There is currently a revision process in place looking at the certification standard ISO 9712 and I have represented BINDT at some of the meetings, the most recent one being in Gothenburg, Sweden.This was the international meeting, so the whole world could have representation there, with participants from the USA, Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Russia and many European countries.The Canadian Chair opened the meeting with a very good statement, explaining that we were there to implement evolution, not revolution, with respect to ISO 9712 and that there were over 400 comments to be dealt with. This was a follow-on meeting from the one held in Singapore, where the comments were grouped into categories and dedicated working groups were agreed to look at the grouped comments. In Sweden, we were split into groups on the first day at the briefing session. By the third day, the groups were able to report back on their progress and this impacted on how the other groups progressed. The meeting closed with an acknowledgement that there needed to be an additional meeting, plus work in the meantime, to continue the progress on the revision. There are some very good revisions being proposed and many of the certification bodies have historically faced the same issues in implementing the current version of ISO 9712. The revised version of the standard will be issued in due course.
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