Regulations Governing Implementation of Management System Certification Article 8

The inspection authority (institution) may reject an application even before conducting an assessment if the applicant organization has any of the following situations:1. The application documents do not comply with the requirements mentioned in Article 5, or if the scope of application does not comply with Article 3-2 as set forth by the BSMI.2. The applicant organization is unable to arrange for the assessment to be conducted within six months after its application is accepted.3. If a previous application did not comply with the standard of certification, the period of the current application is within six months of receiving the non-conformity notice of the previous application.4. If BSMI revoked or rescinded the application due to a violation of Article 16, 17-10 or 11, the period of the current application is within three years of the rescission or cancelation of the previous application.5. If BSMI rescinded the application based on any other reason not mentioned in this Article, the period of the current application is within six months of such rescission.