EN ISO/IEC 17024:2026

Conformity assessment - General requirements for bodies operating certification of persons (ISO/IEC 17024:2026)

General information

Current stage: 60.60 Standard published Apr 22, 2026

Originator: CEN/CENELEC

Owner: CEN/CLC/JTC 1 Criteria for conformity assessment bodies

Type: European Norm

ICS: 03.120.20 Product and company certification. Conformity assessment

Scope

This document specifies principles and requirements for a body operating certification of persons and includes the development and maintenance of a scheme for certification of persons.
NOTE 1 For the purposes of this document, the term "certification body" is used in place of the full term " body operating certification of persons", and the term "certification scheme" is used in place of the full term “scheme for certification of persons”.
NOTE 2 Annex A contains principles for certification of persons.

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

Legislation 765/2008

Life cycle

PREVIOUSLY

WITHDRAWN
EN ISO/IEC 17024:2012

NOW

PUBLISHED
EN ISO/IEC 17024:2026
60.60 Standard published
Apr 22, 2026