Germany has now joined the EU-US mutual recognition agreement (MRA) on manufacturing inspections, meaning that the initiative now includes the US and 27 of the 28 EU member states, with only Slovakia still to join.
Germany Joins EU-US Inspections MRA
There is now only one country left to join the agreement between the EU and the US on recognizing the findings of inspectorates in each other’s jurisdictions.

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