BS EN 12798:2007 specifies quality management system requirements, supplementary to those of BS EN ISO 9001:2000, for the management of safety in the field of the transport of dangerous goods by road, rail and inland navigation.
Each specific quality management system requirement, unless otherwise indicated, applies to both quality and safety.
BS EN 12798:2007 contains:
- Terms and definitions
- Quality management system, including document and record control
- Management responsibility, including planning, objective setting and communication
- Resource management, interms of both human and physical resources
- Product realization, from design and development, through to purchasing, customer service and the preservation of products
- Measurement, analysis and improvement, including auditing processes and subsequent actions.
Application of BS EN 12798 covers, and is limited to, the range of transport related services that a company claims to provide in compliance with standard.
BS EN 12798:2007 supersedes BS EN 12798:1999.