Accredia

The Italian
Accreditation Body

Choosing quality

Competence, impartiality, reliability

Accredia is the sole national accreditation body appointed by the Italian government in compliance with the application of the European Regulation 765/2008, attesting the competence and impartiality of certification, inspection, validation and verification bodies, as well as testing and calibration laboratories. Accredia is a recognized association which operates on a non-profit basis, under the vigilance of the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy.

Accredited bodies
2,129
Assessors and experts
589
Days of assessment
18,708
WE HAVE ACCREDITED
Certification, inspection and verification bodies
604
Testing laboratories, medical laboratories and PTPs
1,314
Calibration laboratories and RMPs
211

LATEST NEWS

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The first Italian research biobank compliant with UNI ISO 20387 has been accredited

A research biobank is a facility that collects, stores and manages biological material and related clinical data in an organized manner for research purposes. Biological material is an essential asset for the progress of biotechnology, an emerging sector on a world scale, which, according to OECD estimates, will have a huge weight on the world […]
Gender equality: the first certification bodies accredited in Italy
19 Jul 2022
Accredia’s commitment to EU Twinning projects: supporting Quality in Georgia
16 May 2022
Strenghtening accreditation in Georgia, the Twinning mid-term conference
08 Apr 2022
Emanuele Riva new Chair of IAF, the worldwide association of accreditation bodies
04 Nov 2021
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New ILAC MRA Agreement for PTPs: worldwide mutual recognition

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Coronavirus: effects of the pandemic on conformity assessment

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Accreditation and certifications. Economic value and social benefits

Documents

13 Jan
LS-04 rev.14 – List of reference standards and documents for the accreditation of Testing Laboratories, Medical Laboratories and Proficiency Testings Providers
12 Jan
DA-11 rev.01 – Application for Accreditation of Validation and Verification Bodies
12 Jan
LS-12 rev.16 – List of reference standards and documents for the accreditation of Validation and Verification Bodies
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Accreditations

18 Jan
Delibera del Comitato Settoriale di Accreditamento Laboratori di prova del 15-11-2022
16 Jan
Delibera del Comitato Settoriale di Accreditamento Attività Regolamentate del 13-01-2023
04 Jan
Delibera del Comitato Settoriale di Accreditamento Certificazione e Ispezione del 21-12-2022
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Accredia Activities 2021

Accreditation for sustainability

This brochure depicts the benefits of the accreditation and of the accredited services for the support and the implementation of the 17 SDGs.

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a broad and ambitious plan of action. At its core are 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets with the overarching objective of leaving no one behind. Accreditation and the accredited services provide with the solutions to implement, measure and monitor many of these objectives and targets.

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Workplace safety

Agri-food, industry, transport and infrastructure, utility networks, professional services: the activity of Accredia covers increasingly global and complex sectors, in which accreditation can play a strategic role for the development of new policies, for sustainability, environmental protection, competitiveness and internationalization.

The accredited certification of the occupational health and safety management system is an instrument recognized by companies and institutions to implement effective policies to prevent accidents and occupational diseases.

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Accreditation for cybersecurity

The research of the Accredia Osservatorio “Cybersecurity and data protection: the role of accredited certification”, carried out with CINI.

The analyses contained in the study, realized together with the Cybersecurity National Lab of CINI, provide useful elements in support of the principle according to which the assessment of conformity with technical standards, strengthened by accreditation, represent enabling factors for cybersecurity, playing a decisive part in the current digital transformation process of society.

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