WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/W/72/Rev.2
19 March 2001
(01-1323)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
A LIST OF RELEVANT INTERNATIONAL GUIDES AND RECOMMENDATIONS
RELATED TO CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES
Note by the Secretariat
Revision
At the First Triennial Review of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade, the
Committee agreed that for transparency purposes and to support the work of the Committee, a list of
relevant international guides and recommendations related to conformity assessment procedures will
be consolidated, circulated and updated regularly by the Secretariat for the information of Members(G/TBT/5, para. 29 (b)).
This paper contains revised and additional information provided by the ISO/CASCO on a list
of ISO/IEC Standards and Guides related to conform ity assessment procedures by field of application.G/TBT/W/72/Rev.2
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I. LIST OF CASCO GUIDES AND STANDARDS BY FIELD OF APPLICATION
GENERAL ISO/IEC Guide 2 : 1996
Sections 12 – 17Standardization and related activities –
General vocabulary
ISO/IEC Guide 7 : 1994 Guidelines for drafting of standards suitable
for use for conformity assessment
ISO/IEC Guide 60 : 1994 Code of good practice for conformity
assessment
SUPPLIER'S
DECLARATIONISO/IEC Guide 22 : 1996 Information on manufacturer's declaration of
conformity with standards or other technicalspecifications
ACCREDITATION ISO/IEC Guide 58 : 1993 Calibration and testing laboratory
accreditation systems – General
requirements for operation and recognition
ISO/IEC Guide 61 : 1996 General requirements for assessment and
accreditation of certification/registration
bodies
ISO/IEC TR 17010 : 1998 General requirements for bodies providing
accreditation of inspection bodies
CALIBRATION/
TESTINGISO/IEC 17025 : 1999 General requirements for the competence of
calibration and testing laboratories
ISO/IEC Guide 43-1 : 1997
ISO/IEC Guide 43-2 : 1997Proficiency testing by interlaboratory
comparisons – Part 1: Development andoperation of proficiency testing schemes
Proficiency testing by interlaboratory
comparisons – Part 2: Selection and use of
proficiency testing schemes by laboratory
accreditation bodies
INSPECTION ISO/IEC 17020 : 1998 General criteria for the operation of various
types of bodies performing inspection
PRODUCTCERTIFICATIONISO/IEC Guide 65 : 1996 General requirements for bodies operating
product certification systems
ISO/IEC Guide 23 : 1982 Methods of indicating conformity with
standards for third-party certificationsystems
ISO Guide 27 : 1983 Guidelines for corrective action to be taken
by a certification body in the event of misuse
of its mark of conformity
ISO/IEC Guide 28 : 1982 General rules for a model third-party
certification system for products
ISO/IEC Guide 53 : 1988 An approach to the utilization of a supplier's
quality system in third party productcertification
SYSTEMCERTIFICATIONISO/IEC Guide 62 : 1996 General requirements for bodies operating
assessment and certification/registration of
quality systems
ISO/IEC Guide 66 : 1999 General requirements for bodies operating
assessment and certification/registration ofenvironmental management systems (EMS)G/TBT/W/72/Rev.2
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II. LIST OF CASCO PROJECTS UNDER WAY
GENERAL ISO/IEC 17000
(as revision of ISO/IEC
Guide 2: 1996, Sections 12– 17)
[CASCO WG 5]Conformity assessment - General vocabulary
ISO/IEC Guide 70
[CASCO WG 5 Task Group]Guidance for identifying first, second and
third parties in conformity assessment
ISO/IEC 17001
(as revision of Guide 7: 1994)
[CASCO WG 20]Guidelines for drafting of standards suitable
for use for conformity assessment
ISO/IEC Guide 60
(as revision of Guide 60: 1994)
[CASCO WG 22]Code of good practice for conformity
assessment
MUTAULRECOGNITION
AND
ACCEPTANCE OF
CONFORMITY
ASSESSEMNT
RESULTS (MRA)ISO/IEC Guide 68
[CASCO WG 11]Agreements for the recognition and
acceptance of conformity assessment results
MARKS OF
CONFORMITYISO/IEC 17030
[CASCO WG 12]Marks of conformity and their use
SUPPLIER'S
DECLARATION------ ------
ACCREDITATION ISO/IEC 17011
(based on ISO/IEC Guide 58:
1993, ISO/IEC Guide 61: 1996
and ISO/IEC TR 17010: 1998)
[CASCO WG 18]General requirements for bodies providing
assessment and accreditation
PEER
ASSESSMENTISO/IEC 17040
[CASCO WG 19]General requirements for peer assessment of
conformity assessment bodies
CALIBRATION/
TESTING------ ------
INSPECTION ------ ------
PRODUCT
CERTIFICATIONTechnical Corrigendum or
reprint of ISO/IEC Guide 28
to update the reference of this
guideGeneral rules for a model third-party
certification system for products
ISO/IEC Guide 67
[CASCO WG 14]Fundamentals of product certification
SYSTEM
CERTIFICATIONISO/IEC 17021
(based on Guide 62: 1996 and
ISO/IEC Guide 66: 1999)
[CASCO WG 21]General requirements for bodies operating
assessment and certification/registration of
management systems
CERTIFCIATION
OF PERSONSISO/IEC 17024
[CASCO WG 17]General criteria for certification bodies
operating certification of persons
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