Relating to ISO/IEC17011: 2004 Clause 7.9.4
The accreditation body shall provide an accreditation certificate to the accredited CAB. This accreditation certificate shall identify (on the front page, if possible) the following:
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g) a statement of conformity and a reference to the standard(s) or other normative document(s), including
issue or revision used for assessment of the CAB.
The Question: With the recent issuance of requirements document ISO/IEC17021-3: 2016 to support accreditation to ISO/IEC17021-1: 2015 EMS, do AB’s have to make reference to this normative document on EMS accreditation scoping documentation in the same manner as Level 4 documents such as ISO27006.
March 2017
This was discussed at the IAF Technical Committee meeting in Frankfurt in April 2017; the question has been raised before in 2014.
IAF Decision log states
Some ABs reference ISO/IEC 17021 on the certificate with the assumption that it includes the dash standards (e.g. ISO/IEC 17021-2) as it is applicable to the scope of accreditation, and they do not reference all the parts. The ABs feel this is appropriate because the foreword of ISO/IEC 17021 standard states, ISO/IEC 17021 consists of the following parts…
Some ABs include all normative documents used in the assessment of the CB (per ISO/IEC 17011), including all individual parts of ISO/IEC 17021 (e.g. ISO/IEC 17021-2) and IAF MDs. One word of warning with including everything (including versions) is that it can become an issue of maintenance; however, it is the ABs decision on the level of detail included.
The TC reached consensus that the ABs can decide how to manage the accreditation certificate on their own, recognizing accreditation certificates can vary in level of detail. “