ISO/IEC Guide 60:2004 PDF

ISO/IEC Guide 60:2004 recommends good practices for all elements of conformity assessment, including normative documents, bodies, systems, schemes and results.

It is intended for use by individuals and bodies who wish to provide, promote or use ethical and reliable conformity assessment services. These include, as appropriate, regulators, trade officials, calibration laboratories, testing laboratories, inspection bodies, product certification bodies, management system certification/registration bodies, personnel certification bodies, accreditation bodies, organizations providing declarations of conformity, and designers and administrators of conformity assessment systems and schemes, and users of conformity assessment.

ISO/IEC Guide 60:2004 is designed to facilitate trade at the international, regional, national and sub-national level.