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Scheme reduces hassles of international
compliance
The CB - or Certification Body - scheme allows manufacturers to obtain national test marks for various countries worldwide with only a single testing and certification process.
The CB - or Certification Body - scheme allows manufacturers to obtain national test marks for various countries worldwide with only a single testing and certification process This removes all the hassle due to the range of different tests required for each individual country
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 22 Jan 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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It is the only scheme for mutual, world-wide recognition of test results among 43 member countries which also include the world's most important industrialised countries such as Australia, Canada, China, UK, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, the USA and many more.
The CB scheme has many advantages: multiple testing is no longer necessary, national test marks are issued quickly on the basis of a CB certificate, time and cost expenditures for testing and certification are minimised and it reduces international trade barriers.
The CB Scheme, officially named "Scheme of the IECEE for mutual recognition of test certificates for electrical equipment", applies to electronic and electrical devices for which there is an IEC standard to which at least three members states of the CB scheme adhere.
These arguments do not leave any doubts why the number of certificates issued has increased by 700% during the last ten years.
To receive the CB certificate and test report, the manufacturer submits the product to a national certification body (NCB) which then conducts testing for compliance according to the relevant standards.
If the product successfully passes the tests, the NCB issues the CB report and the certificate.
The manufacturer then submits these two documents and if required a sample to the recognising NCB of the target country.
After having verified that the product complies with the respective standards and possible national deviations, the NCB grants its own certificate.
Certification organisations, such as TUV Rheinland Product Services, that fulfil specific requirements concerning their technical competence and their internal quality system can become an NCB.
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