The RAL quality marks website can now be accessed online in English as well as German. The RAL German Institute for Quality Assurance and Certification of Sankt Augustin has taken this step in recognition of the international interest in quality marks on the internet as elsewhere. Products and services with the RAL quality mark are available in 16 countries of the European internal market including Benelux, Denmark, France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Turkey and Hungary. RAL quality marks are also represented beyond Europe in countries such as China, Israel, Japan, Serbia, South Africa, the USA and the United Arab Emirates. At present there are more than 130 Quality Assurance Associations and almost 170 quality marks from nearly all areas of life. More than 9 000 German and international companies make use of RAL quality marks in markets in Germany, Europe and throughout the world.