prEN ISO/IEC 17021-2

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-november-2009
Ugotavljanje skladnosti - Zahteve za organe, ki presojajo in certificirajo sisteme
vodenja, in zahteve za tretje stranke, ki presojajo certificiranje sistemov vodenja -
2. del: Zahteve za tretje stranke, ki presojajo certificiranje sistemov vodenja
(ISO/IEC/DIS 17021-2:2009)
Conformity assessment - Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of
management systems and requirements for third-party certification auditing of
management systems - Part 2: Requirements for third party certification auditing of
management systems (ISO/IEC/DIS 17021-2:2009)
Konformitätsbewertung - Teil 2: Anforderungen an Drittparteien - Zertifizierungsaudits
von Managementsystemen (ISO/IEC/DIS 17021-2:2009)
Évaluation de la conformité - Exigences pour les organismes procédant à l'audit et à la
certification des systèmes de management et exigences pour l'audit de certification par
une tierce partie de systèmes de management - Partie 2: Exigences pour l'audit de
certification par une tierce partie de systèmes de management (ISO/IEC/DIS 17021-
2:2009)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN ISO/IEC 17021-2
ICS:
03.120.20 Certificiranje proizvodov in Product and company
podjetij. Ugotavljanje certification. Conformity
skladnosti assessment
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
DRAFT
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
September 2009
ICS 03.120.20
English version
Conformity assessment - Requirements for bodies providing
audit and certification of management systems and
requirements for third-party certification auditing of management
systems - Part 2: Requirements for third party certification
auditing of management systems (ISO/IEC/DIS 17021-2:2009)
Évaluation de la conformité - Exigences pour les Konformitätsbewertung - Teil 2: Anforderungen an
organismes procédant à l'audit et à la certification des Drittparteien - Zertifizierungsaudits von
systèmes de management et exigences pour l'audit de Managementsystemen (ISO/IEC/DIS 17021-2:2009)
certification par une tierce partie de systèmes de
management - Partie 2: Exigences pour l'audit de
certification par une tierce partie de systèmes de
management (ISO/IEC/DIS 17021-2:2009)
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Foreword .3

Foreword
This document (prEN ISO/IEC 17021-2:2009) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/CASCO
"Committee on conformity assessment" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/CLC/TC 1 “Criteria for
conformity assessment bodies” the secretariat of which is held by BSI.
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Conformity assessment — Requirements for bodies providing
audit and certification of management systems and requirements
for third-party certification auditing of management systems —
Part 2:
Requirements for third party certification auditing of management
systems
Evaluation de la conformité — Exigences pour les organismes procédant à l'audit et à la certification des systèmes
de management et exigences pour l'audit de certification par une tierce partie de systèmes de management —
Partie 2: Exigences pour l'audit de certification par tierce partie de systèmes de management
ICS 03.120.20
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ISO/IEC DIS 17021-2
Contents Page
Foreword .vi
Introduction.vii
1 Scope.1
2 Normative references.1
3 Terms and definitions .2
4 Principles .3
4.1 General .3
4.2 Impartiality .4
4.3 Competence .4
4.4 Responsibility.4
4.5 Openness .4
4.6 Confidentiality.5
4.7 Responsiveness to complaints.5
5 General requirements .5
5.1 Legal and contractual matters .5
5.1.1 Legal responsibility.5
5.1.2 Certification agreement .5
5.1.3 Responsibility for certification decisions.5
5.2 Management of impartiality.5
5.3 Liability and financing.7
6 Structural requirements.7
6.1 Organizational structure and top management .7
6.2 Committee for safeguarding impartiality .7
7 Resource requirements .8
7.1 Competence of management and personnel .8
7.1.1 General considerations.8
7.1.2 Determination of competence criteria.8
7.1.3 Evaluation processes.9
7.1.4 Other considerations .
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