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EVS-EN 15221-8:2026
Facility Management - Part 8: Principles and processes
Scope:

This document:
— specifies principle criteria and processes for FM and provides methods which enable the implementation and use of these processes within any FM organization;
— specifies criteria to support organizational decisions;
— gives guidance for developing and improving the FM processes to support and enable the function of the primary activities.

Base documents: EN 15221-8:2025
EVS-EN ISO 18490:2026
Non-destructive testing - Evaluation of vision acuity of NDT personnel (ISO 18490:2026)
Scope: This document specifies quality requirements for the chart, test procedure and acceptance level for near, far, and colour vision acuity of NDT personnel. Information for grey scale perception and low contrast can be found in the annexes. This document also specifies the qualification requirements for personnel permitted to carry out the test.
This document is only applicable to vision acuity under defined conditions similar to those encountered during routine NDT inspection. This document does not address an individual’s overall visual acuity and users are advised to consider the need for a general eye examination by specialist medical personnel to ensure general vision acuity.
Base documents: ISO 18490:2026; EN ISO 18490:2026
ISO/IEC 17024:2026
Conformity assessment — General requirements for bodies operating certification of persons
Scope: This document specifies principles and requirements for a body operating certification of persons and includes the development and maintenance of a scheme for certification of persons.
NOTE 1        For the purposes of this document, the term "certification body" is used in place of the full term " body operating certification of persons", and the term "certification scheme" is used in place of the full term “scheme for certification of persons”.
NOTE 2 Annex A contains principles for certification of persons.
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EVS-EN ISO 14001:2026 en
Environmental management systems - Requirements with guidance for use (ISO 14001:2026)
Scope:

ISO 14001 specifies the requirements for an environmental management system that an organisation can use to enhance its environmental performance. It is intended for use by an organisation seeking to manage its environmental responsibilities in a systematic manner that contributes to the environmental pillar of sustainability.

ISO 14001 helps an organisation to achieve the intended outcomes of its environmental management system, which provide value for the environment, the organisation itself and interested parties.

The intended outcomes of an environmental management system include:
— enhancing environmental performance,
— meeting compliance obligations,
— achieving environmental objectives.

This standard applies to any organisation, regardless of size, type and nature. It applies to the environmental aspects of its activities, products and services that the organisation determines it can either control or influence considering a life cycle perspective. ISO 14001 does not state specific environmental performance criteria.

ISO 14001 can be used in whole or in part to systematically improve environmental management. Claims of conformity to this document, however, are not acceptable unless all its requirements are incorporated into an organisation’s environmental management system and fulfilled without exclusion.

ISO 14001:2026 text has been approved in Europe as EN ISO 14001:2026 without any changes.

Base documents: ISO 14001:2026; EN ISO 14001:2026
Standards package 11:2026-04-15
Maintenance of facilities
Scope:
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Replaced standards
EVS-EN ISO 14001:2015
Environmental management systems - Requirements with guidance for use (ISO 14001:2015)
Scope:

The purpose of ISO 14001 is to provide organisations with a framework to protect the environment and respond to changing environmental conditions in balance with socio-economic needs. ISO 14001 helps an organisation achieve the intended outcomes of its environmental management system, which provides value for the environment, the organisation itself and interested parties.

The intended outcomes of an environmental management system are:
— enhancement of environmental performance,
— fulfilment of compliance obligations,
— achievement of environmental objectives.

ISO 14001 is applicable to any organisation, regardless of size, type and nature. It applies to the environmental aspects of its activities, products and services that the organisation determines it can either control or influence considering a life cycle perspective. The standard can be used in whole or in part to systematically improve environmental management.  The text of ISO 14001:2015 has been approved in Europe as EN ISO 14001:2015 without any modification and supersedes EN ISO 14001:2004.

Base documents: ISO 14001:2015; EN ISO 14001:2015
CEN/TS 16555-4:2014
Innovation management - Part 4: Intellectual property management
Scope: This Technical Specification provides guidance to assist an organization to identify, capture, and safeguard intellectual property, in order to:
-  provide organizations with an overview of the fundamental principles of intellectual property management, in the context of the innovation process;
-  promote best practices in intellectual property matters that result in efficiently acquiring intellectual property, while increasing the organizations’ ability to effectively address intellectual property owned by third parties.
This Technical Specification is applicable to all types of organization, including the public sector. Special consideration has been given to the needs of SMEs.
Base documents: CEN/TS 16555-4:2014
EVS-EN ISO 18490:2015
Non-destructive Testing - Evaluation of vision acuity of NDT personnel (ISO 18490:2015)
Scope: This document specifies the form of the optotype, the test procedure and the acceptance level for near vision acuity of NDT personnel. It also addresses the qualification requirements for personnel permitted to carry out the test.
This standard only addresses near vision acuity under defined conditions similar to those encountered during routine NDT inspection. It does not address an individual’s overall visual acuity and users are advised to consider the need for a general eye examination by specialist medical personnel to ensure general vision acuity is appropriate for job function.
This document does not address colour vision requirements.
Base documents: ISO 18490:2015; EN ISO 18490:2015
EVS-EN 15221-3:2011
Facility Management - Part 3: Guidance on quality in Facility Management
Scope: This European Standard provides a guideline how to measure, achieve and improve quality in FM. It gives complementary guidelines to EN ISO 9000, EN ISO 9001 and EN 15221-2 within the framework of EN 15221-1. The standard provides a link into management methods and management theories. This European Standard is applicable to: - FM in public and private organizations; - client organization and service provider relationships; - full range of facility products or facility services; - both types of service providers in FM (internal and external); - all types of working environments (e.g. industrial, commercial, administration, military, healthcare etc.). This European Standard is applicable to business services (not consumer oriented). This European Standard does not: - replace the quality management systems of the client organization; - provide standard forms: - for performance and quality management systems (delivering a quality management system); - for defining requirements; - for a measurement tool; - for service level; - apply to the certification of the quality system of Facility Management (covered by EN ISO 9001).
Base documents: EN 15221-3:2011
EVS-EN 15221-4:2011
Facility Management - Part 4: Taxonomy, Classification and Structures in Facility Management
Scope: FM covers and integrates a very broad scope of processes, products / services, activities and facilities. The approach of this standard is to consider the added value provided to the primary activities by adopting a product perspective as recognised by the primary processes or core business in the organisation. This standard therefore introduces the concept of standardised (classified) facility products. The scope of this standard is to provide taxonomy for FM which includes: - relevant interrelationships of elements and their structures in FM; - definitions of terms and contents to standardise facility products which provide a basis for cross border trade, data management, cost allocation and benchmarking; - a high level classification and hierarchical coding structure for the standardised facility products; - expanding the basic FM model given in EN 15221-1 by adding a time scale in the form of the quality cycle called PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act); - a linkage to existing cost and facilities structures; - alignment with the primary activities requirements. Additional benefits from this standard are: - Introducing a client rather than a specifically asset oriented view; - Harmonisation of different existing national structures (e.g. building cost codes) on an upper level relevant for the organisation and its primary activities.
Base documents: EN 15221-4:2011
EVS-EN 15221-5:2011
Facility Management - Part 5: Guidance on Facility Management processes
Scope: This European Standard provides guidance to FM organisations on the development and improvement of their processes to support the primary processes. This standard also sets out basic principles, describes high-level generic FM processes, lists strategic, tactical and operational processes and provides examples of process workflows. The standard is written from a primary processes, demand perspective for an audience of all stakeholders in FM processes.
Base documents: EN 15221-5:2011
EVS-EN 15221-7:2012
Facility Management - Part 7: Guidelines for Performance Benchmarking
Scope: This European Standard gives guidelines for performance benchmarking and contains clear terms and definitions as well as methods for benchmarking facility management products and services as well as facility management organisations and operations. This European Standard establishes a common basis for benchmarking facility management costs, floor areas and environmental impacts as well as service quality, satisfaction and productivity. This European Standard is applicable to Facility Management as defined in EN 15221-1 and detailed in EN 15221-4.
Base documents: EN 15221-7:2012
ISO/IEC 17024:2012
Conformity assessment -- General requirements for bodies operating certification of persons
Scope: ISO/IEC 17024:2012 contains principles and requirements for a body certifying persons against specific requirements, and includes the development and maintenance of a certification scheme for persons.
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IWA 31:2020
Risk management -- Guidelines on using ISO 31000 in management systems
Scope: This document gives guidelines for integrating and using ISO 31000 in organizations that have implemented one or more ISO and IEC Management System Standards (MSS), or that have decided to undertake a project implementing one or more MSS incorporating ISO 31000. This document explains how the clauses of ISO 31000 relate to the high level structure (HLS) for MSS.
This document does not provide guidance on implementing a management system in general. It does not specify requirements of a MSS. It does not provide a summary of ISO 31000; however, it does, as explained above, provide the background for understanding ISO 31000. Using this document does not remove the need to use other standards to address specific aspects of risk.
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EVS-EN ISO 14001:2015+A1:2024
Environmental management systems - Requirements with guidance for use (ISO 14001:2015 + ISO 14001:2015/Amd 1:2024)
Scope:

The purpose of ISO 14001 is to provide organisations with a framework to protect the environment and respond to changing environmental conditions in balance with socio-economic needs.

ISO 14001 helps an organisation achieve the intended outcomes of its environmental management system, which provides value for the environment, the organisation itself and interested parties.

The intended outcomes of an environmental management system are:

— enhancement of environmental performance,

— fulfillment of compliance obligations,

— achievement of environmental objectives.

ISO 14001 applies to any organisation, regardless of size, type and nature. It applies to the environmental aspects of its activities, products and services that the organisation determines it can either control or influence considering a life cycle perspective.

The standard can be used in whole or in part to systematically improve environmental management. This consolidated version consists of the main text and the amendment (climate action changes), which can also be found separately from the standards history.

The text of ISO 14001:2015 has been approved in Europe as EN ISO 14001:2015 without any modification and supersedes EN ISO 14001:2004.

Base documents: EN ISO 14001:2015; EN ISO 14001:2015/A1:2024; ISO 14001:2015; ISO 14001:2015/Amd 1:2024
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