BS EN ISO/IEC 17065:2012

This standard BS EN ISO/IEC 17065:2012 Conformity assessment. Requirements for bodies certifying products, processes and services is classified in these ICS categories:

• 03.120.20 Product and company certification. Conformity assessment

This International Standard contains requirements for the competence, consistent operation and impartiality of product, process and service certification bodies. Certification bodies operating to this International Standard need not offer all types of products, processes and services certification. Certification of products, processes and services is a third-party conformity assessment activity (see ISO/IEC 17000:2004, definition 5.5).

In this International Standard, the term “product” can be read as “process” or “service”, except in those instances where separate provisions are stated for “processes” or “services” (see Annex B).