General
The Keymark is the common CEN/CENELEC European Mark, granted to the
household and similar electrical appliances, complying with the relevant
European standards, on the basis of third-party certification.
Procedure
The process to be followed for the Keymark certification
requires:
- Approval of the manufacturer:
the factory is carefully examined by the inspectors: it must be ensured that
the staff and the equipment are suitable to guarantee and control the product
quality. Only approved manufacturers are admitted to:
- Approval of a given model of appliance: on
every product for which the manufacturer requests the Keymark the
certification body performs the necessary test in its laboratories. The
manufacturer is entitled to use the Keymark only if the product passes the
tests.
- Production control: the manufacturer entitled
to use the Keymark must give a written undertaking that the quality will be
maintained and that control tests will be carried out on a regular basis.
The certification body verifies that the tests are performed and, for the
safety's sake, repeats the tests in its laboratories on samples randomly
collected from the production line or from the market.
Participating Certification Bodies
As far as CEBEC is concerned, it's ID number is 02.
For other countries members refer to 
www.keymark-cert.com.
Information
For further information please contact:
CEBEC
Avenue Frans Van Kalken, 9A/box 1
BE - 1070 BRUSSELS (Belgium)
Tel: + 32 (0)2 556 00 20
Fax: + 32 (0)2 556 00 36
CEBEC provides market access
14/10/2004
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