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(Main)Conformity assessment - Requirements for accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies (ISO/IEC 17011:2017)
Conformity assessment - Requirements for accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies (ISO/IEC 17011:2017)
This document specifies requirements for the competence, consistent operation and impartiality of
accreditation bodies assessing and accrediting conformity assessment bodies.
NOTE In the context of this document, activities covered by accreditation include, but are not limited to,
testing, calibration, inspection, certification of management systems, persons, products, processes and services,
provision of proficiency testing, production of reference materials, validation and verification.
Konformitätsbewertung - Allgemeine Anforderungen an Akkreditierungsstellen, die Konformitätsbewertungsstellen akkreditieren (ISO/IEC 17011:2017)
Diese Internationale Norm legt die Anforderungen an die Kompetenz, den gleichbleibenden Betrieb und die Unparteilichkeit von Akkreditierungsstellen fest, die Konformitätsbewertungsstellen begutachten und akkreditieren.
ANMERKUNG Im Kontext dieser Internationalen Norm werden durch die Akkreditierung unter anderem folgende Tätigkeiten abgedeckt: Prüfung, Kalibrierung, Inspektion, Zertifizierung von Managementsystemen, Personen, Produkten, Prozessen und Dienstleistungen sowie das Anbieten von Eignungsprüfungen, die Herstellung von Referenzmaterialien und Validierung und Verifizierung.
Évaluation de la conformité - Exigences générales pour les organismes d'accréditation procédant à l'accréditation d'organismes d'évaluation de la conformité (ISO/IEC 17011:2017)
ISO/IEC 17011:2017 spécifie les exigences relatives à la compétence, la cohérence des activités et l'impartialité des organismes d'accréditation procédant à l'évaluation et à l'accréditation des organismes d'évaluation de la conformité.
NOTE Dans le contexte du présent document, les activités couvertes par l'accréditation incluent, sans toutefois s'y limiter, l'essai, l'étalonnage, l'inspection, la certification de systèmes de management, de personnel, de produits, de processus et de services, l'organisation d'essais d'aptitude, la production de matériaux de référence, la validation et la vérification.
Ugotavljanje skladnosti - Zahteve za akreditacijske organe, ki akreditirajo organe za ugotavljanje skladnosti (ISO/IEC 17011:2017)
Ta dokument določa zahteve za usposobljenost, dosledno delovanje in nepristranskost akreditacijskih organov, ki akreditirajo organe za ugotavljanje skladnosti.
OPOMBA: V okviru tega dokumenta dejavnosti, ki jih zajema akreditacija, med drugim vključujejo preskušanje, umerjanje, pregledovanje, certificiranje sistemov za upravljanje, osebe, proizvode, postopke in storitve, preskušanje strokovne usposobljenosti, izdelavo referenčnih materialov, potrjevanje in preverjanje.
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN ISO/IEC 17011:2018
01-februar-2018
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SIST EN ISO/IEC 17011:2004
Ugotavljanje skladnosti - Zahteve za akreditacijske organe, ki akreditirajo organe
za ugotavljanje skladnosti (ISO/IEC 17011:2017)
Conformity assessment - Requirements for accreditation bodies accrediting conformity
assessment bodies (ISO/IEC 17011:2017)
Konformitätsbewertung - Allgemeine Anforderungen an Akkreditierungsstellen, die
Konformitätsbewertungsstellen akkreditieren (ISO/IEC 17011:2017)
Évaluation de la conformité - Exigences générales pour les organismes d'accréditation
procédant à l'accréditation d'organismes d'évaluation de la conformité (ISO/IEC
17011:2017)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO/IEC 17011:2017
ICS:
03.120.20 Certificiranje proizvodov in Product and company
podjetij. Ugotavljanje certification. Conformity
skladnosti assessment
SIST EN ISO/IEC 17011:2018 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
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EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN ISO/IEC 17011
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
December 2017
ICS 03.120.20
Supersedes EN ISO/IEC 17011:2004
English version
Conformity assessment - Requirements for accreditation
bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies (ISO/IEC
17011:2017)
Évaluation de la conformité - Exigences pour les Konformitätsbewertung - Anforderungen an
organismes d'accréditation procédant à l'accréditation Akkreditierungsstellen, die
d'organismes d'évaluation de la conformité (ISO/IEC Konformitätsbewertungsstellen akkreditieren
17011:2017) (ISO/IEC 17011:2017)
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European foreword
This document (EN ISO/IEC 17011:2017) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/CASCO
"Committee on conformity assessment" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/CLC/JTC 1
“Criteria for conformity assessment bodies” the secretariat of which is held by BSI.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by June 2018 and conflicting national standards shall be
withdrawn at the latest by June 2018.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN ISO/IEC 17011:2004.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: 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, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and
the United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO/IEC 17011:2017 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO/IEC 17011:2017 without any
modification.
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INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 17011
Second edition
2017-11
Conformity assessment —
Requirements for accreditation
bodies accrediting conformity
assessment bodies
Évaluation de la conformité — Exigences pour les organismes
d'accréditation procédant à l'accréditation d'organismes d'évaluation
de la conformité
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ISO/IEC 17011:2017(E)
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Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 General requirements . 5
4.1 Legal entity . 5
4.2 Accreditation agreement . 5
4.3 Use of accreditation symbols and other claims of accreditation . 6
4.4 Impartiality requirements . 7
4.5 Financing and liability . 8
4.6 Establishing accreditation schemes. 9
5 Structural requirements . 9
6 Resource requirements .10
6.1 Competence of personnel .10
6.1.1 General.10
6.1.2 Determination of competence criteria .10
6.1.3 Competence management .12
6.2 Personnel involved in the accreditation process .12
6.3 Personnel records.13
6.4 Outsourcing.13
7 Process requirements .13
7.1 Accreditation requirements .13
7.2 Application for accreditation .14
7.3 Resource review.14
7.4 Preparation for assessment .14
7.5 Review of documented information .15
7.6 Assessment .15
7.7 Accreditation decision-making .16
7.8 Accreditation information .17
7.9 Accreditation cycle .19
7.10 Extending accreditation .20
7.11 Suspending, withdrawing or reducing accreditation .20
7.12 Complaints .20
7.13 Appeals .21
7.14 Records on conformity assessment bodies .22
8 Information requirements .22
8.1 Confidential information .22
8.2 Publicly available information .22
9 Management system requirements .23
9.1 General .23
9.2 Management system .24
9.3 Document control .24
9.4 Records control.24
9.5 Nonconformities and corrective actions .25
9.6 Improvement .25
9.7 Internal audits .25
9.8 Management reviews .26
Annex A (informative) Knowledge and skills for performing accreditation activities .27
Bibliography .29
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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.
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 ISO documents 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).
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. 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).
Any trade name used in this document is information given for the convenience of users and does not
constitute an endorsement.
For an explanation on 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 the following
URL: www.iso.org/iso/foreword.html.
This document was prepared by the ISO Committee on Conformity Assessment (CASCO) and circulated
for voting to the national bodies of both ISO and IEC, and was approved by both organizations.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO/IEC 17011:2004), which has been
technically revised.
The main changes compared to the previous edition are as follows:
— alignment with the CASCO common structure for standards and incorporation of CASCO common
elements in clauses on impartiality, confidentiality, complaints and appeal and management system;
— recognition of proficiency testing as an accreditation activity;
— addition of new definitions for “accreditation scheme” (see 3.8), “flexible scope of accreditation” (see
3.7), “remote assessment” (see 3.26) and “assessment programme” (see 3.27);
— introduction of the concept of risk;
— incorporation of competence criteria in the document, including an informative annex on knowledge
and skills.
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Introduction
This document specifies the requirements for accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment
bodies. In the context of this document, activities covered by accreditation include but are not limited to
testing, calibration, inspection, certification of management systems, persons, products, processes and
services, provision of proficiency testing, production of reference materials, validation and verification.
It is important for interested parties to know that conformity assessment bodies are competent to
perform their tasks. For that reason, there is an increasing demand for impartial attestation of their
competence. Such attestation is done by accreditation bodies that are impartial and independent
in relation to the conformity assessment bodies and the conformity assessment bodies' clients.
Accreditation bodies normally operate in a non-profit distributing manner and conduct regular
assessments of conformity assessment bodies to ensure that conformity assessment bodies conform to
relevant international standards and other normative documents.
A system to accredit conformity assessment bodies is intended to provide for a consistent application
of conformity assessment to international consensus based standards and conformity assessment
schemes, in order to benefit public health, safety, environment and welfare and support regulators
and end users. It can facilitate national and cross-border trade, as pursued by trade authorities and
organizations.
This document can be used to support peer evaluation mechanisms which have been created at
regional and international levels and through which confidence is provided that accreditation bodies
are operating in accordance with this document.
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.
For the purposes of research, users are encouraged to share their views on this document and their
priorities for changes to future editions. Click on the link below to take part in the online survey:
17011_ed2_usersurvey
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Conformity assessment — Requirements for accreditation
bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies
1 Scope
This document specifies requirements for the competence, consistent operation and impartiality of
accreditation bodies assessing and accrediting conformity assessment bodies.
NOTE In the context of this document, activities covered by accreditation include, but are not limited to,
testing, calibration, inspection, certification of management systems, persons, products, processes and services,
provision of proficiency testing, production of reference materials, validation and verification.
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 http://www.electropedia.org/
3.1
accreditation
third-party attestation related to a conformity assessment body (3.4) conveying formal demonstration
of its competence to carry out specific conformity assessment tasks
[SOURCE: ISO/IEC 17000:2004, 5.6]
3.2
accreditation body
authoritative body that performs accreditation (3.1)
Note 1 to entry: The authority of an accreditation body is generally derived from government.
[SOURCE: ISO/IEC 17000:2004, 2.6]
3.3
accreditation body logo
logo used by an accreditation body (3.2) to identify itself
3.4
conformity assessment body
body that performs conformity assessment activities and that can be the object of accreditation (3.1)
Note 1 to entry: Whenever the term “conformity assessment body” is used in the text, it applies to both the
applicant and accredited conformity assessment bodies, unless otherwise specified.
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[SOURCE: ISO/IEC 17000:2004, 2.5, modified — The words “and that can be the object of accreditation”
have been added to the definition and the Note to entry has been added.]
3.5
conformity assessment activity
activity conducted by a conformity assessment body (3.4) when assessing conformity
Note 1 to entry: In the context of this document, activities covered by accreditation (3.1) include, but are not limited
to, testing, calibration, inspection, certification of management systems, persons, products, processes and services,
provision of proficiency testing, production of reference materials, validation and verification. For simplicity, these
are referred to as conformity assessment activities being performed by conformity assessment bodies.
3.6
scope of accreditation
specific conformity assessment activities for which accreditation (3.1) is sought or has been granted
3.7
flexible scope of accreditation
scope of accreditation (3.6) expressed to allow conformity assessment bodies to make changes in
methodology and other parameters which fall within the competence of the conformity assessment body
(3.4) as confirmed by the accreditation body (3.2)
3.8
accreditation scheme
rules and processes relating to the accreditation (3.1) of conformity assessment bodies to which the
same requirements apply
Note 1 to entry: Accreditation scheme requirements include, but are not limited to, ISO/IEC 17020, ISO/IEC 17021,
ISO/IEC 17025, ISO/IEC 17024, ISO 17034, ISO/IEC 17043, ISO/IEC 17065, ISO 15189 and ISO 14065.
3.9
accreditation activity
individual operational tasks of the accreditation process (3.11)
Note 1 to entry: See Clause 7.
3.10
impartiality
presence of objectivity
Note 1 to entry: Objectivity means that conflicts of interest do not exist, or are resolved so as not to adversely
influence subsequent activities of the accreditation body (3.2).
Note 2 to entry: Other terms that are useful in conveying the element of impartiality include “independence”,
“freedom from conflict of interests”, “freedom from bias”, “lack of prejudice”, “neutrality”, “fairness”, “open-
mindedness”, “even-handedness”, “detachment”, “balance”.
[SOURCE: ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 3.2, modified — The words “certification body” have been replaced by
“accreditation body” in Note 1 to entry.]
3.11
accreditation process
activities from application through to granting and maintenance of accreditation (3.1) as defined by the
accreditation scheme (3.8)
3.12
accreditation symbol
symbol issued by an accreditation body (3.2) to be used by accredited conformity assessment bodies to
indicate they are accredited
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3.13
accreditation decision
decision on granting (3.14), maintaining (3.15), extending (3.16), reducing (3.17), suspending (3.18) and
withdrawing (3.19) accreditation (3.1)
3.14
granting accreditation
awarding accreditation (3.1) for a defined scope of accreditation (3.6)
3.15
maintaining accreditation
confirming the continuance of accreditation (3.1) for a defined scope
3.16
extending accreditation
adding conformity assessment activities to the scope of accreditation (3.6)
3.17
reducing accreditation
cancelling part of the scope of accreditation (3.6)
3.18
suspending accreditation
putting temporary restrictions in place for all or part of the scope of accreditation (3.6)
3.19
withdrawing accreditation
cancelling accreditation (3.1) for the full scope
3.20
complaint
expression of dissatisfaction, other than appeal (3.21), by any person or organization, to an accreditation
body (3.2), relating to the activities of that accreditation body or of an accredited conformity assessment
body (3.4), where a response is expected
[SOURCE: ISO/IEC 17000:2004, 6.5, modified — The words “to a conformity assessment body or
accreditation body, relating to the activities of that body” have been replaced by “to an accreditation body,
relating to the activities of that accreditation body or of an accredited conformity assessment body”.]
3.21
appeal
request by a conformity assessment body (3.4) for reconsideration of any adverse accreditation decision
(3.13) related to its desired accreditation (3.1) status
3.22
assessment
process undertaken by an accreditation body (3.2) to determine the competence of a conformity
assessment body (3.4), based on standard(s) and/or other normative documents and for a defined scope
of accreditation (3.6)
3.23
reassessment
assessment (3.22) performed to renew the accreditation (3.1) cycle
3.24
assessment technique
method used by an accreditation body (3.2) to perform an assessment (3.22)
Note 1 to entry: Assessment techniques, can include, but are not limited to:
— on-site assessment;
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— remote assessment (3.26);
— witnessing (3.25);
— document review;
— file review;
— measurement audits;
— review of performance in proficiency testing and other interlaboratory comparisons;
— validation audits;
— unannounced visits;
— interviewing.
3.25
witnessing
observation by the accreditation body (3.2) of a conformity assessment body (3.4) carrying out conformity
assessment activities within its scope of accreditation (3.6)
3.26
remote assessment
assessment (3.22) of the physical location or virtual site of a conformity assessment body (3.4), using
electronic means
Note 1 to entry: A virtual site is an online environment allowing persons to execute processes, e.g. in a cloud
environment.
3.27
assessment programme
set o
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