§6.5 The European accreditation infrastructure

— The European co-operation for Accreditation (EA) is the organisation of European national accreditation bodies. — EA is central to the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 and one of its most important tasks is the organisation of the peer evaluation system of national accreditation bodies. — EA’s tasks may also include the development or the recognition of sector schemes. The Regulation provides for the recognition of a European accreditation infrastructure. For the time being, this is the European co-operation for Accreditation (EA), the regional organisation of European national accreditation bodies. EA is central to the implementation of the Regulation and through the peer evaluation system is the body that has the closest oversight of the practical functioning of accreditation in Europe. The Commission and EA have concluded a framework partnership agreement on the basis of which EA carries out its tasks. One of EA’s primary tasks is to operate a peer evaluation of national accreditation bodies, in line with international standards and practice, but it also contributes to the wider development, maintenance and implementation of accreditation in the EU.

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