Interlaboratory Comparisons

Guaranteed accuracy in water quality measurements

The Environment Agency Austria (Umweltbundesamt) offers, together with IFA-Tulln, Proficiency Testing for Water Analysis. Every year around 20 proficiency testing rounds are planned. 

Accredited Proficiency Testing Provider according to EN ISO/IEC 17043:2010

Analytical laboratories, civil engineering offices and quality control laboratories can use the proficiency tests of the EAA as an independent, external quality control.

Accredited proficiency testing for Gaseous Air Pollutants

The Environment Agency Austria offers the opportunity to assess the performance of air quality measurement. Register now!

Proficiency Testing Scheme for Environmental Analysis

The Environment Agency Austria offers proficiency tests in several matrices every year. In 2023 proficiency tests for ambient air and waste will be performed.

Requests for proficiency testing schemes

If you have specific requests for proficiency testing schemes, please contact us. We will try to accommodate them if there is sufficient interest.

Field Comparison Exercise for PM mass concentration

The Environment Agency Austria offers inter-laboratory comparison exercise (IE) for the determination of PM mass concentration using the reference gravimetric method (ÖNORM EN 12341).

Reports from Interlaboratory Comparisons

The final reports with the detailed results of the interlaboratory comparisons are available for download here.