BAS ISO/IEC Guide 60:2012

This Guide recommends good practices for all elements of conformity assessment, including normative documents, bodies, systems, schemes and results. It is intended for use by individuals and bodies who wish to provide, promote or use ethical and reliable conformity assessment services. These include, as appropriate, regulators, trade offi cials, calibration laboratories, testing laboratories, inspection bodies, product certifi cation bodies, management system certifi cation/registration bodies, personnel certifi cation bodies, accreditation bodies, organizations providing declarations of conformity, and designers and administrators of conformity assessment systems and schemes, and users of conformity assessment. This Guide is designed to facilitate trade at the international, regional, national and sub-national level.