IAS GUIDELINE FOR DEFINING SCOPES OF ACCREDITATION RELATED TO
PS 1-19 (STRUCTURAL PLYWOOD),PS 2-18 (PERFORMANCE STANDARD FOR WOOD STRUCTURAL PANELS) AND
APPLICABLE EUROPEAN UNION (EU) DIRECTIVES/REGULATIONS
1.0 Introduction
When an organization seeks accreditation to an industry or regulatory standard whose
requirements fall under the purview of multiple (Testing Laboratories (TL), Inspection Agencies(AA) and Product Certification Agencies (PCA)) accreditation programs, due care must beundertaken to ensure that the published scope of accreditation is unambiguous and does not
imply competence in areas that are not covered by the accreditation.
There are cases, where the requested scope of accreditation includes standards or regulatory
documents with complex contents (refer to Appendix 1, 2 and 3 for details). In such cases, thescope of accreditation could be classified under more than one accreditation standard (ISO/IEC17020, 17025 and/or 17065 standards).
To ensure that such variations are understood by IAS accredited organizations, this guidance
document is applicable to standards like PS 1-19 for Structural Plywood and PS 2-18 for Wood
Structural Panels and for compliance to European Union (EU) directives/regulations related toconformity assessment. These documents contain requirements that can be interpreted toaddress accreditation programs in the testing (ISO/IEC 17025), inspection (ISO/IEC 17020),
product certification (ISO/IEC 17065) or a combination thereof.
2.0 Guidance
Scopes of accreditation for testing, inspection or product certification may claim competence forthe above-mentioned documents on their scopes of accreditation. However, in these situations,the scope must clearly have a disclaimer stating which sections of the mentioned
standards/regulations are covered under the scope, or, alternatively, which sections, that havebeen excluded.
The appendices listed in this guidance policy provides clause by clause requirements. It provides
information on sections of PS1 and PS2 standards that could be related to specific accreditation
standards (ISO/IEC 17025, ISO/IEC 17020 and/or ISO/IEC 17065).
It is important to note that the EU Directives/Regulations must be considered for each single case,when establishing compliance and the applicant or accredited organization provide appropriate
information to the assessment team to ensure that the correct compliance(s) is(are) met. A listof such E U Directives/Regulations is presented at Appendix 3.
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3.1 Information listed in the Appendices
Appendixes 1 and 2 below show how different sections of the PS1-19 and PS2-18 may fall under
different accreditation programs.
Appendix 3 presents a list of applicable EU Directives/Regulations (non-exhaustive).

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Appendix 1
TL: Testing Laboratory; AA – Inspection Agency; PCA – Product Certification Agency

PS 1-19 Standard – TL, AA, and PCA specifics
Clauses
5.7

TL Specific*

Applicable

Crossband gaps and center gaps
Veneer requirements
Sanded panels
Unsanded and touch-sandedpanels
Span rating for panels
NA

Applicable
Applicable
Applicable
Applicable

NA

Applicable

Scarf and finger jointed panels

Applicable

Size tolerances
Moisture content
Loading or packing
NA

Applicable
Applicable
Applicable
Applicable

Grade marking
Grade marking
Species grouping

Applicable
Applicable
Applicable

Not Applicable (NA)
NANANA

5.8.5
5.8.6

NA
Performance testing
qualification requirements
for span-rated panels
Performance testing
qualification requirementsfor other than span-ratedpanels
5.9.1 (Strengthrequirements for scarf andfinger jointed panels),
5.9.2 (Scarf joint bondperformance for Exposure
1 and Exterior plywood),
5.9.3 (Finger joint bondperformance for Exposure
1 and Exterior plywood)
Size tolerances
Moisture content
NA
Specimen preparation andtestingNANANA

5.9

5.10
5.11
5.12
6.0
7.3
7.4
Appendix A(Mandatory)
Appendix B
Appendix D

PCASpecific***

Adhesive bond requirements Adhesive bond requirements for afor a panel or a lotpanel or a lot

5.8.1
5.8.2
5.8.3
5.8.4

5.8.7

AA Specific**

NANA

Reinspection Practices(nonmandatory)
Recommended practices(nonmandatory)

Applicable
Applicable

Applicable
Applicable* Please note the section(s) is/are applicable under the scope of TL accreditation only.
** Please note the section(s) is/are applicable under the scope of AA accreditation only.
*** Please note the section(s) is/are applicable under the scope of PCA accreditation only.

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Appendix 2
TL: Testing Laboratory; AA – Inspection Agency; PCA – Product Certification Agency

PS2-18 Standard – TL, AA, and PCA specifics
Clauses

TL Specific*

AA Specific**

PCASpecific***

5.2

NAGeneral requirements Dimensional tolerances andsquareness of panels & Woodmaterials

Applicable

5.3

Performance requirements

NA

Applicable

5.4

Moisture content

NA

Applicable

6.0

Qualification testing andmill specification

7.0

Test methods

8.0

Applicable

6.3.2 Qualification
testing and millspecification
6.3.3 NA

ApplicableNA

Trade marking

Applicable

Appendix A.
(Nonmandatory)NA

Shipment Reinspection
Practices

Applicable

Appendix B.
(Nonmandatory)NA

Performance Rated Panel
Qualification for Roof, Subfloor,
Single Floor and Wall
Applications

Applicable

Appendix D(Nonmandatory)NA

Recommended Thickness
LabelsApplicable* Please note the section(s) is/are applicable under the scope of TL accreditation only.
** Please note the section(s) is/are applicable under the scope of AA accreditation only.
*** Please note the section(s) is/are applicable under the scope of PCA accreditation only.

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Appendix 3

List of Applicable EU directives/regulations
This guidance is applicable to EU Directives/Regulations. Please find below a relevant list of thedirectives/regulations (European Union directives/regulations that require the affixing of a CE markto the products covered by them). EU directives/regulations usually refer to many EU
standards. It is therefore essential to check each EU directive/regulation before defining theexact scope of accreditation and the applicable accreditation standards.
➢ Machinery Directive – 2006/42/EC➢ Low Voltage Directive – 2014/35/EU➢ EMC Directive – 2014/30/EU➢ Medical Devices Directive – 93/42/EEC➢ Personal Protective Equipment Directive – 89/686/EEC (as of 21 April 2018 replaced by
the Personal Protective Equipment Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/425)➢ Construction Products Regulation – Regulation (EU) No 305/2011➢ Pressure Equipment Directive – 2014/68/EU➢ REACH – Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006➢ RoHS – Restriction of Hazardous Substances – Directive – 2011/65/EU➢ Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive – 2012/19/EU➢ ATEX Directive – 2014/34/EU➢ Toy Directive – 2009/48/EU➢ Radio Equipment Directive – 2014/53/EU➢ Recreational Craft Directive – 2013/53/EU➢ Active Implantable Medical Devices Directive – 90/385/EEC➢ Explosive for Civil Use Directive – 93/15/EEC➢ Noise Emission in the Environment Directive – 2000/14/EC➢ Gas Appliances Directive – 2009/142/EC➢ Lifts Directive – 2014/33/EU➢ Pyrotechnic Directive – 2007/23/EC➢ Measuring Instruments Directive – 2004/22/EC

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