ISO/IEC INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 17007 First edition 2009-09-15 Conformity assessment Guidance for drafting normative documents suitable for use for conformity assessment Evaluation de la conformité - Directives pour la rédaction de documents normatifs appropries pour I'evaluation de la conformité Reference number ISO/IEC 17007:2009(E) E( @ ISO 2009 py IHS under ted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO/IEC 17007:2009(E) PDF disclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by IsO member bodies. In the unlikely event that a problem relating to it is found, please inform the Central Secretariat at the address given below COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @ ISO2009 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, isO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56. CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ Iso 2009 - All rights reserved I without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO/IEC 17007:2009(E) Contents Page Foreword .iv Introduction 1 Scope 2 Normative references. 3 Terms and definitions 4 Principles. 4.1 General 4.2 Principle 1: separation of specified requirements for the object of conformity assessment from specified requirements related to conformity assessment activities............ 4.3 Principle 2: neutrality towards parties performing conformity assessment activities . 4.4 Principle 3: functional approach to conformity assessment... 4.5 Principle 4: comparability of conformity assessment results.. 4.6 Principle 5: good practice in conformity assessment.... 5 Guidance for the preparation of normative documents that specify requirements for objects of conformity assessment .. 5.1 General .... 5.2 Drafting specified requirements .... 5.3 Sampling.... 5.4 Test methods ... 6 Guidance for the preparation of normative documents that specify requirements for conformityassessmentsystems 6.1 6.2 Identifying the need for conformity assessment systems.... 6.3 Risk assessment ... 6.4 Designing conformity assessment systems .... 8 6.5 Specifying requirements for conformity assessment systems... 9 6.6 Accreditation, peer assessment and other forms of recognition 6.7 Mutual recognition of conformity assessment results..... Annex A (informative) The conformity assessment toolbox. 10 Annex B (informative) Overview of conformity assessment activities , Bibliography... 12 CopyrightInternational Oganizaonfrsandardizatinghsreserved ii Not for Resale