About
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Secretary:
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Chairperson (until end 2021):Reinaldo FigueiredoVice chairperson (until end 2021):Ms Caroline Outa
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ISO Technical Programme Manager [TPM]:ISO Editorial Programme Manager [EPM]:
- Creation date: 1970
Scope
Membership
CASCO membership is open to interested member bodies as participating (P) or observer (O) members and to interested correspondent members as observer (O) members.
Terms of reference
- To study means of assessing the conformity of products, processes, services and management systems to appropriate standards or other technical specifications.
- To prepare international guides and International Standards relating to the practice of testing, inspection and certification of products, processes and services, and to the assessment of management systems, testing laboratories, inspection bodies, certification bodies, accreditation bodies and their operation and acceptance.
- To promote mutual recognition and acceptance of national and regional conformity assessment systems, and the appropriate use of International Standards for testing, inspection, certification, assessment and related purposes.
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Working area
on ISOTC and Public information folder
This committee contributes with 3 standards to the following Sustainable Development Goals:
Joint working groups under the responsibility of another committee
Reference | Title |
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ISO/COPOLCO/JWG 49 | Joint COPOLCO - CASCO WG: ethical labelling |
ISO/TC 85/JWG 1 | Joint ISO/TC 85 - ISO/CASCO: Revision of ISO/TS 23406 |
ISO/TC 207/SC 7/WG 6 | Joint TC 207/SC 7 - CASCO WG: Verification and validation of environmental information |
ISO/TC 309/JWG 6 | Development of ISO/TS 17021-13 |
Liaison Committees to ISO/CASCO
The committees below can access the documents of ISO/CASCO:
Reference | Title | ISO/IEC |
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IEC/CAB | CAB | IEC |
ISO/COPOLCO | Committee on consumer policy | ISO |
ISO/DEVCO | Committee on developing country matters | ISO |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7 | Software and systems engineering | ISO/IEC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 | Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection | ISO/IEC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 | Artificial intelligence | ISO/IEC |
ISO/REMCO | Committee on reference materials | ISO |
ISO/TC 20/SC 13 | Space data and information transfer systems | ISO |
ISO/TC 34 | Food products | ISO |
ISO/TC 34/SC 17 | Management systems for food safety | ISO |
ISO/TC 34/SC 18 | Cocoa | ISO |
ISO/TC 46/SC 11 | Archives/records management | ISO |
ISO/TC 69 | Applications of statistical methods | ISO |
ISO/TC 85 | Nuclear energy, nuclear technologies, and radiological protection | ISO |
ISO/TC 108/SC 5 | Condition monitoring and diagnostics of machine systems | ISO |
ISO/TC 135 | Non-destructive testing | ISO |
ISO/TC 135/SC 7 | Personnel qualification | ISO |
ISO/TC 146/SC 4 | General aspects | ISO |
ISO/TC 176 | Quality management and quality assurance | ISO |
ISO/TC 176/SC 1 | Concepts and terminology | ISO |
ISO/TC 176/SC 2 | Quality systems | ISO |
ISO/TC 176/SC 3 | Supporting technologies | ISO |
ISO/TC 207 | Environmental management | ISO |
ISO/TC 207/SC 1 | Environmental management systems | ISO |
ISO/TC 207/SC 2 | Environmental auditing and related environmental investigations | ISO |
ISO/TC 207/SC 3 | Environmental labelling | ISO |
ISO/TC 207/SC 7 | Greenhouse gas management and related activities | ISO |
ISO/TC 210 | Quality management and corresponding general aspects for medical devices | ISO |
ISO/TC 212 | Clinical laboratory testing and in vitro diagnostic test systems | ISO |
ISO/TC 215 | Health informatics | ISO |
ISO/TC 241 | Road traffic safety management systems | ISO |
ISO/TC 251 | Asset management | ISO |
ISO/TC 267 | Facility management | ISO |
ISO/TC 268 | Sustainable cities and communities | ISO |
ISO/TC 272 | Forensic sciences | ISO |
ISO/TC 276 | Biotechnology | ISO |
ISO/TC 283 | Occupational health and safety management | ISO |
ISO/TC 292 | Security and resilience | ISO |
ISO/TC 301 | Energy management and energy savings | ISO |
ISO/TC 304 | Healthcare organization management | ISO |
ISO/TC 309 | Governance of organizations | ISO |
Liaison Committees from ISO/CASCO
ISO/CASCO can access the documents of the committees below:
Reference | Title | ISO/IEC |
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ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7 | Software and systems engineering | ISO/IEC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 | Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection | ISO/IEC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 | Artificial intelligence | ISO/IEC |
ISO/REMCO | Committee on reference materials | ISO |
ISO/TC 6 | Paper, board and pulps | ISO |
ISO/TC 34/SC 16 | Horizontal methods for molecular biomarker analysis | ISO |
ISO/TC 34/SC 17 | Management systems for food safety | ISO |
ISO/TC 34/SC 18 | Cocoa | ISO |
ISO/TC 46/SC 11 | Archives/records management | ISO |
ISO/TC 69 | Applications of statistical methods | ISO |
ISO/TC 85 | Nuclear energy, nuclear technologies, and radiological protection | ISO |
ISO/TC 108/SC 5 | Condition monitoring and diagnostics of machine systems | ISO |
ISO/TC 135 | Non-destructive testing | ISO |
ISO/TC 135/SC 7 | Personnel qualification | ISO |
ISO/TC 176 | Quality management and quality assurance | ISO |
ISO/TC 176/SC 1 | Concepts and terminology | ISO |
ISO/TC 176/SC 2 | Quality systems | ISO |
ISO/TC 176/SC 3 | Supporting technologies | ISO |
ISO/TC 207 | Environmental management | ISO |
ISO/TC 207/SC 1 | Environmental management systems | ISO |
ISO/TC 207/SC 2 | Environmental auditing and related environmental investigations | ISO |
ISO/TC 207/SC 3 | Environmental labelling | ISO |
ISO/TC 207/SC 4 | Environmental performance evaluation | ISO |
ISO/TC 207/SC 7 | Greenhouse gas management and related activities | ISO |
ISO/TC 210 | Quality management and corresponding general aspects for medical devices | ISO |
ISO/TC 212 | Clinical laboratory testing and in vitro diagnostic test systems | ISO |
ISO/TC 267 | Facility management | ISO |
ISO/TC 268 | Sustainable cities and communities | ISO |
ISO/TC 272 | Forensic sciences | ISO |
ISO/TC 276 | Biotechnology | ISO |
ISO/TC 283 | Occupational health and safety management | ISO |
ISO/TC 292 | Security and resilience | ISO |
ISO/TC 301 | Energy management and energy savings | ISO |
ISO/TC 304 | Healthcare organization management | ISO |
ISO/TC 309 | Governance of organizations | ISO |
Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)
Acronym | Title | Category |
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BIPM | International Bureau of Weights and Measures | A |
CAC | Codex Alimentarius Commission | A |
EFAC | European Federation of Associations of Certification bodies | A |
EOQ | European Organization for Quality | A |
EUROLAB | EUROLAB | A |
GFSI | Global Food Safety Initiative | A |
IAF | International Accreditation Forum, Inc. | A |
IFAN | International Federation of Standards Users | A |
IIOC | Independant International Organization for Certification | A |
ILAC | International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation | A |
INLAC | Latinoamerican Institute for Quality Assurance | A |
IPC | International Personnel Certification Association (IPC) | A |
IQNet | IQNet Association - The International Certification Network | A |
ISEAL Alliance | ISEAL Alliance | A |
ITU | International Telecommunication Union | A |
NCSLI | NCSL International | A |
OIE | World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) | A |
OIML | International Organization of Legal Metrology | A |
TIA | Telecommunications Industry Association | A |
TIC Council | TIC Council | A |
UILI | Union Internationale des Laboratoires Indépendants (UILI) | A |
UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | A |
WADA | World Anti-Doping Agency | A |
Organizations in liaison (Category C)
C liaisons participate at the level of a Working Group
Acronym | Title | Category |
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EQALM | European organisation for external Quality Assurance providers in Laboratory Medicine | C |
FMI | The Food Industry Association | C |
FSSC 22000 | Food Safety System Certification 22000 | C |
IEC | International Electrotechnical Commission | C |
Date | Month | Location | TC/SC | Note |
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25-29 | January 2021 | Virtual | ISO/CASCO |
* Information definite but meeting not yet formally convened
** Provisional