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Action required Customers shall integrate the updated definitions and clarifications to their management system and adjust operations accordingly. Affected customers Customers, applicants and assessors in the Forensic Program...

SCC’s Standards and International Relations Branch recently updated the Requirements & Guidance – Accreditation of Standards Development Organizations (R&G 2017) following SCC’s Council approval on April 5, 2017 and this...

Version 16 – April 2024 The Standards Council of Canada (SCC) is a federal Crown corporation established by the Standards Council of Canada Act (“the Act”) of the Parliament in 1970 to foster and promote efficient and...

This document provides requirements and guidance of the Independent Safety Assessor for Railway Systems Accreditation Sub-program that SCC operates and is a companion to ISO/IEC 17020. It outlines unique Canadian requirements...

This document contains normative and informative guidance for ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited testing laboratories. Laboratories and assessment teams alike must use this document to assure compliance. This document covers all...

This document contains normative and informative guidance for ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited testing laboratories. Laboratories and assessment teams alike must use this document to assure compliance. This document covers all...

The purpose of this document is to outline the additional criteria and guidance for product, process, and service certification bodies, above and beyond the requirements of ISO/IEC 17065:2012. These requirements and guidance...

This document is a companion to ISO/IEC 17020 and outlines unique Canadian requirements of the SCC Accreditation Program for Inspection Bodies that inspect and make a determination of conformity for products destined for the...

Action required Greenhouse Gas (GHG) verification bodies (VBs) who are interested in being accredited for the ICAO-CORSIA scheme should now submit their application to SCC. Affected customers SCC-accredited and applicant GHG...

Action required None at this time. Affected customers Greenhouse Gas Validation and Verification Bodies Background As of January 2019, Canadian regulated facilities will be required to submit verified compliance reports, to...

Action required All SCC accredited Management Systems Certification Bodies providing certification to sustainable forest management systems and SCC-accredited Certification Bodies accredited to the Sustainable Forestry...

Lack of alignment of the Canadian Electrical Code across Canadian provinces and territories can be a technical barrier to trade. Regulatory inconsistencies, such as in the misalignment of electrical codes across provinces and...