(ISO: Geneva) -- The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Committee on Conformity Assessment (ISO/CASCO) has developed a new standard and a technical specification that will help build confidence between partners in business-to-business dealings and provide support for trade regulations.

The two documents relate to specific aspects of “conformity assessment,” the name given to the processes used to demonstrate that a product, service, management system, or organization meets specified requirements, such as those of a standard.

The new standard is ISO/IEC 17020:2012—“Requirements for the operation of various types of bodies performing inspection,” which gives requirements for inspection bodies. Inspection bodies’ work can include the examination of materials, products, installations, plants, processes, work procedures, or services, checking that they meet requirements and reporting the results to clients.

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