Annex 1, table 1 Customer Group A Customer Group B Customer

Audit time Certified, compliant Certified, mature and Group C

and mostly effective fully effective system Certified,
guidance for system mature and
transition sustainable
audits system
(effective
process
management,
consideration of
interested
parties)
Certified for less than 3 Certified for more
years or an average of 3 or than 3 years Certified for
more non conformities per and an average of less more than 3
audit during the last than 3 non conformities per audit during years plus
certification cycle. the last certification cycle. evidence for
effective
process
approach and
consideration of
interested
parties.
Stage 1: Required; Required; Required;
Readiness review - onsite - - onsite -* Offsite
The readiness review may Minimum 0,5 audit Minimum 0,5 audit (document
be substituted by a “Gap”-
audit or “diagnostic” against days; days; review) is
FDIS with a positive result acceptable
and conducted less than 6
months before stage 2
(system audit).
Audit time for readiness
review is in addition to stage
2 (system audit).
Stage 2: ≥ 100 % of IAF table 90 to 100% of IAF table 80 to 90% of
Transfer-/Re- for recertification audit for recertification audits IAF table for
certification audit recertification
audits