EN ISO 14065:2021

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-februar-2022
Nadomešča:
SIST EN ISO 14065:2013
Splošna načela in zahteve za organe na področju vrednotenja in preverjanja
okoljskih informacij (ISO 14065:2020)
General principles and requirements for bodies validating and verifying environmental
information (ISO 14065:2020)
Treibhausgase - Anforderungen an Validierungs- und Verifizierungsstellen für
Treibhausgase zur Anwendung bei der Akkreditierung oder anderen Formen der
Anerkennung
Gaz à effet de serre - Exigences pour les organismes fournissant des validations et des
vérifications des gaz à effet de serre en vue de l'accréditation ou d'autres formes de
reconnaissance
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 14065:2021
ICS:
03.120.20 Certificiranje proizvodov in Product and company
podjetij. Ugotavljanje certification. Conformity
skladnosti assessment
13.020.40 Onesnaževanje, nadzor nad Pollution, pollution control
onesnaževanjem in and conservation
ohranjanje
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN ISO 14065
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
October 2021
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 13.020.40 Supersedes EN ISO 14065:2013
English Version
General principles and requirements for bodies validating
and verifying environmental information (ISO
14065:2020)
Principes généraux et exigences pour les organismes Anforderungen an Validierungs- und
de validation et de vérification de l'information Verifizierungsstellen für Treibhausgase zur
environnementale (ISO 14065:2020) Anwendung bei der Akkreditierung oder anderen
Formen der Anerkennung (ISO 14065:2020)
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 24 October 2021.

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Contents Page
European foreword . 3

European foreword
This document (EN ISO 14065:2021) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 207
"Environmental management" in collaboration with CCMC.
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 April 2022, and conflicting national standards shall be
withdrawn at the latest by April 2022.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN ISO 14065:2013.
This document has been prepared under a Standardization Request given to CEN by the European
Commission and the European Free Trade Association.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards
body/national committee. A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the
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, Turkey and the
United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 14065:2020 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 14065:2021 without any modification.

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 14065
Third edition
2020-12
General principles and requirements
for bodies validating and verifying
environmental information
Principes généraux et exigences pour les organismes de validation et
de vérification de l’information environnementale
Reference number
ISO 14065:2020(E)
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ISO 14065:2020(E)
Contents Page
Foreword .v
Introduction .vi
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
3.1 Terms related to environmental information . 2
3.2 Terms related to personnel and organization . 3
3.3 Terms related to validation and verification . 4
4 Principles . 9
4.1 General . 9
4.2 Principles for the validation/verification process . 9
4.3 Principles for validation/verification bodies . 9
4.4 Conservativeness . 9
4.5 Professional scepticism . 9
5 General requirements . 9
5.1 Legal entity . 9
5.2 Responsibility for validation/verification statements. 9
5.3 Management of impartiality . 9
5.4 Liability .10
6 Structural requirements .10
6.1 Organizational structure and top management .10
6.2 Operational control .10
7 Resource requirements .10
7.1 General .10
7.2 Personnel .10
7.3 Management process for the competence of personnel .10
7.4 Outsourcing.11
8 Validation/verification programme .11
9 Process requirements .12
9.1 General .12
9.2 Pre-engagement .12
9.3 Engagement .12
9.4 Planning .12
9.5 Validation/verification execution .13
9.6 Review .14
9.7 Decision and issue of the validation/verification statement .14
9.7.1 Decision .14
9.7.2 Issue of the validation/verification statement.15
9.8 Facts discovered after the issue of the validation/verification statement .16
9.9 Handling of appeals .16
9.10 Handling of complaints .16
9.11 Records .16
10 Information requirements .
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