DS/ISO/IEC 17029:2019

Conformity Assessment - General principles and requirements for validation and verification bodies

This document contains general principles and requirements for the competence, consistent operation and impartiality of bodies*providing validation and verification as conformity assessment.*Bodies operating to this document can be internal (first party), collaborative (second party) as well as independent (third party) bodies*and need not offer both, validation and verification activities.*This document is applicable to validation and verification bodies in any sector, providing assurance through confirmation that claims or*declarations are either plausible with regard to the intended purpose (validation) or correctly stated (verification).*This document shall be applied in conjunction with sector specific programmes that contain requirements for validation and verification*processes and rules.*This document can be used as a basis for accreditation by accreditation bodies, peer assessment within peer assessment groups, or*other forms of recognition of validation and verification bodies by international or regional organizations, governments, regulatory*authorities, program or scheme owners, industry bodies, companies, customers or consumers.*NOTE – This document contains generic requirements and is neutral with regard to the operated validation or verification programme. Requirements of*the applicable programmes are additional to the requirements of this document.