Working and Liaison Groups

	Education & Training WG
	Measurement Uncertainty and Traceability WG
	Metrology in Chemistry WG (MetChem)
	Permanent Liaison Group (PLG)
	Proficiency Testing (EEE-PT) WG
	Proficiency Testing WG
	Qualitative Analysis WG
	Reference Materials WG

1. To co-ordinate and promote the co-operation between the communities of laboratories and accreditors on the technical level: problem analysis and proposals;
2. To exchange experience on the development and application of EA-documentation;
3. To identify project proposals on aspects of quality and competence in testing and accreditation, to allocate them to existing or new task forces if appropriate, and with the agreement of EA, EURACHEM and EUROLAB, to harmonise the work of existing and new common Working Groups and Task Forces and to secure a proper flow of information between these and EA, EURACHEM and EUROLAB;
4. To follow actively the progress of Working Groups and Task Forces EA, EURACHEM and EUROLAB are interested in;
5. To promote competent and cost-effective operations of testing and calibration laboratories.
    

1. Implementation of ISO/IEC 17025
   

   to support laboratories implementing the new standard; to give input to and discuss the documents needed for accreditors' assessment of laboratory competence according to the new ISO/IEC 17025; to discuss the relationship between ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO 9001:2000

2. Scope of Acceditation and Method of Assessment

   to promote the use of a flexible scope

3. Traceability

   to follow the ILAC work and give input where necessary

4. Measurement Uncertainty

   to promote the correct understanding of measurement uncertainty within the testing community and its customers; to draft a common approach on the implementation of ISO/IEC 17025, cl. 5.4.6, based on EA-3/02; to promote, organise and/or co-ordinate training programmes, seminars and workshops on measurement uncertainty, especially in sectoral working groups; to consider the available specific guidance documents for promotional work, and to make proposals to the EA Laboratory Committee or other relevant committees on their further treatment.

5. Accreditation - Customer's View

   to send out and analyse an enquiry by means of the EUROLAB network, asking for the laboratories' view on accreditation (customer satisfaction) and to produce a report on the subject; to follow the laboratories' cost associated with accreditation in order to avoid discrepancies that may affect laboratories' competition.

6. EEE(E)-Groups

   to follow and to comment the work in the RM- and PT-groups and to give input where needed

7. Restructuring of EN 45000 Series

   to follow the discussion on restructuring of the EN 45000 series and the use of the standards in the different modules

8. Computerised Systems in Laboratories

   to follow this issue in connection with the implementation of ISO/IEC 17025

9. Accreditation vs. Certification

   to follow the international discussion and revise the existing paper (EA-2/08)

10. Multiple Assessment of Laboratories

    to monitor the assessment of multidisciplinary, multifunction and multisite laboratories in order to decrease the multiple (and repetitive) assessment of laboratories; to bring GLP and other similar schemes closer to accreditation

11. Information Leaflet on the Values of Accreditation for Industry and other Users

    to follow the corresponding work within ILAC and to draft, if necessary, a European leaflet

12. Third Party Involvement

    to discuss this issue and to follow the related work within ISO/CASCO

13. Joint Workshops