Conformity assessment - Requirements for bodies performing inspection (ISO/IEC FDIS 17020:2025); German and English version FprEN ISO/IEC 17020:2025
Abstract
This document contains requirements for the competence and impartiality of bodies performing inspection, and for the consistency of their inspection activities. Inspection bodies carry out inspection activities on behalf of private clients, their parent organizations, regulatory authorities, or others, with the objective of providing information about the conformity of inspected items with regulations, standards, specifications, inspection schemes or contracts. Inspection parameters include matters of quantity, quality, safety, fitness for purpose, and conformity of inspected item(s) with specified requirements (e.g. safety compliance of installations or systems in operation). This document provides requirements for the competence, impartiality and consistent operation of inspection bodies as a basis to promote confidence about and acceptance of inspection results by clients, regulatory authorities and others. This document covers the activities of inspection bodies whose work can include the examination of materials, products, installations, plants, processes, work procedures or services, and the determination of their conformity with requirements and the subsequent reporting of results of these activities to clients and, when required, to regulatory authorities. Inspection can concern all stages during the lifetime of these items, including the design stage. Such work normally requires the exercise of professional judgement in performing inspection, in particular when assessing conformity with general requirements.
Begin
2023-02-09
WI
JT001074
Planned document number
DIN EN ISO/IEC 17020
Project number
14700712
Responsible national committee
NA 147-00-03 AA - Principles of conformity assessment
Responsible european committee
CEN/CLC/JTC 1 - Criteria for conformity assessment bodies
draft standard
Conformity assessment - Requirements for bodies performing inspection (ISO/IEC DIS 17020:2025); German and English version prEN ISO/IEC 17020:2025
2025-03
Order from DIN Media
