SIST-TS CEN/CLC ISO/IEC/TS 17021-2:2016

Conformity assessment - Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems - Part 2: Competence requirements for auditing and certification of environmental management systems (ISO/IEC/TS 17021-2:2012)

This Technical Specification specifies additional competence requirements for personnel involved in the audit
and certification process for Environmental Management Systems (EMS) and complements the existing
requirements of ISO/IEC 17021.

Konformitätsbewertung - Anforderungen an Stellen, die Managementsysteme auditieren und zertifizieren - Teil 2: Anforderungen an die Kompetenz für die Auditierung und Zertifizierung von Umweltmanagementsystemen (ISO/IEC/TS 17021-2:2012)

Évaluation de la conformité - Exigences pour les organismes procédant à l'audit et à la certification des systèmes de management - Partie 2: Exigences de compétence pour l'audit et la certification des systèmes de management environnemental (ISO/IEC/TS 17021-2:2012)

Ugotavljanje skladnosti - Zahteve za organe, ki presojajo in certificirajo sisteme vodenja - 2. del: Zahteve za usposobljenost za presojanje in certificiranje sistemov ravnanja z okoljem (ISO/IEC/TS 17021-2:2012)

Ta tehnična specifikacija določa dodatne zahteve za usposobljenost osebja, vključenega v postopek presojanja in certificiranja sistemov ravnanja z okoljem (EMS), in dopolnjuje obstoječe zahteve iz standarda ISO/IEC 17021.

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Public Enquiry End Date: 02-Jun-2016
• Publication Date: 08-Sep-2016
• Withdrawal Date: 30-Jan-2019
• ICS: 03.100.70 - Management systems
• ICS: 03.120.20 - Product and company certification. Conformity assessment
• ICS: 13.020.10 - Environmental management
• Technical Committee: UGA - Conformity assessment
• Current Stage: 9900 - Withdrawal (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 31-Jan-2019
• Due Date: 23-Feb-2019
• Completion Date: 31-Jan-2019
• Ref Project: CEN/CLC ISO/IEC/TS 17021-2:2016 - Conformity assessment - Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems - Part 2: Competence requirements for auditing and certification of environmental management systems (ISO/IEC/TS 17021-2:2012)

Relations

• Replaced By: SIST EN ISO/IEC 17021-2:2019 - Conformity assessment - Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems - Part 2: Competence requirements for auditing and certification of environmental management systems (ISO/IEC 17021-2:2016)
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2019

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST-TS CEN/CLC ISO/IEC/TS 17021-2:2016
01-oktober-2016
Ugotavljanje skladnosti - Zahteve za organe, ki presojajo in certificirajo sisteme
vodenja - 2. del: Zahteve za usposobljenost za presojanje in certificiranje sistemov
ravnanja z okoljem (ISO/IEC/TS 17021-2:2012)
Conformity assessment - Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of
management systems - Part 2: Competence requirements for auditing and certification of
environmental management systems (ISO/IEC/TS 17021-2:2012)
Konformitätsbewertung - Anforderungen an Stellen, die Managementsysteme auditieren
und zertifizieren - Teil 2: Anforderungen an die Kompetenz für die Auditierung und
Zertifizierung von Umweltmanagementsystemen (ISO/IEC/TS 17021-2:2012)
Évaluation de la conformité - Exigences pour les organismes procédant à l'audit et à la
certification des systèmes de management - Partie 2: Exigences de compétence pour
l'audit et la certification des systèmes de management environnemental (ISO/IEC/TS
17021-2:2012)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: CEN/CLC ISO/IEC/TS 17021-2:2016
ICS:
03.100.70 Sistemi vodenja Management systems
03.120.20 Certificiranje proizvodov in Product and company
podjetij. Ugotavljanje certification. Conformity
skladnosti assessment
13.020.10 Ravnanje z okoljem Environmental management
SIST-TS CEN/CLC ISO/IEC/TS 17021- en,fr,de
2:2016
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION CEN/CLC ISO/IEC/TS
17021-2
SPÉCIFICATION TECHNIQUE

TECHNISCHE SPEZIFIKATION

August 2016
ICS 03.120.20

English version

Conformity assessment - Requirements for bodies
providing audit and certification of management systems -
Part 2: Competence requirements for auditing and
certification of environmental management systems
(ISO/IEC/TS 17021-2:2012)
Évaluation de la conformité - Exigences pour les Konformitätsbewertung - Anforderungen an Stellen,
organismes procédant à l'audit et à la certification des die Managementsysteme auditieren und zertifizieren -
systèmes de management - Partie 2: Exigences de Teil 2: Anforderungen an die Kompetenz für die
compétence pour l'audit et la certification des Auditierung und Zertifizierung von
systèmes de management environnemental Umweltmanagementsystemen (ISO/IEC/TS 17021-
(ISO/IEC/TS 17021-2:2012) 2:2012)
This Technical Specification (TS) was approved by CEN on 24 July 2016 for provisional application.

The period of validity of this TS is limited initially to three years. After two years the members of CEN and CENELEC will be
requested to submit their comments, particularly on the question whether the CEN/TS can be converted into a European
Standard.

CEN and CENELEC members are required to announce the existence of this TS in the same way as for an EN and to make the
CEN/TS available promptly at national level in an appropriate form. It is permissible to keep conflicting national standards in
force (in parallel to the TS) until the final decision about the possible conversion of the TS into an EN is reached.

CEN and CENELEC members are the national standards bodies and national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium,
Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany,
Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom.













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European foreword
The text of ISO/IEC/TS 17021-2:2012 has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/CASCO
"Committee on conformity assessment” of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and
the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and has been taken over as CEN/CLC
ISO/IEC/TS 17021-2:2016 by Technical Committee CEN-CENELEC/TC 1 “Criteria for conformity
assessment bodies” the secretariat of which is held by BSI.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent
rights.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the
following countries are bound to announce this Technical Specification: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and the United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO/IEC/TS 17021-2:2012 has been approved by CEN as CEN/CLC
ISO/IEC/TS 17021-2:2016 without any modification.


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TECHNICAL ISO/IEC
SPECIFICATION TS
17021-2
First edition
2012-08-15


Conformity assessment — Requirements
for bodies providing audit and
certification of management systems
Part 2:
Competence requirements for auditing
and certification of environmental
management systems
Évaluation de la conformité — Exigences pour les organismes
procédant à l'audit et à la certification des systèmes de management
Partie 2: Exigences de compétence pour l'audit et la certification des
systèmes de management environnemental




Reference number
ISO/IEC TS 17021-2:2012(E)
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ISO 2012

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Foreword . iv
Introduction . v
1  Scope . 1
2  Normative references . 1
3  Terms and definitions . 1
4  Generic competence requirements . 1
5  Competence requirements for EMS auditors . 2
5.1  Environmental terminology . 2
5.2  Environmental metrics . 2
5.3  Environmental monitoring and measuring techniques appropriate to the aspects and
EMS technical area . 2
5.4  Techniques for identification and evaluation of environmental aspects and impacts and
their environmental significance . 2
5.5  Environmental aspects of design . 2
5.6  Environmental performance evaluation . 2
5.7  Legal and other requirements . 2
5.8  Emergency preparedness and response . 3
5.9  Operational control . 3
5.10  Factors related to site . 3
6  Aspect-specific competence requirements for EMS auditing . 3
6.1  Emissions to air . 3
6.2  Releases to land . 4
6.3  Releases to water . 4
6.4  Uses of raw materials, energy and natural resources . 5
6.5  Energy emitted . 5
6.6  Waste . 5
6.7  Physical attributes . 6
7  Competence requirements for other personnel . 6
7.1  Competence of personnel conducting the application review to determine the audit team
competence required, to select the audit team members and to determine the audit time . 6
7.2  Competence of personnel reviewing audit reports and making certification decisions . 6
Annex A (informative) Knowledge for EMS auditing and certification . 7
Bibliography . 9

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Foreword
ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies
(ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO
technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been
established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and
non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work. ISO collaborates closely with the
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization.
International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
The main task of technical committees is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards
adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an
International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote.
In other circumstances, particularly when there is an urgent market requirement for such documents, a
technical committee may decide to publish other types of document:
— an ISO/IEC Publicly Available Specification (ISO/IEC PAS) represents an agreement between technical
experts in an ISO working group and is accepted for publication if it is approved by more than 50 % of the
members of the parent committee casting a vote;
— an ISO/IEC Technical Specification (ISO/IEC TS) represents an agreement between the members of a
technical committee and is accepted for publication if it is approved by 2/3 of the members of the
committee casting a vote.
An ISO/PAS or ISO/TS is reviewed after three years in order to decide whether it will be confirmed for a
further three years, revised to become an International Standard, or withdrawn. If the ISO/PAS or ISO/TS is
confirmed, it is reviewed again after a further three years, at which time it must either be transformed into an
International Standard or be withdrawn.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
ISO/IEC TS 17021-2 was prepared by ISO Technical Committee ISO/TC 207, Environmental management,
Subcommittee SC 2, Environmental auditing and related environmental investigations, and the ISO
Committee on conformity assessment (CASCO).
It was circulated for voting to the national bodies of both ISO and IEC, and was approved by both
organizations.
ISO/IEC 17021 consists of the following parts, under the general title Conformity assessment —
Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems:
 Part 2: Competence requirements for auditing and certification of environmental management systems
[Technical Specification]
The following parts are under preparation:
 Part 3: Competence requirements for auditing and certification of quality management systems [Technical
Specification]
The next revision of ISO/IEC 17021:2011 will reflect the different parts and will become ISO/IEC 17021-1.
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Introduction
This Technical Specification complements ISO/IEC 17021. In particular, it clarifies the requirements for the
competence of personnel involved in the certification process set out in ISO/IEC 17021:2011, Annex A.
The guiding principles in ISO/IEC 17021:2011, Clause 4, are the basis for the requirements in this Technical
Specification.
Certification bodies have a responsibility to interested parties, including their clients and the customers of the
organizations whose management systems are certified, to ensure that only those auditors who demonstrate
the relevant competence are allowed to conduct Environmental Management System (EMS) audits.
All EMS auditors should possess the generic competencies described in ISO/IEC 17021 as well as the
specific EMS knowledge described in this Technical Specification.
Certification bodies will need to identify the specific audit team competence needed for the scope of each
EMS audit. The selection of an EMS audit team will depend upon various factors including the EMS technical
area, the client organization, its environmental aspects and the site where these aspects occur.
The competence requirements for other personnel involved in certification activities are also described.
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Conformity assessment — Requirements for bodies providing
audit and certification of management systems
Part 2:
Competence requirements for auditing and certification of
environmental management systems
1 Scope
This Technical Specification specifies additional competence requirements for personnel involved in the audit
and certification process for Environmental Management Systems (EMS) and complements the existing
requirements of ISO/IEC 17021.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application 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 14050, Environmental management — Vocabulary
ISO/IEC 17021, Conformity assessment — Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of
management systems
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ISO 14050 and ISO/IEC 17021 and the
following apply.
3.1
EMS technical area
area characterized by similar activities, products or services and the related environmental aspects
4 Generic competence requirements
The certification body shall define the competence requirements for each relevant EMS technical area and for
each fun
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