2. A brief history of the accreditation organization
In Western Europe, the practice of accreditation began in the late 1960s in the field of calibration laboratories, first in Great Britain and then in France. The 1970s saw the introduction of similar procedures in Sweden, the Netherlands, Italy and the Federal Republic of Germany, joined in the 1980s by Finland, Austria, Hungary, Portugal and Norway. At the same time, accreditation systems for testing and analysis laboratories were introduced. In most countries, these systems were developed in parallel with existing accreditations for calibration laboratories.
in 1968 (when the BNM was created), the term "habilitation" was used instead of "accreditation", with laboratories acting on behalf of BNM laboratories.
The introduction of the single market in Europe led to an explosion in the number...
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Websites
Bilateral agreement between EA and SANAS http://www.senat.fr/dossier-legislatif/pjl14-561.html
Document IAF-ILAC A1 http://www.ilac.org/ilaciafjoint.html
List of signatories to the ILAC international...
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- 1re– Conformity assessment – Vocabulary and general principles – Conformity assessment – Vocabulary and general principles – http://www.iso.org - ISO CEI 17000 - 11-04
- International vocabulary of metrology – Basic and general concepts and associated terms (VIM) – International Vocabulary of Metrology – Fundamental and general concepts and associated terms (VIM) (http://www.bipm.org) - JCGM 200 - 2008
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Article L. 115-28 of the French Consumer Code designates the national accreditation body in France.
Décret n° 2010-699 du 25 juin 2010 relatif à l'accréditation des organismes de mesures et de vérifications mentionnés à l'article L. 4722-2 du Code du travail (Decree no. 2010-699 of June 25, 2010 on the accreditation of measurement and verification bodies referred to in article L. 4722-2 of the Labor...
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