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ISO/IEC 17011 exists to provide for a consistent application of conformity assessment to international consensus-based standards and conformity assessment schemes. Standards exist for impartial attestation of subject competence. Such attestation is done by accreditation bodies that are impartial and independent of the conformity assessment bodies and their recipients. Accreditation bodies normally operate in a non-profit distributing manner and conduct regular assessments of conformity assessment bodies to ensure that those bodies conform to relevant international standards and other normative benchmarks.
ISO is an independent, non-governmental international organization with a membership of 167 national standards bodies.