BS EN 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 bodies operating to this part of ISO/IEC 17021 do not need to offer all types of management
system certification.Certification of management systems is a third-party conformity assessment activity (see
ISO/IEC 17000:2004, 5.5) and bodies performing this activity are therefore third-party conformity
assessment bodies.NOTE 1 Examples of management systems include environmental management systems, quality management
systems and information security management systems.NOTE 2 In this part of ISO/IEC 17021, certification of management systems is referred to as "certification" and
third-party conformity assessment bodies are referred to as "certification bodies".NOTE 3 A certification body can be non-governmental or governmental, with or without regulatory authority.NOTE 4 This part of ISO/IEC 17021 can be used as a criteria document for accreditation, peer assessment or
other audit processes.Cross References:ISO 9000ISO/IEC 17000ISO 9001ISO 10002ISO 14001ISO/IEC TS 17021-2ISO/IEC TS 17021-3ISO/IEC TS 17021-4ISO/IEC TS 17021-5ISO/IEC TS 17021-6ISO/IEC TS 17021-7ISO/IEC TS 17023ISO/IEC 17030ISO 19011:2011ISO 20121ISO/TS 22003ISO 22301ISO/IEC 27006ISO 31000IEC 31010ISO 39001ISO 50003ISO 55001All current amendments available at time of purchase are included with the purchase of this document.