When we had the transition from ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001:2008 to the new revision, we had some accreditation bodies that accredited CABs already on the draft of the 2015 revision.
So, we had CABs accredited on the F-DIS before the publication of the standard.
Soon we will have the publication of ISO 45001:2018, and we are facing the same situation.
Questions:
- Can an AB accredit against a draft of the standard already circulated for public consultation (but not yet published)?
- Can an AB accredit against a draft of the standard not yet circulated for public consultation but available as a draft within the working group?
March 2018
The consensus of the Certification Committee is that accreditation can only be delivered against a formal, published, standard, not against a DIS or FDIA.
- According to 765 Reg:
- Accreditation shall mean an attestation by a national accreditation body that a conformity assessment body meets the requirements set by harmonised standards and, where applicable, any additional requirements including those set out in relevant sectoral schemes, to carry out a specific conformity assessment activity;
- EA MLA Coverage
- Conformity Assessment Schemes (CAS) covered by the EA-MLA (according to EA MLA Coverage) are:
- Accreditation according to ISO/IEC 17025
- Accreditation according to ISO/IEC 15189
- Accreditation according to ISO/IEC 17020
- Accreditation according to ISO/IEC 17024, etc.