ISO/TR TECHNICAL REPORT 13881 First edition 2000-04-15 Petroleum and natural gas industries Classification and conformity assessment of products, processes and services Industries du pétrole et du gaz naturel Classification et évaluation de la conformite des produits, procédés et services Reference number ISO/TR 13881:2000(E) ISO @ ISO 2000 by IHS under lic itted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO/TR 13881:2000(E) PDF disclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In downloading this file, parties accept therein the responsibility of not infringing Adobe's licensing policy. The IsO Central Secretariat accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is atrademarkof AdobeSystems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by ISO member bodies. In the unlikely event that a problem relating to it is found, please inform the Central Secretariat at the address given below. ?ISO2000 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56. CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 734 10 79 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.ch Printed in Switzerland Copyriahtinteratinal organization for Standardization @ ISO 2000 - All rights reserved ermitted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO/TR 13881:2000(E) Contents Page Foreword. Introduction 1 Scope 2 References 3 Terms and definitions 4 Classificationprinciples.. 5 Classification method based on calculation.. 6 Classification method based on judgement .. 7 Limitations. 8 Conformity assessment systems. 9 System A. 10 System B.. 11 System C.. 12 12 System D. 13 System E. 14 Annex A Classification method based on judgement.. Annex B Frequently asked questions.... ii d by IHS under lic se from IHS Not for Resale ISO/TR 13881:2000(E) Foreword IsO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (isO liaison with IsO, also take part in the work. IsO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization. The main task of technical committees is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote. In exceptional circumstances, when a technical committee has collected data of a different kind from that which is normallypublishedasanInternationalStandard("stateoftheart",forexample),itmaydecidebyasimplemajority and does not have to be reviewed until the data it provides are considered to be no longer valid or useful. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this Technical Report may be the subject of patent rights. IsO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. ISO/TR 13881was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 67, Materials, equipment and offshore structures for petroleumandnaturalgasindustries. @ Is 2000 - All rights reserved ional Organizationfor Standardizatior ISO/TR 13881:2000(E) Introduction When a user/purchaser wishes to procure a product, process or service, the user/purchaser may produce a necessary to determine, directly or indirectly, that rel