What is ISO/IEC 17030 about?

Marks of conformity are found on products, certificates and publications denoting the conformity to specified requirements of a product, management system, service, process, person or an organization.

ISO/IEC 17030 specifies general requirements for third- party marks of conformity along with the issuing process, ownership and uses of marks of conformity.

Specially ISO/IEC 17030 specifies the use of third- party marks of conformity in various forms and media including machine readable code, blockchain (distributed ledger) or other electronic means.

Note 1: ISO/IEC 17030 is specially intended to cover but can also be used as guidance in using marks of conformity in activities other than third-party conformity assessment.

Note 2: Certain aspects of ISO/IEC 17030 is not applicable to markings that provide indication of a designation, a code, graphic representations, logos or a classification only.

Note 3: Under ISO/IEC 17030 third-party marks of conformity also include symbols of recognition such as accreditation symbols or a combination of multiple marks. It can also include logos, symbols or a combination thereof.

Note 4: Third-party marks of conformity are based on a conformity assessment scheme.

Who is ISO/IEC 17030 for?

ISO/IEC 17030 for third- party marks of conformity is useful for:

Government authorities
Manufacturers
Insurance companies
Regulatory bodies

Why should you ISO/IEC 17030 use ?

Marks of conformity are used on a product to convey to the user that the product
fulfils the requirements for characteristics such as its safety, quality, origin, performance, reliability or impact on the environment. The principal purpose of all marks of conformity is to gain the confidence of the market, including consumers, in products and other objects of conformity assessment to which these marks have been applied.

Use of third-party marks of conformity in compliance with ISO/IEC 17030 is to fill relevant gaps in existing International Standards and to address potential problems arising from different uses of third-party marks of conformity, to provide a for their use and to set out general requirements.

The general requirements mentioned in ISO/IEC 17030 can help you in preparing third-party marks of conformity to identify the issuer and the aspects covered by the mark (e.g. quality, safety, environmental, performance, ethics) so as to avoid any potential misunderstanding.

What’s changed since the last update?

BS EN ISO/IEC 17030:2021 supersedes BS EN ISO/IEC 17030:2009, which is withdrawn. The main changes are as follows:

Inclusion of Annex A as guidance for the use of third-party marks of conformity issued based on defined object of conformity assessment through conformity assessment standards
Addition of clarification of the requirement of surveillance, logo/symbol/mark.
Addition of content related to examples of possible misuse of third-party marks of conformity
Inclusion of Annex A as guidance for the use of third-party marks of conformity
Alignment of language with the CASCO toolbox

BS EN ISO/IEC 17030:2021

Conformity assessment. General requirements for third-party marks of conformity

Current

Published:

31 Oct 2021