Conformity assessment – Standards and CEOC’s

involvement

Annual Conference

31 of May 2010 in Vienna

Dipl.-Ing. Gerd-Hinrich SchaubCEOC International

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CEOC’s Interest in Standardisation in the Field of Conformity Assessment

1. Standards for conformity assessment bodies (CABs) have an high impact on the activities of CEOC members as testing, inspection and certification bodies

2. The participation of CEOC in the development of standards for CABs is therefore of crucial importance

3. CEOC’s involvement has a long tradition - beginning with the development of the 45 000 series by CEN/CENELEC TC 1 and continued with the ISO/CASCO activities in developing the 17 000 series

4. Today ISO/CASCO has the leadership – adopted by regional and national standardisation organisations

5. CEOC can directly participate as liaison member of CASCO and of CEN/CENELEC TC 1 and indirectly through CEOC members in national standardisation organisations

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The World of Standards has three Levels

1. International – Leading organisations: ISO – multi-discipline and cross-sector IEC – electrotechnology ITU – telecommunications

2. Regional – e.g. CEN / CENELEC

3. National – e.g. AFNOR, BSI, DIN, ASI

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The ISO System

1. 162 members / 98% of world GDP / 97% of world population

2. Collection of nearly 18 000 ISO Standards3. 192 active Technical Committees 4. About 3 200 technical bodies (working groups etc)5. 50 000 experts6. Central Secretariat in Geneva

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ISO/CASCO – The Conformity Assessment Committee of ISO

1. 109 ISO members are represented in CASCO (71 participating, 38 observers)

2. 16 international organisations are A-liaison members of CASCO – among others CEOC, Eurolab, IIOC, IFIA, IAF, ILAC

3. CASCO Plenary Meeting once a year – highest decision making committee

4. Chairman’s Policy and Coordination Group (CPC)5. Strategic Alliance and Regulatory Group (STAR) –

Promotion6. Technical Interface Group (TIG) – Technical support7. Working Groups (WG) – Technical work, e.g. WG 31

for Inspection

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The CASCO Toolbox

1. The CASCO toolbox consists of 27 documents covering:

2. Vocabulary, principles and common elements of conformity assessment

3. Code of good practice4. Product, system, and persons certification5. Testing, calibration, inspection, marks of

conformity6. Supplier’s declaration of conformity, accreditation,

peer assessment, and mutual recognition arrangements

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Most important Standards for CABs (extract from the CASCO Road Map) - I

CASCO Document / former EN Standards Year of Systematic Review

Expected Year of Publication

ISO/IEC 17000 Vocabulary and general principles / EN 45020 2013

ISO/IEC 17011 General requirements for accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies

2013

ISO/IEC 17020 General criteria for the operation of various types of bodies performing inspection / EN 45004

Under revision

2011

ISO/IEC 17021 Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems / EN 45012

2011

ISO/IEC 17021-2 Requirements for third party certification auditing of management systems

New 2010

ISO/IEC TS 17022 Minimum requirements and additional recommendations for content of a third-party audit report on management systems

New 2012

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Most important Standards for CABs (extract from the CASCO Road Map) - II

CASCO Document / former EN Standards Year of Systematic Review

Expected Year of Publication

ISO/IEC 17024 General requirements for bodies operating certification of persons / EN 45013

Under revision

2011

ISO/IEC 17025 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories / EN 45001

2010

ISO/IEC 17030 General requirements for third-party marks of conformity

2014

ISO/IEC 17065 Requirements for bodies providing certification of products, services and processes / EN 45011

Under revision (former Guide 65)

2011

ISO/IEC 17067 Fundamentals of product certification Under revision (former Guide 67)

2011

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CASCO Standards Development Process

1. After the decision to review an existing standard or to develop a new standard:

2. CASCO establish a Working Group (WG) which is responsible for the development of the standard

3. ISO/CASCO P (Participating) Members can nominate experts to the WG

4. A-Liaison members can nominate experts to the WG5. WG group members act as independent experts not as national

delegates6. The WG develops at first a Working Draft (WD)7. It evolves into a Committee Draft (CD) document8. The CD goes to member bodies for comments and voting9. At this stage no longer the experts but the national consensus

comments or A-Liaison members comments10. Next step is a Draft International Standard (DIS) and then as last

step a Final Draft International Standard (FDIS)11. After a positive voting on the FDIS the Standard is published

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CASCO Interpretation Process

1. Questions on interpretation of clauses in CASCO standards

2. A liaison members (e.g. CEOC) are also entitled to forward questions

3. Interpretation panel – CPC members and experts

4. Publishing after positive voting

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Development of ISO/IEC 17020 “Inspection Bodies” as Example for CEOC’s Involvement - I1. Developed by CEN/CENELEC/TC1 “Criteria for conformity

assessment bodies” as EN 45004.2. Convenor of the responsible working group was a

representative of a CEOC member (Dr. Reuter/VdTÜV)3. EN 45004 published in 19954. One of the aims: support of the introduction of the conformity

assessment procedures specified in the EC Council decision concerning the modules

5. Taken over by CASCO in a fast track procedure as ISO/IEC 17020:1998 which was published in 2004 as EN ISO/IEC 17020

6. Chair of the responsible CASCO working group was a representative from SAFed

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Development of ISO/IEC 17020 “Inspection Bodies” as Example for CEOC’s Involvement - II7. EN ISO/IEC 17020 was published as “harmonised standard”

in the Official Journal of the EU C 136 on 16.06.2009 in the framework of the implementation of the EU Regulation 765/2008 and the EU Decision 768/2008

8. In 2008 the CASCO members decided with the majority of one vote to revise ISO/IEC 17020

9. Responsible for the revision is the CASCO Working Group (WG) 31

10. CEOC is represented directly by 3 delegates, indirectly through national standardisation organisations by further delegates from CEOC members including the co-chair of WG 31

11. The mirror committee in CEOC is the CI preparing CEOC’s opinion and comments on the drafts (WD2 in the moment)

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