BS EN ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015 ✓ Most Recent

BS EN ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015 contains principles and requirements for the competence, consistency and impartiality of bodies providing audit and certification of all types of management systems.

Certification bodies operating to this part of ISO/IEC 17021 do not need to offer all types of management system certification.

Certification of management systems is a third-party conformity assessment activity (see ISO/IEC 17000:2004, 5.5) and bodies performing this activity are therefore third-party conformity assessment bodies.

NOTE 1 Examples of management systems include environmental management systems, quality management systems and information security management systems.

NOTE 2 In this part of ISO/IEC 17021, certification of management systems is referred to as "certification" and third-party conformity assessment bodies are referred to as "certification bodies".

NOTE 3 A certification body can be non-governmental or governmental, with or without regulatory authority.

NOTE 4 This part of ISO/IEC 17021 can be used as a criteria document for accreditation, peer assessment or other audit processes.


Cross References:
ISO 9000
ISO/IEC 17000
ISO 9001
ISO 10002
ISO 14001
ISO/IEC TS 17021-2
ISO/IEC TS 17021-3
ISO/IEC TS 17021-4
ISO/IEC TS 17021-5
ISO/IEC TS 17021-6
ISO/IEC TS 17021-7
ISO/IEC TS 17023
ISO/IEC 17030
ISO 19011:2011
ISO 20121
ISO/TS 22003
ISO 22301
ISO/IEC 27006
ISO 31000
IEC 31010
ISO 39001
ISO 50003
ISO 55001


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