This is for the test and cal labs that are accredited under ISO/IEC 17025 and inspection bodies under ISO/IEC 17020. Your accreditation does not change, the 17025 Standard is going through some revisions (normal stuff), but your chosen accrediting body (AB) is getting a new standard, known as ISO/IEC 17011.
Actually, 17011 was issed formally in September 2004. ABs right now generally operated under ISO Guide 58. That is especially true of the ABs that are signatory to ILAC (International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation), APLAC (Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation), IAAC (InterAmerica Accreditation Cooperation), SADCA (Southern African Development Community in Accreditation) and even NACLA (National Cooperation for Laboratory Accreditation).
Examples of ABs affected, not even close to being an exhaustive list, include:
ILAC: NVLAP, IAS, A2LA (U.S.), SCC (Canada), SANAS (South Africa), NATA (Australia) https://www.ilac.org
EA: SWEDAC (Sweden), UKAS (United Kingdom) https://www.european-accreditation.org
APLAC: CNAL (Peoples Republic of China), INAZ (New Zealand) https://www.aplac.org
The new Standard tightens up requirements on ABs quite a bit. Accredited labs and inspection bodies should see very little change in the way assessments are conducted however. The new Standard does specify in section 8.1 the responsibilites of the CAB (Conformity Assessment Body, the new generic term for accredited organizations), in section 8.2 the responsibilities of the AB, and in section 8.3 the responsibilities towards use of the accreditation logo.
Just a quick update for interested parties.
Hershal
Actually, 17011 was issed formally in September 2004. ABs right now generally operated under ISO Guide 58. That is especially true of the ABs that are signatory to ILAC (International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation), APLAC (Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation), IAAC (InterAmerica Accreditation Cooperation), SADCA (Southern African Development Community in Accreditation) and even NACLA (National Cooperation for Laboratory Accreditation).
Examples of ABs affected, not even close to being an exhaustive list, include:
ILAC: NVLAP, IAS, A2LA (U.S.), SCC (Canada), SANAS (South Africa), NATA (Australia) https://www.ilac.org
EA: SWEDAC (Sweden), UKAS (United Kingdom) https://www.european-accreditation.org
APLAC: CNAL (Peoples Republic of China), INAZ (New Zealand) https://www.aplac.org
The new Standard tightens up requirements on ABs quite a bit. Accredited labs and inspection bodies should see very little change in the way assessments are conducted however. The new Standard does specify in section 8.1 the responsibilites of the CAB (Conformity Assessment Body, the new generic term for accredited organizations), in section 8.2 the responsibilities of the AB, and in section 8.3 the responsibilities towards use of the accreditation logo.
Just a quick update for interested parties.
Hershal
