External resources and website links
The following resources link to either the website or database entries for International, National and Regional Bodies responsible for Accreditation.
- A²LA (American Association for Laboratory Accreditation, USA)
- AIST (Agency for Industrial Science and Technology, Japan)
- APLAC (Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation)
- BELTEST (Ministry of Economic Affairs, Division Quality/Accreditation Service, Belgium)
- BKO/OBE (Belgische Kalibratie Organisatie, Belgium)
- BmWA (Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs, Austria)
- BPS (Bureau of Product Standards, The Philippines)
- BSN (National Standardisation Agency of Indonesia)
- Building Research Institute (Ministry of Construction, Japan)
- CNACL (China National Accreditation Committee for Laboratories, People's Republic of China)
- CNLA (Center for Measurement Standards / ITRI, Chinese Taipei)
- COFRAC (Comité Francais d'Accréditation, France)
- CPRU (Construction, Planning and Research Unit, Brunei Darussalam)
- DANAK (Danish National Laboratory Accreditation Council, Denmark)
- DAR (Deutscher Akkreditierungsrat, Germany)
- Department of Labor Inspection (Council of Labor Affairs, Taiwan - Chinese Taipei)
- DSM (Department of Standards Malaysia)
- ENAC (Entidad Nacional de Acreditación, Spain)
- EPA (Environmental Protection Administration - National Institute of Environmental Analysis, Chinese Taipei)
- European Accreditation (EA) (Formerly EAL and EAC, Europe)
- FINAS (Finnish Accreditation Service, Finland)
- HOKLAS (Hong Kong Laboratory Accreditation Scheme - English Site)
- IAAC (Inter-American Accreditation Cooperation)
- IANZ (International Accreditation New Zealand)
- ICBO (ICBO Evaluation Service, Inc., USA)
- ILAC (International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation)
- INMETRO (Insituto Nacional de Metrologia, Normalizacão et Qualidade, Brazil)
- IPQ< (Instituto Português da Qualidado, Portugal)
- ISO Guide 25 (ISO Home Page on Laboratory Accreditation)
- JAB (The Japan Accreditation Board for Conformity Assessment, Japan)
- JCSS (Japan Calibration Service System, Japan)
- KOLAS (Korea Laboratory Accreditation Scheme, Republic of Korea)
- KOTRIC (Korea Testing and Research Institute for the Chemical Industry, Republic of Korea)
- NA (Norwegian Accreditation, Norway)
- NAB (National Accreditation Board, Ireland)
- NABL (National Accreditation Bureau for Laboratories, India)
- NATA (National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia)
- NBSM (National Bureau of Standards and Metrology, Nepal)
- NISIT (National Institute of Standards and Industrial Technology, Papua New Guinea)
- NITE (National Institute of Technology and Evaluation - MITI, Japan)
- NRTL (Nationally Recognized Testing Labs, USA - site includes scope of recognitions)
- NVLAP® (NIST's National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program, USA)
- PTB/DKD (Deutscher Kalibrierdienst, Germany)
- RvA (Raad voor Accreditatie, The Netherlands)
- SACI (State Administration of Import & Export Commodity Inspection of People's Republic of China)
- SANAS (South African National Accreditation System, South Africa)
- SAS (Swiss Accreditation Service, Switzerland)
- SCC (Standards Council of Canada)
- SINAL (Sistema Nazionale per l'Accreditamento di Laboratori, Italy)
- SINCERT (Sistema Nazionale per l'Accreditamento degli Organismi di Certificazione, Italy)
- SINGLAS (Singapore Laboratory Accreditation Scheme)
- SIT(Servizio di Taratura in Italia, Italy)
- SWEDAC (Swedish Board for Accreditation and Conformity Assessment, Sweden)
- TLAS (Thai Laboratory Accreditation Scheme, Thailand)
- UK Accreditation Service (UKAS) (Formerly NAMAS, United Kingdom)
- VILAS (Bureau of Accreditation - STAMEQ, Vietnam)
Regulatory / Approval Authorities
The following links are related to National and Regional Organisations involved in either the Regulation or Type Approval (Certification / Homologation) of Telecommunications and Radio Equipment and Services.
- Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)
- British Approvals Board for Telecommunications (BABT, UK)
- Europa - The European Commission's Web Server
- EOTC - European Organization for Testing & Certification
- European Union -Delegation of the EC to the U.S.
- TAC/THK - Telecommunications Administration Centre, Finland
The following links are related to National, International and Regional Organisations involved in the Standardisation of Telecommunications or Radio Equipment and Services:
Telecommunications Operators and Service Providers