The CAB, ILAC & IAF Steering Committee will develop and facilitate the implementation of the following elements of collaboration:

* Common understanding of the requirements laid down in ISO/IEC 17025, General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories, and ISO/IEC Guide 65, General requirements for bodies operating product certification systems, applicable to the electrotechnical sector (ISO stands for the International Organization for Standardization.)

* Reassessments of CBs and TLs using CA Systems expertise

* Use of harmonized assessment forms

* Use of harmonized assessment preparation guidelines