CEOC ANNUAL CONFERENCE VIENNA – 29th May 2010 DANIEL PIERRE – EA VICE-CHAIRMAN Implementation of the European Regulation n°765

At EA level Relationship with the European Commission and EFTA Signature of a Framework Partnership Agreement (FPA) between EA, the European Commission and EFTA Participation of EA in the SOGS meetings Financial support 2

At EA level Restructuration of EA Reinforcement of the Executive Committee Creation of the Horizontal Harmonization Committee More professionnal organisation (became employer) 3

At EA level Enhancing the peer evaluation system Document EA 2/17 Guidance on the horizontal requirements for the accreditation of Conformity Assessment Bodies for notification purposes Establishment of « Directives Networks » EA peer evaluators trainings Special group of evaluators trained to look at the different schemes formed by the directives (1 extra person in the evaluation team) 4

At EA level Relationship with Accreditation Bodies from outside European Union and EFTA countries Document EA 1/13 Accreditation Bodies having a Bilateral Agreement with EA shall, by 1 st January 2012, be required to meet the same requirements as an EA full member being signatory to the EA MLA Accreditation Bodies having a Cooperation Agreement with EA shall, by 1 st January 2012, be required to meet the same requirements as an EA full member not being signatory to the EA MLA Neighbourhood policy Associate Members « Foreign» Accreditation Bodies Acknowledgement by EA 5

At EA level Implementation of article 7 and EA cross frontier policy Multisite accreditations Multiple accreditations Evolution of the EA cross frontier policy (EA 2/13) 6

At National level Reorganisations in Italy and Germany Recognition of National Accreditation Body by National Public Authorities Communication between National Accreditation Body and National Public Authorities (Best Practice Guide established by EA) 7