and forensic service providers will work on the basis of a common approach to implement
these standards that foster closer cooperation between them and criminal justice systems. The
accreditation of forensic laboratories is a corner stone of the above mentioned objectives [1–3]. Ensuring
the integrity of DNA profiles the Council issued decision 2008/616/JHA the application of EN ISO/IEC
17025 standard regarding the operation of testing and calibration laboratories has been ordered [4].
According to Council Framework Decision 2009/905/JHA on the accreditation of judicial expert
laboratories, the laboratories have to be accredited until 30th November 2015 [5]. We investigated the
regulations, decisions and rules national and international measures of the given area