ISO/IEC 17020:2012 pdf free download.Conformity assessment — Requirements for the operation of various types of bodies performing inspection.
ISO/IEC 17020:2012 specifies requirements for the competence of bodies performing inspection and for the impartiality and consistency of their inspection activities.
ISO/IEC 17020:2012 applies to inspection bodies of type A, B or C, as defined in ISO/IEC 17020:2012, and it applies to any stage of inspection.
This International Standard contains requirements for the competence of bodies performing inspection and fo the impartiality and consistency of their inspection activities.
It applies to inspection bodies of type A, B or C, as defined in this International Standard, and it applies to any stage of inspection.
NOTE: The stages of inspection include design stage, type examination, initial inspection, in-service inspection or surveillance.
4 General requirements
4.1 Impartiality and independence
4.1.1 Inspection activities shall be undertaken impartially.
4.1.2 The inspection body shall be responsible for the impartiality of its inspection activities and shall not allow commercial, financial or other pressures to compromise impartiality.
4. 1.3 The inspection body shall identify risks to its impartiality on an ongoing basis. This shall include those risks that arise from its activities, or from its relationships, or from the relationships of its personnel. However, such relationships do not necessarily present an inspection body with a risk to impartiality.
NOTE: A relationship that threatens the impartiality of the inspection body can be based on ownership, governance, anagement, personnel, shared resources, finances, contracts, marketing(including branding)， and payment of a sales commission or other inducement for the referral of new clients. etc.
4.1.4 If a risk to impartiality is identified, the inspection body shall be able to demonstrate how it eliminates or minimizes such risk.
4.1.5 The inspection body shall have top management commitment to impartiality.

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