ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015 contains principles and requirements for the competence, consistency and impartiality of bodies providing audit and certification of all types of management systems.
Certification of management systems is a third-party conformity assessment activity and bodies performing this activity are therefore third-party conformity assessment bodies.
ISO/IEC 17021-1 was prepared by the ISO Committee on Conformity Assessment (CASCO). It was circulated for voting to the national bodies of both ISO and IEC, and was approved by both organizations.
This first edition of ISO/IEC 17021-1 cancels and replaces ISO/IEC 17021:2011, which has been technically revised.
ISO/IEC 17021 consists of the following parts, under the general title Conformity assessment — Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems:
- Part 1: Requirements
- Part 2: Competence requirements for auditing and certification of environmental management systems [Technical Specification]
- Part 3: Competence requirements for auditing and certification of quality management systems [Technical Specification]
- Part 4: Competence requirements for auditing and certification of event sustainability management systems [Technical Specification]
- Part 5: Competence requirements for auditing and certification of asset management systems [Technical Specification]
- Part 6: Competence requirements for auditing and certification of business continuity management systems [Technical Specification]
- Part 7: Competence requirements for auditing and certification of road traffic safety management systems [Technical Specification]
