ISOIECFDIS17011INTERNATIONALSTANDARDPDF30(1)

PleaseseetheadministrativenotesonpageiiiRECIPIENTSOFTHISDRAFTAREINVITEDTOSUBMIT,WITHTHEIRCOMMENTS,NOTIFICATIONOFANYRELEVANTPATENTRIGHTSOFWHICHTHEYAREAWAREANDTOPROVIDESUPPORT-INGDOCUMENTATION.INADDITIONTOTHEIREVALUATIONASBEINGACCEPTABLEFORINDUSTRIAL,TECHNO-LOGICAL,COMMERCIALANDUSERPURPOSES,DRAFTINTERNATIONALSTANDARDSMAYONOCCASIONHAVETOBECONSIDEREDINTHELIGHTOFTHEIRPOTENTIALTOBECOMESTAN-DARDSTOWHICHREFERENCEMAYBEMADEINNATIONALREGULATIONS.ReferencenumberISO/IECFDIS17011:2004(E)©ISO2004FINALDRAFTCASCOVotingbeginson:2004-03-25Votingterminateson:2004-05-25INTERNATIONALSTANDARDISO/IECFDIS17011Conformityassessment—GeneralrequirementsforaccreditationbodiesaccreditingconformityassessmentbodiesÉvaluationdelaconformité—Exigencesgénéralespourlesorganesd'accréditationprocédantàl'accréditationdesorganesd'évaluationdelaconformitéISO/IECFDIS17011:2004(E)PDFdisclaimerThisPDFfilemaycontainembeddedtypefaces.InaccordancewithAdobe'slicensingpolicy,thisfilemaybeprintedorviewedbutshallnotbeeditedunlessthetypefaceswhichareembeddedarelicensedtoandinstalledonthecomputerperformingtheediting.Indownloadingthisfile,partiesacceptthereintheresponsibilityofnotinfringingAdobe'slicensingpolicy.TheISOCentralSecretariatacceptsnoliabilityinthisarea.AdobeisatrademarkofAdobeSystemsIncorporated.DetailsofthesoftwareproductsusedtocreatethisPDFfilecanbefoundintheGeneralInforelativetothefile;thePDF-creationparameterswereoptimizedforprinting.EverycarehasbeentakentoensurethatthefileissuitableforusebyISOmemberbodies.Intheunlikelyeventthataproblemrelatingtoitisfound,pleaseinformtheCentralSecretariatattheaddressgivenbelow.CopyrightnoticeThisISOdocumentisaDraftInternationalStandardandiscopyright-protectedbyISO.Exceptaspermittedundertheapplicablelawsoftheuser'scountry,neitherthisISOdraftnoranyextractfromitmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystemortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,photocopying,recordingorotherwise,withoutpriorwrittenpermissionbeingsecured.RequestsforpermissiontoreproduceshouldbeaddressedtoeitherISOattheaddressbeloworISO'smemberbodyinthecountryoftherequester.ISOcopyrightofficeCasepostale56•[e-mail]©ISO2004—AllrightsreservedISO/IECFDIS17011:2004(E)©ISO/IEC2004–AllrightsreservediiiISO/CENPARALLELPROCESSINGISO/CENPARALLELPROCESSINGISO/CENPARALLELPROCESSINGISO/CENPARALLELPROCESSINGTheCENSecretary-GeneralhasadvisedtheISOSecretary-GeneralthatthisfinaldraftInternationalStandardcoversasubjectofinteresttoEuropeanstandardization.ConsultationontheISO/DIShadthesameeffectforCENmembersasaCENenquiryonadraftEuropeanStandard.InaccordancewiththeISO-leadmodeofcollaborationasdefinedintheViennaAgreement,thisfinaldraft,establishedonthebasisofcommentsreceived,isherebysubmittedtoaparalleltwo-monthFDISvoteinISOandformalvoteinCEN.Positivevotesshallnotbeaccompaniedbycomments.Negativevotesshallbeaccompaniedbytherelevanttechnicalreasons.ThisfinaldraftissubmittedtoaparallelapprovalvoteinISOandIEC.EachISOmemberbodyandIECnationalcommitteeisrequestedtotakeappropriatestepstoharmonizethenationalviewpointinordertocastthesame“yes”or“no”votetobothISOandIEC.Positivevotesshallnotbeaccompaniedbycomments.Negativevotesshallbeaccompaniedbytherelevanttechnicalreasons.InaccordancewiththeprovisionsofCouncilResolution15/1993,thisdocumentiscirculatedintheEnglishlanguageonly.ISO/IECFDIS17011:2004(E)iv©ISO/IEC2004–AllrightsreservedContentsPageForeword.............................................................................................................................................................vIntroduction........................................................................................................................................................vi1Scope......................................................................................................................................................12Normativereferences............................................................................................................................13Termsanddefinitions...........................................................................................................................14Accreditationbody................................................................................................................................44.1Legalresponsibility...............................................................................................................................44.2Structure.................................................................................................................................................44.3Impartiality.............................................................................................................................................54.4Confidentiality......................................................................................................