2. An accreditation manual of the Conseil des appellations réservées et des termes valorisants must correspond to the provisions of the International Organization for Standardization standard ISO/IEC 17065 Conformity assessment – Requirements for bodies certifying products, processes and services.
The accreditation manual applies to the assessment of every body that applies for accreditation to certify products as compliant with a specification manual in order to qualify for a reserved designation or to certify products as compliant with the Minister’s regulatory standards in order to qualify for an added-value claim.
2016-09-27M.O. 2016-09-27, s. 2.