European Federation of National Associations of
Measurement, Testing and Analytical Laboratories
  
    
 

Short documents on quality issues to help laboratories comply with ISO/IEC 17025.

A quarterly look at topics of interest for the international laboratory community.
 
 
 
CEOC International, EUROLAB and IFIA call for improvements to the European medical devices approval system
Current events made the modernisation of the medical device directives the centre of political discussion. CEOC International, EUROLAB and IFIA have joined their forces and call for improvements to the current medical devices approval system in Europe in their common position paper On Safe Medical Devices for Europe.
PROFICIENCY TESTING PROGRAMME: AQUS-ABSORPTION_1
Promoted by the network of laboratories of acoustics, ACUSTILAB located within EUROLAB-Spain
Letter from Europe
This Letter from Europe gives an actual overview of EUROLAB in reviewing past year events and considering EUROLAB’s strategy and priorities in the new year written by Prof. Horst Czichos, published in Metrologist.
Food Safety Day - 15 September
EU Food Safety Day focuses on food waste minimisation and food packaging optimisation
Competitive Position of the European Chemical Industry, Facts and Figures
World leader role of the European chemicals industry has come under pressure
European Commission on Food information for consumers
EC to present a list of health claims by the end of 2011, following assessments by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC
European Commission publishes first list of harmonized standards under revised Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC.
5th EU Consumer Scoreboard
Presentation on 11 March by the European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy, John Dalli, at the European Consumers' Organisation (BEUC)'s premises. The biannual Scoreboard report is the statistical evidence of how markets are delivering to consumers both at EU and at national level.
Safer products for European consumers
Consumers need better protection from potentially dangerous products, says a resolution on product safety passed in plenary session on Tuesday 8th March 2011. MEPs set out their inputs to a forthcoming update of EU product safety rules to be launched by the Commission later this year.
A new important step towards accessibility in the ICT domain
CEN, CENELEC and ETSI establish Joint Working Group on eAccessibility.
 
 
EURACHEM Workshop on Key Challenges in Internal Quality Control at BAM, Berlin 10-11 October 2012

The Eurachem Education and Training Working Group invites you to participate in an international workshop on internal quality control to be held in Berlin on Wednesday 10 to Thursday 11 October 2012. The event will be hosted by the German member of Eurachem, EUROLAB Germany.
Energy & Low Carbon Conference: Measurement Makes Business Sense - 18-19 September 2012, London

Preliminary Announcement & Call for Papers
The European Electromagnetic Materials Measurements and Applications Club (EMMA Club) - 1st European Meeting, Paris, 11 June 2012

The European Electromagnetic Materials Measurements and Applications Club (EMMA Club), co-ordinated by the National Physical Laboratory has been created to promote knowledge, good practice and know-how for dielectric and EM materials measurement. The EMMA club is being brought to Europe for the first time and is funded by European project EMINDA (Electromagnetic Characterisation of Materials for Industrial Applications up to Microwave Frequencies ) which will help to disseminate the benefits of club across Europe
EURACHEM Workshop on Validation/Traceability/Measurement Uncertainty: Challenges for the 21st Century’s analysts

Berlin, May 21-22, 2012 (in connection with Eurachem General Assembly 2012)
Eurolab General Assembly and Annual Meetings, Prague, 18-20 April 2012

EUROLAB and its Czech member EUROLAB-CZ organise General Assembly and Annual Meetings in Prague, Czech Republic
EUROLAB National Members' Meeting, Cavtat, 11-13 October 2011

The EUROLAB National Members’ Meeting will take place in Cavtat from 11 October till 13 October 2011 at the Hotel Croatia, kindly hosted by CROLAB.
Eurolab General Assembly and Annual Meetings, Istanbul, 11-13 April 2011

EUROLAB and its Turkish member TURKLAB organise General Assembly and Annual Meetings in Istanbul, Greenpark Taksim Hotel

Full list of Eurolab and related events