IMPORTANT LINKS                                                                   

The Institute refers for related subjects to the following web sites:


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Organisors of Proficiency Tests

Europe EC European Information system on Proficiency Testing Schemes
Netherlands, The   WEPAL Wageningen Evaluating Programmes for Analytical Laboratories
Netherlands, The   iis Petroleum products, liquid fuels and petrochemicals
Netherlands, The   Kiwa Drinking, surface and groundwater
Netherlands, The   COKZ  
United Kingdom CSL FAPAS: Food
Belgium IRMM IMEP
Switzerland EMPA  
Germany BIA  
Denmark National Institute of Occupational Health DEQAS


National Accreditation Bodies and related institutes

Global ILAC International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation
Countries List of National Accreditation Bodies  


Standardization & Normalisation & Standard Institutes

 --- ISO International Standards Organisation
 --- APLAC Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation
 --- EA/EAL European co-operation for Accreditation
Australia   Standards Australia
Australia CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Australia NATA National Association of Testing Authorities
Brazil INMETRO National Institue for Metrology and Industiral Quality
Canada INMS NRC Institute for National Measurement Standards
Canada SCC Standards Council of Canada
Denmark DFM Danish Institute of Fundamental Metrology
Egypt   National Institute for Standards
Finland FINAS Center for Metrology and Accreditation
Finland SFS Standards Association
France Afnor Association française de normalisation
France LNE Laboratoire National d'Essais
Germany DIN DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V.
Germany PTB Physikalisch - Technische Bundesanstalt
Greece ELOT Hellenic Organization for Standarization
Guatemala COGUANOR Comisión Guatemalateca de Normas
Ireland   Standards Institute
Ireland NML National Metrology Laboratory
Italy SIT Servizio di Taratura in Italia
Japan JCSS Japan Calibration Service System
Japan JIS Industrial Standards
Korea KRISS Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
Malaysia SIRIM Standards & Industrial Research Institute
Netherlands, The NMi Nederlands Meetinstituut
Netherlands, The NEN Nederlands Normalisatie Instituut
New Zealand TELARC Testing Laboratory Registration Council
Portugal IPQ Instituto Português da Qualidade
Romania   Romanian Testing Laboratories Network
Singapore SISIR Institute of Standards and Industrial Research
Thailand TISI THAI Industrial Standards Institute
United Kingdom BSi Britisch Standards Institute
United Kingdom CBM Center For Basic Metrology
United Kingdom IP Institute of Petroleum
United Kingdom NPL National Physics Laboratory
United States of America (U.S.A.) ANSI The American National Standards Institute
United States of America (U.S.A.) ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials
United States of America (U.S.A.) NIST US National Institute of Standards & Technology 


Other relevant Institutes and Companies

 --- EURACHEM
America's National Association for Proficiency Testing NAPT
America’s National Standards System Network NSSN
Bureau International des Poids et Measures BIPM
Environmental Protection Agency EPA
European Organization for Quality EOQ
European Union EU
Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements IRMM
Laboratory of the National Chemist LGC
Quality Management Institute QMI
Société Générale de Surveillance SGS
US National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST): Guidelines for Evaluating and Expressing the Uncertainty of NIST Measurement Results Uncertainty of NIST Measurement Results
Uncertainty Discussion Forum Uncertainty Discussion Forum

List of various quality links

List of various quality links