04 SG Instructions For Use of Marks
04 SG Instructions For Use of Marks
04 SG Instructions For Use of Marks
Use of the Marks is governed by the Testing and Certification Regulations, TÜV SÜD Group and
Clause 8 of the Technical Requirements for Management System Certification:
8 Use of the TÜV SÜD PSB Certification Marks and Accreditation Marks (“Collectively the Marks”)
8.1 The issue of the Certificate entitles the organisation to use the relevant TÜV SÜD PSB Mark(s) in
accordance with the provisions set out therein. If the Certificate bears an accreditation Mark, or the
organisation has been advised that TÜV SÜD PSB is accredited for the process(es) certified, then
the appropriate accreditation Mark(s) may be used together with the relevant TÜV SÜD PSB
certification Mark(s).
8.2 The TÜV SÜD PSB Mark shall only be used by the certified organisation and shall always be used
in conjunction with the organisation’s name, certificate number (optional – depends on the artwork
design) and in connection with the process(es) listed in the Certificate. A copy of the use of the TÜV
SÜD PSB certification Mark(s) and accreditation Marks shall be provided upon registration of the
Certificate.
8.3 The TÜV SÜD PSB certification Mark(s) and accreditation Marks may be used
in outdoor advertising/advertising in the reception area;
in corporate videos;
in corporate presentations;
in company brochures;
on business stationery;
in advertisements and catalogs;
on posters;
at trade-fair stands;
within the scope of marketing campaigns;
at events;
on the organization’s website;
on the Internet and Intranet;
in newsletters to clients and staff
letterheads of the organization
on business cards
The organization shall identify the processes to which the Certificate applies when using the Marks
in a context where the scope of the certification is in doubt.
8.4 The Marks shall not be directly applied on the organization’s product and its packaging or be
associated with the organization’s product in such a way as to imply that the product itself is certified
by TÜV SÜD PSB.
8.4.1. For HACCP/FSMS certified clients: Clause 8.3.1 of ISO/IEC 17021-1 has stated clearly that
the management system certification mark shall not be used on a product nor product
packaging nor in any other way that may be interpreted as denoting product conformity.
Clause 8.3.3 of ISO/IEC 17021-1 also states that, “the statement shall in no way imply that the
product, process or service is certified by this means”. This means that any statement on food
packaging cannot mislead that the product has been certified.
For the practical implementation by the industry to meet the standard requirements as well as
to promote the value of certification, wordings that provide clarity that the implementation of
ISO 22000 system is by the organization is allowed. Please refer to the examples given below.
In addition, do verify compliance with relevant statutory requirements on product labelling used
for both local and overseas.
• Acceptable claims on food packaging: Statement to imply that the company (not the product)
is certified to HACCP or ISO 22000 (See clause 8.6 for more examples).
8.5 The Marks shall not be applied to laboratory test, calibration or inspection reports, certificates, email
signature and certificate attendance.
8.6 Textual presentation
The use text to advertise a successful certification, is allowed. There shall not be any
additional statements that go beyond the actual contents of the certification mark nor shall
there be any falsifying or misleading statements.
“Quality management system certified by TÜV SÜD PSB Pte Ltd according to ISO 9001”,
“ISO 22000 Food Safety Management System & HACCP certified company”;
8.7 The organization shall discontinue immediately the use of the Marks upon expiry or revocation of the
Certificate, or for whatever reason(s) as decided by TÜV SÜD PSB.
8.8 All materials including but not limited to letterheads and advertisement brochures containing the
Marks shall be submitted for TÜV SÜD PSB’s written approval prior to their use and or release to
the public.
8.9 Upon any reduction of the scope(s) of certification, all materials including but not limited to letterheads
and advertisement brochures containing the Marks shall be submitted for TÜV SÜD PSB’s written
approval prior to their use and or release to the public.
Each certified organisation is given a Certificate, which will indicate the Marks allowed for use.
A certified organisation may use the given Accreditation Mark. However, the Accreditation Mark must be used
together with the respective certification Mark. The Marks are to be positioned side-by-side and boxed up
together.
Refer to the specimens of the Marks for the colour breakdown and the types and sizes of fonts.
Refer to the attachment for the examples of use of the Marks.
Approval from TÜV SÜD PSB is required for the use of the Mark prior to printing. You could email your request
to Ms Amy Chan @ [email protected]
TÜV SÜD PSB reserves the rights to make amendments to this set of instructions and customers will be
informed via written notice of any significant changes.
*X: A minimum distance must be kept on all sides of the certification mark, namely the thickness of the octagon.
ISO/IEC 20000-1 : 2011 (IT SMS) ISO/IEC 20000-1 : 2018 (IT SMS)
ISO/IEC 27018:2019
Text color:
Font Size: White color
Arial Narrow
maximum 10pts
minimum 4pts
Sample of ISO 9001 with certifcate number Sample of ISO 9001 without certificate number
Red
(Pantone
032C)
Dark Grey
(Pantone
432C) Dark Grey
(Pantone
432C)
To be typeset by user
Typeface: Univers 65 Bold or Arial
Bold
(in proportion to this sample)