CE Marking | Notified Body
What is a Notified Body?
The Notified Bodies carried out their third party activities concerning to the assessment of conformity as defined in the European Directives and Regulations.
The Member-states are responsible by the notification of the Notified Bodies, based on the confirmation of their competence for perform the tasks defined on each Directive or Regulation. The evaluation of the competence is normally carried out by the National Accreditation Body, taking into account the Commission decision.
CERTIF is Notified Body for the following scope:
- Construction Products Regulation – Regulation (EU) No. 305/2011;
- Low Voltage Directive – Directive 73/23/CEE, reviewed by Directive 2006/95/CE;
- Personnel Protective Equipment Directive – Directive 89/686/CEE.
Construction Products Regulation (CPR)
CERTIF is recognized as Notified Body to perform the assessment and verification of constancy of performance in a large set of standards and products.
The exact scope of their recognition may be found in:
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newapproach/nando/index.cfm?fuseaction
=notification.pdf&dir_id=33&ntf_id=256772
Description of CE Marking and its application
CE marking applied on a product means that it is in accordance with the applicable requirements of the CPR, meaning by this that it meets the basic requirements for construction works set out in Annex I of the CPR, which are as follows:
- Mechanical resistance and stability;
- Safety in case of fire;
- Hygiene, health and the environment;
- Safety and accessibility in use;
- Protection against noise;
- Energy economy and heat retention;
- Sustainable use of natural resources.
CE marking on a product also assumes that this was subjected to procedures of assessment and verification of constancy of performance laid down in CPR.
The CE marking consists of the initials CE, according to the following form and shall contain the number of the notified body that issued the certificate (1328, in the case of CERTIF):
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1328
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Systems of assessment and verification of constancy of performance
The assessment and verification of constancy of performance by CERTIF is conducted in accordance with the methods set out in systems 1+, 1 and 2+ defined in CPR.
These systems and their respective tasks can be described as follows:
System |
Task of the manufacturer |
Tasks of the notified certification body (CERTIF) |
Support for CE marking |
1+ |
- Factory production control
- Further testing of samples taken at the factory in accordance with the prescribed test plan
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- Issues the certificate of constancy of performance of the product on the basis of:
- Determination of the product-type on the basis of type testing (including sampling), type calculation tabulated values or descriptive documentation of the product
- Initial inspection of the manufacturing plant and of factory production control
- Continuous surveillance, assessment and evaluation of factory production control
- Audit-testing of samples taken before placing the product on the market
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- Declaration of performance issued by the manufacturer on the basis of the certificate of constancy of performance issued by CERTIF
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1 |
- Factory production control
- Further testing of samples taken at the factory in accordance with the prescribed test plan
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- Issues the certificate of constancy of performance of the product on the basis of:
- Determination of the product type on the basis of type testing (including sampling), type calculation, tabulated values or descriptive documentation of the product
- Initial inspection of the manufacturing plant and of factory production control
- Continuous surveillance, assessment and evaluation of factory production control
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- Declaration of performance issued by the manufacturer on the basis of the certificate of constancy of performance issued by CERTIF
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2+ |
- Determination of the product-type on the basis of type testing (including sampling), type calculation, tabulated values or descriptive documentation of the product
- Factory production control
- Testing of samples taken at the factory in accordance with the prescribed test plan
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- Issues the certificate of conformity of the factory production control on the basis of:
- Initial inspection of the manufacturing plant and of factory production control
- Continuous surveillance, assessment and evaluation of factory production control
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- Declaration of performance issued by the manufacturer on the basis of the certificate of conformity of the factory production control issued by CERTIF
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To perform their tasks and to issue the respective certificates CERTIF proceeds as follows:
Personnel Protective Equipments Directive (PPE)
The activities performed by CERTIF are in conformity with clause 10 of PPE Directive.
Before to place on the market a product the manufacturer or your authorized representative has the following responsibilities:
- Issue the technical documentation according to Annex III of PPE Directive;
- Make the application for EC type examination;
- Supply the laboratory with test samples of the model to be approved.
If the test results are in conformity and after the issue of the EC type examination certificate by CERTIF the manufacturer shall issue the Declaration of Conformity according the Annex VI of PPE Directive.
CE Marking must be placed on the products before placing on the market.
