EA Structure

  • The General Assembly is the association’s highest decision-making body;
  • The Executive Board is responsible for implementing EA governance and financial policies, and managing the organisation (including financial management) between the meetings of the General Assembly and as directed by the General Assembly;
  • The Advisory Board is EA’s main forum for relations with stakeholders;
  • The Technical Management Board (TMB) is responsible for coordinating the technical activities of EA.

EA Management

General Assembly (EA GA)

The General Assembly, the association’s highest decision-making body, supervises EA management and the general course of affairs in the association and takes decisions on strategy and general policies. The General Assembly creates and dissolves EA Technical Committees, MAC and CPC. It also elects the President, Vice President of EA, the Executive Board, as well as the Technical Management Board.

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Executive Board

The Executive Board is responsible for implementing EA governance and financial policies, and managing the organisation (including financial management) between the meetings of the General Assembly and as directed by the General Assembly.

Members of the Executive Board (2023-2024)

Maureen Logghe
Maureen Logghe(BELAC, Belgium)
EA President
Inger Cecilie Laake
Inger Cecilie Laake(NA, Norway)
Vice-President
Leopoldo Cortez
Leopoldo Cortez(IPAC, Portugal)
Jesper Høy
Jesper Høy(DANAK, Denmark)
Roeland Nieuweboer
Roeland Nieuweboer(RvA, The Netherlands)
Karine Vincent
Karine Vincent(COFRAC, France)

Technical Management Board

The Technical Management Board (TMB) is responsible for coordinating the technical activities of EA.

Members of the Technical Management Board (2023-2024)

Inger Cecilie Laake
Inger Cecilie Laake(NA, Norway)
EA Vice-President
TMB Chair
Sergio Guzzi
Sergio Guzzi(ACCREDIA, Italy)
Laboratory Committee Chair (LC)
Maria Papatzikou
Maria Papatzikou(ESYD, Greece)
Multilateral Agreement Council Chair (MAC)
Casper Van Erp
Casper Van Erp(RvA, The Netherlands)
Certification Committee Chair (CC)
Marek Wilgos
Marek Wilgos(PCA, Poland)
Inspection Committee Chair (IC)
Gabriel Zrenner
Gabriel Zrenner(DAkkS, Germany)
Horizontal Harmonization Committee Chair (HHC)

Committees

Certification Committee

CC

Chair: Casper Van Erp (RvA, The Netherlands)
Scope: accreditation of Conformity Assessment Bodies performing certification, validation and verification activities.

Terms of reference

Horizontal Harmonization Committee

HHC

Chair: Gabriel Zrenner (DAkkS, Germany)
Scope: harmonised implementation of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008, EN ISO/IEC 17011 Conformity assessment — Requirements for National Accreditation Bodies (NAB) accrediting Conformity Assessment Bodies, and relevant ILAC/IAF and EA application documents.

Terms of reference

Inspection Committee

IC

Chair: Marek Wilgos (PCA, Poland)
Scope: accreditation of Conformity Assessment Bodies performing inspection activities.

Terms of reference

Laboratory Committee

LC

Chair: Sergio Guzzi (ACCREDIA, Italy)
Scope: accreditation of laboratories, proficiency testing providers and reference material producers

Terms of reference

Multilateral Agreement Council

MAC

Chair: Maria Papatzikou (ESYD, Greece)
Scope: management and monitoring of the peer-evaluation process, decision on Multilateral Agreement (MLA)/ Bilateral Agreement (BLA) signatories and evaluators’ training and monitoring

Terms of reference

Financial Oversight Committee

FOC

Chair: Stephan Finke (DAkkS, Germany)
Scope: monitoring the use of EA’s finances during each financial year. It reports to the General Assembly annually.

Terms of reference

EA Advisory Board (EAAB)

The EA Advisory Board (EAAB) is the main forum for relations with stakeholders and advises EA on a broad range of political and strategic issues. The EAAB is represented in the EA Multilateral Agreement Council.

The Board’s composition constitutes a well-balanced representation of the parties which rely on and contribute to the European accreditation system, with representatives from:

  • the conformity assessment community;
  • the industry, services and trade;
  • the EU Member States’ national authorities;
  • European private scheme owners;
  • the consumer associations;
  • the European metrological institutions;
  • the European standardisation organisations;
  • the European Commission;
  • and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA).

Discussions focus on issues relating to harmonization, strategy, and policy on accreditation. In particular, the EAAB supports EA to ensure that accreditation in conformity assessment activities is applied with openness and transparency.

It also monitors EA developments to promote an accreditation process leading to quality and competence-driven competition between accredited Conformity Assessment Bodies and coherence with international accreditation practice.

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