What is ISO/IEC 17067 – Fundamental guidelines of conformity assessment for product certification about?
ISO/IEC 17067 is an international standard that focuses on product certification and guidelines for product certification schemes and conformity assessments. ISO/IEC 17067 describes the fundamentals of product certification and provides guidelines for understanding, developing, operating or maintaining certification schemes for products, processes and services. ISO/IEC 17067 is intended for use by all with an interest in product certification, and especially by certification scheme owners.
Who is ISO/IEC 17067 - Fundamental guidelines of conformity assessment for product certification?
ISO/IEC 17067 on product certification and guidelines for product certification schemes and conformity assessments is useful for:
- Purchasing agencies
- Non-government organizations
- Industry and retail associations
- Product certification bodies
- Consumer organizations
Why should you use ISO/IEC 17067 - Fundamental guidelines of conformity assessment for product certification?
As products are designed, produced, distributed, used, and ultimately disposed of, they can give rise to concerns with purchasers, users, and society in general. Such concerns could relate to safety, health or environmental impacts, durability, compatibility, suitability for intended purposes or stated conditions.
ISO/IEC 17067 describes the fundamentals of product certification and provides guidelines for product certification schemes. In ISO/IEC 17067 references to the term “product” can also be read to mean “services” or “processes”.
ISO/IEC 17067 outlines how schemes for product certification can be structured and managed. ISO/IEC 17067 identifies common assessment techniques that are used as a basis for product certification, such as product testing, inspection and auditing.
What’s changed since the last update?
BS EN ISO/IEC 17067:2013 supersedes PD ISO/IEC Guide 67:2004. BS EN ISO/IEC 17067:2013 includes some technical PD ISO/IEC Guide 67:2004. These include:
- A new Clause 6 has been added, providing guidelines on setting up and operating a product
- Some of the text originally in the main body of ISO/IEC Guide 67 has been moved to the Introduction
- The functional approach to conformity assessment has been emphasised
- Table 1 has been extended to reflect the functional approach