This new standard will be most valuable to groups of peers performing conformity assessment activities, such as conformity assessment bodies and accreditation bodies conducting tests and carrying out product certification.
It provides the requirements for an effective peer assessment process while allowing individual groups to adopt specific measures appropriate to their own fields.
This standard will be of great value to import and export organizations and suppliers and customers because it will enable them to formulate certification agreements and recognize each other's certifications.
This will save them doubling-up on certificates. And the more arrangements in place, the easier it will be to cross lines in trade.
Also available is the new two-part standard BS EN ISO 17050 Conformity assessment. Supplier’s declaration of conformity.