Transition to ISO9000:2000 and the IAF
Subject: FYI: ISO 9000 Transition /Arter
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 16:21:57 -0600
From: Moderator
From: Dennis Arter
This information was recently distributed by my friends at The Informed Outlook
ISO and IAF Cooperate to Ease ISO 9000 Transition
ISO (International Organization for Standardization) and the IAF (International Accreditation Forum) have launched a cooperative program aimed at ensuring a smooth transition for business and industry to the Year 2000 versions of the ISO 9000 standards. At a joint meeting in Vienna representatives of ISO/TC 176, the ISO technical committee responsible for ISO 9000; ISO/CASCO, the ISO committee on conformity assessment; and the IAF, which is an association of national accreditation bodies from more than 30 countries, economic areas, or regions, the following agreements were reached:
1. Accredited certificates to the new ISO 9001 shall not be granted until the publication of ISO 9001:2000 as an International Standard (ISO 9001:2000 will replace the 1994 editions of ISO 9001, 9002 and 9003. A Draft International Standard (DIS) is due to be released in late November early December 1999. Current plans are to circulate a Final Draft International Standard (FDIS) in the third quarter of 2000 and to publish the new ISO 9001 as an International Standard in the fourth quarter of 2000).
2. Certification/registration body assessments to the latest draft of the new standard may begin prior to publication of the ISO 9001:2000 International Standard.
3. Certificates issued to the 1994 editions of ISO 9001, ISO 9002 or ISO 9003 shall have a maximum validity of three years from the date of publication of ISO 9001:2000.
4. ISO 9001:2000 will require auditors and other relevant certification/registration body personnel to demonstrate new competencies.
5. Certification/registration bodies will need to take particular care in defining the scope of certificates issued to ISO 9001:2000, and the permissible exclusions to the requirements of that standard.
The full communiqué explaining this agreement can accessed on the web sites of ISO
www.iso.ch and the IAF
www.iaf.nu
Dennis R. Arter