ACCREDIA is the body designated by the Italian government to certify the competence and impartiality of calibration laboratories.
In order to obtain accreditation, the laboratory must ensure the traceability of the measurements carried out through its internal organisation and, for this reason, is periodically subjected to audits to verify the technical, managerial and metrological competence of its staff, the principles of impartiality and confidentiality, transparency in communications, the traceability of measurements, the suitability of the calibration methods used, the assessment of uncertainties and the results obtained from ILC experimental comparisons.
Accredited Calibration Laboratories are recognised by Italian government departments and public bodies, by certification bodies for corporate quality management systems (in accordance with the UNI EN ISO 17025 standard) and are valid in countries that are signatories to the Multilateral Agreements (MLA) of the European co-operation for Accreditation (EA) and the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC).