Transition Statement for ISO 14065:2007
Transition Statement for ISO 14065:2007
Date: 31 May 2011
The European Co-operation for Accreditation (EA) has adopted ISO14065 as the standard to be used by its member accreditation bodies to assess requirements for greenhouse gas (GHG) verification bodies.The timeline specified by EA is that all GHG verifiers should be accredited to this standard by January 2013.
In order to meet this deadline, INAB will be conducting conformity assessments to this standard during surveillance visits in 2012.
All verifiers are required to submit application forms / extension to scope application forms (if already accredited) for assessment of compliance to this new standard by December 2011. When submitting the required application form, all verifiers are required to submit updated documentation reflecting the organisations’ changes to ensure conformance to the requirements of ISO14065.
As all accredited GHG verifiers are expected to be in full compliance with ISO 14065:2007 by 1st January 2013, any identified nonconformities related to the new standard must be fully cleared. If, for whatever reason, nonconformities have not been cleared by 1st January 2013, a new certificate against ISO 14065:2007 cannot be granted, and accreditation will effectively cease on that date.
INAB will be holding an information session on the ISO14065 standard in October, exact date to be confirmed. This is a session the GHG verifiers will be welcome to attend and invitations will be issued in due course.
For further information contact :
Brid Burke brid.burke@inab.ie
James Stapleton james.stapleton@inab.ie
