About Us
The Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB) is the national body with responsibility for the accreditation of laboratories, certification bodies and inspection bodies. It provides accreditation in accordance with the relevant International Organisation for Standardisation ISO 17000 series of standards and guides and the harmonised EN 45000 series of European standards.
It is the statutory body responsible for Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and is the competent body for EMAS (European Eco-Management and Audit Scheme).
INAB was established in 1985 and is a division of Forfás, Ireland ’s national policy advisory body for enterprise and science.
In January 2010, the European Commission was notified by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (now the DETI) as being the sole accreditation body for Ireland in line with regulation EC/765/2008.
INAB’s Functions Include:
- Accreditation of Testing and Calibration Laboratories ISO 17025, ISO 15189
- Accreditation of Certification Bodies/Verifiers EN 45011, IS0 17021, IS0 17024
- Accreditation of Inspection Bodies ISO 17020
- Accreditation of EMAS Verifiers and National Competent Body for registration of EMAS organisations
- Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) – Council Regulation
- National Compliance Monitoring Authority for Good Laboratory Practice SI 1991 No 4 implementing EC Directive 88/320/EEC (GLP)
- Accreditation for the purposes of notification to European Product Directives.
