The scope of the IAF MLA includes two components, main scope and sub-scope.

Currently there are five main scopes for the IAF MLA: Management Systems Certification, Product Certification, Certification of Persons, Greenhouse Gas Validation and Verification, and Validation and Verification.

Sub-scopes are divided into two categories (Level 4 and Level 5), as described in section 2 of IAF PL 3: Policies and Procedures on the IAF MLA Structure and for Expansion of the Scope of the IAF MLA.

IAF has endorsed the following sub-scopes:

Under Management Systems Certification:

1. Level 4: ISO/TS 22003 Food safety management systems– Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of food safety management systems
   Level 5: ISO 22000 Food safety management systems – Requirements for any organization in the food chain
2. Level 4: ISO/IEC 27006 Information technology – Security techniques – Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of information security management systems
   Level 5: ISO/IEC 27001 Information technology – Security techniques – Information security management systems – Requirements
3. Level 4: ISO/IEC 17021-2 Conformity Assessment – Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems – Part 2: Competence requirements for auditing and certification of environmental management systems
   Level 5: ISO 14001 Environmental management systems – Requirements with guidance for use
4. Level 4: ISO/IEC 17021-3 Conformity Assessment – Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems – Part 3: Competence requirements for auditing and certification of quality management systems
   Level 5: ISO 9001 Quality management systems – Requirements
5. Level 4: ISO 50003 Energy management systems – Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of energy management systems
   Level 5: ISO 50001 Energy management systems — Requirements with guidance for use
6. Level 4: n.a.
   Level 5: ISO 13485 Medical devices – Quality management systems – Requirements for regulatory purposes
7. Level 4: ISO/IEC TS 17021-10 Conformity assessment — Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems — Part 10: Competence requirements for auditing and certification of occupational health and safety management systems
   Level 5: ISO 45001 Occupational health and safety management systems — Requirements with guidance for use
8. Level 4: ISO/TS 22003 Food safety management systems– Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of food safety management systems, FAMI-QS Rules for Certification Bodies
   Level 5: FAMI-QS Certification Scheme Code
9. Level 4: ISO/TS 22003 Food safety management systems– Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of food safety management systems, FSSC 22000 Scheme Part 3 – Requirements for the Certification Process, FSSC 22000 Scheme Part 4 – Requirements for Certification Bodies
   Level 5: FSSC 22000 Scheme Part 2 – Requirements for organizations to be audited

Under Product Certification:

1. Level 4: GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance (IFA) General Regulations
   Level 5: GLOBALG.A.P. IFA Control Points and Compliance Criteria

Under Certification of Persons:

1. Level 4: n.a.
   Level 5: IPC Management System Auditors Certification Scheme

Under GHG Validation and Verification:

1. Level 4: ICAO CORSIA Environmental Technical Manual – Volume IV, ISO 14064-3 Greenhouse gases – Part 3: Specification with guidance for the validation and verification of greenhouse gas assertions, ISO 14066:2011 Greenhouse gases – Competence requirements for greenhouse gas validation teams and verification teams
   Level 5: ICAO CORSIA SARPs – Annex 16 Volume IV
2. Level 4: ISO 14066 Greenhouse gases — Competence requirements for greenhouse gas validation teams and verification teams, ISO 14064-3 Greenhouse gases — Part 3: Specification with guidance for the verification and validation of greenhouse gas statements
   Level 5: ISO 14064-1 Greenhouse gases — Part 1: Specification with guidance at the organization level for quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and removals, ISO 14064-2 Greenhouse gases — Part 2: Specification with guidance at the project level for quantification, monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emission reductions or removal enhancements

Under Validation and Verification:
 

1. Level 4: ISO 14065 General principles and requirements for bodies validating and verifying environmental information, ISO 14066 Greenhouse gases — Competence requirements for greenhouse gas validation teams and verification teams, ISO 14064-3 Greenhouse gases — Part 3: Specification with guidance for the verification and validation of greenhouse gas statements
   Level 5: ISO 14064-1 Greenhouse gases — Part 1: Specification with guidance at the organization level for quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and removals, ISO 14064-2 Greenhouse gases — Part 2: Specification with guidance at the project level for quantification, monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emission reductions or removal enhancements

A main scope means certificates are ‘equally reliable’ because the conformity assessment bodies conform to the same standard.

A sub-scope means the certificates are ‘equivalent’ because the management systems, products, services or persons conform to the same standard.