ISO/IEC 17007:2009为制定包含以下内容的规范性文件提供了原则和指南: 合格评定对象要达到的特定要求； 在证明合格评定对象是否满足规定要求时可采用的合格评定系统的规定要求。 ISO/IEC 17007:2009旨在供不应用ISO/IEC指令的标准制定者、行业协会和联盟、购买者、监管者、消费者和非政府团体、认证机构、合格评定机构、合格评定方案所有者和其他相关方（如保险组织）使用。

ISO/IEC 17007:2009 provides principles and guidance for developing normative documents that contain:

• specified requirements for objects of conformity assessment to fulfil;
• specified requirements for conformity assessment systems that can be employed when demonstrating whether an object of conformity assessment fulfils specified requirements.

ISO/IEC 17007:2009 is intended for use by standards developers not applying the ISO/IEC Directives, industry associations and consortia, purchasers, regulators, consumers and non-government groups, accreditation bodies, conformity assessment bodies, conformity assessment scheme owners, and other interested parties, such as insurance organizations.