The purpose of this European Standard is to define the requirements and statements applicable to materials, mechanical parts and processes to satisfy the mission performance requirements.
1.2 Objectives
This European Standard covers the following requirement domains:
• management, including organization, reviews, acceptance status and documentation control;
• selection criteria and rules;
• evaluation, validation or qualification testing;
• procurement and receiving inspection;
• utilization criteria and rules.
The relationship between activities and programme phases is defined in annex A.