Professional paper

Accreditation of Laboratories, Standards and Supported Legislation in European Union

Biljana Tanatarec
Nenad Nikolić

Abstract

Mandate M/451 EN was assigned to the European organizations CEN, CENELEC and ETSI , under which the field of laboratory accreditation would be regulated, was assigned by the European Union at the and of year 2007. European organizations CEN, CENELEC and ETSI have accepted the mandate and this paper describes their work on the development of standards under the assigned mandate and the legal regulations governing the area. The most recent amendments to the list of standards covered by the M/451 EN mandate expected to be made by the end of year 2011 are presented as well.

Keywords

standardisation; accreditation; laboratory; new legal framework; mandate M/417 EN

Hrčak ID:

148800

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/148800

Publication date:

1.3.2013.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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