Impartiality Committee

The Impartiality Committee was established to safeguard the impartiality of certification activities (O‘z DSt ISO/IEC 17065, 5.2). The Committee’s membership is approved by order of the director and ensures balanced representation of interested parties:

• a representative of manufacturers (applicants);
• a representative of consumers (a consumer rights protection society);
• a representative of scientific, educational or public organizations;
• secretary — the quality manager (without voting rights).

Committee tasks

• identifying and analysing risks to impartiality and updating the risk register at least once a year;
• giving recommendations on the impartiality policy and its implementation;
• monitoring that commercial, financial or other pressures do not affect impartiality.

Before starting work, Committee members sign a declaration of no conflict of interest (PSK-20-A).