Conformity Assessment Scheme/Conformity Assessment Program
set of rules and procedures (5.2) that describes the objects of conformity assessment (4.2), identifies the specified requirements (5.1) and provides the methodology for performing conformity assessment (4.1)
Note 1 to entry: A conformity assessment scheme can be managed within a conformity assessment system (4.8).
Note 2 to entry: A conformity assessment scheme can be operated at an international, regional, national sub-national, or industry sector level.
Note 3 to entry: A scheme can cover all or part of the conformity assessment functions explained in Annex A.
Committee
Interdisciplinary
Date Added to Lexicon
Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)
ISO/IEC 17000:2020 Conformity assessment -- Vocabulary and general principles. International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission, Chemin de Blandonnet 8, CP 401, 1214 Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland, 2020.
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