centers “Analitica” (AAC “Analitica”) Russian Federation 42 Testing 21 May 2009

46 Singapore Accreditation Council (SAC) Singapore 43 Testing Calibration 2 Nov 2000

2 Nov 2000 47 Slovak National Accreditation Service (SNAS) Slovakia 44 Testing Calibration 11 June 2001

11 June 2001 48 Slovenian Accreditation (SA) Slovenia 45 Testing Calibration 28 Nov 2003

28 Nov 2003 49 South African National Accreditation System (SANAS) South Africa 46 Testing Calibration 2 Nov 2000

2 Nov 2000 50 Entidad Nacional de Acreditacion (ENAC) Spain 47 Testing Calibration 2 Nov 2000

2 Nov 2000 51 Sri Lanka Accreditation Board for Conformity Assessment (SLAB) Sri Lanka 48 Testing 9 Dec 2009

## Signatories to the ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangem ent

MRA Signatories 66 Updated 16 May 2011 Page 3 of 4 No. Accreditation Body Economy Scope Original Signing Date 52 Swedish Board for Accreditation and Conformity Assessment (SWEDAC) Sweden 49 Testing Calibration 2 Nov 2000

2 Nov 2000 53 Swiss Accreditation Services (SAS) Switzerland 5 0 Testing Calibration 2 Nov 2000

2 Nov 2000 54 (d) Taiwan Accreditation Foundation (TAF) Chinese Taipe i 51 Testing Calibration 2 Nov 2000

2 Nov 2000 55 (m) The Bureau of Laboratory Quality Standards, Department of Medical Sciences,Ministry of Public Health, Thailand (BLQSDMSc) Thailand 52 Testing 4 April 2003

56 (i) (t) National Standardization Council of Thailand – Office of the National Accreditation Council (NSC – ONAC) Thailand 52 Testing Calibration 3 Nov 2001

3 Nov 2001

57 Bureau of Laboratory Accreditation, Department of Science Service, Ministry of Science and Technology (BLA-DSS) Thailand 52 Testing 23 Aug 2006

58 Tunisian Accreditation Council (TUNAC) Tunisia 53 Testing Calibration 2 Apr 2008

2 Apr 2008 59 Turkish Accreditation Agency (TURKAK) Turkey 54 Testing Calibration 10 May 2006

10 May 2006 60 Dubai Municipality – Accreditation Department (DAC) United Arab Emirates 55 Testing Calibration 18 Oct 2009

18 Oct 2009 61 United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) United Kingdom 56 Testing Calibration 2 Nov 2000

2 Nov 2000 62 American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) USA 57 Testing Calibration 2 Nov 2000

2 Nov 2000 63 National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) USA 57 Testing Calibration 2 Nov 2000

2 Nov 2000 64 (c) International Accreditation Service, Inc (IAS) USA 57 Testing Calibration 2 Nov 2000

9 May 2005 65 (s) ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board

doing business as ACLASS USA 57 Testing Calibration 14 Sept 2006

14 Sept 2006 66 Laboratory Accreditation Bureau (L-A-B) USA 57 T esting Calibration 6 Dec 2007

6 Dec 2007 67 Perry Johnson Laboratory Accreditation, Inc. (PJLA) USA 57 Testing Calibration 6 June 2008

21 May 2009 68 American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB) USA 57 Testing 7 April 2009

69 AIHA Laboratory Accreditation Program, LLC (AIHA-LAP, LLC) USA 57 Testing 22 Aug 2010

70 Forensice Quality Services (FQS) USA 57 Testing 10 Dec 2010 71 Organismo Uruguayo De Acreditación (OUA) Uruguay 58 Testing 22 Oct 2010

72 (n) Bureau of Accreditation (BoA) Vietnam 59 Testing Calibration 2 Nov 2000

2 Nov 2000 () 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 Ap ril 2005 (e) BELTEST and BKO/OBE originally signed the MRA (f) Diretoria de Credenciamento e Qualidade/Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Normalizacao e Qualidade In dustrial (INMETRO) originally signed the MRA

## Signatories to the ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangem ent

MRA Signatories 66 Updated 16 May 2011 Page 4 of 4 (g) FINAS, Finnish Accreditation Service Centre for Me trology and Accreditation originally signed the MRA . Their name changed to Finnish Accreditation Service (FINA S) (h) The Irish National Accreditation Board (NAB) origi nally signed the MRA. NAB changed their name to Ir ish National Accreditation Board (INAB) (i) Thai Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (TLAS) origin ally signed the MRA. TLAS changed their name to TI SI (j) Hellenic Accreditation Council originally signed t he MRA. Hellenic Accrediation Council changed thei r name to Hellenic Accreditation System S.A. (ESYD) (k) Norwegian Accreditation originally signed the MRA. Norwegian Accreditation changed their name to Nors k Akkreditering (NA) (l) Sistema Nazionale per l’Accreditamento originally s igned the MRA. Sistema Nazionale per l’Accreditamn eto changed their name to Sistema Nazionale per l’Accr editamneto di Laboratori (SINAL). ACCREDIA was formed as a result of the incorporatio n of SINAL and SINCERT and was accepted as signator y to the EA MLA on 29 May 2009 for testing only. SIT (original signing date – 9 April 2003 for calib ration only) was incorporated into COPA. EA MLA si gnatory status was transferred to COPA on 4 November 2009. Signatory status of COPA to the ILAC MRA was withd rawn effective 21 May 2010 as a result of the terminatio n of COPA’s membership in EA as per EA Resolution 2 010 (25) 3. ACCREDIA assumed the responsibilities for the accre ditation of calibration laboratories in Italy from July 2010 as COPA was no longer operational. ACCREDIA was accep ted as a signatory to the EA MLA for calibration on 7 October 2010. (m) Bureau of Laboratory Quality Standards (BLQS) Depar tment of Medical Sciences (DMSc) originally signed the MRA. Their name changed to The Bureau of Laborator y Quality Standards, Department of Medical Sciences

, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand (BLQS-DMSc) (n) Vietnam Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (VILAS/STAM EQ) 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 200 6 (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 Reso lution of the APLAC MRA Council on 5 June 2008 wher eby the signatory status for calibration and testing for PA O was suspended. (r) Canadian Association for Environmental Analytical L aboratories (CAEAL) originally signed the MRA. CAE AL changed its name to Canadian Association for Labora tory Accreditation Inc. (CALA) on 23 June 2008 (s) Assured Calibration and Laboratory Accreditation Se lect Services was acquired by ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board and are now know as ANSI-ASQ Na tional Accreditation Board doing business as ACLASS as of 18 September 08 (t) TLAS changed their name to National Standardization Council of Thailand – Office of the National Accre ditation Council on 29 January 2009. (w) DakkS was formed from a merger of DGA and DKD in De cember 2009. DGA was formed from a merger of Deutsches Akkrediti erungssytem Prufwesen (DAP), Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle (DACH), and Deutsche Akkredit ierungsstelle Technik in Trägergemeinschaft für Akkreditierung German Association for Accreditation GmbH (DATech in TGA GmbH). (x) National Laboratories Accreditation Bureau (NLAB) m erged into EGAC as of 28 December 2009.