What is a significant and a minor non-conformity?

Significance and importance of non-conformity

Significant non-conformity - a non-conformity of the management system that has/may affect the ability of the management system to achieve the intended results. A non-conformity is treated as flagging when it is determined that the non-conformity is systemic, although it does not have a significant impact on the management system.
Minor non-conformity - non-conformity that does not prevent the achievement of the intended results, but does not meet the requirements and is not systemic.
According to the requirements of the ISO/IEC 17021-1 standard, a significant non-conformity must be eliminated and evidence provided within three months from the date of identification of a significant non-conformity, while the effectiveness of the elimination of a minor non-conformity is evaluated during the next audit.

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