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first-party conformity assessment activity

conformity assessment activity that is performed by the person or organization that provides or that is the object of conformity assessment (4.2)
Note 1 to entry: The first-, second- and third-party descriptors used to characterize conformity assessment activities in relation to a given object are not to be confused with the legal identification of the relevant parties to a contract.
EXAMPLE:
Activities performed by providers, designers or owners of the object, investors in the object, and advertisers or promoters of the object.
Note 2 to entry: If an activity is performed by an external body acting on behalf of and controlled by a person or organization that provides or is the object, the activity is still called a first-party conformity assessment activity (e.g. internal audits performed by a consultant who is not part of the organization).

Committee

Interdisciplinary

Date Added to Lexicon

09/15/2026

Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)

ISO 17000:2020 Conformity assessment — Vocabulary and general principles. International Organization for Standardization BIBC II, Chemin de Blandonnet 8, CP 401, 1214 Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland, 2020. Source link

Reprinted, with permission, from ISO, copyright International Organization for Standardization, 1214 Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland. A copy of the complete standard may be purchased from ISO, https://www.iso.org/store.html