Swedish Board for Accreditation and Conformity Assessment ( sv, Styrelsen för ackreditering och teknisk kontroll, ) is the national accreditation body, assessing the competence of

laboratories A laboratory (; ; colloquially lab) is a facility that provides controlled conditions in which scientific or technological research, experiments, and measurement may be performed. Laboratory services are provided in a variety of settings: physi ...

, certification and inspection bodies in Sweden. It is one of the

Government agencies in Sweden The government agencies in Sweden are state-controlled organizations that act independently to carry out the policies of the Government of Sweden. The ministries are relatively small and merely policy-making organizations, allowed to monitor th ...

that answers to the

Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs The Ministry for Foreign Affairs ( sv, Utrikesdepartementet, UD) is responsible for Swedish foreign policy. History The ministry for Foreign Affairs was created in 1791 when King Gustav III set up ''Konungens kabinett för den utrikes brevv ...

. The agency is located in

Borås Borås ( , , ) is a city (officially, a locality) and the seat of Borås Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 66,273 inhabitants in 2010. Geography Borås is located at the point of two crossing railways, among them th ...

. It is also responsible for regulations and surveillance in the field of legal metrology.

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