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peer assessment

assessment of a body against specified requirements (5.1) by representatives of other bodies in, or candidates for, an agreement group (9.10)
Note 1 to entry: “Candidates” are included for the situation where a new group is being formed, at which time there would be no bodies in the group.
Note 2 to entry: The term “peer assessment” is sometimes referred to as “peer evaluation”.
 

Date Added to Lexicon
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
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