IAF Logo
Resolution Details
Resolution Number Resolution Resolution Content Location and Agenda Item
2024-27
Completion of Transition to ISO/IEC 17029 by Accreditation Bodies
The General Assembly noted that the following Accreditation Bodies have completed the transitional arrangements mandated by the IAF General Assembly Resolution 2021-22: IAF Validation & Verification MLA Structure, for the adoption of ISO/IEC 17029 as a Level 3 standard within the IAF Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA):

  • AA (Akkreditierung Austria)
  • ACCREDIA (Ente Italiano di Accreditamento)
  • ANAB (ANSI National Accreditation Board)
  • BAS (Executive Agency "Bulgarian Accreditation Service")
  • BELAC (Belgian Accreditation Council)
  • CAI (Czech Accreditation Institute)
  • CNAS (China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment)
  • COFRAC (Comité français d'accréditation)
  • DAkkS (Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle GmbH)
  • DANAK (DANAK Den Danske Akkrediteringsfond)
  • ema (Mexican Accreditation Entity)
  • ENAC (Entidad Nacional de Acreditación)
  • ESYD (Hellenic Accreditation System)
  • FINAS (Finnish Accreditation Service)
  • HKAS (Hong Kong Accreditation Service)
  • IPAC (Instituto Português de Acreditação, I.P.)
  • JAB (Japan Accreditation Board)
  • KAN (National Accreditation Body of Indonesia)
  • LATAK (Latvian National Accreditation Bureau)
  • NA (Norwegian Accreditation)
  • NAH (National Accreditation Authority)
  • NIER (National Institute of Environmental Research)
  • NSC (National Standardization Council of Thailand)
  • PCA (Polskie Centrum Akredytacji)
  • RENAR (Romanian Accreditation Association)
  • RvA (Raad voor Accreditatie)
  • SA (Slovenian Accreditation)
  • SLAB (Sri Lanka Accreditation Board for Conformity Assessment)
  • SNAS (Slovak National Accreditation Service)
  • SWEDAC (Swedish Board for Accreditation and Conformity Assessment)
  • TAF (Taiwan Accreditation Foundation)
  • TURKAK (Turkish Accreditation Agency)
  • UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service)


The new Level 3 ISO/IEC 17029 recognition within the IAF MLA shall inherit the validity date of recognition from the previous IAF MLA Level 3 for the ISO 14065 scope, ensuring a seamless transition and continuity in accreditation status.
Berlin IAF38-8.2