Which international guidance documents are relevant

Documents dealing with reference materials can be divided into three groups

Group 1: General terminology

[1] ISO Guide 30 (1992) Terms and definitions used in connection with reference materials

[2] ISO Guide 30:1992(E)/Amd.1:2008

[3] International vocabulary of metrology - Basic and general concepts and associated terms (VIM), JCGM 2008
(http://www.bipm.org/utils/common/documents/jcgm/JCGM_200_2008.pdf)

[4] ISO Technical report 10989 (2008) Reference materials - Guidance on, and keywords used for RM categorisation

Group 2: Production of reference materials

[5] ISO-Guide 31 (2000) Reference materials – Contents of certificates and labels

[6] ISO-Guide 34 (2000) General requirements for the competence of reference materials producers

[7] ISO-Guide 35 (2006) Reference materials – General and statistical principles for certification

[8] ILAC – G12 (2000) Guidelines for the requirements for the competence of reference Materials Producers (

http://www.ilac.org/documents/ILAC_G12-2000_guidelines_for_the_
requirements_for_the_competence_of_reference_materials_producers.pdf)

[9] ISO 11459, Iron ores – Certified reference materials – Preparation and certification for use in chemical analysis, 1997

[10] ISO/CD Guide 80 (2008) – Guidance for the production of reference materials for precision control (PCMs)

[11] Recommendations for the preparation, characterization and establishment of international and other biological reference standards (revised 2004) WHO
(http://www.who.int/bloodproducts/publications/Final_Prep_Stds_Nov2004.pdf)

[12] CEN TR 10317:2002 European certified reference materials (EURONORM-CRMs) for the determination of the chemical
composition of iron and steel products prepared under the auspices of the European Committee for Iron and Steel Standardization (ECISS)

[13] International Organization for Standardization, "ISO 6142 – Gas analysis – Preparation of calibration gas mixtures -- Gravimetric method", ISO Geneva, 2001

[14] International Organization for Standardization, "ISO 6143 – Gas analysis – Comparison methods for determining and checking the composition of calibration gas mixtures", ISO Geneva, 2001

Group 3: Use of reference materials

[15] ISO-Guide 32 (1997) Calibration of chemical analysis and use certified reference materials (this guide is foreseen to become part of ISO-Guide 33)

[16] ISO-Guide 33 (2000) Uses of certified reference materials

[17] EURACHEM-Guide (2002) The selection and use of reference materials - a basic guide for laboratories and accreditation bodies (identical with ILAC G9 (2005))

(http://www.ilac.org/documents/ILAC_G9_2005_guidelines_for_the_selection_
and_use_of_reference_material.pdf)

[18] NIST Publication 260-100 (1993): Standard Reference Materials - Handbook for SRM Users
(http://ts.nist.gov/MeasurementServices/ReferenceMaterials/upload/SP260-100.pdf)