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Product Certification Accreditation Program – Documents and Resources

Below are links to various documentation to support ANAB’s ISO/IEC 17065 product certification bodies (CBs).  While it is not all inclusive, it will assist applicant and accredited CBs.

AG 1008, Terms and Conditions for Accreditation

Policies

Procedures

Forms

Guidance

Notices

Policies

Document #Title
PR 1017Impartiality Policy
PR 1018Policy on Use of ANAB Accreditation Symbols and Claims of Accreditation Status
PR 2316Remote Assessment Activities
PRO-PL-102Manual of Operations for Accreditation of Product Certification Programs
PRO-PL-103Operating Procedures of the Accreditation Committee

Procedures

Document #Title
ANSI-PR-027Rules Governing the Use and Protection of the ANSI Accreditation Mark and References to ANSI Accreditation
PRO-PR-112Information on the Application Process
PRO-PR-126Transfer of Accreditation
PRO-PR-128Misuse of Accreditation
PRO-PR-129Requirements, Obligations, and Duties of an Accredited Certification Body
PRO-PR-140-GGAPSector Specific Accreditation program for GlobalGAP Program
PRO-PR-144-TCBGuidelines on Scopes of TCB Laboratories That Provide Testing for the Telecommunication Certification Program
PRO-PR-155-SFIProcedure for the Accreditation of Certification Bodies for the Sustainable Forestry Initiative Chain of Custody and/or PEFC Chain of Custody programs
PRO-PR-157-AECOSector Specific Accreditation Program for Product Safety Evaluation of Elevators and Escalators
PRO-PR-160-GGAPProcess to Review CIPRO’s Audit Report of ANAB Accredited Certification Bodies for the GlobalGAP Program
PRO-PR-163-EPAESSector Specific Accreditation for EPA Energy Star® Program
PRO-PR-164-ISO 14024Requirements/Process to Determine Eligibility of a Type I Environmental Labeling Certification Scheme
PRO-PR-165-ISO 14025Requirements/Process to determine Eligibility of a Type III Environmental Declaration Program
PRO-PR-169-TESector Specific Accreditation Program for Textile Exchange Standards
PRO-PR-172-EPA-FESAccreditation Program for US Environmental Protection Agency Formaldehyde Emission Standard for Composite Wood Products
PRO-PR-178Sector Specific Accreditation Program for Type I Environmental Labeling Certification Program
PRO-PR-179-HALALANAB Halal Accreditation Scheme for Assessment of Certification Bodies seeking ANAB Accreditation under the ANAB and IHAF MRA

Forms

Document #Title
PRO-FR-104Application for Accreditation of Product Certification Program
PRO-FR-104 Type I ECOApplication for Type I Eco-labeling Accreditation of Product Certification Program
PRO-FR-104-ECO-ISO 14024Application for Eligibility For Type I Environmental Labeling Certification Scheme
PRO-FR-104-ECO-ISO 14025Application for Eligibility of Type III Environmental Declaration Programs
PRO-FR-104-HITApplication for Accreditation of ONC EHR Technology Certification Program
PRO-FR-115-FCCChecklist for Accreditation Requirements: FCC TCB Program
PRO-FR-122PRO Annual Fee Calculation Form for Accredited CBs
PRO-FR-135-SFIChecklist for Accreditation Requirements: SFI 2015-2019, Section 4 SFI Chain of Custody Standard and PEFC ST 2002:2013 Chain of Custody of Forest Based Products – Requirements
PRO-FR-153-EPA FESChecklist for Accreditation Requirements: US EPA Formaldehyde Emission Standard for Composite Wood Products

Notices

Document #Title
PRO-NT-101Compliance with ISO/IEC 17025:2005
PRO-NT-102Accreditation of TCB Programs
PRO-NT-103Qualification of Decision Makers on TCB Program
PRO-NT-104Interpretation of ISO/IEC 17065 7.0 and 6.2.2
PRO-NT-105Mechanism to Close Nonconformities
PRO-NT-106Request for Technical Reviewer and Certifier Information
PRO-NT-107IC Guidance on RSS and BETS standards
PRO-NT-108Guidelines for Conducting Assessment to the GlobalGAP SQF and BRC Schemes
PRO-NT-109JGA Sydney Resolution 7 – Certification to accreditation Standards – Guidance to ANAB Assessors
PRO-NT-111Clarification by FCC and IC Regarding Product Surveillance Requirements
PRO-NT-112Recent changes by Industry Canada (IC) regarding radio and broadcast scope specification
PRO-NT-113Requirements for Completing the Document Review
PRO-NT-117Rules Governing the Use/Misuse of the ANAB Eligibility Symbol by an Eligible Scheme Owner or Program Operator
PRO-NT-118Guidelines for the use of Product Category Rules (PCRs) by Eligible Program Operators developed by Non-Eligible Program Operators
PRO-NT-119Notice to Address A Certified Vendor Request To Apply to Another Certification Body Under the ONC HIT Certification Scheme
PRO-NT-120Notice on Process for Implementing IMDA of Singapore Requirements
PRO-NT-121Matrix of Responsibilities
PRO-NT-122Clarification by EPA WaterSense for Market Surveillance
PRO-NT-124Transition plan for the implementation of ISO/IEC 17025:2017, related to CBs accredited by ANAB as product certification bodies
PRO-NT-125Notice on a ANAB Assessment Impartiality Review of a ACB Resulting from a Merger or Acquisition
PRO-NT-126Notice to Notified Bodies (NBs) Regarding Options for Listing EU NB Scopes

Additional ANAB Resources

ISO/IEC 17065 ACC Clarifications

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