On June 27-28 2019, in Pyatigorsk, the 55th meeting of the Interstate Council for standardization, Metrology and certification adopted the interstate standard GOST ISO/IEC 17025-2019 "General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories". Rosstandart order No. 385-CT dd. July 15, 2019 puts the document into effect as a national standard on September 1, 2019.
Resolution No. 15 of the General Assembly Of the international organization for laboratory accreditation (ILAC) dd. 4 November 2016 establishes a three-year period for the transition of testing and calibration laboratories to the new version of the international standard ISO/IEC 17025:2017.
The Russian version of the international standard ISO/IEC 17025:2017 on initiative of the Federal Service for Accreditation is registered in FSUE "STANDARTINFORM" and posted on the website of the International organization for ISO standardization in 2018.
By order of the Federal service for accreditation dated August 9, 2019 No. 144 approved the transition plan of the members of the national system of accreditation (NSA) on the use of international standard ISO/IEC 17025:2017 "General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories".
The transition plan provided for the carrying out of a unified educational platform of NSA training seminars for experts on accreditation, officers of the Federal service for accreditation, and refresher courses for experts on accreditation, technical experts, managers and specialists of testing and calibration laboratories for the implementation of the requirements of the interstate standard GOST ISO/IEC 17025-2019. In addition, it is planned to hold seminars with the participation of international experts on the study of foreign experience in implementing the requirements of the international standard ISO/IEC 17025:2017.
Legal entities and individual entrepreneurs, having a valid accreditation in the national system of accreditation as test laboratories (centers) and calibration laboratories, is invited to approve the plans for implementation of the activities according to the standard GOST ISO/IEC 17025-2019, assure quality manual accordance with the requirements of this document and to observe the activities of the laboratory requirements management system established in the quality manual.
In the order of Ministry of economic development of Russia dd. 30 May 2014 № 326 "On approval of accreditation criteria, the list of documents confirming compliance of the applicant, the accredited person to accreditation criteria and list of documents in the field of standardization and compliance for applicants and accredited persons and ensures their compliance with the accreditation criteria" prepared changes for the management system of the laboratories in scope of requirements to risk and opportunities management systems aimed at prevention of repeated violations of requirements and additional description of formalization of description of works..
Additionally in accordance with the specified changes in the standardization documentation, which are required to follow by applicants and accredited persons in order to ensure compliance with accreditation criteria, GOST ISO/IEC 17025-2009 "General requirements for competence of testing and calibration laboratories" is superseded by GOST ISO/IEC 17025-2019 "General requirements for competence of testing and caibration laboratoes".
In scope of provision of public services for accreditation, extension of scope of accreditation, confirmation of competence of accredited persons, conformity assessment of applicants and accredited persons with criteria of accreditation will be subject to the requirements of the interstate standard GOST ISO/IEC 17025-2019 identical to the international standard ISO/IEC 17025:2017 (from the date of entry into force of the relevant changes sets forth accreditation criteria, the list of documents confirming compliance of the applicant, the accredited person to accreditation criteria and list of documents in the field of standardization and compliance for applicants and accredited persons and ensures their compliance with the accreditation criteria as approved by the order of Ministry of economic development of Russia dated 30 may 2014 No. 326, including in relation to public services registered before the enactment of said changes, which have not conducted field assessment yet).
Accordingly, permission for use of the combined sign ILAC (order of Ministry of economic development of Russia from may 22, 2014 No. 283) will be issued by the Federal accreditation service under condition of conformity of test laboratories (centers), calibration laboratories to the requirements of GOST ISO/IEC 17025-2019.
Official website of the Federal service for accreditation, located in the Internet at the address http://www.fsa.gov.ru
