A certification body must be fully conversant and comply with the relevant standards and criteria to be accredited. The standards, specific criteria and related documents for the SAC accreditation are as below:
Publications for All Certification Programmes
Standards and Criteria Document for Management Systems Certification
ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015 - Conformity assessment - Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems - Part 1: Requirements
Joint IAF-ISO Communiques
Standards and Criteria Document for Product Certification
ISO/IEC 17065:2012 - Conformity assessment – Requirements for bodies certifying products, processes and services
Standards and Criteria Document for Personnel Certification
ISO/IEC 17024:2012 Conformity assessment - General requirements for bodies operating certification of persons
Standards and Criteria Document for Auditing Organisations
Modified from ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015 Conformity assessment - Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems - Part 1: Requirements