"General This European Standard defines requirements for the preparation and execution of the audit process. In addition@ it defines the content and composition for the audit reporting of conformity and process effectiveness to the EN 9100-series standards@ the organization's QMS documentation@ and customer and statutory egulatory requirements. The requirements in this European Standard are additions or represent changes to the requirements and guidelines in the standards for conformity assessment@ auditing@ and certification as published by ISO/IEC (i.e. ISO/IEC 17000@ ISO/IEC 17021). When there is conflict with these standards@ the requirements of the EN 9101 standard shall take precedence. NOTE 1 In this European Standard@ the term ""EN 9100-series standards"" comprises the following Aerospace Quality Management System (AQMS) standards: EN 9100@ EN 9110@ and EN 9120; developed by the IAQG and published by various national standards bodies. NOTE 2 In addition to this European Standard@ the IAQG publishes deployment support material on the IAQG website (see http://www.sae.org/iaqg/) that can be used by audit teams@ when executing the audit process. Application This European Standard shall be used for audits of EN 9100-series standards by CBs for certification of organisations@ under the auspices of the aviation@ space@ and defence industry certification scheme [also known as Industry Controlled Other Party (ICOP) scheme]. The ICOP scheme requirements are defined in the EN 9104-series standards (i.e. EN 9104/1@ EN 9104/2@ EN 9104/3). NOTE Relevant parts of this European Standard can be used by an organization in support of internal audits (1st party) and external audits at suppliers (2nd party)."