Should 17029 be used to confirm that a statement is correct? The method to be used and the competence required shall be described in the scheme. There will eventually be many different schemes (NA has had two interested “stakeholders” so far, one was to verify/validate authenticity of CVs and the other was to verify/validate that international trade is transacted according to the correct ethical guidelines). The question is, what is thought about evaluating the various schemes according to EA-1/22?
March 2021
In ISO/IEC 17029, the object of conformity assessment is a claim.
The claim (3.1) is the information declared by the client (3.13)
So the object of conformity is not a (third party) statement.
In the example, if the object of the verification is the CV, then each person concerned by the CV is the client.
The scheme developed by the VB shall comply with clause 8 of the standard.
In case the SO is not a VB and in case the scheme is international (refer to the definition of a CAS in EA-1/22), it must be examined through the EA1/22 process (if the SO agrees).
In any case, as for other schemes, EA-1/22 can be used as a guidance.