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ISO 17025
ISO/IEC 17025 specifies the general terms and their definitions relating to conformity assessment, including:
- the accreditation of conformity assessment bodies,
- the use of conformity assessment to facilitate trade.
The standard ISO/IEC 17025 defines accreditation as an "Attestation issued by a third party related to a conformity assessment body conveying formal recognition of its competence to carry out specific conformity assessment tasks".
This translates as a second level inspection carried out on laboratories, inspection bodies and certification bodies in order to certify their competence to perform calibrations, tests or inspections or to certify products, systems or personnel.

