oSIST prEN ISO/IEC 17030:2021

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN ISO/IEC 17030:2021
01-april-2021
Ugotavljanje skladnosti - Splošne zahteve za znake skladnosti tretje stranke
(ISO/IEC DIS 17030:2021)
Conformity assessment - General requirements for third-party marks of conformity
(ISO/IEC DIS 17030:2021)

Konformitätsbewertung - Allgemeine Anforderungen an Konformitätszeichen einer dritten

Évaluation de la conformité - Exigences générales pour les marques de conformité par

2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

Évaluation de la conformité — Exigences générales pour les marques de conformité par tierce partie

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Foreword ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................iv

Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................v

1 Scope ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1

2 Normative references ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 1

3 Terms and definitions ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 1

4 General requirements ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 2

5 Third-party marks of conformity and their use .................................................................................................................. 2

6 Issuing third-party marks of conformity .................................................................................................................................... 3

7 Ownership and control .................................................................................................................................................................................. 4

7.1 Information ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 4

7.2 Licence ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4

7.3 Monit oring the use of third-party marks of conformity ...................................................................................... 4

Annex A (informative) Use of third-party marks of conformity ............................................................................................... 5

Bibliography ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 7

ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) and IEC (the International Electrotechnical

Commission) form the specialized system for worldwide standardization. National bodies that are

members of ISO or IEC participate in the development of International Standards through technical

committees established by the respective organization to deal with particular fields of technical

activity. ISO and IEC technical committees collaborate in fields of mutual interest. Other international

organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO and IEC, also take part in the

work. In the field of conformity assessment, the ISO Committee on conformity assessment (CASCO) is

International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.

Draft International Standards are circulated to the national bodies for voting. Publication as an

International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the national bodies casting a vote.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of

patent rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

ISO/IEC 17030 was prepared by the ISO Committee on conformity assessment (CASCO).

This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO/IEC 17030:2003), which has been

— Annex A (informative) has been included as guidance for the use of third-party marks of conformity

issued based on a defined object of conformity through conformity assessment standards;

ISO/IEC Guide 23:1982 and ISO Guide 27:1983 have been taken into account during the revision of this

standard and these guides have been withdrawn following the publication of this standard.

The content related to examples of possible misuse of third-party marks of conformity have been

It was circulated for voting to the national bodies of both ISO and IEC, and was approved by both

The prime purpose of this document is to enable a uniform approach to the use of third-party marks of

conformity, to fill relevant gaps in existing ISO, IEC, ISO/IEC Standards and Guides, to address potential

problems arising from different uses of third-party marks of conformity, to provide a clear and rational

basis for their use, and to set out general requirements. This document concentrates on third-party

marks of conformity but may also be used as guidance for other applications of marks of conformity.

Marks of conformity have different uses and can take different forms in various media such as

employing QR codes, public ledger technology (e.g. blockchain) or other electronic means. They are

found on products, certificates and publications denoting the conformity to specified requirements of

a product, management system, service, process, person or an organization. Marks of conformity used

on product convey to the user that the product fulfils the requirements for characteristics such as its

safety, quality, performance, reliability or impact on the environment. Most important for all marks of

conformity is to gain the confidence of the market, including consumers, in products and other objects

of conformity assessment to which these marks have been applied. The use of this document should

lead to improved market confidence, international recognition and consumer acceptance of third-party

In order to achieve this, the following questions should be considered and addressed:

— Which conformity assessment body is providing the third-party mark of conformity?

— How is the information of conformity best transmitted to the interested parties, e.g. customers,

This document provides general requirements for third-party marks of conformity, including their

This document covers third-party marks of conformity issued and used in different forms and various

media including digital representation employing electronically stored and displayed marks, machine

NOTE 1 This document can also be used as guidance in using marks of conformity in other than third-party

NOTE 2 Third-party marks of conformity according to this document include symbols of recognition such as

accreditation symbols. For consistency of terminology in this document they are referred to as accreditation marks.

NOTE 3 Third-party marks of conformity according to this document can include logos (e.g. the sign of a

conformity assessment body or trademarks), symbols (e.g. the representation of recognition in an accreditation

agreement or the depiction of the applicable programme) or a combination thereof.

NOTE 4 Third-party marks of conformity as a graphic representation of demonstrated conformity according

to this document can be a combination of multiple marks (e.g. indications of compliance with several sets of

NOTE 5 This document does not apply to markings, which provide indication of a designation, a code, or a

classification only. Furthermore, it does not apply to graphic representations (e.g. of conformity assessment

systems or schemes/programmes), logos (e.g. association of accreditation bodies and association of conformity

NOTE 6 third party mark of conformity are based on a conformity assessment scheme that include the

The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content

constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For

undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.

For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ISO/IEC 17000 and the

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