Question about Design Exclusions - Clause 7.3 of ISO 9001

[Big Jim]

Ok, so we get the artwork designs from the customer and the pass them on to the supplier who seek approval from the industry regulators. Once approved the designs are passed back to us, with samples which we then pass on to the customer for approval before the purchasing process can begin.

It looks like you can claim the exclusion for 7.3. It looks like your customer is the design owner. The suppliers and regulators may have input to the design, but you do not. You build to customer print.

Your justification could be something like: "We build to customer prints and have no design involvement or responsibility."