Eurolab – the European federation of national associations of measurement testing and analytical laboratories – was founded on 27 April 1990 in Brussels as a network of laboratories and in response to the evolution of the European Union and is registered in the form of an international organization under Belgian law (aisbl †Association Inter-nationale sans but lucratif ). The association represents over 2 000 technical experts and laboratory practitioners and is open to the world and includes representatives from the East and Middle East, South