In November 2016 Rosaccreditation (the Federal Service for Accreditation) was reported to join APLAC/ILAC association that unites laboratories of Asia Pacific countries. Since then, Russian accreditation system has successfully passed a series of audits, inspections and legislation revisions conducted by international expert group.

On June 21 the Eurasian Economic Commission, CEN (European Committee for Standardization), CENELEC (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization) signed a joint Memorandum of Understanding in Edinburgh, UK.