Conformity assessment results obtained from one signatory are accepted by the others. The Agreement rests on the assessment of each body under the Association's procedures, within the requirements of ISO/IEC 17011.
Independent conformity assessment services provided by signatories to the Agreement are recognised within the EAASS MLA following expert review. Results issued by the accredited bodies of signatories are recognised by all signatories to the Association's Charter across the Eurasian region, and by interested parties beyond it.
The Association maintains a regional network of conformity assessment bodies — testing laboratories, inspection bodies, certification bodies, experts and other participants — approved by its Accreditation Committee.
The Agreement has a double purpose: to widen the circle of signatories and to bring accreditation practice in the region to a common form. The second is meaningless without the first: recognition works exactly to the extent that signatories assess alike.
Three obligations, without which the Agreement remains a declaration. Each applies within the scope of recognition established for that signatory by assessment.
The competence of certification bodies may be confirmed against the standards listed below. An individual signatory's scope is narrower than this list — it is stated in the register.
Signatories and their scopes of recognition change as assessments are carried out, so they are not duplicated on this page. The current list is held in the public EAACR register, which is also the source for checking the status of any individual body.