Question concerning EN 15713:2009 – Secure destruction of confidential material – Code of practice.
A certification body wishes to issue an accredited certificate that makes reference to EN 15713:2009. It currently issues an unaccredited ISO 9001 certificate with a scope of ‘Security shredding to EN 15713:2019 standard’.
If this is to be included under accreditation, should this be assessed as a new scheme or is it possible to include it as accredited within the existing ISO 9001 certificate?
March 2019
According to IAF Decision Number 16/10/03 on Scopes of Certification:
“Referencing a standard/normative document/code of practice that is outside of the scope of accreditation is not allowed due to being misleading on an accredited certificate.”