AS/NZS 3843:1998

1 - AS/NZS 3843:1998 GUIDE 65: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR BODIES OPERATING PRODUCT CERTIFICATION SYSTEMS
4 - PREFACE
6 - CONTENTS
7 - INTRODUCTION
9 - 1 Scope
9 - 2 References
9 - 3 Definitions
9 - 3.1 supplier
10 - 4 Certification body
10 - 4.1 General provisions
10 - 4.2 Organization
11 - 4.3 Operations
11 - 4.4 Subcontracting
11 - 4.5 Quality system
12 - 4.6 Conditions and procedures for granting, maintaining, extending, suspending and withdrawing certification
12 - 4.7 Internal audits and management reviews
12 - 4.8 Documentation
13 - 4.9 Records
13 - 4.10 Confidentiality
13 - 5 Certification body personnel
13 - 5.1 General
13 - 5.2 Qualification criteria
14 - 6 Changes in the certification requirements
14 - 7 Appeals, complaints and disputes
14 - 7.2 Each certification body shall
14 - 8 Application for certification
14 - 8.1 Information on the procedure
15 - 8.2 The application
15 - 9 Preparation for evaluation
15 - 10 Evaluation
15 - 11 Evaluation report
16 - 12 Decision on certification
16 - 13 Surveillance
16 - 14 Use of licences, certificates and marks of conformity
16 - 15 Complaints to suppliers

Provides general requirements for bodies operating a system for third-party product certification (which may include a process or service) as a means of assurance that the system complies with specified Standards and other normative documents. This Standard is identical with and has been reproduced from ISO/IEC Guide 65:1996 (also published as the Handbook SAA/SNZ HB18.65:1998).

This Guide specifies general requirements that a third-party operating a product certification system shall meet if it is to be recognized as competent and reliable.In this Guide the term "certification body" is used to cover any body operating a product certification system. The word "product" is used in its widest sense and includes processes and services; the word "standard" is used to include other normative documents such as specifications or technical regulations.The certification system used by the certification body may include one or more of the following, which could be coupled with production surveillance or assessment and surveillance of the supplier's quality system or both, as described in ISO/IEC Guide 53:a) type testing or examination;b) testing or inspection of samples taken from the market or from supplier's stock or from a combination of both;c) testing or inspection of every product or of a particular product, whether new or already in use;d) batch testing or inspection;e) design appraisal.NOTE 1 ISO/IEC Guide 28 may be consulted for a model of one form of a third-party product certification system.

First published as AS/NZS 3843:1998.