INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC STANDARD 17050-1 First edition 2004-10-01 Conformity assessment Supplier's declarationofconformity- Part 1: General requirements Evaluationdelaconformite-Declarationdeconformitedu fournisseur Partie1:Exigencesgénerales Reference number ISO/IEC 17050-1:2004(E) EC ISo @ISO2004 ISO/IEC17050-1:2004(E) PDF disclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the sofware products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation the unlikely event that a problem relating to it is found, please inform the Central Secretariat at the address given below. @ ISO 2004 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either IsO at the address below or IsO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Casepostale56.CH-1211Geneva20 Tel. + 4122 749 0111 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland ii ISO2004—All rights reserved ISO/IEC17050-1:2004(E) Foreword ISo (the International OrganizationforStandardization) andIEC(theInternationalElectrotechnical Commission)form the specialized systemforworldwide standardization.National bodies that aremembers of established by the respective organization to deal with particular fields of technical activity. ISO and IEC technical committees collaborate in fields ofmutual interest.Other international organizations,governmental International Standards and Guides. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the IsO/lEc Directives, Part2. Draft International Standards are circulated to the national bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requiresapproval byat least 75%of thenational bodies castinga vote. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. IsO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. It was circulated for voting to the national bodies of both iso andIEC,and was approved by both organizations. This first edition of ISO/IEC 17050-1, together with ISO/IEC 17050-2, cancels and replaces the second edition ofISO/IEC Guide22:1996, Generalcriteria forsupplier'sdeclaration of conformity. IsO/IEc17050 consists of the following parts,under the general title Conformity assessment-Supplier's declarationof conformity: Part1:General requirements Part2:Supportingdocumentation ili ISO2004—All rights reserved ISO/IEC17050-1:2004(E) Introduction This part of ISO/IEC 17050 has been developed with the objective of providing general requirements for a supplier's declaration of conformity. It addresses one of the three types of attestation of conformity, namely attestation undertaken by the first party This part of ISO/lEC 17050 specifies requirements applicable when the individual or organization responsible for fulfilment of specified requirements (supplier) provides a declaration that a product (including service), normative documents such as standards,guides,technical specifications,laws and regulations. Such a way. These general requirements are applicable to all sectors. However, these requirements might need to be of the supplier. In cases where this is desirable, or necessary,reference is made to ISO/IE 17050-2. iv ISO2004—All rights reserved INTERNATIONALSTANDARD ISO/IEC17050-1:2004(E) Conformity assessment Supplier's declaration of conformity : Part 1: General requirements Scope 1 This part ofIsO/lEC 17050 specifies general requirements fora supplier's declaration of conformity in cases where it is desirable, or necessary, that conformity of an object t