The certification requirements to the international standard IATF 16949 are presented in the IATF Certification Specifications (“IATF Rules”). The sixth edition of the “Rules for Achieving and Maintaining IATF Recognition” was published on March 31, 2024. It has been stated that the changes have been made to improve certifiability, audit procedures and overall efficiency. The transition to the new Rules 6 must be completed by January 1, 2025, after which they will be mandatory for all audits. The most significant changes are performance and risk-based audit days instead of the current method, which is based on employee count. The following are changes that have a significant impact, but do not represent all the changes within Rules 6.