DNV issuing six year ISO 9001 certificates?

As always, fervent thanks to all of you for your work here.

I'm accustomed to seeing ISO 9001 certificates with a three year lifespan.

Today in scouting a potential supplier based in China I was presented with a DNV 9001:2008 certificate spanning six years.

What is the story behind that?

Re: DNV issuing six year certificates?

Interesting, we use DNV GL and in the 6 years I've been here I've only known about 3 year certificates.

Re: DNV issuing six year certificates?

Ah, my bad. The organization was initially certified six years ago, and that date shows on the cert, but the current cert is indeed only for three years.

Thanks, your post made me take a closer look.