Europe raises problems over EU/US MRA (mutual recognition agreement) short-cut
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
European member state representatives have raised a new issue that could affect the informal agreement between the EU and the US to speed up the beginning of the operational phase of their mutual recognition agreement (MRA). Both sides had agreed that if the number of organisations designated as conformity assessment bodies (CABs) was initially limited to two on each side, progress could be made more swiftly.