EN ISO/IEC 17011:2004

Conformity assessment - General requirements for accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies (ISO/IEC 17011:2004)

General information

99.60 Withdrawal effective   Dec 13, 2017

CEN/CENELEC

CEN/CLC/JTC 1 Criteria for conformity assessment bodies

European Norm

03.120.20   Product and company certification. Conformity assessment

Scope

ISO/IEC 17011:2004 specifies general requirements for accreditation bodies assessing and accrediting conformity assessment bodies (CABs). It is also appropriate as a requirements document for the peer evaluation process for mutual recognition arrangements between accreditation bodies.
Accreditation bodies operating in accordance with ISO/IEC 17011:2004 do not have to offer accreditation to all types of CABs.
For the purposes of ISO/IEC 17011:2004, CABs are organizations providing the following conformity assessment services: testing, inspection, management system certification, personnel certification, product certification and, in the context of this document, calibration.

Related legislation

Legislation related to this standard

765/2008

REGULATION (EC) No 765/2008 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 339/93

Harmonized/Supporting

Life cycle

PREVIOUSLY

WITHDRAWN
EN 45003:1995

WITHDRAWN
EN 45010:1998

NOW

WITHDRAWN
EN ISO/IEC 17011:2004
99.60 Withdrawal effective
Dec 13, 2017

REVISED BY

PUBLISHED
EN ISO/IEC 17011:2017