TS EN ISO/IEC 17050-2

TS EN ISO/IEC 17050-2 is a conformity assessment standard that sets out general rules for the supporting documentation used to substantiate a supplier’s declaration of conformity. It complements the framework defined in ISO/IEC 17050-1 and focuses on how technical, administrative, or record-based evidence supports the declaration.

The role of supporting documentation

A supplier’s declaration of conformity is a statement made by the supplier under its own responsibility that a product, process, or service meets specified requirements. The subject of this standard is the supporting documentation behind that statement: the records, technical information, and verification evidence that should be organized and traceable. This helps make the basis of the declaration clearer and supports document integrity in conformity assessment.

What it helps users understand

• The relationship between the declaration and the evidence that supports it.
• Where documents such as technical files, test results, drawings, calculations, or quality records fit within a conformity declaration context.
• Core documentation concepts used in conformity assessment, including organization, traceability, and consistency.
• A common framework for understanding what kinds of documentation may support a supplier declaration when read together with ISO/IEC 17050-1.

In general technical terms, standards of this kind help harmonize the documentation language used in product conformity, quality assurance, and market surveillance processes. This makes key concepts more consistently understood across sectors, while the scope of this specific standard remains limited to general rules for supporting documentation and relies on 17050-1 for the underlying declaration principles.