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1. Argentina Organismo Argentino de 

Accreditacion (OAA) 

Beatriz Garcia 

pprati@mecon.gov.ar

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65 -17 Sep 2005 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS : ISO 9001 - 17 Sep 2005  ISO 14001 - 17 Sep 2005 Product: Nil 

2. Australia & 

New Zealand 

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

Steve Keeling 

steve.keeling@jas-anz.org

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65 - 9 Oct 2004 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 22 Jan 1998  ISO 14001 - 9 Oct 2004 Product: Nil 

3. Austria Federal Ministry for 

Economy, Family and Youth (BMWFJ) 

Günter P Friers 

guenter.friers@bmwfj.gv.at

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65 - 9 Oct 2004 
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Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 25 Sep 2003  ISO 14001 - 9 Oct 2004 Product: Nil 

4. Belgium BELAC An Van den Bergh 

belac@economie.fgov.be

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65 - 9 Oct 2004 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 29 Sep 1999  ISO 14001 - 9 Oct 2004 Product: Nil 

5. Brazil The General 

Coordination for 

Accreditation (Cgcre) 

Sandra M Saraiva 

smsaraiva@inmetro.gov.br

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65 -16 Mar 2009 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 23 Aug 1999  ISO 14001 - 8 Dec 2005 
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Product: Nil 

6. Canada Standards Council of 

Canada (SCC) 

Stephen Cross 

scross@scc.ca

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65 - 9 Oct 2004 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 22 Jan 1998  ISO 14001 - 9 Oct 2004 Product: Nil 

7. P.R.China China National 

Accreditation Service for 

Conformity Assessment (CNAS) 

Xiao Jianhua 

info@cnas.org.cnxiaojh@cnas.org.cn

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65 -20 Oct 2008 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 22 Jan 1998  ISO 14001 - 9 Oct 2004 Product: Nil 

8. Chile Instituto Nacional de 

Normalizacion (INN) 

Eduardo Ceballos eduardo.ceballos@inn.cl 

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 
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Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 – 23 Oct 2010  ISO 14001 - 23 Oct 2010 

9. Chinese Taipei Taiwan Accreditation 

Foundation (TAF) 

Jay-San Chen 

service@taftw.org.tw

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65 -26 Oct 2007 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 22 Sep 2002  ISO 14001 - 9 Oct 2004 Product: Nil 

10. Costa Rica ECA Maritza Madriz Picado 

mercadeo@eca.or.cr

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: ISO 9001 – 2 April 2011

11. Czech Republic Czech Accreditation 

Institute, (Ceský Institut pro Akreditaci, o.p.s.) (CAI) 

Jirí Ružicka 

RuzickaJ@cai.cz

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 
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Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65 - 9 Oct 2004 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 29 Sep 1999  ISO 14001 - 9 Oct 2004 Product: Nil 

12. Denmark Danish Accreditation 

(DANAK) 

Vagn Andersen 

va@danak.dk

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65 - 9 Oct 2004 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 22 Jan 1998  ISO 14001 - 9 Oct 2004 Product: Nil 

13. Egypt Egyptian Accreditation 

Council (EGAC) 

Hassan Shaarawi 

egac2000@idsc.net.eg

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 19 Oct 2009 
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14. Finland Finnish Accreditation 

Service (FINAS) 

Leena Tikkanen 

leena.tikkanen@finas.fi

Main scope: M Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65 - 9 Oct 2004 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 22 Jan 1998  ISO 14001 - 9 Oct 2004 Product: Nil 

15. France Comite Francais 

d’Accreditation (COFRAC) 

Daniel Pierre 

daniel.pierre@cofrac.fr

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65 - 9 Oct 2004 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 30 Mar 1998  ISO 14001 - 9 Oct 2004 Product: Nil 

16. Germany Deutsche 

Akkreditierungsstelle 

GmbH (DAkkS) 

Thomas Facklam 

thomas.facklam@dakks.de

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65 - 9 Oct 2004 
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Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 22 Jan 1998 &  ISO 14001 - 9 Oct 2004 Product: Nil 

17. Greece Hellenic Accreditation 

System (ESYD) 

Maria Papatzikou 

papatzikou@esyd.gr

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65 -24 Mar 2006 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 24 Mar 2006  ISO 14001 - 24 Mar 2006 Product: Nil 

18. Hong Kong, China Hong Kong Accreditation 

Service (HKAS) 

T. Chan 

sschan@itc.gov.hk

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 9 Oct 2004 

19. Hungary Hungarian Accreditation 

Board (NAT)

Dr. Rózsa Ring ring@nat.hu

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 
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Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65 -26 July 2010 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 26 July 2010  ISO 14001 - 26 July 2010 Product: Nil 

20. India National Accreditation 

Board for Certification Bodies (NABCB) 

Balakrishnan Venkataraman 

nabcb@qcin.org

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 22 Sep 2002  ISO 14001 - 26 Oct 2007 

21. Indonesia Accreditiation Body of 

Indonesia (Komite 

Akreditasi Nasional) 

(KAN) 

Zakiyah 

zakiyah@bsn.go.id

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65 -19 Oct 2009 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 22 Sep 2002  ISO 14001 - 26 Oct 2007 Product: Nil 
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22. Ireland The Irish National 

Accreditation Board 

(INAB) 

Adrienne Duff 

adrienne.duff@inab.ie

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65 - 9 Oct 2004 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 29 Oct 1999  ISO 14001 - 9 Oct 2004 Product: Nil 

23. Italy Italian Accreditation Body 

(ACCREDIA) 

Filippo Trifiletti 

trifil@accredia.it

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65 - 9 Oct 2004 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 22 Jan 1998  ISO 14001 - 9 Oct 2004 Product: Nil 

24. Japan Japan Accreditation 

Board (JAB) 

M. Kubo 

mkubo@jab.or.jp

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65 - 22 Oct 2010 
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Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 22 Jan 1998  ISO 14001 - 9 Oct 2004 Product: Nil 

25. Korea, Republic of Korea Accreditation 

Board (KAB) 

Dr Il-Geun Oh 

international@kab.or.kr

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 29 Sep 1999  ISO 14001 - 9 Oct 2004 

26. Korea, Republic of Korean Accreditation 

System (KAS) 

Mr Kyung Huh 

kas1@korea.kr

Main scope: Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65- 26 Oct 2007 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: - Nil 

27. Malaysia Standards Malaysia Fadilah Baharin 

fadilah@standardsmalaysia.gov.my

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65 - 9 July 2009 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil 
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Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 29 Sep 1999  ISO 14001 - 9 Feb 2006 Product: Nil 

28. Mexico Mexican Accreditation 

Entity, (Entidad Mexicana de 

Acreditacion) (EMA) 

Fabian Hernandez 

fhernandez@ema.org.mx

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65 - 9 Oct 2004 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 3 Nov 2001  ISO 14001 - 9 Oct 2004 Product: Nil 

29. Netherlands Dutch Accreditation 

Council (Raad Voor 

Accreditatie) (RvA) 

Ed Wieles 

Ed.wieles@rva.nl

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65 - 9 Oct 2004 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 22 Jan 1998  ISO 14001 - 9 Oct 2004 Product: Nil 
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30. Norway Norwegian Accreditation 

(NA) 

Geir Samuelsen 

gsa@akkreditert.no

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65 - 9 Oct 2004 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 16 Apr 1998  ISO 14001 - 9 Oct 2004 Product: Nil 

31. Peru National Institute for the 

Defense of Competition and Protection of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI)

Jaime Thorne amello@indecopi.gob.pe

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 23 July 2010 

32. Philippines Philippine Accreditation 

Office (PAO) 

Jaime Lasaro L. Olmos 

jaimeolmos@dti.gov.ph

anoga2000@yahoo.com

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 22 Sep 2002  ISO 14001 - 26 Oct 2007 

33. Poland Polish Centre for 

Accreditation (PCA) 

Eugeniusz Roguski Main scope: 
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sekretariat@pca.gov.pl Management system (MS) certification – 

ISO/IEC 17021 Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65 -16 Feb 2005 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 16 Feb 2005  ISO 14001 - 16 Feb 2005 Product: Nil 

34. Portugal Portuguese Institute for 

Accreditation (IPAC) 

Leopoldo Cortez 

lcortez@ipac.pt

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65 -18 Mar 2006 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 18 Mar 2006  ISO 14001 - 18 Mar 2006 Product: Nil 

35. Romania Romanian Accreditation 

Association (RENAR) 

Christian Dorin Nichita 

cristinichita@yahoo.com

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65 -24 Aug 2009 Sub-scopes: 
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Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 24 Aug 2009  ISO 14001 - 27 Aug 2009 Product: Nil 

36. Singapore Singapore Accreditation 

Council (SAC) 

Chang Kwei Fern 

chang_kwei_fern@spring.gov.sg

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65 -23 Jan 2007 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 29 Sep 1999 Product: Nil 

37. Slovakia Slovak National 

Accreditation Service, 

(Slovenskä Närodnä 

Akreditaÿnä Sluzba) 

(Slovakia) (SNAS) – Suspended from the EA and IAF MLA on 5 November 2009 

Mrs. Renata Kutkova snas@snas.gov.sk

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65 - 9 Oct 2004 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 19 Sep 2003  ISO 14001 - 9 Oct 2004 Product: Nil 
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38. Slovenia Slovenian Accreditation 

(SA) 

Bostjan Godec 

bostjan.godec@gov.si

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65 - 7 Oct 2006 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 7 Oct 2006  ISO 14001 - 7 Oct 2006 Product: Nil 

39. South Africa South African National 

Accreditation System 

(SANAS) 

Christinah Leballo 

christinahl@sanas.co.za

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65 - 9 Oct 2004 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 29 Oct 1998  ISO 14001 - 9 Oct 2004 Product: Nil 

40. Spain Entidad Nacional de 

Acreditacion (ENAC) 

Beatriz Rivera 

enac@enac.es

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65 - 9 Oct 2004 
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Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 22 Jan 1998  ISO 14001 - 9 Oct 2004 Product: Nil 

41. Sweden Swedish Board for 

Accreditation and 

Conformity Assessment (SWEDAC) 

Peter Kronvall, 

peter.kronvall@swedac.se

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65 - 9 Oct 2004 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 22 Jan 1998  ISO 14001 - 9 Oct 2004 Product: Nil 

42. Switzerland State Secretariat for 

Economic Affairs (SECO), Swiss 

Accreditation Service 

(SAS) 

Hanspeter Ischi 

hanspeter.ischi@sas.ch

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65 - 9 Oct 2004 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 22 Jan 1998  ISO 14001 - 9 Oct 2004 
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Product: Nil 

43. Thailand The National 

Standardization Council of Thailand (NSC)

Mr. Rangsan Nimitsawan rangsan@tisi.go.th

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65 – 16 Sep 10 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 10 Nov 2000  ISO 14001 - 9 Oct 2004 Originally signed as National Accreditation Council of Thailand, The Office of (NAC) 

44. Tunisia Tunisian Accreditation 

Council (Conseil National d'Accréditation, CNA) (TUNAC)

Mrs Dorsaf Zangar TUNAC@PLANET.TN

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 – 23 Oct 2010  ISO 14001 – 23 Oct 2010 

45. Turkey Turkish Accreditation 

Agency (TURKAK) 

Atakan Basturk 

uim@turkak.org.tr

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65 -20 Oct 2008 Sub-scopes: 
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Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 26 Oct 2007  ISO 14001 - 20 Oct 2008 

46. United Kingdom United Kingdom 

Accreditation Service 

(UKAS) 

Lorraine Turner 

lorraine.turner@ukas.com

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65 - 9 Oct 2004 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 22 Jan 1998  ISO 14001 - 9 Oct 2004 Product: Nil 

47. USA American National 

Standards Institute - 

American Society for 

Quality National 

Accreditation Board 

(ANAB) 

Scott Richter 

srichter@anab-aclass.org

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 22 Jan 1998  ISO 14001 - 9 Oct 2004 

48. USA American National 

Standards Institute (ANSI) 

Lane Hallenbeck 

LHallenb@ansi.org

Main scope: Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65-20 Oct 2008 Sub-scopes:Level 4: – Nil 
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Level 5: - Nil 

49. USA American Association for 

Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) 

Robert Miller rmiller@a2la.org 

Main scope: Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65- 16 May 2011 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: - Nil

50 USA International 

Accreditation Service 

(IAS)

Ron Coinerrcoiner@iasonline.org

Main scope:Product certification – ISO/IEC Guide 65-26 May 2011Sub-scopes: Level 4: – NilLevel 5: - Nil

51 Vietnam Bureau of Accreditation 

(BoA) 

VU Xuan Thuy 

vu-thuy@hn.vnn.vn

Main scope: Management system (MS) certification – ISO/IEC 17021 Sub-scopes: Level 4: – Nil Level 5: MS: ISO 9001 - 20 Oct 2008