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Appendix A, A2LA 2014 Annual Report

International Mutual Recognition (ILAC)

The International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC)
Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA)

On November 2, 2000, A2LA signed the mutual recognition arrangement with the International Laboratory Accreditation
Cooperation (ILAC). The Arrangement was signed in Washington, D.C. at the General Assembly of the International Labora-
tory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) and entered into force on January 31, 2001. More than 30 accreditation bodies from
26 economies signed the arrangements. Since then, additional accreditation bodies have become signatories.

A cornerstone of the ILAC MRA is the utilization of existing or developing regional arrangements established in the Americas
(IAAC), the Asia-Pacific region (APLAC), Europe (EA) and Southern Africa. The bodies participating in these regional arrange-
ments are responsible for maintaining the necessary confidence in the competence of their member accreditation bodies
that are signatories to the new ILAC Arrangement.

By signing the ILAC MRA, the signatory accreditation bodies commit to promoting acceptance of the test reports/calibration
reports issued by the laboratories accredited by the signatory accreditation bodies.

Signatories to the ILAC MRA (as well as their Scope of Recognition) as of June 1, 2015 include:

 O AA – Argentina (testing, ISO 15189, calibration,  FINAS - Finland (testing, ISO 15189, calibration, inspection)
inspection)  C OFRAC - France (testing, ISO 15189, calibration,

 NATA - Australia (testing, calibration, inspection) inspection)
 JAS-ANZ – Australia/New Zealand (inspection)  D AkkS - Germany (testing, ISO 15189, calibration,
 AA - Austria (testing, ISO 15189, calibration, inspection)
 BAB – Bangladesh (testing) inspection)
 B ELAC - Belgium (testing, ISO 15189, calibration,  ESYD - Greece (testing, ISO 15189, calibration, inspection)
 O GA - Guatemala (testing, ISO 15189, calibration,
inspection)
 B ATA – Bosnia and Herzegovina (testing, calibration, inspection)
 NAT - Hungary (testing, ISO 15189, calibration, inspection)
inspection)  NABL - India (testing, ISO 15189, calibration)
 CGCRE - Brazil (testing, ISO 15189, calibration, inspection)  NABCB – India (inspection)
 CALA - Canada (testing)  K AN - Indonesia (testing, ISO 15189, calibration,
 IQMH – Canada (ISO 15189)
 SCC – Canada (testing, ISO 15189, calibration) inspection)
 NN - Chile (testing, ISO 15189, calibration)  INAB - Ireland (testing, ISO 15189, calibration, inspection)
 C NAS – People’s Republic of China (testing, ISO 15189,  ISRAC – Israel (testing, ISO 15189, calibration, inspection)
 A CCREDIA – Italy (testing, ISO 15189, calibration,
calibration, inspection)
 H KAS – China, Hong Kong (testing, ISO 15189, calibration, inspection)
 JANAAC – Jamaica (testing)
inspection)  JAB - Japan (testing, ISO 15189, calibration, inspection)
 ONAC – Colombia (testing, calibration)  IAJapan - Japan (testing, calibration)
 ECA – Costa Rica (testing, calibration, inspection)  VLAC - Japan (testing)
 HAA – Croatia (testing, ISO 15189, calibration, inspection)  NCA – Kazakhstan (testing, calibration)
 ONARC - Cuba (testing, calibration)  KOLAS – Republic of Korea (testing, calibration)
 C YS-CYSAB - Cyprus (testing, ISO 15189, calibration,  KCA – Kyrgyz (testing)
 O LAS - Luxembourg (testing, ISO 15189, calibration,
inspection)
 C AI – Czech Republic (testing, ISO 15189, calibration, inspection)
 S tandards Malaysia - Malaysia (testing, ISO 15189,
inspection)
 D ANAK - Denmark (testing, ISO 15189, calibration, calibration)
 ema - Mexico (testing, ISO 15189, calibration, inspection)
inspection)  MNAS – Mongolia (testing, calibration)
 SAE - Ecuador (testing, calibration, inspection)  R vA – The Netherlands (testing, ISO 15189, calibration,
 EGAC - Egypt (testing, ISO 15189, calibration, inspection)
 OSA - El Salvador (testing) inspection)