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The scope of accreditation shows the activities for which the body in question has requested accreditation and in which the body has been deemed to be competent, following an assessment. The scope of accreditation defines which services can be offered as accredited. It also includes the fields of accreditation as well as the testing- or calibration methods and biobanks, types of inspections and  certification categories in  which the body is found competent. 

We maintain our clients’ valid scopes of accreditation on our website.

As a rule, scopes of accreditation are fixed scopes described in detail. An accredited body may also have a flexible scope, where the scope is presented at a more general level.

Principles of using flexible scope:

• Operations have been presented at a more general level than in fixed scope.
• Possibility to make, with some limitations, changes in the scope of accreditation without prior assessment
• The changes made are assessed afterwards, in connection with surveillance visits
• Flexibility does not allow the adoption of completely new procedures in any field of accreditation
  
  

 For more information see ​Requirement V2 (pdf)​.​