ISO/IEC Pack: Conformity Assessment - Laboratories and Inspection Bodies

The ISO/IEC Pack: Conformity assessment - Laboratories and inspection bodies, contains 10 standards and guides (plus a corrigendum). They include the general requirements for laboratories in order for them to be considered competent to carry out testing, calibration and sampling. These criteria are contained in ISO/IEC 17025:2005, General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories. Inspection bodies examine a huge range of products and processes, installations and plants. The overall aim is to reduce risk to the buyer and consumer of the item being inspected. The use of ISO/IEC standards and guides on conformity assessment procedures allows for harmonization of good practice-based processes throughout the world. This not only facilitates international trade between countries, but also facilitates trade within countries giving the purchaser of the product or service confidence that it meets the requirements. The standards and guides in the ISO/IEC Pack have been developed by ISO/CASCO, the ISO policy development committee on conformity assessment. This collection includes:

ISO/IEC Guide 43-1:1997
ISO/IEC Guide 43-2:1997
ISO/IEC Guide 60:2004
ISO/IEC Guide 68:2002
ISO/IEC Guide 98-3:2008
ISO/IEC Guide 99:2007
ISO/IEC 17000:2004
ISO/IEC 17020:1998
ISO/IEC 17025:2005
ISO/IEC 17025:2005/Cor.1:2006
ISO/IEC 17040:2005