The 20th Edition of "Management System Certification/Registration Rules"

March 23, 2026
Japan Quality Assurance Organization (JQA)

"Management System Certification/Registration Rules" has been revised and a summary of changes in the 20th edition of the rules is as shown below.

JQA Management System Certification/Registration Rules

• Date of Revision : March 20, 2026
• Effective Date : April 1, 2026
• Details of revision

  Paragraph	Description of Revision
  Scope, etc	Add ISO/IEC 42001 audit service.
  Reference criteria	Revised accreditation criteria for JIS Q 9100 and SJAC 9120
  Clause 3.10, Supplementary Provision 4	Prohibition of Using Automatic Transcription Tools
  Clause 7	Change of the certificate structure, the description has been modified
  Rules specific for JIS Q 9100 / SJAC 9120	Corrections have been made to align with the content of the 16th Edition of the JQA Management System Audit Registration Rules, based on SJAC 9104-1:2012 (SJAC 9104-1A: 2022 has not come into effect)
  Rules specific for IATF 16949, Rules specific for HACCP/ISO 22000, Rules specific for JFS-C, Rules specific for FSSC 22000	Harmonization with the reference criteria for each standards