Abstract: . . .  updates between publications of the survey. “It should be noted too that the data supplied is of the numbers of certificates – the individual organizations which hold certificates are not identified. Therefore, ISO /CS cannot satisfy requests for lists of certified organ- izations in a particular country or business sector.” Pho to : P . Krieger  . . .
. . .  dropped out. Sweden (700 new certificates) has dropped back from third to fifth place, and the USA (603) from ISO 9000 highlights Regional share Europe also continues to hold the largest overall regional share of ISO 9000 certificates (1994 + 2000 versions), with 52,87%.This was a small decrease compared to the previous year. The shares of Africa/ West Asia (3,87%), North America (9,97 %) and Australia/ New Zealand (5,65 %) also . . .
. . .  however, given the multitude of certification bodies and of information sources, it is more likely that under counting occurs, rather than over counting. “As pointed out above, the survey is carried out once a year and ISO /CS does not maintain a running total which would allow it to meet requests for updates between publications of the survey. “It should be noted too that the data supplied is of the numbers of certificates . . .
. . .  updates between publications of the survey. “It should be noted too that the data supplied is of the numbers of certificates – the individual organizations which hold certificates are not identified. Therefore, ISO /CS cannot satisfy requests for lists of certified organ- izations in a particular country or business sector.” Pho to : P . Krieger  . . .
. . .  exchanged places. Construction has gained one place and lies in fourth position, where it replaces machinery and equipment which moves back to fifth place. Withdrawn certificates The survey reports a total of 317 ISO 14000 certificates withdrawn at the end of 2001, compared with 262 the previous year. The breakdown by category was as follows: ò Organization failed re-certification audit: 10 ò Organization discontinued certifi- . . .
. . .  single and mul- tiple site certifications,” the survey states. “Since then, the importance of both has grown and so it was decided for the 11 th cycle to ask data sources to indicate with regard to ISO 9001:2000 certifications whether or not they represented a new certifi- cate or a migration from a 1994 ver- sion, single or multiple site and accredited or not.” The request for additional details prompted replies concerning . . .
. . .  they have to be remind- ed, ‘re-reminded’ and coaxed into providing the raw information before we can even start compiling the sur- vey, and the introduction of each new category has increased the workload. We reached the point where we could no longer justify our investment of resources without receiving some return – and so came the decision to make the survey a paying product. “However, cus- tomers will benefit from . . .
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