This Standard is intended for the use by reference material producers in the development and implementation of their management system for quality, administrative and technical operations.

Reference material customers, regulatory authorities and accreditation bodies may also use it in confirming and recognizing the competence of reference material producers.

NOTE: This Standard is not intended to be used as the basis for conformity assessment by certification bodies.

This Standard sets out the management system requirements in accordance with which reference materials shall be produced.

It is intended to be used as part of a reference material producers general quality assurance (QA) procedures.

This Standard covers the production of certified and non-certified reference materials.

For non-certified reference materials, the production requirements are less stringent than for certified reference materials.

The minimum requirements for the production of non-certified reference materials are specified throughout the Standard.

NOTE: The International Standard corresponding to this Standard and the symbol of degree of correspondence are as follows.

ISO Guide 34: 2009 General requirements for the competence of reference material producers (lDT)

In addition, symbols which denote the degree of correspondence in the contents between the relevant International Standard and JIS are IDT (identical), MOD (modified), and NEQ (not equivalent) according to ISO/lEC Guide 21-1.