BS EN 16775 is an international standard that focuses on general requirements for expertise services. BS EN 16775 specifies the minimum requirements for expertise services carried out by individual persons and a group of such expert individuals for a customer. The main object of BS EN 16775 is to standardize expertise services thus enabling the delivery within a specified context of the most accurate and reliable answer to a raised query.
BS EN 16775 on general requirements for expertise is useful for:
BS EN 16775 covers a wide range of services. Expertise Service Providers (ESP) are e.g., appointed for giving opinions, interpretations, recommendations addressing former and future events and circumstances. The quality of an expert service depends on the professional competence, impartiality, objectivity, independence, and integrity of the experts involved.
BS EN 16775 is aimed at pointing out the minimum requirements of those criteria influencing every expertise service. BS EN 16775 could be used by all sizes and disciplines of ESP and aims to improve transparency and understanding between clients and ESP. BS EN 16775 also helps to reduce barriers to cross-border expertise services.
BS EN 16775 recognizes that there are different systems of law and many jurisdictions in Europe, any of which may impose different standards or requirements.
EN 16775:2015