EN ISO/IEC 17043:2023

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-julij-2023
Nadomešča:
SIST EN ISO/IEC 17043:2010
Ugotavljanje skladnosti - Splošne zahteve za usposobljenost ponudnikov
preskušanja strokovne usposobljenosti (ISO/IEC 17043:2023)
Conformity assessment - General requirements for the competence of proficiency testing
providers (ISO/IEC 17043:2023)
Konformitätsbewertung - Allgemeine Anforderungen an die Kompetenz von Anbietern
von Eignungsprüfungen (ISO/IEC 17043:2023)
Évaluation de la conformité - Exigences générales concernant la compétence des
organisateurs d’essais d’aptitude (ISO/IEC 17043:2023)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO/IEC 17043:2023
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 EN ISO/IEC 17043

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
May 2023
ICS 03.120.20
Supersedes EN ISO/IEC 17043:2010
English version
Conformity assessment - General requirements for the
competence of proficiency testing providers (ISO/IEC
17043:2023)
Évaluation de la conformité - Exigences générales Konformitätsbewertung - Allgemeine Anforderungen
concernant la compétence des organisateurs d'essais an die Kompetenz von Anbietern von
d'aptitude (ISO/IEC 17043:2023) Eignungsprüfungen (ISO/IEC 17043:2023)
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 17 April 2023.

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European foreword . 3

European foreword
This document (EN ISO/IEC 17043:2023) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/CASCO
"Committee on conformity assessment" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN-CENELEC/ JTC
1 “Criteria for conformity assessment bodies” the secretariat of which is held by BSI.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by November 2023, and conflicting national standards
shall be withdrawn at the latest by November 2023.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN-CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN ISO/IEC 17043:2010.
This document has been prepared under a Standardization Request given to CEN and CENELEC by the
European Commission and the European Free Trade Association.
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following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of
North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the
United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO/IEC 17043:2023 has been approved by CEN-CENELEC as EN ISO/IEC 17043:2023
without any modification.
INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 17043
Second edition
2023-05
Conformity assessment — General
requirements for the competence of
proficiency testing providers
Évaluation de la conformité — Exigences générales concernant la
compétence des organisateurs d’essais d’aptitude
Reference number
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ISO/IEC 17043:2023(E)
Contents Page
Foreword .v
Introduction . vi
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 General requirements . 3
4.1 Impartiality . 3
4.2 Confidentiality . 4
5 Structural requirements .4
6 Resource requirements .5
6.1 General . 5
6.2 Personnel . 5
6.3 Facilities and environmental conditions . 6
6.4 Externally provided products and services . 7
7 Process requirements . 8
7.1 Establishing, contracting and communicating the PT scheme objectives . 8
7.1.1 Review of requests, tenders and contracts . 8
7.1.2 PT scheme communication . 8
7.2 Design and planning of a PT scheme . 9
7.2.1 General . 9
7.2.2 Statistical design . 10
7.2.3 Determination of assigned values. 11
7.3 Production and distribution of PT items . 11
7.3.1 Production of PT items . 11
7.3.2 Homogeneity and stability assessment of PT items.12
7.3.3 Handling and storage of PT items .12
7.3.4 Packaging, labelling and distribution of PT items.12
7.3.5 Instructions for participants . 13
7.4 Evaluation and reporting of PT scheme results . 14
7.4.1 Data analysis . 14
7.4.2 Evaluation of performance . 14
7.4.3 PT reports.15
7.5 Control of the PT scheme process . 16
7.5.1 Technical records . 16
7.5.2 Control of data and information management . 16
7.5.3 Surveillance of the processes . 17
7.5.4 Nonconforming work . 17
7.6 Handling of complaints . 18
7.7 Handling of appeals . 19
8 Management system requirements .19
8.1 General requirements . 19
8.2 Management system documentation . 20
8.3 Control of management system documents . 20
8.4 Control of records . 20
8.5 Actions to address risks and opportunities .
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