Die DGA ist Mitglied des Deutschen Akkreditierungs Rates (DAR) und dessen Ausschüssen, womit die nationale Anerkennung als Akkreditierungsstelle im nicht geregelten Bereich gegeben ist. Darüber hinaus arbeitet die DGA mit verschiedenen Akkreditierungs- und Zulassungsstellen des geregelten Bereichs eng zusammen.

Durch die DACH Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle Chemie nach DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 akkreditiertes Prüflaboratorium

Im November 2000 hat die DACH das Internationale Abkommen zur gegenseitigen Anerkennung bei ILAC (International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation) unterzeichnet. Damit besitzen die von der DACH akkreditierten Laboratorien auch die internationale Anerkennung.

Im folgenden wird ein Auszug aus der offiziellen Pressemitteilung von ILAC wiedergegeben.

November 2, 2000 (Washington, DC) - In a development that will enhance international trade, 36 laboratory accreditation bodies from 28 economies worldwide signed an arrangement today that will promote the acceptance of technical test and calibration data for exported goods. The Arrangement, which was signed at the General Assembly of the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) and enters into force on January 31, 2001, means that a product tested by a laboratory accredited by a signatory to the Arrangement in one country will be accepted and promoted by all the other signatories in their countries. This is a major step towards reducing or eliminating the need for retesting of products when they arrive in an importing country.
“For many years, the retesting of goods by an importing country has been considered a major technical barrier to trade”, noted Belinda Collins, Chair of ILAC and Director of the Office of Standards Services at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). “Since the mid-1970s, the World Trade Organization has identified such technical barriers as a major concern to world trade. Such barriers can not only add significantly to the cost of goods entering a country, but they can delay and in some cases prevent the goods from being accepted by foreign markets.”
The key to the Arrangement is the developing global network of accredited testing and calibration laboratories that are evaluated and recognized as being competent by specific authorities known as laboratory accreditation bodies. Many of these bodies, which are located in many economies, participate in ILAC.
The ILAC Arrangment applies to the 36 signatory members of ILAC, which consists of accreditation bodies that have been evaluated and shown to meet ILAC’s criteria for competence.
A key ILAC goal is to have all its members meet the criteria to become signatories to the Arrangement, as well to provide outreach to those bodies that are in the process of becoming ILAC members.
A cornerstone of the new Arrangement is the utilization of existing or developing regional arrangements established in the Americas, the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and Southern Africa. The bodies participating in these regional arrangements are responsible for maintaining the necessary confidence of their member accreditation bodies that are signatories to the new ILAC Arrangement.