What happens next? Once the national positions have been submitted, the standard revision process follows its course. Experts (nominated by the ISO member in the participating countries) continue to meet to discuss any problems or questions highlighted, until a Draft International Standard is published. The draft then goes out for public comment. Anyone who is interested can contact their national member body with feedback on the draft standard. This is likely to take place during the first half of 2014. Once the draft has been finalized and accepted, it is published and the date following the standard's number is updated (for example ISO 9001:2015). I am using ISO 9001:2008. What does this means for me?We expect to publish the new version of ISO 9001:2008 by the end of 2015. At that point there will be a transition period (usually two years) before ISO 9001:2008 officially becomes out of date. |