Policy on Scoping

Quality Management Systems Certification Bodies

Purpose:

The purpose of this policy is to ensure that the International Accreditation Service (IAS) applicants and
accredited Certification Bodies providing Quality Management Systems (QMS) certification follow the general
scope classifications as listed below.

All scopes of accreditation issued by IAS must indicate the applicable discipline and QMS standard e.g., ISO
9001, including the applicable International Accreditation Forum (IAF) Code and IAS sectors/categories, as
described in Table 1 and Table 2 .
Table 1: Quality Management Systems Certification
(Except for HACCP-based Food Safety Management System Certification)
IAF Code* IAS NACE Code** SIC Code Description
Sector/categories
01 A,B 01, 02, 07, 08, 09 Agriculture, Hunting, Forestry &
Fishing
1.1 A1.1, A1.2, A1.3 Growing of non-perennial crops, Growing
of perennial crops, Plant propagation
1.2 A1.4 Animal production
1.3 A1.5, A1.6, A1.7 Mixed farming, Support activities to
agriculture and post-harvest crop activities,
Hunting, trapping and related service
activities
1.4 A2 Forestry and logging
1.5 A3 Fishing and aquaculture
02 C 10, 13, 14 Mining and Quarrying
2.1 B5 Mining of coal and lignite
2.2 B6, B9.1 Extraction of crude petroleum and natural
gas, Support activities for petroleum and
natural gas extraction
2.3 B7.1 Mining of iron ores
2.4 B7.2 Mining of non-ferrous metal ores
2.5 B8, B9.9 Other mining and quarrying, Other mining
and quarrying n.e.c.
03 DA 20, 21 Food Products, Beverages and
Tobacco
3.1 C10.1, C10.2 Processing and preserving of meat and
production of meat products, Processing
and preserving of fish, crustaceans and
mollusks
3.2 C10.3-C10.9 Processing and preserving of fruit and
vegetables, Manufacture of vegetable and
animal oils and fats, Manufacture of dairy
products, Manufacture of grain mill
products, starches and starch products,
Manufacture of bakery and farinaceous
products, Manufacture of other food
products, Manufacture of prepared animal
feeds
3.3 C11.01-11.06 Manufacture of beverages except of the
manufacture of soft drinks
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Sector/categories
3.4 C11.07 Manufacture of soft drinks; production of
mineral waters and other bottled waters
3.5 C12 Manufacture of tobacco products
04 4 DB 22, 23 Textiles and Textile Products
C13, C14 Manufacture of textiles, Manufacture of
wearing apparel
05 5 DC 31 Leather and Leather Products
C15 Manufacture of leather and related
products
06 6 DD 24 Wood and Wood Products
C16 Manufacture of wood and of products of
wood and cork, except furniture;
Manufacture of articles of straw and
plaiting materials
07 7 DE 21 26 Pulp, Paper and Paper Products
C17 Manufacture of paper and paper products
08 8 DE 22.1 27 Publishing Companies
J58.1, J59.2 Publishing of books, periodicals and other
publishing activities, Sound recording and
music publishing activities
09 DE 22.2, 3 27 Printing Companies
9.1 C18.1 Printing and service activities related to
printing
9.2 C18.2 Reproduction of recorded media
10 10 DF 23.1, 2 29 Coke and Refined Petroleum Products
C19 Manufacture of coke and refined
petroleum products
11 11 DF 23.3 - Nuclear Fuel
C24.4.6, C20.1.3 Processing of nuclear fuel, Manufacture of
other inorganic basic chemicals
12 DG minus 24.4 28 Chemicals, Chemical Products and
Fibres
12.1 C20 minus C20.1.1 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical
and products
C20.5.1
12.2 C20.1.1 Manufacture of industrial gases
12.3 C20.5.1 Manufacture of explosives
13 13 DG 24.4 28 Pharmaceuticals
C21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical
products and pharmaceutical preparations
14 14 DH 30 Rubber and Plastic Products
C22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products
15 15 DI minus 26.5, 6 32 Non-metallic Mineral Products
C23 minus C23.5 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral
and C23.6 products
16 16 DI 26.5, 6 32 Concrete, Cement, Lime, Plaster, etc.
C23.5, C23.6 Manufacture of cement, lime and plaster
17 DJ 33, 34 Basic Metals and Fabricated Metal
Products
17.1 C24 minus C24.4.6 Manufacture of basic metals
17.2 C25 minus C25.3 Manufacture of fabricated metal products,
and C25.4, C33.1.1 except machinery and equipment
17.3 C25.3 Manufacture of steam generators, except
central heating hot water boilers
18 DK 35 Machinery and Equipment
18.1 C28, C30.4, Manufacture of machinery and equipment
C33.1.2, n.e.c., Manufacture of military fighting
C33.2 vehicles, Repair of machinery, Installation
of industrial machinery and equipment
18.2 C25.4 Manufacture of weapons and ammunition

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Sector/categories
19 DL 36 Electrical and Optical Equipment
19.1 C26 minus C26.6 Manufacture of computer, electronic and
and C26.7,C 27 optical products except irradiation, electro-
minus C27.3, medical, electrotherapeutic, optical
C33.1.3, C33.1.4, instruments and photographic equipment,
S95.1 Repair of electronic and optical equipment,
Repair of electrical equipment, Repair of
computers and communication equipment
19.2 C27.3 Manufacture of wiring and wiring devices
19.3 C26.6, C26.7 Manufacture of irradiation, electro-medical
and electrotherapeutic equipment,
Manufacture of optical instruments and
photographic equipment
20 20 DM 35.1 37 Shipbuilding
C30.1, C33.1.5 Building of ships and boats, Repair and
maintenance of ships and boats
21 21 DM 35.3 37 Aerospace
C30.3, C33.1.6 Manufacture of air and spacecraft and
related machinery, Repair and
maintenance of aircraft and spacecraft
22 DM 34, 35.2, 4, 5 37 Other Transport Equipment
22.1 C29, C30.2, Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and
C30.9.1 semi-trailers, Manufacture of railway
locomotives and rolling stock, Manufacture
of motorcycles
22.2 C30.9.2, C30.9.9, Manufacture of bicycles and invalid
C33.1.7 carriages, Manufacture of other transport
equipment n.e.c., Repair and maintenance
of other transport equipment
23 23 DN 36 39 Manufacturing Not Elsewhere
Classified
C31, C32, C33.1.9 Manufacture of furniture, Other
manufacturing, Repair of other equipment
24 24 DN 37 95 Recycling
E38.3 Materials recovery
25 25 E 40.1 49 Electricity Supply
D35.1 Electric power generation, transmission
and distribution
26 26 E 40.2 49 Gas Supply
D35.2 Manufacture of gas; distribution of
gaseous fuels through mains
27 27 E 41, 40.3 49 Water Supply
D35.3, E36 Steam and air conditioning supply, Water
collection, treatment and supply
28 F 15, 16, 17 Construction
28.1 F41, F42, F43 Construction of buildings, Civil
minus engineering, Specialized construction
F43.2 and F43.3 activities except Electrical, plumbing and
other construction installation activities as
well as building completion and finishing
28.2 F43.2, F43.3 Electrical, plumbing and other construction
installation activities, Building completion
and finishing
29 G 50-59 Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of
Motor Vehicles, Motorcycles and
Personal
and Household Goods
29.1 G45 Wholesale and retail trade and repair of
motor vehicles and motorcycles
29.2 G47.3 Retail sale of automotive fuel in
specialized stores

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Sector/categories
29.3 G46, G47 minus Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles
G47.3, S95.2 and motorcycles, Retail trade, except of
motor vehicles and motorcycles except
retail sale of automotive fuel in specialized
stores, Repair of personal and household
goods
30 30 H 54, 70 Hotels and Restaurants
I55, I56 Accommodation, Food and beverage
service activities
31 I 40-48 Transport, Storage and
Communications
31.1 H49, H50, H51 Land transport and transport via pipelines,
minus Water transport, Air transport, except
H51.2.2 space transport
31.2 H51.2.2 Space transport
31.3 H52 Warehousing and support activities for
transportation
31.4 H53 Postal and courier activities
31.5 J61 Telecommunications
32 32 J, K 70, K 71 60-67 Financial Intermediation, Real Estate,
Renting
K64, K65, K66, L68, Financial service activities, except
N77 insurance and pension funding, Insurance,
reinsurance and pension funding, except
compulsory social security, Activities
auxiliary to financial services and
insurance activities, Real estate activities,
Rental and leasing activities
33 33 K 72 35 Information Technology
J58.2, J62, J63.1 Software publishing, Computer
programming, consultancy and related
activities, Data processing, hosting and
related activities; web portals
34 K 73, K 74.2 87 Engineering Services
34.1 M71 minus M71.2, Architectural and engineering activities,
M72, M74 minus Scientific research and development,
M74.3 Other professional, scientific and technical
activities
34.2 M71.2 Technical testing and analysis
35 K 74 minus K 74.2 72-89 minus 87 Other Services
35.1 M69, M70, M73, Legal and accounting activities, Activities
M74.3, N78, N82 of head offices; management consultancy
activities, Advertising and market
research, Translation and interpretation
activities, Employment activities, Office
administrative, office support and other
business support activities
35.2 N80 Security and investigation activities
35.3 N81 Services to buildings and landscape
activities
36 36 L 91-97 Public Administration
O84 Public administration and defense;
compulsory social security
37 M 82 Education
37.1 P85 minus P85.4 Education, except higher education
37.2 P85.4 Higher education
38 N 94 Health and Social Work
38.1 Q86 minus Q86.1 Human health activities, except hospital
activities
38.2 Q86.1 Hospital activities
38.3 M75 Veterinary activities
38.4 Q87, Q88 Residential care activities, Social work
activities without accommodation

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Sector/categories
39 O - Other Social Services
39.1 E37,E 38.1, E38.2, Sewerage, Waste collection, Waste
E39 treatment and disposal, Remediation
activities and other waste management
services
39.2 J59.1, J60, J63.9, Motion picture, video and television
N79, R90, R91, programme activities, Programming and
R92, broadcasting activities, Other information
R93, S94, S96 service activities, Travel agency, tour
operator and other reservation service and
related activities, Creative, arts and
entertainment activities, Libraries,
archives, museums and other cultural
activities, Gambling and betting activities,
Sports activities and amusement and
recreation activities, Activities of
membership organizations, Other personal
service activities

* The IAF Accreditation Scope sectors/categories are presented at their highest (two digit) level. (IAF ID 1:2010 Issue 1).

** The classification is based on The European Classification of Economic Activities (NACE).

Table 2: HACCP-based Food Safety Management System Certification

Category codes Categories
A Farming 1 (Animals)
B Farming 2 (Plants)
C Processing 1 (Perishable animal products) including all activities after farming
e.g. slaughtering
D Processing 2 (Perishable vegetable products)
E Processing 3 (Products with long shelf life at ambient temperature)
F Feed production
G Catering
H Distribution
I Services
J Transport and storage
K Equipment manufacturing
L (Bio) chemical manufacturing
M Packaging material manufacturing
Note: This table is based on ISO/TS 22003:2007 Annex A.

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