Accreditation body
- Primary accreditation standard
- ISO/IEC 17011:2017
- Who may be accredited
- Accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies
- Key scope note
- Framework EUROAC itself should operate against; not a CAB accreditation service.
Management-system certification bodies
- Primary accreditation standard
- ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015
- Who may be accredited
- Bodies auditing and certifying management systems
- Key scope note
- Add the applicable ISO/IEC 17021 competence part, IAF mandatory documents and scheme rules.
Product process and service certification bodies
- Primary accreditation standard
- ISO/IEC 17065:2012
- Who may be accredited
- Bodies certifying products, processes and services
- Key scope note
- Scheme must define requirements, evaluation methods, surveillance and certification decision rules.
Personnel certification bodies
- Primary accreditation standard
- ISO/IEC 17024:2026
- Who may be accredited
- Bodies certifying competence of persons
- Key scope note
- Certification scheme must define competence, prerequisites, examination, surveillance and recertification.
Testing and calibration laboratories
- Primary accreditation standard
- ISO/IEC 17025:2017
- Who may be accredited
- Testing laboratories and calibration laboratories
- Key scope note
- Scope is expressed by test or calibration method, item or material, range and measurement capability.
Medical laboratories
- Primary accreditation standard
- ISO 15189:2022
- Who may be accredited
- Medical laboratories performing examination of human samples
- Key scope note
- Include pre-examination, examination and post-examination activities in the defined scope.
Inspection bodies
- Primary accreditation standard
- ISO/IEC 17020:2026
- Who may be accredited
- Bodies inspecting products, installations, processes and services
- Key scope note
- Current 2026 edition uses Type A and Type non-A independence categories.
Validation and verification bodies
- Primary accreditation standard
- ISO/IEC 17029:2019
- Who may be accredited
- Bodies validating or verifying claims
- Key scope note
- Use with programme-specific requirements; ISO 14065:2020 applies to environmental information.
Proficiency-testing providers
- Primary accreditation standard
- ISO/IEC 17043:2023
- Who may be accredited
- Organizations developing and operating proficiency-testing schemes
- Key scope note
- Scope identifies measurands or characteristics, matrices or items and scheme type.
Reference-material producers
- Primary accreditation standard
- ISO 17034:2016
- Who may be accredited
- Producers of reference materials and certified reference materials
- Key scope note
- Scope identifies material category, properties characterized and production capability.
Biobanks
- Primary accreditation standard
- ISO 20387:2018
- Who may be accredited
- Biobanks handling biological material and associated data
- Key scope note
- Scope defines biological materials, activities and relevant lifecycle stages.
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