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ISO 9001:2015 is withdrawn — and nobody has published the deadline
The 2026 edition published on 16 September and the 2015 edition went to stage 95.99 the same day. The document that sets your transition period has still not been issued by anyone, and the resolution number is in the issue so you can check that for yourself. Why IATF 16949 is now anchored to a date that does not exist. Whether the Global ACI mark decision landed. And the OSHA hazard communication deadline of 20 November, which one official page still shows wrongly.
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ISO 14001:2015 is already withdrawn — and ISO 9001:2026 has landed
Where the five standards actually stand, with the ISO stage codes so you can check them yourself. The revision nobody was told about — ISO 19011 reached its fourth edition in May and the 2018 text was withdrawn the same day. Why the Global ACI transition requires nothing of a certified organization today, whatever you have been told. And the part of a transition that nobody budgets for.
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