PDCEN/CLCISO/IECTS17021-2:2016 BSI Standards Publication Conformity assessment - Reguirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems Part 2: Competence requirements for auditingandcertificationofenvironmental management systems (ISO/IEC/TS 17021-2:2012) bsi. PDCEN/CLCISO/IECTS17021-2:2016 PUBLISHEDDOCUMENT National foreword This PublishedDocument isthe UK implementationof CEN/CLC ISO/IEC TS17021-2:2016.It is identicalto ISO/IEC TS 17021-2:2012.It supersedes PD ISO/IEC TS 17021-2:2012, which is withdrawn. TheUK participation in its preparation was entrustedtoTechnical CommitteeCAs/1,Conformityassessment. A listoforganizations represented onthis committeecanbe obtained on request to its secretary. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract.Users are responsiblefor its correct application. @TheBritishStandardsInstitution2016 Published by BSIStandards Limited 2016 ISBN9780580957185 ICS 03.120.20 CompliancewithaBritishStandardcannotconferimmunityfrom legal obligations. This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policyand StrategyCommitteeon31August2012. Amendments/corrigenda issuedsincepublication Date Text affected 31October2016 This corrigendum renumbers PDISO/IEC TS 17021-2:2012 as PDCEN/CLCISO/ECTS17021-2:2016 CEN/CLC ISO/IEC/TS TECHNICALSPECIFICATION 17021-2 SPECIFICATIONTECHNIQUE TECHNISCHESPEZIFIKATION August2016 ICS 03.120.20 Englishversion Conformityassessment-Requirementsforbodies providing audit and certification of management systems certificationofenvironmental management systems (IS0/IEC/TS17021-2:2012) Evaluation de la conformité-Exigences pour les Konformitatsbewertung -Anforderungen an Stellen, organismes procedant a I'audit et a la certification des die Managementsysteme auditieren und zertifizieren - systemes de management -Partie 2: Exigences de Teil 2: Anforderungen an die Kompetenz fur die compétence pour I'audit et la certification des Auditierung und Zertifizierung von systemes de management environnemental Umweltmanagementsystemen (IS0/IEC/TS 17021- (ISO/IEC/TS17021-2:2012) 2:2012) This Technical Specification (TS) was approved by CEN on 24 July 2016 for provisional application. The period of validity of this TS is limited initially to three years.After two years the members of CEN and CENELEC will be requested to submit their comments,particularly on the question whether the CEN/TS can be converted into a European Standard. CEN and CENELEC members are required to announce the existence of this TS in the same way as for an EN and to make the CEN/TSavailablepromptlyatnationallevel inanappropriateform.Itispermissibletokeepconflictingnationalstandards in CEN and CENELEC members are the national standards bodies and national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom. cen CENELEC CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17,B-1000Brussels @2016CEN/CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and byanymeans Ref.No.CEN/CLCISO/IEC/TS17021-2:2016 E reserved worldwidefor CEN national Members and for CENELEC Members.