The 17th Edition of "Management System Certification/Registration Rules"

March 30, 2023

Japan Quality Assurance Organization (JQA)

"Management System Certification/Registration Rules" has been revised and a summary of changes in the 17th edition of the rules is as shown below.

Paragraph	Description of Revision
Scope, etc.	Add SJAC 9120 audit service Change Name (IQNet --> IQNET, FSSC22000 --> FSSC)
Scope	Add ISMS-AC as accreditation body for ISO/IEC 27701 Add JIS standard names to ISO 50001, ISO/IEC 20000-1, ISO 45001, and ISO 22301
Reference criteria	Change JIS Q 9100 and JFS-C accreditation criteria
Clause 5.6.1, 9.4.1	Change the notes for non-conformity handling in JIS Q 9100 and SJAC 9120
Clause 9.1	Change surveillance cycle of TL 9000, ISO 13485, ISO 39001, ISO 29990 and ISO 21001 limiting to once a year
Clause 13.2	Add due date for cancel the registration
Clause 20.1	Change requirements for transfer registration of ISO/IEC 27001, ISMS-CLS, and ISO/IEC 27701 from other Bodies
Rules specific for JIS Q 9100 / SJAC 9120	Change due to publication of SJAC 9104-1A:2022