Information and comments on

"ISO 14001:2009 + Cor 1:2009"

As at 13 April 2010

The transition from the "old" to the "new" Important!

standard
In July 2009 a so called “Technical Corrigendum” ISO
14001:2004/Cor 1:2009 was published by ISO.
This became necessary because of adjustments
regarding the new ISO 9001:2008 standard.
All certificates referring to ISO 14001:2004 will remain
valid to the end of their validity period quoted on the
certificate.

In Europe, based on this corrigendum, the standard EN

ISO 14001:2004 + AC:2009 and in Germany as DIN
EN ISO 14001:2009 were published.
Our recommendations for the transition to
the new standard
The transition to ISO 14001:2004 + Cor 1:2009 does
not require any changes in the management system of
the certified organization.
The certified organizations are, however, requested to
change their documentation to the terminology of the
ISO 14001:2004 + Cor 1:2009, where appropriate.
If an organization wishes to have its certificate
changed to the new standard, this can be done
within the scope of a regular surveillance audit. In
this case, the organization will only be charged the
extra costs for the issue of the new certificates.
Certificates in accordance with the new standard can
then be issued without any extra costs for new
certifications or at the next re-certification audit at
10
the latest.
What is new?
The ISO 14001:2004 + Cor 1:2009 does not include any
new standard requirements, i.e. the content of the standard
requirements (chapters 1 to 4) of ISO 14001:2004 or of the
Guidance on the use (Annex A) remains unchanged.
Only Annex B and the Bibliography were corrected and/or
aligned with ISO 9001:2008.
Specific changes in ISO 14001:2004 + Cor 1:2009
The following corrections were made compared to ISO
14001:2004:
• In the table of contents the sentence "Correspondence
between ISO 14001:2004 and ISO 9001:2000" was
changed to "Correspondence between ISO 14001:2004
and ISO 9001:2008".
• In in the introduction “ISO 9001:2000” was changed to
“ISO 9001:2008".
• The title of Annex B was changed to "Correspondence
between ISO 14001:2004 and ISO 9001:2008" and
Tables B.1 and B.2 were completely replaced.
• In the bibliography ISO 9001:2000,…” was changed to
“ISO 9001:2008,…”.

Our auditors will be happy to answer any

questions you may have about the transition.

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