RB/T 242.1-2018Requirements for green products certification bodies - Part 1: General requirements (English PDF)

Foreword

RB/T 242 "Green Product Certification Body Requirements" is currently divided into four parts.

--- Part 1. General;

--- Part 2. Environmental protection and resource conservation;

--- Part 3. Renewable energy use;

--- Part 4. Organic products.

This part is the first part of RB/T 242.

This part is drafted in accordance with the rules given in GB/T 1.1-2009.

This part is proposed and managed by the National Certification and Accreditation Administration.

This section drafted by. China National Accreditation Center for Conformity Assessment, National Certification and Accreditation Administration, China Electronic Technology Standards Chemical Research Institute, China Classification Society Quality Certification Company, China Building Materials Inspection and Testing and Certification Group Co., Ltd., China Machine Productivity Promotion Center, Beijing Guojian Lianxin Certification Center Co., Ltd., China Quality Certification Center, China Certification and Accreditation Association.

Introduction

With the rapid development of China's economy, the ecological and environmental problems caused by the accumulation of resources and industrial production have become increasingly prominent.

Ming, development of resource conservation, concern for environmental friendliness, and consumer-friendliness have become important issues concerning the national economy and people's livelihood, and promoting green development has become a rule of law.

The important direction of politics. In order to speed up the establishment of a systematic and complete system of ecological civilization, and to solve the current green product certification and its logo in China First, the practical problems of industrial policy and fiscal policy are difficult to match, product upgrading and industrial restructuring policy are difficult to implement, etc., September.2015, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the "Overall Plan for the Reform of Ecological Civilization System", clearly proposing to "establish a unified green product system" and "establishment Unified green product standards, certification, identification and other systems." National Certification and Accreditation Administration Committee as a certification and identification management the competent department is responsible for formulating the "Green Product Certification and Label Integration Program" and establishing a unified "China Green Product" conformity assessment system to push Enter the construction and implementation of China's ecological civilization system.

RB/T 242 "Green Product Certification Body Requirements" as an important part of the "China Green Products" Conformity Assessment System, based on GB/T 27065-2015 and GB/T 24040-2008 and other standards related content, combined with the country "to establish a unified green product system" and Formulated in accordance with the relevant requirements of "establishing a unified system of green product standards, certification, and identification".

This section refers to GB/T 27065-2015 to put forward general requirements for green product certification bodies, and to comply with these requirements is to ensure green Color product certification bodies have the ability to implement green product certification programs in a consistent and fair manner, promoting international and domestic certification results Mutual recognition, accepting certified green products; better promoting industrial structure upgrading and consuming green friendly products, further reducing green international trade Easy barrier. This section can be used both as a guideline document for accreditation and as a guideline document for use by government agencies or other parties. Attached Record A (informative) contains the principles related to the green product certification body and the certification activities it provides.

Green product certification body requirements Part 1. General

1 Scope

This part of RB/T 242 specifies the requirements for the competence, consistency of operation and impartiality of a green product certification body.

This section applies to the establishment and implementation of an effective management system for green product certification bodies.

2 Normative references

The following documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only dated versions apply to this article.

Pieces. For undated references, the latest edition (including all amendments) applies to this document.

GB/T 19001 quality management system requirements GB/T 19011 Management System Audit Guide GB/T 24040-2008 Environmental Management Life Cycle Assessment Principles and Framework GB/T 27000-2006 Conformity assessment vocabulary and general principles GB/T 27007 Guidelines for the preparation of normative documents for conformity assessment GB/T 27020 Conformity assessment of the operational requirements of various inspection agencies GB/T 27021-2017 Requirements for the conformity assessment management system audit certification body GB/T 27023 Representation of standard conformity in third-party certification system GB/T 27027 Certification Body Implementation Guide for Corrective Actions for Misuse of Its Compliance Mark GB/T 27028-2008 Conformity assessment third-party product certification system application guide GB/T 27030 Conformity Assessment General Requirements for Third Party Compliance Marks GB/T 27053 Guidelines for the use of organizational quality management systems in conformity assessment product certification GB/T 27065-2015 Requirements for certification of conformity assessment products, processes and services GB/T 27067 Conformity Assessment Product Certification Fundamentals and Product Certification Program Guide GB/T 33761-2017 Green Product Evaluation General Rules RB/T 241 Green Product Testing Agency Requirements ISO 31000 Risk Management - Guide (Riskmanagement-Guidelines)

3 Terms and definitions

The following terms and definitions as defined in GB/T 27000 and GB/T 33761 apply to this document. For ease of use, the following repetitions Some terms and definitions in GB/T 27000 and GB/T 33761 are listed.

Customer client

It is the responsibility of the green product certification body to indicate the organization or individual that ensures compliance with the certification requirements, including product requirements.

Note 1. Unless otherwise stated, the term "customer" used in this section applies to "organizations and individuals who apply for certification and obtain certification".

[quoted from. GB/T 27065-2015, definition 3.1, rewritten]