Application

How is conformity assessment carried out?

The conformity assessment procedure consists of a series of 3 functions that are needed to demonstrate that specified requirements are fulfilled:

Selection: The object of the assessment (i.e. product, process, system, person or body); the  specified requirements; the procedure to be used for the determination; sampling methods, etc.

Determination: Types of determination activities are testing, inspection, audit, peer assessment

Review and attestation: Reviewing evidence arising from the determination and making a decision as to whether or not the object of conformity assessment has been reliably demonstrated to fulfill the specified requirements. Decision communicated as a ”statement of conformity”.