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Mutual Recognition Arrangements

Laboratory Accreditation, Traceability, and the Role of Mutual Recognition Arrangements :

A paper that briefly describes the roles of laboratory accreditation, the mutual recognition arrangements amongst laboratory accreditation bodies, and the mutual recognition arrangement amongst national metrology institutes as they relate to issues of traceability of measurement results.


Links to Texts of Mutual Recognition Arrangements to Which NVLAP Is a Signatory

The following links are provided as a service to our users.

ILAC - International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation:

APLAC - Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation:

IAAC - Inter American Accreditation Cooperation:


Date created: July 26, 2002
Last updated: September 22, 2009


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