The 15th Edition of "Management System Certification/Registration Rules"

August 3, 2021
Japan Quality Assurance Organization (JQA)

"Management System Certification/Registration Rules" has been revised and a summary of changes in the 15th edition of the rules is as shown below.

Changes	Remarks
New assessment service added Addition of ISO 27701	ISO 27701 for Privacy Information Management System added
Change of scheme owner’s name TL9000 scheme owner	Change from TIA-BPC to TIA QuEST Forum
Added Clause 3.1.1 and 3.1.2 Add requirement for provision of information	New clause added as a requirement for provision of information with regards to conducting assessment
Added Supplementary Procedure 4	Procedure for conducting remote audit
Specific rule for IATF	Update clause with regards to nonconformity Update clause with regards to special audit Add Supplementary Procedure 4_procedure for conducting remote audit
Specific rule for FSSC22000 Correspond to FSSC .Ver5.1	Add Supplementary Procedure 4_procedure for conducting remote audit
Specific rule for JFS-C	Add JFS-C specific rule （separated from HACCP/ISO22000 specific rule）
Specific rule for TL9000	Update requirement for confirmation of readiness in advance