General requirements for FSC accredited certification bodies

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Code: FSC-STD-20-001
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This International Standard contains principles and requirements for the competence, consistency and impartiality of the assessment and FSC certification of forest management, chain of custody and controlled wood operations and for certification bodies wishing to provide or to maintain these activities.

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Effective Date: 2010-01-01 00:00:00
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Subject Keywords: std-20-001 standard accreditation
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2025-04-01 16:07:29
Major revision: full alignment with ISO/IEC 17065:2012, updated system for the closure of nonconformities, a risk-based approach to apply specified evaluation activities. The procedure on transfers of certification is added as Annex 6.
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