is among the largest accreditation bodies in the world and the only independent, non-profit, internationally recognized accreditation body in the Germany that offers a full range of comprehensive conformity assessment accreditation services.

Global Accreditation Centre Established in 1978 as a public service membership society, GAC is dedicated to the formal recognition of competent testing and calibration laboratories (including medical laboratories), bio banking facilities, inspection bodies, product certification bodies, proficiency testing providers, and reference material producers. GAC has over 4,000 actively accredited certificates representing more than 50 countries.

GAC offers three primary service lines to support recognition of competence in conformity assessment industries.