The Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology (Rosstandart) has approved the national standards of the Russian Federation prepared by the National Institute of Accreditation of RusAccreditation (NIAR) with the support of the Service on the basis of its own translation into Russian of English-language versions of international standards and mandatory documents of the International Accreditation Forum (IAF). The development of national standards was carried out in accordance with the National Standardization Plan of the Russian Federation for 2020 at the platform of the Technical Committee for Standardization TC 079 "Conformity Assessment" with the involvement of the expert community, as well as all interested parties. Technical Committee for Standardization TC 079 "Conformity Assessment" with the involvement of the expert community, as well as all interested parties.
On July 1, 2021, the national standard of the Russian Federation GOST R ISO/IEC 17021-2-2021 "Conformity assessment" will be launched for the first time. Requirements for authorities who conduct the audit and certification of management systems. Part 2. Competence requirements for conducting audits and certification of environmental management systems".
On July 1, 2021, the national standard of the Russian Federation GOST R 59473-2021 "Certification activities for accreditation of management system certification bodies" (IDT IAF MD 17-2019) will also be launched for the first time.
From July 1, 2021, instead of the national standard GOST R 56853-2016/ISO/IEC TS 17021-3:2013, the national standard of the Russian Federation GOST R ISO/IEC 17021-3-2021 " Conformity assessment. Requirements for authorities who conduct the audit and certification of management systems. Part 3. Competence requirements for the audit and certification of quality management systems".
On July 1, 2021, instead of the national standard GOST R 54318-2011, the national standard of the Russian Federation GOST R 54318-2021 "Determining the time of the audit of the quality management system, environmental management system, as well as the occupational health and safety management system" will also be put into effect.
The application of the national accreditation system of the provisions of international standards and mandatory documents of international accreditation organizations in the activities of participants is implemented within the scope of RusAccreditation's membership in the Asia-Pacific Accreditation Association (APAC), the International Organization for Laboratory Accreditation (ILAC), the International Accreditation Forum (IAF), as well as within the framework of the ILAC MRA Mutual Recognition Agreement and the APAC MRA Mutual Recognition Agreement, the signatory of which the RusAccreditation is.