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The full picture of conformity, in separately run service families
A product does not enter the market through a single document. Testing, inspection, surveillance, audit, certification and verification operate under separate schemes. Each family below is listed with its own scope; we state clearly which authority covers what.
ISO/IEC 17025Testing & AnalysisMechanical, chemical, electrical, environmental and sectoral test families; with standard and method level pages.Battery TestingStandard-Based TestsMechanical TestingFood Analyses
ISO/IEC 17021-1 · ISO/IEC 17065CertificationManagement system, product and sustainability certification; Separate page for each CE regulation.Management System CertificationProduct CertificationCE and EU ConformitySustainability Certification
ISO/IEC 17020InspectionPeriodic and industrial inspection along with non-destructive testing (NDT) methods.Inspection ServicesNDT
ISO/IEC 17020SurveillancePre-shipment inspection, cargo and commodity surveillance, supplier and production surveillance.Surveillance Services
AuditingSupplier, factory, process, social compliance, ESG and cybersecurity audits.Audit and Assurance
ISO 14064-3 · ISO 14065VerificationGreenhouse gas verification, carbon footprint, LCA, EPD and sustainability report assurance.Verification and Validation
ISO/IEC 17025CalibrationDimensional, electrical, temperature, pressure, force and mass calibration.Calibration Services
UNECE · EU type approvalHomologation & Type ApprovalVehicle and component type approval processes under UNECE regulations and the EU framework regulation.
Conformity process
How do the services connect?
The order below does not work identically for every product; but the conformity journey generally passes through these four steps.
- 1MeasureTranslate the product's real performance into numbers through testing and analysis.
- 2VerifySee on-site, through inspection and surveillance, that the implementation matches the specification.
- 3CertifyDemonstrate conformity to a third party through product and system certification.
- 4Enter the marketComplete the approval and marking required by the target country.
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Laboratory testing (ISO/IEC 17025), inspection and surveillance (ISO/IEC 17020), product certification (ISO/IEC 17065) and system certification (ISO/IEC 17021-1) are separate scopes of authority. A service being described here does not mean that service is offered within an accredited scope. Accreditation scopes