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Accepted Manuscript Proficiency tests with uncertainty information: Extension of the En number for cases with no reference laboratory Katsuhiro Shirono, Masanori Shiro, Hideyuki Tanaka, Kensei Ehara PII: S0263-2241(15)00502-3 DOI: /10.1016/j.measurement.2015.09.035 Reference: MEASUR 3591 To appear in: Measurement Received Date: 7 May 2015 Revised Date: 24 August 2015 Accepted Date: 30 September 2015 Please cite this article as: K. Shirono, M. Shiro, H. Tanaka, K. Ehara, Proficiency tests with uncertainty information: Extension of the En number for cases with no reference laboratory, Measurement (2015), doi: / 10.1016/j.measurement.2015.09.035 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. Proficiency tests with uncertainty information: Extension of the En number for cases with no reference laboratory a, a a a Katsuhiro Shirono , Masanori Shiro , Hideyuki Tanaka , Kensei Ehara aNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058565, Japan Abstract When measurement uncertainties are reported in a proficiency test (PT), the perfor- mances are usually evaluated through a comparison with the measurement result of a reference laboratory as set forth in the ISO 13528 standard. On the other ha