ISO/IEC PRF 17030

Conformity assessment -- General requirements for third-party marks of conformity

Évaluation de la conformité -- Exigences générales pour les marques de conformité par tierce partie

General Information

• Status: Published
• ICS: 03.120.20 - Product and company certification. Conformity assessment
• Technical Committee: ISO/CASCO - Committee on conformity assessment
• Drafting Committee: ISO/CASCO/WG 55 - Revision of ISO/IEC 17030 third-party marks of conformity

RELATIONS

• Revised: ISO/IEC 17030:2003 - Conformity assessment -- General requirements for third-party marks of conformity
• Effective Date: 23-Apr-2020
• Revised: ISO Guide 27:1983 - Guidelines for corrective action to be taken by a certification body in the event of misuse of its mark of conformity
• Effective Date: 24-Jul-2021
• Revised: ISO/IEC Guide 23:1982 - Methods of indicating conformity with standards for third-party certification systems
• Effective Date: 24-Jul-2021

Standards Content (sample)

INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 17030
Second edition
Conformity assessment — General
requirements for third-party marks of
conformity
Évaluation de la conformité — Exigences générales pour les marques
de conformité par tierce partie
PROOF/ÉPREUVE
Reference number
ISO/IEC 17030:2021(E)
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Contents Page

Foreword ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................iv

Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................v

1 Scope ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1

2 Normative references ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 1

3 Terms and definitions ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 1

4 General requirements ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 2

5 Third-party marks of conformity and their use .................................................................................................................. 2

6 Issuing third-party marks of conformity .................................................................................................................................... 3

7 Ownership and control .................................................................................................................................................................................. 4

7.1 Information ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 4

7.2 Licence ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4

7.3 Monitoring the use of third-party marks of conformity ...................................................................................... 4

Annex A (informative) Use of third-party marks of conformity ............................................................................................... 5

Bibliography ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 7

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Foreword

ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) and IEC (the International Electrotechnical

Commission) form the specialized system for worldwide standardization. National bodies that are

members of ISO or IEC participate in the development of International Standards through technical

committees established by the respective organization to deal with particular fields of technical

activity. ISO and IEC technical committees collaborate in fields of mutual interest. Other international

organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO and IEC, also take part in the

work.

The procedures used to develop this document and those intended for its further maintenance are

described in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1. In particular, the different approval criteria needed for

the different types of document should be noted. This document was drafted in accordance with the

editorial rules of the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2 (see www .iso .org/ directives or www .iec .ch/ members

_experts/ refdocs).

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject

of patent rights. ISO and IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent

rights. Details of any patent rights identified during the development of the document will be in the

Introduction and/or on the ISO list of patent declarations received (see www .iso .org/ patents) or the IEC

list of patent declarations received (see patents.iec.ch).

Any trade name used in this document is information given for the convenience of users and does not

constitute an endorsement.

For an explanation of the voluntary nature of standards, the meaning of ISO specific terms and

expressions related to conformity assessment, as well as information about ISO's adherence to the

World Trade Organization (WTO) principles in the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) see www .iso .org/

iso/ foreword .html. In the IEC, see www .iec .ch/ understanding -standards.

This document was prepared by the ISO Committee on Conformity Assessment (CASCO).

This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO/IEC 17030:2003), ISO/IEC Guide 23:1982

and ISO Guide 27:1983, which have been technically revised.
The main changes are as follows:

— inclusion of Annex A as guidance for the use of third-party marks of conformity issued based on a

defined object of conformity assessment through conformity assessment standards;
— clarification of the requirement of surveillance;
— clarification of logo/symbol/mark;
— restructuring;
— alignment of language with the CASCO toolbox.

— the content related to examples of possible misuse of third-party marks of conformity is considered

in a brochure available on www .iso .org.

Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards body. A

complete listing of these bodies can be found at www .iso .org/ members .html and www .iec .ch/ national

-committees.
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Introduction

The prime purpose of this document is to enable a uniform approach to the use of third-party marks of

conformity, to fill relevant gaps in existing International Standards and Guides developed by ISO and

IEC, to address potential problems arising from different uses of third-party marks of conformity, to

provide a clear and rational basis for their use, and to set out general requirements. This document

concentrates on third-party marks of conformity but can also be used as guidance for applications of

marks of conformity not covered by this document.

Marks of conformity have different uses and can take different forms in various media, such as

employing quick response (QR) codes, public ledger technology, distributed ledger technology (e.g.

blockchain) or other electronic means. They are found on products, certificates and publications

denoting the conformity to specified requirements of a product, management system, service, process,

person or an organization. Marks of conformity used on a product convey to the user that the product

fulfils the requirements for characteristics such as its safety, quality, origin, performance, reliability or

impact on the environment. The principle purpose of all marks of conformity is to gain the confidence

of the market, including consumers, in products and other objects of conformity assessment to which

these marks have been applied. The aim of this document is to lead to improved market confidence,

international recognition and consumer acceptance of third-party marks of conformity.

In order to achieve this, the following questions should be considered and addressed.

— What is the object of conformity assessment?

— Which conformity assessment body is providing the third-party mark of conformity?

— Who requires the third-party conformity assessment activity?
— Why is this third-party mark of conformity required?

— How is the information of conformity best transmitted to the interested parties, e.g. customers,

users, government authorities?
In this document, the following verbal forms are used:
— “shall” indicates a requirement;
— “should” indicates a recommendation;
— “may” indicates a permission;
— “can” indicates a possibility or a capability.
Further details can be found in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO/IEC 17030:2021(E)
Conformity assessment — General requirements for third-
party marks of conformity
1 Scope

This document provides general requirements for third-party marks of conformity, including their

issue and use.

This document is applicable to third-party marks of conformity issued and used in different forms and

various media, including digital representation employing electronically stored and displayed marks,

machine readable code, blockchain (distributed ledger) or other electronic means.

NOTE 1 This document can also be used as guidance in using marks of conformity in activities other than

third-party conformity assessment.

NOTE 2 Third-party marks of conformity in accordance with this document also include symbols of

recognition, such as accreditation symbols. For consistency of terminology, they are referred to as accreditation

marks.

NOTE 3 Third-party marks of conformity in accordance with this document can include logos (e.g. the sign of

a conformity assessment body or trademarks), symbols (e.g. the representation of recognition in an accreditation

agreement or the depiction of the applicable programme) or a combination thereof.

NOTE 4 Third-party marks of conformity as a graphic representation of demonstrated conformity in

accordance with this document can be a combination of multiple marks (e.g. indications of compliance with

several sets of specifications, codes for individually fulfilled specifications).

NOTE 5 This document does not apply to markings that provide indication of a designation, a code, or a

classification only. Furthermore, it does not apply to graphic representations (e.g. of conformity assessment

systems or schemes/programmes) or logos (e.g. of an association of accreditation bodies or an association of

conformity assessment bodies).

NOTE 6 Third-party marks of conformity are based on a conformity assessment scheme that includes the

function of surveillance.
2 Normative references

The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content

constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For

undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.

ISO/IEC 17000, Conformity assessment — Vocabulary and general principles
3 Terms and definitions

For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ISO/IEC 17000 and the following

apply.

ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:

— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https:// www .iso .org/ obp
— IEC Electropedia: available at https:// www .electropedia .org/
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3.1
third-party mark of conformity

protected mark issued by a body performing third-party conformity assessment, indicating that an

object of conformity assessment fulfils the applicable specified requirements

Note 1 to entry: A protected mark is a mark legally protected against unauthorized use.

Note 2 to entry: Specified requirements can be stated in normative documents such as regulations, standards

and technical specifications. Specified requirements can be detailed or general.
3.2
owner of a third-party mark of conformity
person or organization that has legal rights to a third-party mark of con
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