By joining NATO, the Czech Republic acceded to a number of standardization agreements (STANAG). One of these standardization agreements is STANAG 4107 “Mutual Acceptance of Government Quality Assurance and Usage of the Allied Quality Assurance Publications”. By acceding to this standardization agreement, the Czech Republic and thus the Authority have obligations towards foreign partner authorities, but also the right to use their services for the benefit of Czech customers who apply for GQA.
Government Quality Assurance abroad can be ensured:
a) in NATO member states that have acceded to STANAG 4107 and thereby committed to perform GQA for the benefit of customers from other NATO member states free of charge;
b) in countries that are not members of NATO, but with which a bilateral agreement has been concluded on the mutual implementation and recognition of GQA (implementation of GQA free of charge or for financial compensation).
Currently, the following bilateral agreements are concluded with:
Sweden
Agreement between the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic and the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration on the mutual provision of guarantees for the quality of defence products and services.
Signed on 24 April 1998.
USA
Memorandum of Understanding between the Department of Defence of the United States of America and the Defence Standardization, Codification and Government Quality Assurance Authority of the Czech Republic regarding reciprocal quality assurance services.
Signed on 7 May 2004.
Slovakia
Protocol between the Department of State Quality Assurance Strategy of the Defence Standardization, Codification and Government Quality Assurance Authority of the Czech Republic and the Defence Standardization, Codification and Government Quality Assurance Authority of the Slovak Republic on cooperation in the mutual implementation of state quality assurance.
Signed on 15 November 2004.
Finland
Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Finland and the Defence Standardization, Codification and Government Quality Assurance Authority of the Czech Republic regarding reciprocal quality assurance services.
Signed on May 4, 2005.
Cyprus
Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Cyprus and the Defence Standardization, Codification and Government Quality Assurance Authority of the Czech Republic regarding reciprocal quality assurance services.
Signed on 7 December 2005.
Israel
Technical agreement between the Defence Standardization, Codification and Government Quality Assurance Authority of the Czech Republic and the Ministry of Defence of the State of Israel regarding state quality assurance. Signed on February 2, 2006.
Austria
Agreement between the Federal Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Austria and the Defence Standardization, Codification and Government Quality Assurance Authority of the Czech Republic regarding the implementation and mutual recognition of state assurance of the quality of material and services to ensure defence.
Signed on November 3, 2006
the Republic of Korea
Memorandum of Understanding between the Defence Standardization, Codification and Government Quality Assurance Authority of the Czech Republic and the Defence Agency for Technology and Quality of the Republic of Korea on mutual recognition of state assurance of the quality of defence materials and services.
Signed on March 31, 2008.
Ukraine
Agreement between the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic and the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine on mutual verification of the quality of defence products within the framework of military and technical cooperation.
Signed on October 21, 2013 (currently it is not possible to delegate GQA to Ukraine)
Vietnam
Memorandum of Understanding between The Department of Standards, Metrology and Quality of The Ministry of National Defence of The Socialist Republic of Vietnam and The Defence Standardization, Codification and Government Quality Assurance Authority of The Czech Republic on Mutual Acceptance of Government Quality Assurance of Defence Materiel and Services
Signed on January 17, 2023.
Overview of countries in which it is possible to ensure the implementation of GQA:
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Israel, Korea Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia , Spain, United States of America, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine (currently it is not possible to delegate GQA to Ukraine), Great Britain, Vietnam
For a financial payment, government quality assurance is provided in the following states:
Austria, Sweden, Israel
Implementation of GQA cannot be ensured in the following NATO member states (due to their non-accession to STANAG 4107):
Albania, Iceland, Latvia
