ISO/IEC Toolbox for Conformity Assessment Mr. Adrian OConnell ISO representative General Manager,...

ISO/IEC Toolbox for Conformity Assessment

Mr. Adrian O’ConnellISO representative

General Manager, OperationsStandards Australia

Regional ITU Consultation on Conformance Assessment and Interoperability for the Asia-Pacific RegionSydney (Australia), 16-17 September 2010

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Agenda

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What is the ISO/IEC Toolbox for Conformity Assessment?

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5

The ISO contribution to conformity assessment

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ISO/CASCO

Specific standards and guides

Conclusion

2 Where does conformity assessment fit in?

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What is the ISO/IEC Toolbox for Conformity Assessment?

A suite of International Standards and Guides that set out general

requirements for conformity assessment activities, such as:– Product testing– Inspection– Self-declaration of conformity– Product certification– Management system auditing and certification– Accreditation and peer assessment– Mutual recognition of test and inspection results

Produced by ISO’s policy committee on conformity assessment

(ISO/CASCO)

Recognised as the accepted international standards for conformity

assessment by the WTO Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee

Adopted in most countries and used widely in many sectors, including

telecommunications


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Where does conformity assessment fit in?


THE TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

Claims of conformity

Measurement

Conformity assessment

•After standards publication

•Various determination methods– Calibrate– Test– Inspect– Audit– Examine– Evaluate

•Determination of whether a product conforms

•Can result in conformity marking of the product

•ISO/IEC Standards and Guides written by ISO

2nd party

Purchaser audits the supplier

3rd party

Independent certification

1st party

Supplier’s declaration of conformity

Policy

Documentary standards

Accreditation and peer assessment

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Policy and regulation

Measurement

Documentary standards

Conformity assessment bodies

Accreditation bodies

Australia’s Technical Infrastructure Bodies

Various government owned and private testing, inspection and

certification facilities

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The ISO contribution to conformity assessment

World Standards Cooperation (WSC) - leading international standards

bodies

Collaborate to meet the challenges of converging technologies

Use of common conformity assessment standards


Multi-discipline and cross-sector, including conformity assessment

For electrotechnology

For telecommunications

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ISO’s structure


NotesNotes

Members from 163 countries, covering 98% of world GNI and 97% of world population

Over 18,000 international standards based on consensus

195 active technical committees with 3,238 technical groups, 50,000 experts

Central Secretariatin Geneva with 153 FTE staff

Members from 163 countries, covering 98% of world GNI and 97% of world population

Over 18,000 international standards based on consensus

195 active technical committees with 3,238 technical groups, 50,000 experts

Central Secretariatin Geneva with 153 FTE staff

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ISO/CASCO

NotesNotes

111 ISO members are represented in CASCO

18 international organizations are liaison members, including ITU and IEC

Undertake policy and technical work, and internal and external engagement and promotion

Structured as a continual improvement cycle

111 ISO members are represented in CASCO

18 international organizations are liaison members, including ITU and IEC

Undertake policy and technical work, and internal and external engagement and promotion

Structured as a continual improvement cycle


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ISO/CASCO Standards and Guides

Fundamentals of global conformity assessment

− Vocabulary and general principles (ISO/IEC 17000)

− Functional approach to conformity assessment

• Selection

• Determination

• Review and decision

• Attestation

• Surveillance

− Common elements to ensure consistent approaches

(Impartiality, Confidentiality, Complaints and appeals,

Disclosure of information; and Management systems –

ISO/PAS 17001-5)

− Code of good practice for conformity assessment

(ISO/IEC Guide 60)


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Conformity assessment determination methods

− Testing and calibration (ISO/IEC 17025)

− Inspection (ISO/IEC 17020)

− Other methods including in standards below

Claims of conformity

− Self or suppliers declaration (ISO/IEC 17050)

− Product, process and service certification (ISO/IEC

Guides 28, 53, 65 and 67)

− Management systems audit and certification (ISO/IEC

17021)

− Personnel examination and certification (ISO/IEC

17024)

− Marks of conformity (ISO/IEC 17030)


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Assurance of claims of conformity

− Accreditation (ISO/IEC 17011)

− Peer assessment (ISO/IEC 17040)

− Proficiency testing (ISO/IEC 17043)

Mutual recognition of conformity assessment results and

other guidance

− Mutual recognition of conformity assessment results

(ISO/IEC Guide 62)

− How to write technical regulations and standards for use

in conformity assessment (ISO/IEC 17007)


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Advice and input into the development of sector

applications of conformity assessment standards by ISO

and IEC Technical Committees through the CASCO

Technical Interface Group (TIG)

Outreach to industry and regulatory groups (e.g.

automotive, aerospace, railways) through their participation

in CASCO Strategic Alliance and Regulatory Group (STAR)

Electronic newsletter (

www.iso.org/sites/eNewsletters/CASCO/archive.html)

Annual survey of management system certificates

(currently in excess of 1 million certificates world wide)

Annual workshops – 2010 will be on conformity

assessment and risk management

Development of information on market surveillance

Training and capability building in developing countries

Other ISO/CASCO activities


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ISO/CASCO standards and guides on conformity

assessment are the accepted basis for testing, inspection

and claims of conformity around the world

Adoption and use of these standards and guides will

− Enable compliance with WTO obligations and show a

commitment to good conformity assessment practice

− Provide a common basis on which to compare products

and make investment decisions

− Provide a traceable path for testing and inspection

results and claims of conformity, whether those claims

be 1st party (suppliers declarations of conformity), 2nd

party, or 3rd party (product certifications)

− Increase consumer and regulator confidence and

acceptance of products

− Be a mechanism to facilitate development and trade

Conclusion


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